Weekly Check In 30 July

[tanaqui]

*mods sidle in, looking a bit sheepish*

So, we've not been around much for the last month -- whoops! We're back now and hoping to get back to regular (slimmed-down) check-in posts. Meanwhile, you guys have been amazing and kept the comm running with some great posts -- thank you!

Housekeeping
Reminder that we have a suggestion post if there’s a topic that you’d like to see discussed but would like to ask the mods to look into. This can be anything from general information, or a how-to-do-a-thing, or something you may want to discuss as a community. Folks are welcome to post directly to the comm as always, but if you’re not comfortable/don’t have spoons, we can help too.

As we don't always get the time to pull things out of the suggestions post into their own separate posts, it may be worth checking every week (or tracking the post) to see if there's any new information you're interested in.

Also if you need help with tags, PM redbird, who is our tag guru. Both tassosss and I are very grateful for the help.

Ongoing actions and activities

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Run to win training

Calendar of events

Town Halls: Congress is in recess, so find out when (if!) your representatives are holding town halls at Town Hall Project

So, what have you all been up to in the last week/month or are planning to get involved in next week/month?

Poll #18640 The Week/Month

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 13

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This week/month, I....

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called my one senator
9 (69.2%)

called my other senator
8 (61.5%)

called my representative
5 (38.5%)

called my governor
2 (15.4%)

called my state reps
3 (23.1%)

sent a postcard/email/letter/fax
4 (30.8%)

attended a town hall
0 (0.0%)

donated money to a cause
8 (61.5%)

attended an in person activist group
1 (7.7%)

participated in phone/online training
0 (0.0%)

went to a protest
1 (7.7%)

signed up for alerts
1 (7.7%)

took care of myself
5 (38.5%)

not a US citizen but worked in solidarity in my own community
1 (7.7%)

did something else
5 (38.5%)

committed to action in the coming week
2 (15.4%)

Comments

[teaotter]

I think even mods are allowed to take a break from all of this.

I really never expected things to still be this outrageous for this long. Terrifying and angering, yes, but I thought the WTF factor would slow down over time.

[tanaqui]

Yup -- the weeks that are not full of WTF are still few and far between. How is this the world we're living in?!

[used_songs]

I didn't call my senators because they are Ted Cruz and John Cornyn. I did, however, back a possible Democratic challenger against Ted Cruz, Beto O'Rourke.