EscInd: Weekly Action Plan for June 15, 2020
Welcome to Escondido Indivisible’s weekly action plan for June 15, 2020! Stay safe and healthy! 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
- Thursday, June 18, 2020, 7:00 PM: NSDC NAACP Virtual Protest & Prayer Vigil. Event Quote: “We are creating a space for our community to speak out for those who’ve lost their lives due to police terrorism. Please note: Protest signs are recommended.”
Police Violence
- Read-up on What Does 'Defund The Police' Mean?, Yes, We Mean Literally Abolish the Police.
- Read-up on North County Report: Escondido Comes Around to Black Lives Matter and Escondido protesters call for redirecting police funds. Note that the Escondido City Council approved the city budget without amendments last Wednesday, June 10th after 375 public comments.
- Read-up on Records Show Racial Disparities When San Diego Law Enforcement Uses Force, Questions Surround SDPD’s Use Of Force Training and How A California Police Department Changed Its Mindset On Use Of Force.
- Read-up on 10 black San Diegans write about their lives, racial justice and police brutality, Southeastern San Diego Residents Say Police Interactions Start as Young as 6
- Read-up on San Diego Regional Law Enforcement Agency Adopts De-Escalation Protocol and San Diego County supervisors eye stronger oversight, mandatory reporting and other law enforcement reforms.
- See Escondido Indivisible’s Some Actions to Demand Police Reforms with additional actions and links to #8toabolition, The Critical Resistance’s Abolition Organizing Toolkit and Reformist reforms vs. abolitionist steps in policing, Equal Justice Initiative’s Reforming Policing in America 2020 and more.
Local COVID-19 Response
- Read-up on Where coronavirus collides with overcrowded neighborhoods and Coronavirus Magnifies Social Inequity In At-Risk Communities, Like The Unsheltered Population.
- Note that in 7 days from June 7th to June 13th, San Diego County had 964 new positive cases, 98 new hospitalization cases, 24 new intensive care cases and 23 new death cases. See LA Times’ San Diego County coronavirus cases and California coronavirus cases.
- Note that Escondido currently has 346 total positive cases (up 46). See San Diego County COVID-19 Cases.
- In-related news: read-up on Widespread mask-wearing could prevent COVID-19 second waves: study and Shutdowns prevented 60 million coronavirus infections in the U.S., study finds.
Federal COVID-19 Response
- Read-up on Coronavirus 2nd Wave? Nope, The U.S. Is Still Stuck In The 1st One and Mnuchin Says Names of Small-Business Borrowers Won’t Be Released.
- Contact Senator Feinstein and Senator Harris and express support for additional COVID-19 relief proposed by the HEROES Act. Note that the HEROES Act has passed the House. See Indivisible's HEROES Act Summary.
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