Show your Solidarity! Show up for immigrant and marginalized communities, by advocating with Governor Jerry Brown!

PART 1: ACT ON AT LEAST ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:

a. Help stop rape on the night shift! Support the 100 brave women janitors walking 100 miles from SF to SAC and call Gov. Jerry Brown (916) 445-2841 to tell him to sign AB-2079 (Janitorial workers: sexual violence and harassment prevention training). Follow SEIU United Service Workers West for updates!

b. Support Ethnic Studies in California! AB-2772 allows for high schools in California to apply for grants to incorporate ethnic studies as a curriculum. SB-895 will require the department of education to make a Vietnamese American studies curriculum that will be accessible for district adoption. Studies have shown that when students feel represented in their classroom it increases class engagement, attendance, and performance in other academic areas. Please take the time to call the governors office tomorrow and ask him to sign AB-2772 and SB-895.

c. Stop human trafficking! AB-2034 is on the Governor’s desk for consideration and will require transit employees in bus, train, or light-rail operations to undergo human trafficking awareness training by January 2021. Please email/fax letters to:

• Email: leg.unit@gov.ca.govm
• c.c. email: Ryan.Guillen@asm.ca.gov
• Fax: (916) 558-3177
  

d. SB-946, which would decriminalize street vending across the state, is on Governor Brown’s desk. Please send letters of support urging the Governor to sign it. Attach a pdf letter and email directly to the following:

• leg.unit@gov.ca.gov
• Daisy.Luna@sen.ca.gov
• dsmith@publiccounsel.org
• kmckeon@publiccounsel.org

COMMENT ON FACEBOOK ABOUT WHICH YOU DID AND HOW IT WENT! Please share scripts and pro tips!

PART 2: AMPLIFY in any of the following ways:

a. SHARE this post on your own timeline.

b. TAG a friend on social media.

c. REPOST in another resistance group.

d. TWEET, INSTA, or otherwise share on another platform!

CONGRATULATIONS for doing this! And thanks for showing your solidarity!

Sunday rally near Valley Fair to protest Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination (Sharing from MoveOn.org)

WHEN: Sunday, August 26 at 11:30 a.m.

WHERE: The Peace Corner, Santa Clara

Corner of Stevens Creek Blvd & Winchester Blvd (corner near David’s Bridal) (map)

WHY: Protest Brett Kavanaugh confirmation to the Supreme Court!

Supreme Court Justices are nominated and confirmed to the Court for a lifetime appointment. As Trump sits in the White House, a politically polarizing confirmation could set American justice back for decades. The nomination of Brett Kavanaugh is an insult to the agonizingly slow progress of Justice that has been accomplished over the last 242 years! The Democratic party may not have the numbers to block this appointment, but do they have the will. It is frightful to think that there is a real possibility that Democrats could be responsible for ANOTHER conservative appointment.

Let’s show our community that there is real local opposition to Brett Kavanugh’s appointment! Our #StopKavanaugh action is a street protest. We’re taking our message directly to our audience, the public–directly to people who aren’t engaged yet. Directly to people who may not see our message anywhere else in their daily lives. Not to mention all of us standing out there with our signs, waving to them and engaging/inviting them to respond with their car honking, waves, and smiles. This is a great recruitment opportunity for people to see that there are others in our community that care and feel the same way they do.

See you out at The Peace Corner!

Can you spare a few minutes THIS AFTERNOON to take one quick action to #StopKavanaugh?

We need at least one Republican senator to oppose Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court. TODAY (Thursday) is a national call-in day of action around that issue. The National Equality Action Team and other organizations are organizing folks to reach out to voters in key states and connect them with their home state senators. Want to help? Read more and sign up here:

• We Need You to Help #SaveSCOTUS (The Neat)

One quick action about the Supreme Court and one quick action on behalf of immigrants. Read … Rise … Resist!

1. Demand a thorough review of Brett Kavanaugh

Trump’s Supreme Court justice nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, has authored copious legal opinions and other documents, from testimony about Bush-era torture policies to his position that a president can ignore laws that he doesn’t think are constitutional. One continual theme is his support for a greatly expanded executive authority. 5 Calls argues that “The American people deserve a thorough examination of Kavanaugh’s extensive body of work before his nomination can be sent to the Senate floor for a confirmation vote. Yet on July 18th, Senate Judiciary Committee chair Chuck Grassley made clear he has little intention of doing so, saying he intends to only probe ‘relevant’ documents.” In essence, Grassley is trying to ignore or obscure large portions of Kavanaugh’s record.

Tell Senators Dianne Feinstein and Kamala Harris — both members of the Senate Judiciary Committee — that you want a transparent and thorough examination of Kavanaugh’s record before sending his nomination to the floor of the senate for confirmation.

Call:

• Sen. Dianne Feinstein: (202) 224-3841 or (415) 393-0707
• Sen. Kamala Harris: (202) 224-3553 or (415) 355-9041

Use this script, adapted from 5 Calls:

“Hi, my name is [NAME] and I’m a constituent from San Jose. I’m calling to demand that the committee commit to a transparent and thorough review Supreme Court justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s extensive body of work before referring his nomination to the full Senate. I’m also asking the Senator to do everything she can to make sure Kavanaugh is not confirmed. Thank you.”

