This holiday season, join us in community as we prepare for a tough year ahead. We will get to know each other, talk about short-term plans, and begin defining our long-term goals.
On Sunday, December 8 at 5 PM we are hosting a virtual General Meeting via Zoom, to meet, discuss plans, and make calls to our elected officials. Whether you are a regular, joining for the first time, or missed our in-person meeting a couple weeks ago, you are most welcome to share this virtual space with us. Register here.
Until then, we need to keep pushing on H.R. 9495 and judicial vacancies.
We joined CA: StateStrong in a letter to Gov. Newsom and our State Legislators
Along with other Indivisibles in Indivisible CA: StateStrong, the coalition of Indivisible groups in California, we are urging our state elected officials to stand up to Trump. We’ve signed on to a letter urging them to:
- Create state-funded legal defense funds for when the Trump administration tries to litigate against Californian regulations and civil rights
- Reinforce sanctuary laws and protect Californians and visitors from deportation
- Stand against federal attacks on LGBTQ+ (particularly trans) people
- Maintain our high-standard regulations and use our economic leverage to continue setting de facto policy nationwide and keep Californians and all Americans safe and healthy
- Participate in interstate compacts with other blue states in cases of emergency or if the federal government declines funding
We will work to pressure Gov. Newsom and our state legislature to enact this agenda in the coming years, and we are ready to hold them accountable.
Success! We flipped CA-13 to blue
As part of the California Grassroots Alliance, we helped get out the vote in winnable Congressional races with some of the tightest margins in California. Thanks to your calls, postcards, and canvassing, Democrat Adam Gray has flipped CA-13 with less than 200 votes. This is proof that every vote, and every connection to a voter, really matters. To regain our power and fight fascism, we will need to work person-by-person and fight through those tiny margins.
Adam Gray joins George Whitesides (CA-27), Derek Tran (CA-45), and Dave Min (CA-47) among the Democrats who won in the Alliance’s six adopted districts. We’ll have our eyes on the other two—and defending these four wins—next time.
Update on H.R. 9495: Now we need to call the Senate
Unfortunately, H.R. 9495 passed the House. This extremely dangerous bill would allow the Trump administration to declare any organization as one aiding terrorists, crushing dissent.
But our work made a big shift. A massive influx of calls from Indivisibles like you throughout the country lowered the number of Democratic votes from 92 to just 15. And we flipped our incoming Senator, Adam Schiff, to vote NO. So, thank you so much for your calls.
It now moves on to the Senate, where we have a chance to shut it down. We have proved that H.R. 9495 is now unpopular for Democrats to vote on, and Democrats still hold the majority in the Senate, so that’s where we can stop it.
Tell your Senator: Vote NO on H.R. 9495.
Tell your Senators to fill every judicial vacancy NOW
We need to continue pushing our senators to confirm as many pro-democracy judges as possible before the end of the year.
While the Senate has confirmed over 200 of President Biden’s highly qualified judicial nominees, there are 12 nominations pending, and more vacancies for which President Biden still needs to nominate someone. Democrats need to act fast and work through the procedural steps to get this done.
Remember that these judges serve lifetime appointments—we need them to be filled by candidates who will uphold the Constitution. And we need them filled by the time Trump takes office.
Tell your senators to make the most of their time and to fill every judicial vacancy now.
Get your free COVID-19 tests and vaccines while you still can
It’s unlikely that free COVID-19 tests will last past the end of the Biden Administration, so if you haven’t ordered yours yet, the time to get on that is now.
Also, if you haven’t gotten this year’s COVID-19 vaccine yet, now’s the time. If you’re uninsured, you can still get it for free through California’s Bridge Access Program—but only through the end of the year. Insured Californians should be able to get the vaccine covered by their insurance.
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TODAY: SURJ National's Gear Up Training and Action Program, Wednesday, December 4, 5–7:30 PM Online: Gear Up is a learning, training, and action program. With experts from social justice movements across the country and the world, we'll dig into education on topics like: the rise of the far right in the US, organizing strategies under authoritarianism, and the role of white people in social movements. RSVP here.
Indivisible San Francisco General Meeting, Sunday, December 8, 5–7 PM Online: We will get together, share our thoughts, discuss Indivisible’s strategies going forward, and make calls to our elected officials. RSVP here.
SURJ Bay Area Community Meeting for Connection, Reflection, and Preparation
Sunday, December 15, 1–3 PM In Person and Online:
As we process the devastating reality of the election results, let us come together and recommit to our values: community care, solidarity, and justice for all. Join SURJ for a Bay Area-wide hybrid community meeting to get grounded together, get clear on our analysis of how we got here, and then get organized for the work ahead–defending our communities and bringing more white people into the fight for a multi-racial democracy. Register here. Oakland location or Zoom link (for virtual attendees) provided upon registration.
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If you’ve seen our newsletter posts on social media, you might have noticed that we include a photo or graphic with each issue.
Today’s graphic is an original graphic calling you to join our virtual General Meeting.
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Keep Fighting,
The Indivisible SF Team
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