Weekly Check In June 10

[tanaqui]

In a week when this photo from the G7 (or should that be G6+1?) is our reality, teaotter has reminded us of the importance of voting in spring elections for election integrity and racial justice reform, as well as to give us more chance of getting rid of the Orange Menace.

Current Actions

Next election: June 12th -- Maine -- Nevada -- North Dakota -- South Carolina -- Virginia

teaotter will be posting the upcoming dates for various states for the rest of the season (thank you, teaotter!), but you can also find out what's going on in your state at Ballotpedia.

Information

Good news: our 42nd state house flip!
Link Roundup, 6/5/18 from snickfic

Ongoing Actions -- General

Call your Reps about the Census
Protect the Americans with Disabilities Act -- Call your senators
Action: SNAP benefits -- the comment period is closed, but you may still want to contact your reps about this to help move it up their agendas.
Planning Ahead in Case of Mueller Firing
Information and organizing to end police violence
Racial Justice Toolkit (see comments for a shorter link)
Information on the Poor People's Campaign, an anti-poverty campaign.

Ongoing Actions -- Elections

Make a difference in the 2018 Midterms - organization organizing for all levels of elections
District funds for the mid-terms
Support progressive Congressional candidates in competitive rural districts
Information on State Primary Dates and list of pro-NRA Republicans who are vulnerable

Housekeeping (the usual stuff)
Reminder that we now have a Friending Meme and a (locked) post where you can connect with others with live in the same area. We hope you find both of these posts useful!

We also 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.

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

Poll #20069 The Week

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 8

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This week, I...

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called my one senator
3 (37.5%)

called my other senator
3 (37.5%)

called my representative
2 (25.0%)

called my governor
0 (0.0%)

called my state reps
0 (0.0%)

sent a postcard/email/letter/fax
4 (50.0%)

attended a town hall
0 (0.0%)

donated money to a cause
4 (50.0%)

attended an in-person activist group
0 (0.0%)

participated in phone/online training
1 (12.5%)

went to a protest
1 (12.5%)

signed up for alerts
2 (25.0%)

took care of myself
3 (37.5%)

not a US citizen but worked in solidarity in my own community
2 (25.0%)

did something else
2 (25.0%)

committed to action in the coming week
2 (25.0%)

Comments

[alexseanchai]

I may have thrown a small fit at my usually sensible senator, details at https://conuly.dreamwidth.org/2708512.html?thread=26764320

[redbird]

For this week's check-in, I decided that while the Boston Pride parade didn't count under "went to a protest," the Dyke March does.

And then I looked at alexseanchai and wrote to both my senators about copyright, so thank you Alex.