Mar 09, 2017
Thursday March 9, 2017
- Demand your lawmaker fight back against Republican attack on nation's healthcare system
- Call your member of congress now. (Indivisible has provided a sample script here.)
- Daily Action is also organizing calls aimed at House Speaker Paul Ryan here
- Listen to Wednesday's night emergency phone call (hosted by Indivisible) to defend ACA from Republican attack
Health care experts from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Families USA, and the Center for American Progress Action provide an overview of the American Health Care Act and Indivisible explains what you can do to stop the repeal of the ACA. Listen here. - Sign up to attend a 'People Power' training this Saturday (3/11)
On March 11, the ACLU is holding a Resistance Training. This event will launch People Power, the ACLU's new effort to engage grassroots volunteers across the country and take the fight against Donald Trump's policies not just into the courts, but into the streets. We're organizing grassroots events in communities across the country to watch the livestream together. More info here. - Check out NiftyFifty, which allows you to call your members of Congress while encouraging others to join your network and do the same
Fifty Nifty is a grassroots challenge to participate in democracy by building a network of friends that make calls to congresspeople in all 50 states. Live phone calls are the best way to directly express your opinion on an issue to your elected officials. Your mission is to pass this along to friends who will make calls and also pass the link along to others who will do the same. It's a social chain letter and a call to action for a better participatory democracy. Call and tell others to do the same. We'll help you make the call and express your message.
What You Can Be Doing Every Day
- Check out the Indivisible Guide's "Capitol Calendar." See if there's a local Indivisible group in your area. If there isn't, start one.
- 'The Resistance Calendar' also has a running schedule of events and actions.
- Sign up to receive 'Daily Action' on your mobile device
- Every day: Make your voice heard with "5 Calls" (because calling actually works)
- Every Sunday: Join "Ready to Resist" Strategy Calls
- Every Tuesday: #ResistTrumpTuesdays (or on Twitter)
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Thursday March 9, 2017
- Demand your lawmaker fight back against Republican attack on nation's healthcare system
- Call your member of congress now. (Indivisible has provided a sample script here.)
- Daily Action is also organizing calls aimed at House Speaker Paul Ryan here
- Listen to Wednesday's night emergency phone call (hosted by Indivisible) to defend ACA from Republican attack
Health care experts from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Families USA, and the Center for American Progress Action provide an overview of the American Health Care Act and Indivisible explains what you can do to stop the repeal of the ACA. Listen here. - Sign up to attend a 'People Power' training this Saturday (3/11)
On March 11, the ACLU is holding a Resistance Training. This event will launch People Power, the ACLU's new effort to engage grassroots volunteers across the country and take the fight against Donald Trump's policies not just into the courts, but into the streets. We're organizing grassroots events in communities across the country to watch the livestream together. More info here. - Check out NiftyFifty, which allows you to call your members of Congress while encouraging others to join your network and do the same
Fifty Nifty is a grassroots challenge to participate in democracy by building a network of friends that make calls to congresspeople in all 50 states. Live phone calls are the best way to directly express your opinion on an issue to your elected officials. Your mission is to pass this along to friends who will make calls and also pass the link along to others who will do the same. It's a social chain letter and a call to action for a better participatory democracy. Call and tell others to do the same. We'll help you make the call and express your message.
What You Can Be Doing Every Day
- Check out the Indivisible Guide's "Capitol Calendar." See if there's a local Indivisible group in your area. If there isn't, start one.
- 'The Resistance Calendar' also has a running schedule of events and actions.
- Sign up to receive 'Daily Action' on your mobile device
- Every day: Make your voice heard with "5 Calls" (because calling actually works)
- Every Sunday: Join "Ready to Resist" Strategy Calls
- Every Tuesday: #ResistTrumpTuesdays (or on Twitter)
Keep reading...Show less
Thursday March 9, 2017
- Demand your lawmaker fight back against Republican attack on nation's healthcare system
- Call your member of congress now. (Indivisible has provided a sample script here.)
- Daily Action is also organizing calls aimed at House Speaker Paul Ryan here
- Listen to Wednesday's night emergency phone call (hosted by Indivisible) to defend ACA from Republican attack
Health care experts from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Families USA, and the Center for American Progress Action provide an overview of the American Health Care Act and Indivisible explains what you can do to stop the repeal of the ACA. Listen here. - Sign up to attend a 'People Power' training this Saturday (3/11)
On March 11, the ACLU is holding a Resistance Training. This event will launch People Power, the ACLU's new effort to engage grassroots volunteers across the country and take the fight against Donald Trump's policies not just into the courts, but into the streets. We're organizing grassroots events in communities across the country to watch the livestream together. More info here. - Check out NiftyFifty, which allows you to call your members of Congress while encouraging others to join your network and do the same
Fifty Nifty is a grassroots challenge to participate in democracy by building a network of friends that make calls to congresspeople in all 50 states. Live phone calls are the best way to directly express your opinion on an issue to your elected officials. Your mission is to pass this along to friends who will make calls and also pass the link along to others who will do the same. It's a social chain letter and a call to action for a better participatory democracy. Call and tell others to do the same. We'll help you make the call and express your message.
What You Can Be Doing Every Day
- Check out the Indivisible Guide's "Capitol Calendar." See if there's a local Indivisible group in your area. If there isn't, start one.
- 'The Resistance Calendar' also has a running schedule of events and actions.
- Sign up to receive 'Daily Action' on your mobile device
- Every day: Make your voice heard with "5 Calls" (because calling actually works)
- Every Sunday: Join "Ready to Resist" Strategy Calls
- Every Tuesday: #ResistTrumpTuesdays (or on Twitter)
Keep reading...Show less
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