The inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris is the start of our recovery from the reign of terror and lawlessness under Donald Trump. Trump’s disappearance from the stage will not diminish the number of Americans who are willing to sacrifice even their own self-interest and safety to preserve white supremacy. It will not undo the damage done by four years of cruel, vindictive, and ignorant policy-making. The politics of hate and greed remain alive and well.
But now we can hope. We can hope for a President who honors the law and bases decisions on what’s best for the whole country. We can hope for an administration of qualified staffers who will work with a Democratic-controlled Congress to make America more fair and just. We can hope for a government that provides access to health care for all, redresses social and economic inequity, bases foreign policy on cooperation instead of coercion, and fights for our lives by addressing climate change.
In this spirit of renewed hope, Indivisible SF has composed an open letter to President Biden, Vice President Harris, and our Members of Congress that urges them to continue to pursue the ideals of a free and fair democracy for every American.
Read our letter below:
An Open Letter From Indivisible SF
On behalf of our 1000+ members in San Francisco, Indivisible SF wishes to express our appreciation to the Biden-Harris team for their bold legislative proposals to combat the pandemic emergency, and we look forward to the forthcoming economic-relief package. We applaud your decision to issue day-one and week-one executive orders addressing the Covid, economic, climate, and racial-equity crises that grip our nation. And we stand with you as you labor to not only reverse the grave damage done to America and the world by the Trump administration and its Republican sycophants but also to move us forward into the 21st Century.
To our four representatives in Congress, we express our thanks in advance for what we know will be your unwavering support for bold and effective action on the manifold emergencies and crises that must at long last be addressed. We urge you to stand strong, and resist all attempts to water down or obstruct the measures, provisions, and new initiatives that we your constituents so desperately need and desire. And from the deepest depths of our being we demand that you hold fully accountable Trump and all other officials who are guilty of criminal acts so that America once again stands for the fundamental principle that No one is above the law and that wealth and political power do not confer impunity from justice.
And finally, to you who are our incoming hope, we express our deep yearning for a future that is free of the racial and ethnic persecution & scapegoating of the past, a future that provides affordable quality healthcare and education for all, a future in which economic justice and equality of opportunity apply to all strata of society, and a future in which We the People can fully and freely vote and participate in a true democracy for all regardless of race, gender, creed, origin, orientation, or background.
Respectfully
Indivisible SF Steering Committee
We're so happy and proud that we made it this far with you. To celebrate our hard work, join us tonight at 6pm at our Inauguration Happy Hour on Zoom!
Don’t delay - VOTE in the ADEM election!
The ADEM election sets the direction of California’s Democratic Party, and we hope you registered before the deadline earlier this week. Your ballot should be in the mail soon, and just in time, ISF’s voter guides are here.
Once you get your ballot, please fill it out and drop it in the mailbox as soon as possible—ballots must be received by January 27 to be counted. Learn how to fill out your ADEM ballot here.
And it’s time to meet your candidates. We gathered as much information as we could on the slates and candidates for districts covering San Francisco, Oakland, San Mateo, and parts of the Bay Area. Read our candidate guide here.
All this and more is available at https://indivisiblesf.org/vote.
Come join our Working Groups!
Our State and Local Working Group is proud to deliver our ADEM guide to you in time for the election. We are now forming our legislative priorities to achieve progressive change in California and San Francisco. If you’d like to participate, join us at one of our General Meetings or a Working Group meeting (see below).
Our Federal Working Group is pivoting to the post-2020 landscape of a Democratic trifecta in the House, Senate, and White House. Over the coming year, we will focus on undoing the damage of the last four years and enacting badly needed progressive reforms. If you’d like to join, come to a General Meeting or one of our Working Group meetings!
We’d welcome your participation.
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ISF General Meeting: Sunday, February 7, 1–3 PM via Zoom. Register here to join our online meeting. The meeting is open to anyone interested in promoting progressive political goals and repairing the damage done to our institutions and communities in the last four years.
Thursday, January 28, 7–9 PM: Indivisible SF Federal Working Group meeting. Register here to discuss what’s next for our Members of Congress and the incoming administration, and learn how we can make our voices heard.
Friday, February 5, 7:30–8:30 PM: Indivisible SF State and Local Working Group meeting. Register here to learn how we can propose legislation to our state legislators and other initiatives on the state and local level.
Saturday, January 23, 1–3 PM: Virtual Women's March SF and Oakland - Staying Engaged in 2021 and Beyond. Join us for our fifth year of gathering together to celebrate and keep the momentum going. While the pandemic is preventing us from marching this year, we are focusing on ways to stay engaged and involved, and to continue to have our voice heard by our elected officials.
Register here.
Tuesday, January 26 (Time TBD): Public Comment on SF Board of Supervisors Hearing on SFPD Reform. Join our friends at Wealth and Disparities in the Black Community to hold the Board of Supervisors responsible for their lagging effort to address racist bias in SFPD. Sign up for text alerts for the public comment period in the hearing. They will let you know when to call in!
Thursday, January 28, 5–6 PM: San Francisco District Attorney's Office - The State of Justice. Please join San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin for his State of Justice address where he will highlight some of the accomplishments and challenges of his first year in office. Register here.
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Keep Fighting,
The Indivisible SF Team
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