Check In 7 May

[tanaqui]

How's everybody doing?

As a great post this month on grassroots organizing reminded me, we're heading into another election cycle — and keeping the Senate as well as the Presidency is going to be vital. So is winning seats at State level to help stem the tide of bad legislation coming out of State legislatures. So if you come across good resources over the next few months for GOTV, ways to promote and support progressive candidates at all levels, or other means of loosening Republican control, please do consider making a post to share them with the community. (Of course, you're very welcome to make posts about other topics as well!)

Here are the posts in the comm since the last check in that are still active.

Structural Racism Explainer
Turning out Democrats and allied voters

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 #28884 Check In

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 4

View Respondents

Since the last check in, I...

View Answers

called my one senator
1 (25.0%)

called my other senator
1 (25.0%)

called my representative
0 (0.0%)

called my governor
0 (0.0%)

called my state reps
0 (0.0%)

sent a postcard/email/letter/fax
3 (75.0%)

attended a town hall
0 (0.0%)

donated money to a cause
1 (25.0%)

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
2 (50.0%)

worked for a campaign
0 (0.0%)

did textbanking/phonebanking
0 (0.0%)

took care of myself
4 (100.0%)

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

did something else (tell us about it in comments)
1 (25.0%)

committed to action in the coming month
0 (0.0%)

Comments

[redsixwing]

Ooh, here we go again.

I've been yelling about the EARN IT act and various reasons to oppose it; if anyone feels like calling about that, we could sure use the support. EFF has the details.

[jazzyjj]

I've been battling allergies/possible food poisoning or something else, don't know exactly what but I'm on the road to recovery. I did manage to make it up to my brother-in-law's promotional ceremony though on Thursday, and it was very nice. He is in the reserves at this time, and was promoted from Lieutenant Colonel to Colonel. Also been hanging out with the neighbors and my personal assistant, which between those things hasn't exactly allowed me much time to myself. Lol perhaps a little here and a little there. But somehow I've managed to keep slightly up to date at least. I'm happy to report that with a service like Dreamwidth, this has been a breeze.

[sathari]

As the maker of the grassroots organizing post, I'm glad to hear it was appreciated! Which of course encourages me to find other resources to share. :)

[cadenzamuse]

I’ve gotten very into my state-level politics for the moment, so if anyone reading is an Ohioan I’d be happy to word-vomit about it.