Come out today and eat Pizza! This fundraiser for Justice for All, from 11:00 am to 10 pm tonight, will help support the upcoming rally and March on January 20th. Print out the flyer to show the waiter or show them it on your phone.
Do you want to volunteer to help at the Ventura County Rising march and rally? Come to this evening’s meeting.
January 15th – Monday – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
Come and pay our respects to the memory of this amazing man, the movement he helped start and those who are still is fighting for the equality he described so eloquently. Your presence is important. This fight involves us all.
(Editor’s note: I don’t remember doing anything like this as a kid. I’m in awe of these young people…)
College students take classes to learn how to be philanthropists. We can also learn on-line, thanks to Warren Buffett’s sister.
“No Spencer, no KKK, no fascist USA.” University of Michigan students practiced the art of peaceful protest when Richard Spencer requested to speak on campus. (Hey, Ivanka, this is how you use the word “complicit“!) Meanwhile, 26 European countries have simply banned him.
Hello everyone! We’ve made it the first Thanksgiving in the age of Trump. Thanks to all of you who’ve been working hard to protect our citizens, our immigrants, our students, our environment, and our civil rights from those who stand to gain by harming us.
Welcome to those who’ve just started on this seemingly endless battlefield. You will meet some of the most amazing people and friends amongst your new comrades-in-arms.
For today, we’re gathering as much good news and useful things together to make your day better, even if that uncle that makes everyone crazy comes…
If fact…ESPECIALLY if that uncle comes. If he want to talk about taxes, send him here. If he wants to denigrate fellow Americans for their religion, their race, or their relationship preferences, the Women’s March has put together a conversational toolkit called “Daring Discussions“. “The stakes are too high to remain silent in the face of bigotry and injustice.” It’s up to us to be willing to confront current injustices, as well as acknowledging historical ones, like the violence inflicted on indigenous peoples and recognize that Thanksgiving is a day of mourning for many of our indigenous citizens.
So, let’s start by putting aside childish things…Like the fairy tale of Thanksgiving itself.
In related news, the Morongo Band of Mission Indians have distributed 10,000 turkeys as part of their 32 year long Thanksgiving Outreach Program.
These Spelman and Morehouse college students kids used old-school resistance tactics on their college administration. They went on an actual hunger strike to call attention to food insecurity on campus—and convinced both schools to offer 14,000 free meals to students each year. #WhyWeStrike
We Venturans can’t vote Knight out, but we can help our neighbors and friends in Simi Valley and Santa Clarita rid themselves of him – and help ourselves by removing one of the 24 Trump minions needed to turn the House blue!
Minimal script:I’m calling from [zip code] to ask Rep. [___] to vote NO on HR 490 “Heartbeat Protection Act of 2017.” More script if you want it:This Act would criminalize doctors who perform abortions after the 6th week, subjecting them to a fine and up to 5 years imprisonment, with no exceptions except to save the life of the mother, not even for incest or rape. Like the majority of Americans, I support legal, accessible and safe abortions.
Rep. Julia Brownley: (CA-26): DC (202) 225-5811, Oxnard (805) 379-1779, T.O. (805) 379-1779
First, let’s talk about this 11 year-old girl who’s been worried about the Flint water situation since she’s been 9. Along with playing piano, swimming, fencing and taking dance lessons, she has invented the cheapest, most effective test for lead in water and won “America’s Top Young Scientist”. God, what was I doing when I was 11?
Then there’s Ames Mayfield, who in 14 years or so, will be running for office. Put in on your calendars now.
In case you haven’t been keeping track, the contraception and “pain capable” issues are just the tail end in a long line of federal assaults on the rights and interests of women.
Amongst the states, almost 400 anti-abortion bills, of various types, were introduced last year.
Battle #1 – Rolling back of ACA contraceptive coverage
Minimal Script: I’m calling from [zip code] ask Rep. [___] to take any and all actions to ensure all women have affordable access to healthcare, including no-copay contraception.
Rep. Julia Brownley: (CA-26): DC (202) 225-5811, Oxnard (805) 379-1779, T.O. (805) 379-1779
or Rep. Salud Carbajal: (CA-24): DC (202) 225-3601, SB (805) 730-1710 SLO (805) 546-8348
Starting this hard week’s good news off with this song…
Good news in resistance!
On Columbus Day, people in New York City and Pittsburgh protested for the holiday to be renamed Indigenous People’s Day.
After Jemele Hill was suspended from ESPN, again, people showed up at their headquarters to protest. Hey ESPN, this is worth a read. #TakeAKnee & #StandWithJemele
Lin-Manuel’s advice works for everything, actually. This was a hard week where we wonder about our basic humanity. But then all this happens and, well, it helps a bit.
San Juan Mayor Carment Cruz does not back down.
“This terrible and abominable view of him throwing paper towels and throwing provisions at people, it does not embody the spirit of the American nation.” –San Juan Mayor Carmen Cruz on 45’s trip to Puerto Rico
Racial slurs were shouted at a Nevada Union High School student in Grass Valley as he walked down Mill Street, according to his father on an amazing Facebook heart-to-heart to the white people in his community. Concerned local residents, including the police and the Nevada Union High principal, asked the community to do better and stand up to racism. And this happened.
INDIVISIBLE VENTURA 