Indivisibles,
Our Defund Hate Week of Action is officially underway, and we’re so
excited about how many of you have gotten involved. Yesterday, on our
National Call-In Day, over 2,700 of you called your representatives to
demand they defund ICE & CBP. (Were you one of them? Thank you!)
This is exactly the kind of action it’ll take to show our MoCs how urgent
this issue is. But we’ve got a lot more hard work to do to defund hate.
Friday is our National Day of Action when Indivisibles nationwide will
hold events calling for a budget that reflects our values. Throughout the
week, groups will be using our toolkits to contact their Members of
Congress, organize their communities, and make sure those events are
successful.
If you haven’t already, [ [link removed]- ]donate to the Indivisible Project today to help
us get all these resources into the hands of Indivisibles everywhere and
support all our work. This week is our chance to use the power of our
movement to fight back against the Trump administration’s hateful
policies. To make it a success, we need donations from you to build tools,
organize Indivisibles, and more.
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There’s more detail about our Week of Action in Sunday’s email below.
Thank you for getting involved.
In solidarity,
Indivisible Team
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From: Indivisible Team
Date: Sun, Sep 8, 2019
Subject: Support our Defund Hate Week of Action
Indivisibles,
We’ve seen, time and time again, that there are virtually no limits on the
cruelty that the Trump administration is willing to enact on immigrant and
asylum-seeking children and families. From locking people in cages and
refusing them access to basic necessities, to leaving children alone and
deporting their parents, to attempting to illegally block asylum
altogether -- these policies are part of a full-on assault on immigrants
and refugees.
Just a few weeks ago, 129 Democrats joined congressional Republicans and
voted to give the administration even more funding to continue this
hateful, fearmongering agenda. And as we write this, ICE is raiding the
budgets of other departments including FEMA, pulling an additional $271
million from emergency relief and other sources to continue attacking and
traumatizing immigrants.
These are not our values, and it’s up to us to resist these repeated
attacks. We’ve got a plan to push back at the federal level, which we’ll
articulate below. If you’d like to learn more about our work or [ [link removed]- ]donate
to support it, read on.
A Week of Action
Tomorrow, we’re launching our Defund Hate Week of Action -- a major push
to fight back against the racist Trump agenda. Our ask for our members of
Congress is threefold: cut funding for ICE and CBP to stop these
outrageous abuses of power, eliminate the slush fund for ICE that
effectively grants Trump a blank check for his administration's
deportation agenda, and prevent ICE from stealing money from other
agencies. So we’re providing Indivisibles the resources it will take to
make sure our members of Congress listen.
The Defund Hate Week of Action will include:
* A National Call In Day (tomorrow, September 9). Indivisibles
nationwide are planning to call our elected officials in Washington,
demanding they commit to cutting funding for ICE and CBP.
* Events hosted by local Indivisible groups across the country. All
week, Indivisibles will be hosting rallies and visiting Congressional
offices to pressure members of congress and build visibility to
#DefundHate. As of Friday, there were 121 [ [link removed]- ]events already scheduled.
* Social Media Actions. Indivisibles are recording video testimonies and
posting messages across social media to build momentum and power the
conversation, letting Congress know that we stand Indivisible against
hate.
To make all these actions possible, we’ve built [ [link removed]- ]toolkits and other
resources to help Indivisibles turn up the heat in districts across the
country. These tools are critical to push back against hate, but they
don’t come cheap. Here’s an example of just some of the costs we’re
incurring to roll out these initiatives:
* Email tools, to keep Indivisibles like you informed -- $1,914 a week
* Calling tools, to make it simple and straightforward to let your MoC
know where you stand -- $6,000 a week
* Rally signs, buttons, and stickers for local group events -- $12,000
* Web hosting for our Defund Hate site -- $250 a week
That’s just for this week, and it’s not to mention the hours and hours of
policy research and the salaries for staff who make all of this work
possible.
Let’s be clear -- this administration’s anti-immigrant agenda is hateful,
and we can’t just stand by and let it happen. Our members of Congress need
the moral clarity to use their authority to combat Trump’s racist agenda
and cut funding for ICE and CBP. But they’ll only do it if we speak out.
We’ve already proven that the power of our numbers and of the thousands of
Indivisible groups all around the country can change legislation for the
better. If you’re ready to support this massive effort, [ [link removed]- ]chip in $5
today support Indivisible Project and all of our legislative work.
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This is the moment for us to truly stand up for our values. Thank you for
every action you take to do just that.
In solidarity,
Indivisible Team
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