7/11/19
Let’s
attend one of the many vigils tomorrow, Friday, July 12th via Lights
for Liberty in protest of the concentration camps. There are now over 550
protests in all 50 states and many other countries: https://www.lightsforliberty.org/
NATIONAL
ISSUES
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CONTINUED IMMIGRATION ATROCITIES: As the awareness grows of the Trump
administration-made humanitarian crisis, there are many ways we can help. Past Rogan’s List suggestions
are still appropriate to work on: http://roganslist.blogspot.com/2019/06/62519-nationalissues-deplorable.html
http://roganslist.blogspot.com/2019/07/7219-nationalissues-addresses-district.html
http://roganslist.blogspot.com/2019/07/7419-nationalissues-addresses-district.html
Here are more:
There
have been some questions why Rogan’s List uses the term “concentration
camp” rather than “detention camp”.
While we realize that the former is usually associated with Nazi
Germany, we find that it fits the Merriam-Webster definition: "a
place where large numbers of people (such as prisoners of war, political
prisoners, refugees, or the members of an ethnic or religious minority) are detained
or confined under armed guard —used especially in reference to camps created by
the Nazis in World War II for the internment and persecution of Jews and other
prisoners". We are in good company
with the 400 experts who signed this letter: https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2019/07/01/an-open-letter-to-the-director-of-the-holocaust-memorial-museum/
SUPPORT ACTIVIST HUMANITARIAN AID TO MIGRANTS: Activists have reported being prohibited
from passing out water to migrants waiting to be processed on a hot Florida day
by the Miramar ICE facility in Miami. https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/video-activists-banned-from-giving-water-to-immigrants-at-miami-area-ice-facility-in-miramar. Let’s report this cruelty to our MoCs
and also contact the ICE Community Relations officers in Miami (Phone: (954) 236-4909 CommunityRelations.Miami@ice.dhs.gov and ask them to immediately change this
policy.
CALL FOR AN INVESTIGATION OF SEXUAL ASSAULT CHARGES AGAINST MIGRANT
CHILDREN: The latest
incident in a number of sexual assault allegations against migrants was reported in Arizona,
allegedly in retaliation for protests. https://thehill.com/latino/452345-migrant-children-report-sex-assault-retaliation-for-protests-at-border-facility. THIS HAS TO STOP! Let’s ask our MoCs to
start an investigation immediately. Let’s also contact ICE Community Relations
in Arizona (Phone: (602) 200-2215; CommunityRelations.Phoenix@ice.dhs.gov and demand that any member of their staff accused
of sexual assault be immediately removed from their facilities.
STOP LONG-TERM DETENTION
CENTERS: While the government tries to use the term “emergency influx
shelters” to justify holding children for more than 20 days, as mandated by the
Flores Settlement, it is also signing leases to run some detention centers for
20 years https://fortune.com/2019/07/03/migrant-children-detention-centers/,
setting steps in place for child concentration camps as a long-term “solution”
to the immigrant issue. Let’s make sure our MoCs are aware of this and remind
them of the long-term effects of trauma resulting in family separations.
We should tell them we want to see children kept in homes, not in prisons.
IMMIGRATION—“NEVER AGAIN IS NOW” PROTESTS—Jewish activists and their allies are
continuing to hold protests around the country, sounding the alarm and
demanding an end to Trump’s inhumane concentration camps and cruel immigration
policies, https://www.neveragainaction.com . Let’s
check this page and join a protest near us:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/NeverAgainAction/events/?ref=page_internal
MONETARY DONATIONS MADE EASY: ActBlue Charities
has set up a fund that splits donations among 14 different groups that are
doing critical work at the border, including Kids In Need of Defense (KIND), Al
Otro Lado, and RAICES. If all of us chip in a little bit, we can help those
organizations keep supporting and advocating for kids and families. Let’s
check it out here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/kidsattheborder (H/T)
ADDITIONAL ACTIONS: As the horrifying news continues to pour in about the cruel
treatment of immigrants in the Concentration Camps, we look for ways to
help. We can consult this detailed list of ways to help immigrants,
then choose the actions that are right for us: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DPr93K73Y27_eV6oxauXrp7XVqetQOvzff0BRaWR07Y Several of these actions can also be accessed
at The Beacon where we can sign up to
volunteer and donate with just a few clicks:
https://www.beacon.us/playlists/756
TELLING
THE TRUTH ABOUT THE ECONOMY: When friends and relatives claim they are happy with the way
Trump has handled the economy, let’s remind them of this
analysis
from Forbes Magazine, which shows that Trump has fallen way short of Obama’s
record in creating jobs over the same time period.
