Indivisible Actions and Ideas for July 16 - 24

Here are your top actions for the week ahead:

  1. Demand your senators pass the Heroes Act. The Senate will be back from recess starting next week, and we expect the Heroes Act to finally see movement. That means we’ve got to keep the pressure on Congress to make sure they know their constituents desperately need the provisions in this legislation. There are no excuses for the inaction of the Senate. Call your senator today and urge them to pass the Heroes Act ASAP. We’ve also recently launched a group leader working group on coronavirus legislation -- click here to sign up for more info on that body of work.

  2. Sign up for a shift calling voters during the Week of Action! Sign up for a shift making calls to voters in key states to connect them directly and make sure they're ready to take part in the 2020 election. You can volunteer from anywhere, and we'll follow up and make sure you have everything you need to contact voters once you sign up. In order to volunteer, folks will need access to a computer or tablet to log in to our remote phone-banking system as well as a phone to actually make the calls. RSVP for one or multiple shifts -- any amount of time you can commit to calling makes a real difference to help us WIN in November! Once you’ve signed up, you can also review our training video on using Hubdialer, our national phonebanking platform.

  3. Call your local officials to express your support to defund the police and invest in Black communities. So many of you joined the fight to support and protect people of color from state-sanctioned violence, but the truth is a lot of that work has to happen locally, in your towns and cities. Call your local officials and demand that they defund the police and invest those funds in resources. If you need more context, check out our latest video where we explain exactly what we mean by #DefundThePolice.

  4. Call your senators and demand they cosponsor the D.C. statehood bill. This historic bill passed in the House last week, acknowledging that D.C.’s 700,000+ residents live without their constitutional rights as Americans, lacking full representation in Congress and control over their own affairs. A historically-Black city, D.C.’s lack of statehood is a remnant of Reconstruction when racist white politicians sought to prevent the District’s plurality of Black residents from gaining political power. Check out our resource about why D.C. statehood is a racial justice issue and call your senators to demand they support D.C. statehood.

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Susan Meltsner