Weekly Check in Feb 11

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We had a 6 hours shutdown this week, and more memo drama. But CHIP is now funded for 10 years, and the budget caps have been lifted for both military and domestic spending.

Actions
lizcommotion has a number of items here on:
Washington State changing service animal laws
Supporting indiginous people in Saskatchewan
techniques to fight dehumanization of immigrants
techniques to fight dehumanization of trans people
Congress is planning on weakening Americans with Disabilities Act
Virginia is moving to end the tampon tax
Sex Workers Outreach Project behind bars has a letter writing campaign

Leftover from last week which are still relevant
Toolkits for responding to the State of the Union address

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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 tanaqui 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 #19484 This week I

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 7

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called my one senator
4 (66.7%)

called my other senator
3 (50.0%)

called my representative
4 (66.7%)

called my governor
0 (0.0%)

sent a postcard/email/letter/fax
2 (33.3%)

attended a town hall
0 (0.0%)

donated money to a cause
4 (66.7%)

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

participated in phone/online training
0 (0.0%)

went to a protest
0 (0.0%)

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signed up for alerts
1 (25.0%)

took care of myself
2 (50.0%)

not a US citizen but worked in solidarity in my own community
1 (25.0%)

did something else
2 (50.0%)

committed to action in the coming week
1 (25.0%)