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Actions for Week of February 28, 2021

Restore voting rights, eject tax breaks for the rich, and legislate, legislate, legislate

Monday, March 1 

INVEST IN OUR NEW YORK RALLY
5 PM
Kolb Art Gallery• 1357 2nd Avenue, New York, NY 10021

It’s budget time in Albany, and although the people are widely in favor of taxing the rich, and while Rebecca Seawright is on board, Liz Krueger has yet to support it.  We want a state that works for everyone, not just the wealthy few. This is in-person.
 

LETTER WRITING UPDATE

So far, our group has contributed 300 letters to the campaign! Go us! If you haven't signed up, and would like to, email Nicole.

RACE FOR MAYOR CANDIDATE INTERVIEWS
7 PM

The 92nd Street Y is interviewing each candidate for mayor (mostly on Mondays).  They have already spoken to Scott Stringer, Eric Adams, Ray McGuire, and Maya Wiley. Kathryn Garcia is this week, followed by Andrew Yang and Dianne Morales next week, and then Dr. Loree Sutton. You can submit questions well in advance (next deadlines are March 3 for Andrew Yang and March 5 for Dianne Morales) and then listen to the answers.  All previous interviews are available at the first link.
 

Any Time (before March 15)
ANTI-SEDITION POSTCARD CAMPAIGN

Flip the West is sending postcards in districts and states where Republicans tried to overturn the election results.  This week, it's people in Wisconsin, where Senator Johnson wanted the Supreme Court to toss out millions of ballots and help Trump essentially stage a coup! 

They send you addresses and a script, you supply the postcrads and stamps.

RESTORE NEW YORKER'S VOTING RIGHTS

The State Senate has just passed a bill to restore voting rights to people on parole. Now it's the Assembly's turn. Call or email your rep and tell them to vote yes on this bill. Our reps seem to particularly like email, but calls are good too! You can use this tool  or the information below.

Dan Quart: (212) 605-0937
quartd@nyassembly.gov

Rebecca Seawright: (212) 288-4607
SeawrightR@nyassembly.gov

Friday, March 5

MEET THE DA CANDIDATES
Meeting ID: 102 506 815
Password: 023440


Markers for Democracy is hosting a series of chats with candidates for NYC office. This Friday, it's Dan Quart (who is running for DA). There will be other candidates each week (next week is Liz Crotty).  I will forward more as they get them. Full list (so far) is here.

NOTE: We are putting together a city council candidate forum for April. Stay tuned!


*****SAVE THE DATE - MONTHLY MEETING*****
March 11
7:30 PM

Special Guest: Sarah Reeske (Indivisible organizer)

We won the election. But that’s not enough, we still need legislation. We’ve got to roll back Trump’s disasters and then start to move forward again. If we don’t, he could come back—and send us spiraling backwards again.  Join us to find out how we can really, truly win power for the people.

 

CORONAVIRUS PSA

I attended an online conversation with Dr. Tom Frieden, former head of the CDC, some weeks ago. I was going to share the recording, but it failed to work.  However, here is a link to details of the conversation.

 

FUN AND CULTURE

5 Stories of Black Art History
Works of art, commentary, and emotional responses to Black history, art, and culture

Black Hole(s)
Astronmers were looking for one black hole, but they found an entire squad.

Iron Age living
A plan to redo a visitor center yielded some unexpected results: an entire settlement, with cemeteries, homes, and household objeccts circa 400 - 100 BCE

Man + Machine  = Art
Paper art, drawn by hand, cut by a laser

Descent to Mars
Onboard cameras capture Perseverance as it lands on Mars. Soooo cool!