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Hey Indivisibles,
Welcome to a special Tuesday newsletter! We don't usually do newsletters
after long weekends, but there's lots to do and plenty to share, so we
wanted to check in.
But first: Yesterday, our co-founder and co-executive director, Leah
Greenberg, [ [link removed] ]wrote an email considering the celebration of Dr. King's
life in what is one of the ugliest periods of American racism, xenophobia,
and division since Jim Crow.
Trump's attempts to re-entrench white supremacy fit into a long pattern of
American history: Advances are achieved, then met with backlash; rinse,
repeat, time and again -- but we progress a little more with each cycle
thanks to those who refuse to accept injustice as inevitable.
Lurking just ahead in the coming days is a Supreme Court decision that
threatens to set back the voting rights that Dr. King and so many others
fought to secure. But this movement will not accept that injustice as
inevitable; we’ll continue to fight for an end to racist gerrymandering
and voter suppression, and work toward a future where our hard-won right
to equal representation is secure.
In this week's to-dos, you'll find an educational call about the 21st
century fight for voting rights and how you can act when SCOTUS issues its
ruling. You’ll also find many other ways to fight for a country where each
one of us is safe and able to thrive in a true democracy where all our
rights are respected.
Without further delay, here are your to-dos.
In solidarity,
Indivisible Team
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Your weekly to-dos
1. [ [link removed] ]Tell your senators to rein in ICE right now. Congress has to pass
an appropriations bill by January 30 to keep the Department of
Homeland Security funded, which means Dems have a lot of leverage to
include provisions that rein in ICE and freeze its budget. Call your
senators now and demand they use the appropriations bill to protect
our communities from ICE. ([ [link removed] ]More info here[ [link removed] ])
2. [ [link removed] ]Then, tell all your Members of Congress: No votes for an
appropriations bill that doesn’t rein in ICE. After you’ve called your
senators, please use our email tool to demand your senators and
representative withhold their votes from any DHS budget that hands ICE
more funding or fails to end border patrol deployments in our cities.
3. [ [link removed] ]Build even more pressure on Congress with our ICE Out for Good
phonebank. Keep the ICE Out for Good momentum rolling by joining us
tomorrow, Weds, Jan 21 at 1pm ET / 10am PT, to call voters in key
states and encourage them to call their senators about reining in ICE.
5. Keep an eye on your inboxes for news about Minnesota solidarity
actions this Friday. Minnesota activists are holding a day of action
this Friday, and are asking allies across the country to hold
solidarity actions to keep the focus on ICE’s brutality in the state
and advance the call to get ICE out of our cities now. We’ll be in
touch soon with ways you can get involved in your area.
6. [ [link removed] ]Join an important call on the upcoming Supreme Court decision that
threatens to gut what’s left of the Voting Rights Act. Any day now,
the Supreme Court could issue a ruling in Louisiana v. Callais that
could invalidate minority-majority districts and greenlight far more
aggressively racist gerrymanders across the South. We’re partnering on
a call tomorrow, Weds, Jan 21 at 8pm ET / 5pm PT, that will provide
more info on the stakes of the case and how we can respond to a bad
decision.
7. [ [link removed] ]Email your senators and demand they act to restore ACA subsidies
NOW. Two weeks ago, seventeen House Republicans understood that
skyrocketing insurance costs threaten their political futures and
voted with Democrats to pass a bill restoring healthcare subsidies.
Now we need the Senate to get on board, too.
P.S. With the regime’s attacks on our communities and rights coming at an
ever escalating pace, it’s never been more important to support grassroots
organizations that are keeping up the fight for our democracy. If you can,
we encourage you to support your local mutual aid networks, or [ [link removed] ]chip in
to power your [ [link removed] ]friendly pro-democracy organizers at Indivisible.
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What's the Plan - now in podcast form!
On Thursdays, Indivisible co-founders and co-executive directors Leah
Greenberg and Ezra Levin host a weekly grassroots conversation, What's the
Plan, with movement updates and a live Q&A featuring the community's top
voted questions -- but, unsurprisingly, not everyone can make it on a
workday afternoon!
We have good news for those folks, though, and for anyone who just wants
to tune in again: Starting January 30, you'll be able to catch that week's
call on our new What's the Plan podcast, every Friday ([ [link removed] ]watch the
trailer here).
We're producing the podcast with Lemonada Media, and, in keeping with
Indivisible’s core values, it'll have no sponsors or paid ads. Just a
weekly look at what's happening in our country, collective calls to action
that you can take to fight back, and, of course, the Q&A.
We hope you'll continue to join us on Thursdays, because nothing can take
the place of organizing with community in real time. But now you can also
subscribe to the What’s the Plan podcast, on all major platforms, and
invite your friends, family, neighbors, pet sitters, favorite barista, and
fantasy football league to subscribe too.
[ [link removed] ]Register for the live Zooms here.
[ [link removed] ]Subscribe to the podcast here.
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Upcoming Events for you
These nationwide events, calls, and training sessions are coming up soon.
For even more Indivisible happenings, [ [link removed] ]check our national calendar and
get in touch [ [link removed] ]with [ [link removed] ]Indivisible groups near you!
Happening This Week
[ [link removed] ]Wednesday: ICE Out for Good phone bank (1-2:30pm ET)
Ask voters to tell their electeds to rein ICE in.
[ [link removed] ]Wednesday: "Callais and the VRA: The Fight for Voting Rights" (8pm ET)
Grassroots call about SCOTUS and voting rights activism.
[ [link removed] ]Thursday: “What’s the Plan?” with Leah + Ezra (3pm ET)
Our weekly interactive Q&A with our co-founders and executive directors
Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin.
Friday: Minnesota Truth and Freedom Solidarity Events
Details to come.
On the Horizon
Events taking place the week of January 26
[ [link removed] ]Tuesday (1/27): Fight Back With Friends to Rein in ICE
[ [link removed] ]Thursday (1/29): “What’s the Plan?” with Leah + Ezra
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