EscInd: Weekly Action Plan for July 9, 2018
Welcome to Escondido Indivisible’s weekly action plan for July 9, 2018! It’s okay if you can’t do everything on the plan. Pick 1 action every day or 3-5 actions for the week and commit yourself to doing them. Whatever your commitment, as President Obama said in his farewell speech: Believe in your ability to bring change. Show up, dive in, stay at it.
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- Wednesday, July 11, 2018, 4:00 PM: Rally in Front of the Esco City Hall July 11th at City Hall, 201 North Broadway, Escondido, CA 92025.
- Saturday, July 14, 2018, 10:00 AM: March with Indivisible Contingent at SD Pride Parade at 4080 Centre St, San Diego, CA 92103-2608.
Monday
- Read-up on The Weekly List: Week 86
- Read-up on US Army quietly discharging immigrant recruits, San Diego Protest Of Trump's Immigration Policies Draws 800, Leads To 10 Arrests and Morning Report: What We Know About Operation Streamline.
Tuesday
- Read-up on Trump Administration Freezes Payments Required By The Affordable Care Act.
- Contact Rep. Hunter and express concerns about the stability of healthcare markets as a result of ACA payments freeze. Ask for legislations to stabilize healthcare markets and protect the ACA. Remember Rep. Hunter voted to repeal the ACA in 2017.
Wednesday
- Read-up on The stakes for health care in Trump’s next SCOTUS pick.
- Contact Senator Feinstein and Harris and let them know that you support the blocking of President Trump’s SCOTUS nomination, especially considering his campaign and (former) staff are under criminal investigation for obstruction of justice. See The 2-Step Strategy to Win the Supreme Court Fight and Protect the Supreme Court from Another Extremist Trump Nominee.
Thursday
- Read-up on Trump Administration in Chaotic Scramble to Reunify Migrant Families and ‘My son is not the same’: New testimony paints bleak picture of family separation.
- Contact Rep. Hunter and ask him to support legislations such H.R.5950 (HELP Separated Children Act), S.2468 (Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2018) and S.3036 (Keep Families Together Act) to “strengthen protections for immigrant families while they are in ICE custody”. See Block the Indefinite Detention of Migrant Children and Families and Family Separation: Trump’s Cruel Immigration Policy.
Friday
- Contact Assemblymember Waldron and ask her to support SB-183, which “prohibits ICE from entering public schools, community college campuses, and state buildings without a warrant”, when it goes to the general floor for a vote. See Upcoming Hearings: Week of 7/2.
- Contact State Senator Anderson and ask him to support AB-3, which “raises age to 21 for buying a gun and prohibits anyone from buying more than one gun per month”, when it goes to the general floor for a vote. Senator Anderson voted no when the bill came up for a hearing in the Senate Public Safety Committee on June 19, 2018.
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