EscInd: Weekly Action Plan for March 26, 2018
Welcome to Escondido Indivisible’s weekly action plan for March 26, 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.
Events | SDC Events Calendar
- Tuesday, March 27, 2018, 6:00 PM–7:30 PM: Escondido Public Library Strategic Planning Meeting at East Valley Community Center, Grove Room, 2245 E Valley Pkwy, Escondido, CA 92027. RSVP by email: [email protected] or by phone: (760) 839-4601.
- Saturday, March 31, 2018, 1:00 PM–2:30 PM: Escondido Public Library Strategic Planning Meeting at East Valley Community Center, Grove Room, 2245 E Valley Pkwy, Escondido, CA 92027. RSVP by email: [email protected] or by phone: (760) 839-4601.
Future Events
- Saturday, April 15, 2018, 10:00 AM–12:00 PM: San Diego Tax March at San Diego County Administration Center, 1600 Pacific Hwy, San Diego, CA 92101.
Monday
- Read-up on The Weekly List: Week 71 and Corporate stock buybacks are booming, thanks to the Republican tax cuts.
- Read-up on Everything You Need to Know About Facebook and Cambridge Analytica and You can now check to see if you follow Russian propaganda on Facebook and Instagram.
- Read-up on San Diego County Students To March For Stricter Gun Laws, Thousands Denounce Gun Violence At San Diego's 'March For Our Lives' and Hundreds Of Thousands March For Gun Control Across The U.S.
Tuesday
- Contact Rep. Hunter and ask him to support legislation to prevent gun violence, such as funding for gun safety education, tighter background check and registration for gun purchases, banning bump stock accessories. See Support the March for Our Lives and Act to End Gun Violence. Note: Rep. Hunter has received $41,087 from the NRA as of end of 2017.
- Contact Assemblymember Waldron and ask her to vote yes on AB3131 which will demilitarize California police force. See Announcing our bill to prevent police militarization.
Wednesday
- Read-up on Activists denounce immigration enforcement operation in Escondido, Transit Officials Deny Knowledge Of ICE Operations At Transit Center and Activists gather in Escondido to protest recent ICE sweep.
- Contact Rep. Hunter and let him know that you support a path for citizenship for Dreamers and Temporary Protected Status (TPS) recipients. Ask him to work on a bipartisan, clean DREAM Act to product Dreamers & TPS recipients. See What’s Next in the Fight to Protect Dreamers.
Thursday
- Contact Rep. Hunter and express your concerns about the appointment of John Bolton as national security adviser. See Trump replaces H.R. McMaster as national security adviser with John Bolton and Express Outrage over the Appointment of John Bolton as National Security Adviser.
- Contact Senator Feinstein & Harris and express your concerns about the nominations of Mike Pompeo as Secretary of State and Gina Haspel as CIA Director. See Keep Haspel and Pompeo Out of Trump’s Cabinet, Gina Haspel is a Torturer. Don’t Let Trump Give Her a Promotion, Gina Haspel, C.I.A. Deputy Director, Had Role in Torture and Mike Pompeo's Allies on the Anti-Muslim Right.
Friday
- Contact Rep. Hunter and ask him to co-sponsor H.R.3654 (Special Counsel Independence Protection Act) which allows a special counsel only to be removed after judicial review or H.R.4669 (Special Counsel Integrity Act) which allows a special counsel to be removed only by a Senate-confirmed Attorney General, but also allow the removed special counsel to file for a judicial within 14 days of their removal. See Protect Mueller and the Russia Investigation.
- Contact Senator Feinstein & Harris and ask them to co-sponsor S.1735 (Special Counsel Independence Protection Act) which allows a special counsel only to be removed after judicial review or S.1741 (Special Counsel Integrity Act) which allows a special counsel to be removed only by a Senate-confirmed Attorney General, but also allow the removed special counsel to file for a judicial within 14 days of their removal. See Protect Mueller and the Russia Investigation.
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