EscInd: Weekly Action Plan for August 14, 2017
Welcome to Escondido Indivisible’s weekly action plan for August 14, 2017! Escondido Indivisible is a grassroots group dedicated to affecting changes in our local community. Our website is at EscondidoIndivisible.com, and our sister group is at Escondido Indivisible on Facebook. Send us links and comments at EscondidoIndivisible50@gmail.com and @EscInd50 on Twitter. And feel free to forward our newsletter to interested parties! If you were forwarded this letter, you can subscribe here, and check the archive here.
This weekend saw the unrest that has been boiling in our country continues to spill. In a series of tweets, former President Obama quoted Nelson Mandela: “No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.” Senator Feinstein said “Violent acts of hate and bigotry have no place in America.”
And Senator Harris in a Facebook post said: “As we all now know, this weekend in Charlottesville, hundreds of white supremacists gathered with torches, shouting racial, ethnic and religious epithets about Black and Jewish people, chanting Nazi slurs, waving the Confederate flag and banners emblazoned with giant swastikas. // A peaceful protester was murdered. Two brave police officers lost their lives. // To some Americans, this was shocking and scary. They asked themselves how could this happen - in the United States of America - in 2017? // To other Americans, what they know is, Charlottesville exemplifies an undeniable reality that lurks just beneath the surface in this nation we love. // [...] // I feel a special responsibility, and I hope and expect my colleagues in the U.S. Senate do, too. It’s easy to tweet that hate has no place in America. But no legislator should be allowed to be horrified on a Saturday and then vote to drag America backward on a Monday. // There is hope to be found. The truth is that the vast majority of Americans are good, fair and just and they want their country to reflect those ideals. And the fact that yesterday’s explicit hate was met with near-universal condemnation affirms my belief in our capacity to overcome evil. // We don’t have to let extremists define us. Opportunities to do right are right in front of us. We just have to seize them.”
Events | SDC Events Calendar
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August 15, 2017, 2:00 PM–4:00 PM: Escondido Public Library Board of Trustees Special Meeting at Escondido Public Library, Turrentine Room, 239 S Kalmia St., Escondido, CA 92025. ***Follow-up meeting to draft a letter to Escondido City Council to oppose outsourcing of library services.***
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August 16, 2017, 3:30 PM: Save Our Escondido Public Library Rally & Escondido City Council Meeting at City Hall Council Chambers, 201 North Broadway, Escondido, CA 92025.
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August 19, 2017, 10:00 AM–3:00 PM: Comprehensive Training Day in North County.
Future Events
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August 23, 2017, 4:30 PM: Escondido City Council Meeting at City Hall Council Chambers, 201 North Broadway, Escondido, CA 92025.
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August 24, 2017, 6:00 PM–7:00 PM: Senator Joel Anderson's La Mesa Community Coffee Town Hall at American Legion, 8118 University Avenue, La Mesa, CA 91942.
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August 26, 2017, 2:00 PM–4:00 PM: Save the Date: Flip CA 50th’s District 50 Town Hall at Cuyamaca College Performing Arts Theater, 900 Rancho San Diego Parkway El Cajon, CA 92019-4369.
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August 28, 2017, 6:00 PM–6:30 PM: Escondido Indivisible Group Meeting with ECOC & TWW North County Inland at Chalice Unitarian Universalist Congregation Church, 2324 Miller Avenue, Escondido, CA 92029. Socializing starts at 6:00 PM and meeting begins from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM. ***Update on EPL privatization***
Monday
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Contact Senator Anderson & Assemblymember Waldron and ask them to publicly speak out against white supremacists and domestic terrorism that occurred in Charlottesville over the weekend. Ask them how they plan to address legislatively the rise of hate crime in California (see AB-800 which requires the Attorney General to establish a public hotline for hate crimes, but is considered a zombie bill in the legislature). Of note: Assemblymember Waldron chose on Aug 13, 2017, 7:13 AM to link to a Tweet from Dinesh D'Souza saying “How ignorant of the left to choose Robert E. Lee--who opposed both slavery & secession--to symbolize the evils of slavery & secession” and said in response “But isn't that what revistionist history is all about? They are counting on the sheeple following lazily along, ignorant as the day is long”. (As a Tweeter responded, this is false.)
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Contact Rep. Hunter and ask them to publicly speak out against white supremacists and domestic terrorism that occurred in Charlottesville over the weekend. Ask him to co-sponsor H.Res.257, a resolution to condemn hate crimes. Ask him to call for the removal of White House advisor Steve Bannon, self-identified white supremacist, and aid Sebastian Gorka, who is affiliated with pro-Nazi organizations.
Tuesday
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Attend Escondido Public Library Board of Trustees Special Meeting at Escondido Public Library, Turrentine Room, 239 S Kalmia St., Escondido, CA 92025 at 2:00 PM. ***Follow-up meeting to draft a letter to Escondido City Council to oppose outsourcing of library services.***
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Read-up on Opposition to Escondido library outsourcing grows, Activists worry library privatizing already decided, Former city librarians urge: keep the Public Library Public, Community coalition fights to keep library public, Escondido’s Library Should not be Privatized and Escondido Library – Public or For-Profit?
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Contact Escondido Library Board of Trustees and thank them for voting unanimously to oppose the outsourcing library services.
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Write a letter to the editor about your concerns about EPL privatization. See Opposition to Escondido library outsourcing grows and Activists worry library privatizing already decided.
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Sign a petition to halt privatizing operation of the Escondido Public Library if you haven’t signed a petition circulating by Save Our Public Library Coalition yet.
Wednesday (ESCONDIDO LOCAL ACTION DAY)
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Attend Save Our Escondido Public Library Rally & Escondido City Council Meeting at City Hall Council Chambers, 201 North Broadway, Escondido, CA 92025 at 3:30 PM.
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Contact Mayor Abed & the Escondido City Council and let you them know that you’re concerned about outsourcing library services. Ask them for public discussions about the privatization of the Escondido Public Library & for decision-making process to be public & transparent. See On the Issue: Escondido Public Library Privatization.
Thursday
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Read-up on Ousting Hunter: Dem challengers debate.
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Read-up on FBI Searches Home Of Rep. Duncan Hunter's Campaign Treasurer Amid Finances Investigation, FBI searched campaign office tied to Duncan Hunter, Rep. Hunter probe covers possible fraud involving video game charges and FBI seized computers and documents in investigation of Rep. Duncan Hunter's campaign spending.
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Contact Rep. Hunter and ask him to hold a town hall during August recess. Ask him if he’s meeting his constituents this August recess and if he’s going to keep his promise of more town halls. More than 600 constituents have sign a petition for him to hold another town hall.
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Write a letter to the editor about Rep. Hunter not keeping his promise to hold more town halls (it’s been 5 months), about Rep. Hunter misleading his constituents again about his campaign finance mismanagement and potential fraud or about his silence on recent domestic terrorism and hate crimes.
Friday
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Listen & read-up on Registrar Responds To Claims San Diego Has More Registered Voters Than Are Eligible.
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Contact Rep. Hunter and ask him to vote yes in support of H.R.2978 (or Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2017) which would “fully restore and modernize the original Voting Rights Act (VRA) of 1965”.
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Contact Senator Feinstein & Harris and ask them to push for passage of S.1419 (or Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2017) which is the Senate version of H.R.2978. The bill was referred to Committee on the Judiciary of which Senator Feinstein is the ranking member.
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