SECRETARY OF
LABOR ALEXANDER ACOSTA: Amazingly, as of press time, Secretary of
Labor Alexander Acosta has still not resigned:
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/452299-acosta-on-shaky-ground-as-gop-support-wavers In
fact, he is defending his actions: https://www.politico.com/video/2019/07/10/acosta-wont-resign-defends-epstein-plea-deal-he-wouldve-avoided-prison-altogether-068467
Let’s continue to call for
Acosta’s resignation: https://www.dol.gov/general/contact (Secretary
of Labor information is further down on the page of this contact link)
GETTING MITCH MCCONNELL OUT OF THE SENATE: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has a
challenger for the 2020 Senate race, Amy McGrath. And she raised $2.5 million
the first day of her candidacy:
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/452348-amy-mcgrath-raises-25-million-on-first-day-of-campaign-to-unseat-mcconnell Let’s
boost her total if we are able to make a contribution:
IMPEACHMENT:
Former Obama administration leader Cass Sunstein has written a powerful
op-ed for the Washington Post titled “Impeachment Isn’t Optional”:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/07/10/impeachment-isnt-optional-if-facts-point-that-direction-congress-must-act/?utm_term=.42cc0b0795cb Let’s
share this with our MoC when imploring them to pursue impeachment if they
haven’t come out in favor of it already.
DITCH MITCH,
ELECT AMY MCGRATH—Two
Birds, One Stone: Democrat Andy Beshear is running for governor of Kentucky in
2019, and it’s believed that he has a 50-50 chance of winning in this deeply
Red state. As our friends at Political Charge say, “Everything we can do to get
voters in Kentucky excited about Beshear and working to register and turn out
Democratic voters in 2019 is essentially laying a foundation that Amy McGrath
can build on in 2020.” https://politicalcharge.org/2019/07/10/5-ways-to-help-amy-mcgrath-beat-mitch-mcconnell/ Let’s
support Beshear by volunteering and donating what we can: https://andybeshear.com/
WOMEN’S SOCCER PAY
EQUALITY: After the thrilling win by the U.S. women in the soccer World
Cup, the question of pay equity is receiving even more support. The background of the pay difference is
complicated, but real. https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/soccer/2019/07/10/breaking-down-pay-gap-between-uswnt-and-usmnt-players/1671361001/
and https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/07/08/are-us-womens-soccer-players-really-earning-less-than-men/?noredirect&utm_term=.ff2fcc44c7e8 Let’s join in this petition to United
States Soccer Federation, FIFA in support of equal pay for these athletes: https://petitions.moveon.org/sign/the-us-womens-soccer
ELECTION/VOTING
2019 STATE LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS—In 2019,
there are state legislative elections in Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey
(State House only), and Virginia. To date, 91 state races don’t have a
Democratic candidate. Let’s look at this list to see if a Democrat is
running in our district, (https://ballotpedia.org/State_legislative_elections_without_a_Democratic_or_Republican_candidate,_2019 scroll
down to “Races without Democratic candidates), and if not, let’s talk to our
community leaders about making a possible run—or even run ourselves! Here’s
basic information about running for state legislature: http://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/how-to-become-a-candidate-for-state-legislator635423970.aspx
STATE
SPECIFIC ISSUES
MOST: POLLUTION
STANDARDS: As of Tuesday, 24 governors, including three
Republicans, have joined environmentalists, automakers, and others by pledging
to oppose Trump’s dangerous plan to weaken pollution standards for cars
nationwide; their statement points out that that vehicles are “the largest
source of carbon pollution in the United States”: https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/articles/2019-07-09/24-governors-pledge-to-fight-president-donald-trump-on-rollback-of-clean-car-rules Let’s
get ALL our governors to sign this pledge.
MOST: CLIMATE CHANGE—ELECTRIC
VEHICLES FOR MUNICIPALITIES:
The
Climate Mayors Electric Vehicle Purchasing Collaborative is a project of
Climate Mayors, a coalition of mayors committed to taking action on climate
change http://climatemayors.org/ . The Collaborative
exists to allow municipalities to “leverage their collective buying power and
accelerate the conversion of public fleets to EVs [electric vehicles]” and
“competitively bid EVs and charging infrastructure.” Let’s share the
link to the Collaborative https://driveevfleets.org/ with
our city, county, and town government leaders https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials and
tell them that we want them to take action on climate change by transitioning
their public fleet to electric vehicles.
CA: CHARTER SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY: Call to removed bad amendments, move AB
1505 and 1507 forward in the State
Senate! The charter school association is trying to gut AB 1505, our local
control and charter accountability bill. The amendments would leave in place
the charter appeal process to the state and county, and would greatly limit
local school board’s ability to deny a charter school application. We can read
more about the Governor’s involvement here:
https://edsource.org/2019/governors-team-jumps-into-fray-over-contested-charter-school-bill/615053? We use this script to call
Governor Newsome at (916) 445-2841 and tell him that we expect
a strong ungutted bill to make it to his desk to sign: Script: Assembly Bill 1505 should not have
amendments allowing state/county appeals. We need local control and more
charter school accountability to end corruption and siphoning. Give local
school districts that power. Do not allow amendments to weaken the version of
the April 24, 2019 version of the bill the Assembly already passed. Revert to
strong charter accountability AB 1505 language that meets or exceeds that April
24, 2019 version.”
