Author: Kathy Foldes

ICM Monthly Meeting Mon Oct 4.6:30 Social (optional), 7-8 Meeting. The agenda is great! There are plans in the making. And we can all be together on Zoom!

Look for the Zoom link in your e-newsletter. (Sometimes this is in your spam folder unfortunately).

FIRST MONDAYS (usually) 6:30 Social (optional), 7-8 Meeting
Please put this meeting on your calendar as a recurring event so you don’t miss it!

The Infrastructure Bill that’s up for a vote today isn’t bad, it’s just too small to meet the moment, which is why it needs to be paired with the full Build Back Better reconciliation package. Conservatives have shown time and time again they can’t be trusted to keep their word once they’ve gotten what they want, so today, to make sure the keep their words, they will vote down a bill progressives support, in order to ensure we eventually get a package big enough to help everyone.

This isn’t a minority position — 96% of House and Senate Democrats support the Build Back Better package! We can’t allow a tiny minority of conservatives to deny Americans this massively important recovery plan. So call, call, call!

We will keep tipping the scale back to Liberty & Justice for ALL!
ICM Monthly Meeting Mon Oct 4.6:30 Social (optional), 7-8 Meeting Look for the Zoom link in your e-newsletter. (Sometimes this is in your spam folder unfortunately).
FIRST MONDAYS (usually) 6:30 Social (optional), 7-8 Meeting
Please put this meeting on your calendar as a recurring event so you don’t miss it!

And just so we don’t forget what’s at stake, here’s what an inclusive recovery can look like:

A pathway to citizenship for millions of immigrants;
Lowering drug prices, expanding Medicare to cover vision, dental, and hearing, and lowering the eligibility age to 60 years old;
Investments in climate, including a Clean Energy Standard (with no fossil fuels!) and a Civilian Climate Corps;
Investments in housing, especially deeply affordable housing and housing for unhoused populations;
Historic investments in the care economy including universal child care, paid leave, and home and community-based care; and
Address extreme wealth inequality by taxing the ultra-rich and big corporations so they finally pay their fair share.

The CPC made some important wins in recent days on key priorities like affordable child care and bold climate provisions. These wins were possible because we had their backs — and now they need our support more than ever to ensure this package doesn’t get watered down by Republicans and conservative Democrats.

Look for your ICM e-newsletter to find the link to our monthly meeting on Zoom. You may need to check your spam folder to find the newsletter. Our speaker will be Oregon State Senator Steiner Hayward, chair of the Ways and Means Committee i.e. the state Budget. Come to find out updates and actions you can take to make Democracy a reality again!

Indivisible USA sent us this post:

We’ve got plans to make history next weekend and you’re invited — join activists like you next Saturday to take part in the historic March On for Voting Rights in cities across the country. This comes exactly fifty-eight years after Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech and led the historic March on Washington, calling on the nation to rise up and end the legalized racial discrimination plaguing the country.

Half a century later and in the middle of another racial justice reckoning, state legislatures around the country are trying to reinstate systemic discrimination at the ballot box. Now, Martin Luther King III will help lead Americans on another march in honor of his father. Whether you want to head to Washington, D.C., find a march near you, or join virtually, your members of Congress need to know that voting rights are on the line. Join us and demand that Congress act now by passing federal voting rights legislation.

Join the marches in person or online. Look for a local event!

This year alone, 48 states have introduced hundreds of voter suppression bills in an effort to stamp out participation in communities of color. Tactics like banning ballot drop boxes and mail-in voting, reducing early voting days and hours, restricting who can get a mail-in ballot, and more, are threatening our democracy in nearly every statehouse. Unfortunately, many of these racist, anti-democratic bills have already become law. Federal voting rights protections will guarantee everyone the right to vote — but we have to act now before it’s too late. Click here to sign up. And then, if you’re able, consider making a donation to help support our democracy reform efforts. 

Can’t go? Please donate to Indivisible at https://indivisible.org/

Our area has grown so HD 33 with be redistricted. Let’s keep neighborhoods together that should be together. Voice your opinion!

Register in advance for 9/7 HD 33 Redistricting Town Hall with Rep. Maxine Dexter:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEkdeqpqjsvHNGNmjTBXNKbRHNJ5amhNWlB

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

This event will also be streamed live on Rep Dexter’s Facebook

This is a critical time for the climate. Just look at our soaring temperatures, droughts, forest fires!

Urge Rep. Bonamici to cosponsor the American Renewable Energy Act which ensures renewables are prioritized in a CES (Clean Energy Standards). Call her today at 1-202-225-0855 (press #3 to bypass the blah blah). Remind her that natural gas produces greenhouse gases and should not be part of any clean energy policy.

And then….Post about this on your social media! Get the word out!

The in person meeting is cancelled. We’ll be meeting on Zoom.  Check your email for a revised e-newsletter with the Zoom link. If you have trouble finding it, please email Karyn at karyn@karynservin.com 

See you all on Zoom!