EscInd: Weekly Action Plan for February 25, 2019
Welcome to Escondido Indivisible’s weekly action plan for February 25, 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
- Monday, February 25, 2019, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM: Escondido Union School District Community Meeting: Your Thoughts Matter at Pioneer Elementary, 980 N. Ash St, Escondido, CA 92027. See Your Voice Matters.
- Tuesday, February 26, 2019, 6:00 PM: Escondido Town Hall: How Can We Support Asylum Seeking Families in San Diego County (from Neighbors in Action, Rapid Response Network & North County Immigration Task Force) at Hidden Valley Middle School, 2700 Reed Rd, Escondido, CA 92027.
- Tuesday, February 26, 2019, 9:00 AM: Board Of Supervisors Regular Meeting at North Chamber Room 310, 1600 Pacific Highway, San Diego, CA 92101. **Agenda includes item 5, developing a Community Choice Energy program**
- Wednesday, February 27, 2019, 8:00 AM: Escondido State of the City Address from Mayor Paul McNamara at Center for the Arts, 340 N Escondido Blvd, Escondido, CA 92025.
Future Events
- Saturday, March 2, 2019, 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM: In-District Meeting with Escondido Deputy Mayor Consuelo Martinez at Park Avenue Community Center, 210 E Park Ave, Escondido, CA 92025.
Climate Change
- Read-up on Board of Supervisors’ item #5 meeting agenda on developing a Community Choice Energy program.
- Attend Board Of Supervisors Regular Meeting at North Chamber Room 310, 1600 Pacific Highway, San Diego, CA 92101 on Tuesday, February 26, 2019, 9:00 AM.
- Contact Supervisor Gaspar and urge her to support Community Choice Energy for San Diego County.
Immigration
- Read-up on Protestors gather in objection to President's national emergency declaration, Activists Call Out 'Fake Emergency' At San Diego Rally and House Democrats want to stop Trump’s national emergency — and they could succeed.
- Attend Escondido Town Hall: How Can We Support Asylum Seeking Families in San Diego County (from Neighbors in Action, Rapid Response Network & North County Immigration Task Force) at Hidden Valley Middle School, 2700 Reed Rd, Escondido, CA 92027 on Tuesday, February 26, 2019, 6:00 PM.
- Contact Rep. Hunter, Senator Feinstein and Senator Harris and ask them to support H.J.Res.46 which terminates President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency for border wall funding, H.J.Res.46. See Trump Just Declared a Fake Emergency to Get His Way and Protest Trump's National Emergency Declaration.
- In related news: read-up on Immigration news: hundreds of families are still being separated at the border, Deported parents may lose kids to adoption, investigation finds and Migrant Youth Go From A Children's Shelter To Adult Detention On Their 18th Birthday.
Government Reform
- Read-up on Intimidation, Pressure and Humiliation: Inside Trump’s Two-Year War on the Investigations Encircling Him.
- Contact Rep. Hunter and ask him to support H.R. 1 seeking to pass “campaign finance reform, strengthening the government’s ethics laws, and expanding voting rights”. See H.R. 1: Strengthening Our Democracy and 4 Key Elements of HR1.
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