2. Push back against the Trump administration’s strategy to penalize sanctioned (legal) immigrants for using public benefits

The Trump administration’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is finalizing a policy to penalize immigrants seeking permanent residency status for availing themselves or their U.S.-born/citizen spouse or children of a wide range of public benefits, including common tax deductions, Medicaid, children’s health insurance, Affordable Care Act insurance subsidies, food stamps, public housing, etc. In essence, immigrants would be disqualified from receiving a green card if they claimed nearly any benefits or if DHS deemed them likely to receive benefits in the future. By striking at the health and well-being of families, this rule — according to the National Immigration Law Center — would have the broadest effect of any immigration proposal in recent memory, with the potential to affect tens of millions of people. And by targeting low-income, Latino and black immigrant communities, it would also widen the already deep disparities in healthcare in this country. It’s worth reiterating that immigrants’ use of services is not a burden on the economy; they pay considerably more into the health care systems than they use (ditto other public benefits).

• This White House proposal has legal immigrants forgoing healthcare services out of fear (LA Times)

Tell your Representative and Senators that you oppose this proposed rule and ask them to do everything they can to stop it.

• Rep. Zoe Lofgren: (202) 225-3072 or (408) 271-8700
• Rep. Ro Khanna: (202) 225-2631 or (408) 436-2720
• Rep. Anna Eshoo: (202) 225-8104 or (408) 245-2339

Use this script from 5 Calls:

“Hi, my name is [NAME], and I’m a constituent from San Jose. I’m calling to urge Rep./Sen. ___ to speak out against the Department of Homeland Security’s proposal to penalize legal immigrants for accessing non-cash public benefits. Legal immigrants pay billions in taxes, stimulate the economy, and deserve the right to access basic benefits like the earned income tax credit.”

If you can, then call the Department of Homeland Security to tell them that you oppose this proposal; their number is: 202-282-8495.

TAKE ACTION by submitting a comment stating your opposition to the citizenship question being added to the 2020 census.

Read more:

• League of Women Voters

TAKE ACTION by sending messages to Senator Collins and Senator Murkowski asking them to vote NO on Judge Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court. Both senators accept email from non-constituents.

• Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME): collins.senate.gov
• Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK): murkowski.senate.gov

BACKGROUND INFORMATION to help write a personal message pleading them to vote AGAINST his confirmation to the US Supreme Court.

• Brett Kavanaugh’s track record (POLITICO)

TAKE ACTION by focusing on our activism for the November 2018 election.

1. Attend a volunteer training at the Democrat Volunteer Center (DVC) by Indivisible South Bay (ISB). Learn the various options for canvassing, postcard-writing, phone banking, texting, and fundraising volunteer activities:

• Saturday, August 4, 2018, 10AM-12:30PM
• Saturday, August 18, 2018, 10AM-12:30PM (tentative)
• Tuesday, August 21, 2018, 6:30-8:30PM
• Saturday, August 25, 2018, 10AM-12:30PM

2. Sign up with the DVC to volunteer between now and November 6, 2018.

3. Attend a postcard writing event at the DVC (960 San Antonio Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94303).

• Monday, August 6, 2018, 7-9PM (for Julia Peacock, CA 42, to defeat NRA-funded Ken Calvert)
• Wednesday, August 8, 2018, 10:30AM-1PM (for TJ Cox, CA 21, and maybe one other)
• Wednesday, August 15, 2018, 10AM-noon

RSVP: Postcard Parties – Midsummer – Palo Alto – Write postcards to promote the vote for Democratic CA Congressional Candidates! (Google Forms)

4. Volunteer to phonebank at the DVC. No need to RSVP. Drop in to help make a difference. Training and scripts will be provided.

• Monday, August 6, 2018, 2-7PM
• Tuesday, August 7, 2018, 2-7PM

Details: DVC August Calendar

5. Sign up to write postcards at home.

• CA 1 Audrey Denney to defeat Republican Doug LaMalfa
• CA 21 TJ Cox to defeat Republican incumbent David Valadao
• CA 22 Andrew Janz to defeat Republican Devin Nunes
• CA 42 Julia Peacock to defeat Ken Calvert

Details: GOTV Postcard Campaigns for California Democratic Congressional Candidates (and some in other states) (Google Docs)

Can you write five letters to Ohio TODAY to help flip a U.S. Rep race to blue? I just came across this organization yesterday and tested it out myself before passing this along. Easy! Scripts! Short letters! Proven to help get people to the polls! But you have to start THIS MORNING! Here’s what you do:

1. Go to votefwd.org and enter your email and some info. Do this RIGHT NOW because they need some time to confirm that you’re a real person!

2. Once they approve you, you’ll get an email with five names and addresses of registered Democrats who voted in ’12 and ’16 but not ’14 (last midterm election).

3. You send them a letter asking them to vote and mail it ASAP! The special election (for Danny O’Connor in Ohio #12) is next Tues, Aug. 7th.

Thanks! This is kind of like PostcardsToVoters.org (who actually RAN OUT of addresses for Danny’s campaign because so many people wrote!) but a little different. Interesting strategy. Let’s write some letters!