EscInd: Weekly Action Plan for May 1, 2017
Welcome to Escondido Indivisible’s weekly action plan for May 1, 2017! Escondido Indivisible is a grassroots group dedicated to affecting changes in our local community. Our website is at EscondidoIndivisible.com, and our sister group is at Escondido Indivisible on Facebook. Send us links and comments at EscondidoIndivisible50@gmail.com and @EscInd50 on Twitter. If you were forwarded this letter, you can subscribe here, and check the archive here.
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
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May 1, 2017, 3:00 PM: San Diego Workers and Community Resist! Trabajadores y Communidad Resisten! at Federal Building, 880 Front St., San Diego, CA 92101.
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May 4, 2017, 6:00 PM–9:00 PM: Oceanside Public Meeting on Beach Nuclear Waste Facility re: public input on where nuclear waste from San Onofre will be stored.
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May 6, 2017, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM: California's 50th District: Voter's Town Hall (to meet candidates running against Duncan Hunter in 2018) at San Marcos City Hall, Main Community Room, 1 Civic Center Drive, San Marcos, CA 92069.
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May 7, 2017, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM: 100 Days of Resistance Potluck Picnic with Indivisible NCSD & other local resistance groups at Kit Carson Park, El Arroyo #1 Picnic Area, 3333 Bear Valley Pkwy S, Escondido, California 92025. Come celebrate our successes!
Future Events
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May 11, 2017, 6:00 PM–7:00 PM: Senator Joel Anderson’s Community Coffee Town Hall, Alpine Community Center, 1830 Alpine Boulevard, Alpine, CA 91901.
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May 13, 2017, 10:00 AM–12:00 PM: Escondido Dems Club General Meeting at Park Avenue Community Center (formerly Joslyn Senior Center), Auditorium Room, 210 E. Park Avenue, Ste. A, Escondido, CA 92025.
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May 17, 2017, 4:00 PM–5:00 PM: Escondido City Council Town Hall at City Hall Council Chambers, 201 North Broadway, Escondido, CA 92025-2798.
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May 18, 2017, 6:00 PM–7:00 PM: Senator Joel Anderson’s Community Coffee Town Hall, Fallbrook Public Utility District, 990 East Mission Road, Fallbrook, CA 92028.
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May 23, 2017, 6:30 PM: Escondido Invisible Group Meeting with ECOC at North Inland Live Well Center, Conference Room B, 649 West Mission Avenue, Escondido, CA 92025.
Monday
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Read-up on The People’s 100 Days.
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Contact Rep. Hunter and ask him to vote no against H.R.1628 (American Health Care Act of 2017). Talking points: Will Rep. Hunter vote to pass the AHCA and take away healthcare coverage from 45,900 constituents in his district? Will he vote to pass the AHCA and take away healthcare coverage protections from 320,600 constituents in his district? Will he vote to pass the AHCA and increase our healthcare premiums by on average $4,816.00? See AHCA Impact on Rep. Duncan Hunter’s 50th District.
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Contact Senator Feinstein and Harris and ask them for an independent investigation into Russian-Trump ties. Explain your concerns about news reports that Senate Intelligence Chairman Burr not signing off on subpoenas and witness interviews and the need for Deputy AG Rosenstein to appoint a special prosecutor for the investigation. See Why It's Impossible for Republicans to Investigate the Trump-Russia Scandal, Michael Flynn’s latest legal problems: a brief guide, A Timeline – Russia and President Trump and re:act’s 100 Days, Serious Concerns, Sanctuary Cities.
Tuesday
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Read-up on Thousands of San Diegans hit the streets for 'People's Climate March', Thousands of San Diegans participate in the People's Climate March, 3,000 Expected To Turn Out For San Diego Climate March On Saturday, Hundreds Make Their Voices Heard at The People's Climate March at Waterfront Park, 5,000 Strong at People's Climate March in San Diego (Photo Gallery), Crowds in San Diego, across nation protest Trump policies at People's Climate March, and 7,000 March for Planet Earth in San Diego 'State of Resistance'.
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Contact Rep. Hunter (between 11:00 AM and 1:00 PM if possible) and ask him to vote no against H.R.1628 (American Health Care Act of 2017).
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Contact Senator Feinstein and Harris and explain your concerns about the establishment of Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement Office (VOICE). For example, DHS-VINE accidentally released the names of thousand children in immigrant custody. See also Trump set up a hotline for information about criminal aliens. Twitter trolls took him literally.
Wednesday
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Contact Rep. Hunter and ask him to vote no against H.R.10 (Financial CHOICE Act of 2017), which would repeal Dodd-Frank Act protections. See ‘Financial CHOICE Act 2.0’ Blasted By Retailers & Lawmakers and Tell Congress: Save Dodd-Frank! The bill was referred to House Education and the Workforce of which Rep. Hunter is a member.
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Post on social media and ask Rep. Hunter to vote no against H.R.1628 (American Health Care Act of 2017). See AHCA Impact on Rep. Duncan Hunter’s 50th District (scroll to the end).
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Contact Senator Feinstein and Harris and explain your concerns about President Trump’s tax plan, especially the uncertainty about what the President has to gain from the plan. See A Comprehensive Guide to Donald Trump’s Tax Proposal, Donald Trump's tax plan would've nearly wiped out his 2005 tax burden and re:act’s 100 Days, Serious Concerns, Sanctuary Cities.
Thursday
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Contact Rep. Hunter and ask him to vote no against H.R.1628 (American Health Care Act of 2017).
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Write a letter to the editor about Rep. Hunter not keeping his promise to hold more town halls during his last town hall in March 2017. More than 250 constituents have sign a petition for him to hold another town hall.
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Contact Senator Feinstein and Harris and explain your concerns about Ivanka Trump’s role as an adviser to the President. Talking points: What is her role as First Daughter and assistant to the President? What qualification does she has to act as an envoy of United States to Germany and sit in state meetings? What oversight is there that her role as assistant to the President does not benefit her business? See Ivanka Trump Remarks in Berlin, Your Guide to Ivanka Trump’s Potential Conflicts of Interest, Ivanka Trump’s Investment Fund Of Foreign And Corporate Cash Sounds Awfully Familiar and White House: Ivanka Trump will have ‘no authority’ over World Bank fund to help women-owned businesses.
Friday
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Contact Senator Anderson and let him know that you’re disappointed by his no votes against SB-49 and SB-51 to preserve California’s environmental protections during a hearing in Senate Judiciary Committee on April 25, 2017. Both bills passed the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Contact Rep. Hunter and ask him to vote no against H.R.1628 (American Health Care Act of 2017).
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Contact Senator Feinstein and Harris and urge them to pass a “clean” (no cuts, no wall, no deportation force) budget. See RisStronger’s CTA: Urge Congress to Keep the Government Open without Draconian Budget Cuts and Indivisible’s Resisting Trump’s Budget: No Cuts, No Wall, No Deportation Force.
Saturday & Sunday
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Read-up on The Lioness in Winter.
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Attend California's 50th District: Voter's Town Hall (to meet candidates running against Duncan Hunter in 2018) at San Marcos City Hall, Main Community Room, 1 Civic Center Drive, San Marcos, CA 92069 on Saturday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM. Note that is only open for those who RSVPed.
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Attend 100 Days of Resistance Potluck Picnic with Indivisible NCSD & other local resistance groups at Kit Carson Park, El Arroyo #1 Picnic Area, 3333 Bear Valley Pkwy S, Escondido, California 92025 on Sunday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM.
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