September check-in poll

[redbird]

There were five posts in the community in August:

On August 6, hermionesvioln posted about a ballot measure to restore voting rights for people in prison: Massachusetts Universal Voting Restoration: https://thisfinecrew.dreamwidth.org/314335.html

August 7, I posted about calling RFK Jr about covid vaccine access:
https://thisfinecrew.dreamwidth.org/314506.html

August 13, fabrisse asked people to contact our senators and congressmembers about the presence of the National Guard in Washington, DC:
https://thisfinecrew.dreamwidth.org/314678.html

August 27, watersword posted about a bill to make wage theft a federal felony:
https://thisfinecrew.dreamwidth.org/315039.html

On August 30th, I posted about covid vaccine access at pharmacies, which is partly a state-level issue:
https://thisfinecrew.dreamwidth.org/315293.html

Thanks to everyone who posted.

Here's a poll to tell us what you've been doing:

Poll #33566 August check-in

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 18

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In the past month, I

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called one or both of my senators
6 (33.3%)

called my member of Congress
8 (44.4%)

called my governor
4 (22.2%)

called my mayor, state representative, or other local official
4 (22.2%)

did get-out-the-vote-work, such as text banking or post carding
1 (5.6%)

voted
0 (0.0%)

sent a postcard/email/letter/fax to a government official or agency
8 (44.4%)

went to a protest
2 (11.1%)

attended an in-person activist group
1 (5.6%)

went to a town hall
1 (5.6%)

participated in phone or online training
2 (11.1%)

participated in community mutual aid
2 (11.1%)

donated money to a cause
11 (61.1%)

worked for a campaign
1 (5.6%)

did textbanking or phonebanking
0 (0.0%)

took care pf myself
10 (55.6%)

not a US citizen, but worked in solidarity in my community
1 (5.6%)

committed to action in the coming month
3 (16.7%)

did something else (tell us about it in comments)
1 (5.6%)

As always, everyone is free to make posts about any issues and actions they think the comm should know about. You can also drop some information into a comment to our sticky post if you'd like the mods to do it.

If you're looking for information on anything else, you can use our tags to check for any ongoing actions or resources relevant to the issues you care about. I (#redbird) try to keep the tag list up-to-date. If you need a tag added, you can DM me.