Check In 5 February

[tanaqui]

How is everyone doing?

Prompted by this news story about vote by mail requests being cancelled in Florida, now seems like a good time to check you're still registered to vote, if any vote by mail requests you have in place are still valid, and if you'll have to jump through any more hoops to vote. (And also a good time to remind everyone you know to check, of course!)

Here are the posts in the comm since the last check in.

New Community: Birdfeeding
Action: End The Rape Kit Backlog
Rape Kit Testing
Massachusetts: Proposal To Coerce Organ Donation
Washington State Transphobic Bill

I'm not sure that it's technically a good thing we've seen more activity in the comm this last month (more bad things happening that we need to take action on!) but thank you to everyone who's posted this month. 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. (And a quick shout out to redbird for all the tagging work that keeps the comm running smoothly.)

Finally, here's our poll (behind the cut) for you to tell us what you've been doing in the last few weeks. And do let us know in comments what you plan to do next.

Poll #28406 Check In

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 6

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Since the last check in, I...

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called my one senator
0 (0.0%)

called my other senator
0 (0.0%)

called my representative
0 (0.0%)

called my governor
0 (0.0%)

called my state reps
1 (16.7%)

sent a postcard/email/letter/fax
3 (50.0%)

attended a town hall
0 (0.0%)

donated money to a cause
5 (83.3%)

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

participated in phone/online training
0 (0.0%)

went to a protest
0 (0.0%)

signed up for alerts
1 (16.7%)

worked for a campaign
0 (0.0%)

did textbanking/phonebanking
0 (0.0%)

took care of myself
4 (66.7%)

not a US citizen but worked in solidarity in my own community
0 (0.0%)

did something else (tell us about it in comments)
2 (33.3%)

committed to action in the coming month
2 (33.3%)

Comments

[gingicat]

I am looking for a good small square bumper sticker that will complement my Black Lives Matter sticker rather than draw attention away from it, preferably about autism positivity or mental illness positivity or disability inclusion. Links would be very appreciated.

[jazzyjj]

I just got tested for COVID-19 yesterday after being exposed to it last week, but do not have it. Other than that, I've been embarking on a journey to learn more about trauma/mental illness. I don't have this, but somebody I know does and this person's family is not being very supportive at all. What's more, it seems they're lying and spreading rumors.