Actions for Week of July 25, 2021
The deadline is coming. Pass voting rights or let the GOP and a racist relic destroy democracy
Any time this week
Contact Senator Schumer and tell him reform isn’t enough. We need to eliminate the filibuster in order to get the For the People and John Lewis Voting Rights Acts passed. Otherwise, our democracy is at the mercy of the GOP’s lies. This must be done by August 5 in order to protect the midterms! Email at the link, or call the number below.
Phone: (212) 486-4430
Email: https://www.schumer.senate.gov/contact/email-chuck
Add climate crisis reduction to the grocery bill. We want mapping of overly polluted areas with funds directed to those communities, a civilian climate corps (think the WPA for the earth), and an increased focus, with standards, on renewable energy
Call our reps and tell them to get this done!
Senator Chuck Schumer: (212) 486-4430
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand: (212) 688-6262
Representative Carolyn Maloney: (212) 860-0606
Tuesday, July 27
REGISTER GEORGIA VOTERS
3 PM
We have to keep GA blue (especially since Senator Warnock has to run again in 2022). Join with Field Team 6 to make calls to eligible voters in Georgia and help them register as Democrats. You can also help them to request applications to vote from home. This is especially important with all the new voting restrictions.
Wednesday, July 28, 2021
BOE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND REFORM HEARING
10:00AM
Founders Auditorium, Medger Evers College
1650 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11225
The BOE screwed up (again). If you would like to tell them about it and offer solutions to fix it, attend this hearing (or submit testimony in writing).
Note: this will be in Brooklyn, but you can also submit written testimony in advance or by close of business on the day of the hearing.
OR
INDIVISIBLE REDISTRICTING TRAINING
3 PM
New congressional and district maps are being drawn. How much do you know about how this works? Take the redistricting quiz and then find out more at this training session. You’ll learn how it works in each state, how to participate effectively, and the best way to make sure your testimony and participation has an impact.
FUN
The girl with one pebble
Art recreated in pebbles on the beach
Topological bagels
This sort of hurts my brain
Rivers and Blues concert
July 29
6 PM
Wagner Park, 20 Battery Place
(Bring your own snacks and blanket)
Find that lizard!
Can you spot him?\
Ancient History Day!
Do myths contain any actual history? Can they be used as historical sources?