Weekly Check in May 21
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thisfinecrewOur Minority Pres is out of the country for the moment and things have calmed enough to breathe.
Housekeeping
Reminder that we 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.
It's been quite quiet in the comm this week, but here are some reminders of ongoing or future actions
Action
Elections
Montana Special Election on May 25
Regulation Repeal / Red Tape
Senate is voting soon on the Regulatory Accountability Act which favors corporations
Net Neutrality
John Oliver set up a redirect to the public comment page so it's easy to comment
Upcoming Protests
TODAY May 21: Applications due for MoveOn Community Organizer training
June 5: Applications due for Organizing for America Community Organizer training
June 11: LGBT+ March
Other Info
Healthcare
Info of the timeline of repeal and replace - a reconciliation bill between the House and Senate version likely won't take place till 2018.
Immigration
National Immigration Law Coalition webinar available
Immigration Advocacy Organizations
Want to Run for Office?
Emily's List Candidate Training Info
Track How Your Congress People Vote
ProPublica has API keys to track legislation
How's everyone doing?
Housekeeping
Reminder that we 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.
It's been quite quiet in the comm this week, but here are some reminders of ongoing or future actions
Action
Elections
Montana Special Election on May 25
Regulation Repeal / Red Tape
Senate is voting soon on the Regulatory Accountability Act which favors corporations
Net Neutrality
John Oliver set up a redirect to the public comment page so it's easy to comment
Upcoming Protests
TODAY May 21: Applications due for MoveOn Community Organizer training
June 5: Applications due for Organizing for America Community Organizer training
June 11: LGBT+ March
Other Info
Healthcare
Info of the timeline of repeal and replace - a reconciliation bill between the House and Senate version likely won't take place till 2018.
Immigration
National Immigration Law Coalition webinar available
Immigration Advocacy Organizations
Want to Run for Office?
Emily's List Candidate Training Info
Track How Your Congress People Vote
ProPublica has API keys to track legislation
How's everyone doing?
Poll #18404 This week in resisting
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 9
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called my one senator
2 (25.0%)
called my other senator
2 (25.0%)
called my representative
1 (12.5%)
called my governor
0 (0.0%)
called my state reps
0 (0.0%)
sent a letter/postcard/fax/email
5 (62.5%)
attended a town hall
0 (0.0%)
donated money to a cause
4 (50.0%)
went to an in person activist group
2 (25.0%)
participated in online or phone training
1 (12.5%)
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went to a protest
1 (20.0%)
signed up for alerts
0 (0.0%)
took care of myself
0 (0.0%)
not a US citizen but worked in solidarity in my own community
1 (20.0%)
did something else
3 (60.0%)
committed to action in the coming week
0 (0.0%)
