Scram Graham, Phone Bank to Maine, and NY Voting Updates
Actions for Week of August 30, 2020
****SAVE THE DATE TO CHAT WITH LIZ KRUEGER*****
Thursday, September 10, 2020
7:30 PM 9:00 PM
We’re facing another vote by mail election, budget justice is still flagging, and the police continue to run riot. Join us to ask State Senator Liz Krueger how to ensure a smoothly run election, end qualified immunity, and transfer funding from police to ordinary New Yorkers who need help.
SCRAM GRAHAM!
The polls show the South Carolina Senate race is neck and neck. With our help, Jaime Harrison can win and kick Trump toady Lindsay Graham to the curb.
Sound good? Contact Samantha, who is an organizer in South Carolina, and tell her you want to phone bank or text bank to send Jaime to the Senate, while Lindsay goes home.
Samantha Curatola-Wilber
South Carolina Democratic Party
503-915-6935
The horrific shooting, and near murder, of Jacob Blake shows us once again why the police must be defunded and completely transformed. If you can, please donate to local organizations working hard to help (at the link above).
If you want to help protestors in Kenosha with bail, tickets, and legal help, donate to the Milwaukee Freedom Fund
All this week
Sign up to phone bank to elect Tedra Cobb. She’s running against the awful Elise Stefanik in NY-21. They’re doing this all week long, so select the day and time that works best for you.
Tuesday, September 1
INDIVISIBLE TEXT BANK TRAINING
8:30 PM
Learn how to text so you can reach out to voters in Florida, Pennsylvania and other key states to urge them to vote by mail. You’ll need to learn how to use the text banking system, and familiarize yourself with Slack (which is a chat program).
Thursday, September 3
PHONE BANK TO MAINE VOTERS
7:00 PM
This week, we're joining with Empire State Indivisible and other local Indivisible chapters to phone bank for Sara Gideon (who has a good chance to send Susan Colins packing). Sign up at the link on Eventbrite to join us.
If you need to know how phone banking works, watch this video. Your phone number will not show on the calls.
MORE VOTING UPDATES!
Gov. Cuomo has issued several new executive orders
allowing coronavirus to qualify as an excuse all elections in November (including those not run by the BOE)
requiring that every BOE inform potential voters about voting deadlines and how to ask for an absentee ballot
instructing the BOE to redesign the envelope so it’s less confusing, and easier to tell where to sign
calling for the county BOEs to speed up the ballot counting process
asking the BOE to advise of staffing needs and any shortages
By the way, you can help with the shortages by signing up to be a poll worker (you’ll get paid too).
CENSUS
If you haven’t filled out your census yet, do it now. There are millions of dollars, and Congressional seats, at stake. It only takes a few minutes and you can do it online.
FUN IN THE TIME OF QUARANTINE
ADULTS
Mark Morris’s “L’Allegro, Il Penseroso ed il Moderato”
Streaming through Sept. 7
Dance set to Handel’s oratorio of the same name, with humor, joy, and beauty.
Bach
Speaking of beauty, since tomorrow is Itzhak Perlman’s birthday, have a little Bach
I used to play a game: what was there, trying to capture the usually ever-changing restaurants, stores, buildings’ and landscape that is usually New York City. This is a bit different. It will show you what historical events, people, and buildings were part of the city in the last century or so. Or, try looking around the state, country, or other parts of the world. It’s like having your own TARDIS (time machine).
EVERYONE
Comet
Travel through time and space to see Comet Neowise and the Perseids meteor shower up close with planetary scientist Marina Gemma and astrophysicist Jackie Faherty at the American Museum of Natural History.
Aquarium Cam
As my younger self would have said, “Fishavision!” Also choice of birds or otters.
KIDS
Ology Underwater Challenge (about the challenge)
Diorama Instructions (how to make one)
Once you've watched "fishavision" for a while, make your own undersea diorama and build a coral reef, a kelp forest, or some other underwater environment
Little Twisters Yoga
Make space shapes, geometric shapes, and other exercises that get kids moving around (small fee for downloads).
Physics Comics!
Designed for middle schoolers, these teach kids about lasers, heat, power, and other physics principles in a fun way (with comic books)
Iron Science Teacher
You've heard of Iron Chef? Meet Iron Science Teacher! Watch teachers try to invent classroom experiments with a secret ingredient. They know, but we don't.