NY: FRACKED GAS IN NEW YORK:
National Grid wants us to do its lobbying for them; they have emailed their
customers soliciting a public comment before the July 13th deadline in favor of
the fracked gas Williams pipeline that would travel under NY Harbor and has
been rejected by both New York and NJ governments:
https://readsludge.com/2019/07/09/national-grid-presses-customers-to-help-it-lobby-for-a-new-fracked-gas-pipeline/ Let’s make sure we submit our objections to this pipeline by Saturday; here’s a tool: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/decpsc-double-comment-renewables-not-pipelines And let’s tell National Grid what we think of their attempt to outsource their lobbying: 1-718-643-4050
https://readsludge.com/2019/07/09/national-grid-presses-customers-to-help-it-lobby-for-a-new-fracked-gas-pipeline/ Let’s make sure we submit our objections to this pipeline by Saturday; here’s a tool: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/decpsc-double-comment-renewables-not-pipelines And let’s tell National Grid what we think of their attempt to outsource their lobbying: 1-718-643-4050
RALLIES/GATHERINGS/TRAININGS
CONCENTRATION CAMPS:
We know the news coming out of the concentration camps is only going
to get more grim as the days go on:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/02/migrant-detention-center-overcrowding-report-inspector-general Let’s
attend one of the many vigils on July 12thvia Lights for Liberty.
There are now over 440 protests in all 50 states and many other countries:
https://www.lightsforliberty.org/
IMMIGRATION—“NEVER AGAIN IS NOW” PROTESTS—Jewish activists and their
allies are continuing to hold protests around the country, sounding the alarm
and demanding an end to Trump’s inhumane concentration camps and cruel
immigration policies, https://www.neveragainaction.com .
Let’s check this page and join a protest near us: https://www.facebook.com/pg/NeverAgainAction/events/?ref=page_internal
ONLINE SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGY WORKSHOP FOR ELECTED WOMEN
& WOMEN ACTIVISTS: If we are an
elected woman politician or a women social media activist, we can check out
this online seminar from social media experts Cheryl Contee and Rachel
Campbell of Do Big Things. In this online seminar, June 16 at 1pm EST,
we can learn about cutting edge social media strategy and tactics, including
content best practices, the algorithms and mechanics of social media, how to
leverage influencers, and fundraising on social media. They
will have Q&A, so we can ask the experts about our own
situations. We can also learn more about the workshop presenters and their
organization here www.dobigthings.today.
We can sign up here: https://voterunlead.org/event/rep19-voterunlead-present-power-through-education-summer-webinar-series-social-media-for-electeds-with-cheryl-contee/
SIGN UP FOR
CANDIDATE TRAINING: Emily’s List is offering a
Candidate training on Saturday, July 27 in Philadelphia from 9:30
am to 2:30 pm. We can find out more about the event, Run to Win 101, a
free half-day training for pro-choice Democratic women thinking about running
for elected office and sign up, if we choose to, here: https://secure.emilyslist.org/page/s/20190713_email_RunToWinPhiladelphia
NATIONAL NETWORK ASSEMBLY: The first
National Network Assembly, made up of hundreds of local grassroots leaders
organizers from around the country is happening in Des Moines, IA, August 22
to 25. https://mailchi.mp/thedemlabs/nationalnetworkassembly
There will be workshops, sessions, and meetings in
which participants will strategize, plan, and learn skills to take home to
their groups. The 2019 National Network
Assembly will strengthen
the connective tissue between grassroots groups by bridging multiple networks
and organizations that represent over 1,000 leaders across
all 50 states. We can find more
information, register to attend, and donate to the scholarship fund here: https://www.nationalnetworkassembly.org/
We can use this document to invite others to attend: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oKWdGLESqQYFVIa3JXQrtsXO9zrZv7ihCdGfnmSZ0-M/edit
READING/WATCHING
To
Beat the Gerrymander, Think Outside the Lines - https://newrepublic.com/article/154424/beat-gerrymander-think-outside-lines?
Josh Ritter has composed a beautiful and heartbreaking song
about how we should all stand up for immigrants and refugees. Let's listen to
his song All Some Kind of Dream:
Conspiracy theory about slain
DNC staffer was planted by Russian intelligence, report finds - https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/conspiracy-theory-about-slain-dnc-staffer-was-planted-russian-intelligence-n1027826
Stop Calling Epstein’s Victims Young Women. They’re
Children - https://www.fatherly.com/love-money/jeffrey-epstein-child-sex-trafficking/
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We can stay up-to-date on Congress by checking out their
schedules. a) The House publishes a weekly schedule at The Weekly Leader (published and dated Friday)
as well as daily schedules at The Daily Leader. b) The Senate updates
their schedule daily at the Senate Floor Schedule
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