Actions for Week of May 2, 2021
Meet mayoral candidates, support voting rights, and cancel crippling student debt
Monday, May 3
MEET THE WOMEN CANDIDATES FOR NYC MAYOR
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
There are three women running for mayor this year (Dianne Morales, Maya Wiley, and Kathryn Garcia). Find out more about them and how well their views and proposed policies match your own. Hosted by Downtown Women for Change.
Tuesday, May 4
PHONE BANK FOR THE PEOPLE
7-9 PM
The For The People Act (HR1/S1) will only pass if people like you and me are willing to take action. Make calls to voters in key states and help pass this groundbreaking democracy bill using a predictive dialer (Hubdialer).
You’ll get all the tools and training you need to call voters in target districts -- asking them to contact their senators who will make the difference between success and failure.
Wednesday, May 5th
NYC ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FORUM
6-7 PM ET
Chat with NYS Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos, who was instrumental in the passage of the state's nation-leading climate change law, the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, and now serves as the co-chair of its implementing body, the Climate Action Council.
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CANCEL STUDENT DEBT
8-9 PM
When I went to college, back in the Jurassic era, my middle class family with one breadwinner could afford to send me to college and emerge with very little debt. Not any more. Costs have skyrocketed, and financial aid has not kept up. Students are left with crippling debt they cannot repay no matter how hard they work. Let’s make sure President Biden does something about this. It will boost the economy, help close the racial wealth gap, and allow students to move on to start families and buy homes.
Hosted by Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, New York Public Interest Research Group, Student Debt Crisis, New York Working Families Party, and One NYS Indivisible – with lead House sponsors Representative Jamaal Bowman, Representative Mondaire Jones, and Representative Ritchie Torres.
CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATES (DISTRICT 5)
Campaign for Kim for City Council
Multiple times (May 4-May 8)
Join Team Kim to fight for a more progressive, equitable, and just City for all New Yorkers! We only have 7 weeks to elect Indivisible UES-endorsed Kim Moscaritolo — a journalist, progressive activist, and longtime community advocate — to City Council in District 5. Together, we'll build a city that works for all of us, not just the most powerful, and ensure a just COVID-19 recovery.
There are so many ways to get involved: join us to canvass outdoors, hang up posters, talk to voters on the phones, and more! No experience necessary.
Phonebank for Billy Freeland
(Multiple days each week)
Talk to voters each week about District 5. Training provided if you need it.
Tuesday Phonebank: 530PM-730PM
Thursday Phonebank: 630PM-830PM
Friday, May 7
STOP VOTER SUPPRESSION
4-6 PM (Pacific)/7-9 Eastern
Phone bank with Indivisible Oregon to stop state legislators from hindering the right to vote. There’s a script and training, so you don’t have to worry what to say or how to use the system.
FUN
Brilliant!
I am the very model of Moderne-Made injectables
Who knew?
Fruit, it's not just for people
Rollins and Monk
From a friend's desert island playlist
The battle of the Joshes!
Who will win?
Textiles at the Met
It's not just what you see, it's also what's underneath, or even inside. X-rays, MRIs, and other technology can show us what's really inside fabrics and clothing (sometimes, the answer is... metal?)
**** Your steering committee: Jodi, Margo, Nicole, and Jonathan
P.S. this is our 200th newsletter!