EscInd: Weekly Action Plan for April 15, 2019
Welcome to Escondido Indivisible’s weekly action plan for April 15, 2019! Pick an action or two and commit yourself to doing them. As President Obama said in his farewell speech: Believe in your ability to bring change. Show up, dive in, stay at it.
Events | SDC Events Calendar
- Saturday, April 20, 2019, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM: Earth Day at Washington Park, 1599 E Washington Ave, Escondido, California 92027. Join Deputy Mayor Consuelo Martinez, Sierra Club, and other organizations to celebrate Earth Day.
Future Events
- Saturday, April 27, 2019, 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM: Earth Day Community Service: Creek to Bay Clean-up at Lake Wohlford Rd, Escondido, CA 92027.
Fighting Islamophobia
- Read-up on North County Report: Mosque Fire Was Far From North County's First Brush With Hate, Professor Says Islamaphobia Is Emboldened By US Laws and FBI, ATF offer $10K reward in Escondido mosque arson case.
- Contact Rep. Hunter, Senator Feinstein and Senator Harris and ask them to support H.R.2214 and S.1123 which “repeal Trump’s Muslim and Asylum Bans”. Note: Senator Feinstein and Harris are co-sponsors of S. 1123. See Fight All Forms of Family Separations.
- In-related news: ‘Act of Desperation’: Republican Duncan Hunter Renews Racist Attacks on Opponent, Democrats Say.
Immigration
- Read-up on The Impact of California's Sanctuary Law, San Diego Explained: California's So-Called Sanctuary Laws and California sanctuary cities bill is humane and effective.
- Write a letter to the editor rebutting State Senator Jones’s Pointing fingers will not reform bad policies; changing priorities will.
- Contact Assemblymember Waldron and State Senator Jones and ask them to support AB-1332 which bar California cities and counties from “entering into new contracts or investing in with entities that work with ICE/CBP by sharing data or providing detention facilities”. See Indivisible CA: StateStrong's Script about AB-1332.
Trump-Russia Investigation
- Read-up on Mueller Report: Wait Almost Over For Release Of Redacted Report and Mueller report: Barr’s expected redactions, explained.
- Contact Rep. Hunter, Senator Feinstein and Senator Harris and ask them to ensure the full public disclosure of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report. Note: Rep. Hunter voted yes on H.Con.Res.24, a resolution to make the report public, but it is stalled in the Senate. See Investigating Trump and Holding Him Accountable and Subpoena the Mueller Report and Evidence.
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