Pick up your phones and put on your sneakers, because the #DefundHate week of action is underway! This week our Members of Congress are returning from recess to pass and debate must-pass appropriations bills that fund the government.
All week, we’re calling, writing, and getting on the streets — we are asking Congress to use these bills to restrict the Trump administration’s efforts to harm immigrants.
In our government of checks and balances, Congress holds the power of the purse through appropriations. Candidates campaigned in 2018 on the promise they would use that power for the good of us all, and we voted for them on that basis.
With appropriation bills coming due at the end of September, now is the time for Congress to boldly use its power to #DefundHate.
Monday was a national call-in day; according to Indivisible National, over 2,700 people across the country acted. Let’s continue flooding the phone lines — our MoCs are uniquely positioned to lead in defunding hate!
Get out your neighbors to call! Join us Friday, Sept 13, at our #DefundHate teach-in event, 4:30pm at Harry Bridges Plaza, across from the Ferry Building on the San Francisco Embarcadero. We will use interactive art, mapping the routes of our own immigration, and handing out flyers so people can call their MoC’s! RSVP here.
Call your MoC’s today — demand that they #DefundHate!
Call your Representative and Senators. You can use this general message:
“In upcoming appropriations bills, I urge you to strongly oppose increases in immigration-related funding that furthers the administration’s immigration program. I urge you to eliminate or reduce funds used to separate families, deport law-abiding immigrants, and expand detention facilities. I also ask you to increase funding for humane and just treatment of immigrants.”
Or you can get more specific: We’ve posted the 12 immigration-related Power of the Purse asks from our overall list as a separate immigration-focused list for easy reference. You can see all of the sixty-seven points listed in our Power of the Purse letter here.
Bonus Federal Action: Say NO to Proposed Changes to Guest Worker Program
Trump’s Department of Labor has proposed changes to the H-2A visa program that would weaken key protections for farm workers, limiting their ability to obtain employment with H-2A employers and exposing H-2A workers to greater vulnerability and costs.
Well-informed, original public comment can stop bad policies like these. Please submit your comment by September 24!
Indivisible SF Spotlight
We delivered our Power of the Purse Letter with 100 Signatures!
You can view the sixty-seven points of the letter here.
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Next Indivisible SF General Meeting: Sunday, Sept 15, 1pm–3pm at the Ingleside Branch Library, 1298 Ocean Avenue, near Balboa Park BART.
Further actions on getting our MoCs to close the camps and use the Power of the Purse. RSVP on Eventbrite.
Sunday, Sept 15, 4pm–6pm: Pints & Postcards at Standard Deviant Brewing! Back by popular demand…Pints & Postcards to Voters! We’ll be writing letters to voters in swing states helping them register to vote in key elections! $20 suggested donation, no one turned away for lack of funds. RSVP here!
Saturday, Sept 14, 11am–2pm: DemAction Phone Bank & Postcards in Outer Richmond neighborhood. We will be calling and writing postcards for elections in Virginia and asking folks in Arizona to register to vote! RSVP here.
Sunday, Sept 15, 1–5pm: DemAction Phone Bank in Noe Valley at Doggy Style. We will be phone banking for the 2019 elections in Virginia, and asking people to register to vote in Arizona. RSVP here.
Monday, Sept 16, 1–4pm: DemAction Phone Bank & Postcards in West Portal. We will be calling and writing postcards for elections in Virginia and asking folks in Arizona to register to vote! RSVP here.
Friday, Sept 13, 4:30–6pm: #DefundHate Day of Action at Harry Bridges Plaza (View Map). Show Congress there is broad resistance to Trump’s racist, anti-immigrant agenda. During rush hour on Friday, Sept 13, we will use interactive art, chalking the sidewalk and mapping the routes of our own immigration. We will share stories of how we arrived in San Francisco, and convey our message that we must welcome and protect immigrants. Join us to ask Congress to #DefundHate. RSVP here.
Saturday, Sept 21, 12–1:30pm: State Senator Scott Weiner Town Hall at Commodore Sloat Elementary School. Senator Wiener will give updates on his work during this legislative session and give constituents an opportunity to ask questions in an open forum.RSVP here.
Keep Fighting,
The Indivisible SF Team
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