EscInd: Weekly Action Plan for October 23, 2017
Welcome to Escondido Indivisible’s weekly action plan for October 23, 2017! 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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Monday, October 23, 2017, 6:30 PM–8:00 PM: Escondido Indivisible Group Meeting with ECOC & TWW North County Inland at Chalice Unitarian Universalist Congregation Church, 2324 Miller Avenue, Escondido, CA 92029. ***Agenda: library outsourcing debrief & introduction of new Candidates Forum program.***
Future Events
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Sunday, November 5, 2017, 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM: CD-50 Democratic Candidates Debate with Mark Sauer (KPBS’s Roundtable Host) at Ronald Reagan Community Center, 195 East Douglas Avenue, El Cajon, CA 92020.
Monday
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Attend Escondido Indivisible Group Meeting at at Chalice Unitarian Universalist Congregation Church, 2324 Miller Avenue, Escondido, CA 92029. EscInd/TWW is beginning our new Candidates Forum program. Each meeting we will hear from different candidates running for office in 2018. We will begin with Paul ‘Mac”MacNamara- candidate for Escondido Mayor, Consuelo Martinez, Candidate for District 1 Escondido, and Ammara Campa-Najjar, Candidate for Congress D50. We will also debrief the Council Action to outsource the library.
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Write a letter to the editor about the Escondido City Council voting 4-1 to outsource the library and becoming the “first city in San Diego County to privatize their public library”.
Tuesday
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Share dates of ACA open enrollment: November 1, 2017 to December 15, 2017. For California: Nov. 1, 2017 to Jan. 31, 2018. Renewal: October 2017 to Dec. 15, 2017. See Open Enrollment, Explained.
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Contact Rep. Hunter and ask him to support bipartisan efforts to fund cost-sharing reduction payments for at least 2 years. See Alexander-Murray: A Bipartisan Deal to Block Trump’s ACA Sabotage.
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Contact Senator Feinstein & Harris and ask them to support bipartisan efforts to fund cost-sharing reduction payments for at least 2 years.
Wednesday
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Contact Mayor Abed, Councilmember Masson, Councilmember Gallo and Councilmember Morasco and let them know that you’re disappointed in their vote to contract with LS&S to manage our library services. Note that there is a city council meeting scheduled today at 4:30 PM. See meeting agenda.
Thursday
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Contact Rep. Hunter and ask him to renew the Children's Health Insurance Program for another 5 years. California will exhaust federal funding for CHIP by end of Q4 2017. See Congress Needs to Reauthorize the Children’s Health Insurance Program and Demand Congress Renew Funding for the CHIP Program.
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Contact Senator Feinstein & Harris and ask them to co-sponsor S.1827 which extends funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program.
Friday
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Watch No Muslim Ban Ever Rally.
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Contact Rep. Hunter and ask him to co-sponsor H.R.3591 (or the American Hope Act), which would provide DREAMers in Rep. Hunter’s district a path to citizenship, as well as signing a discharge petition for the bill. Note that Rep. Hunter has stated that “I will not support any immigration reform effort, including DACA, that does not address border enforcement and put national security first” so make it clear that you want a clean bill, no amendments to fund a border wall or increase deportations. See Rep. Hunter's September Update and Rep. Hunter's Press Release on Immigration.
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Contact Senator Feinstein & Harris and ask them to pass a clean DREAM Act (S.1615) which protects DREAMers from deportation. No amendments to fund a border wall or increase deportations.
Saturday & Sunday
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Comment on Religious Exemptions and Accommodations for Coverage of Certain Preventive Services under the Affordable Care Act and Moral Exemptions and Accommodations for Coverage of Certain Preventive Services under the Affordable Care Act. Comments end December 5, 2017. See Make Your Public Comment: Stop the Trump Administration’s War on Women.
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