EscInd: Weekly Action Plan for March 29, 2021
Welcome to Escondido Indivisible’s weekly action plan for March 29, 2021! 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. Stay safe and healthy!
Voting Reforms
- Read-up on Georgia bans giving water to voters in line under sweeping restrictions.
- Contact Senator Feinstein and Senator Padilla and ask them to support H.R.1/S.1 to strengthen our democracy. Note that Representative Issa voted no on H.R.1, but the House passed the bill with a 220-210 vote. See Indivisible Democracy Guide, Indivisible Guide on H.R. 1: Strengthening Our Democracy and Support Democracy Reform with H.R. 1/S. 1.
- Contact Assemblymember Waldron and State Senator Jones and ask them to support AB-37 to extend vote by mail to all elections in California.
U.S. Postal Service
- Listen to USPS chief Louis DeJoy unveils plan that will slow mail, cut post office hours.
- Contact Representative Issa, Senator Feinstein and Senator Padilla and ask them to support H.R.695 & S.145 to repeal the USPS pre-fund retirement mandate which is causing an undue burden on the department. Senator Feinstein is currently co-sponsor of S.145. See Keep the Postal Service Solvent with the USPS Fairness Act.
COVID-19 Response
- Read-up on Two Cases Of COVID-19 Brazilian Variant Found In San Diego County (data about the other three COVD-19 variants in SDC are at County of San Diego COVID-19 Summary of Variant Cases) and Rising COVID Cases And Fear Of Variants Prompt Concern In U.S.
- Contact Supervisor Lawson-Remer and express concerns about still widespread community spread of COVID-19 & variant strains (we’re at 5.5 case rate and 14 community outbreaks). Express support for continuing public health measures to contain community spread of COVID-19. See also KPBS Trigger Tracker.
Anti-Asian Hate & Violence
- Read-up on How to help after racist attacks like the Atlanta shootings.
- Listen to The Anti Asian Violence That Came Before The Atlanta Shooting
- Read-up on Recent Rise in Anti-Asian Hate Crimes Doesn’t Mean Anti-Asian Racism Is New and #TBT Ignoring the History of Anti-Asian Racism Is Another Form of Violence.
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