Actions for Week of August 2, 2020
Learn to text bank, write letters, and Indivisible election strategy conference
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MONTHLY MEETING AUGUST !3
7:30 PM
GUEST: Leslie McColgin from Indivisible Four Rivers in KY
Leslie will fill us in on their efforts to defeat Moscow Mitch and flip the Senate. She’ll also show off their new billboard. Plus, a special surprise guest…
WEEKS OF ACTION CALENDAR
We’re ready to rumble! Now through Election Day, we’ll be conducting a full schedule of letter writing, phone banking, and text banking. We need to reach 4,000 voters by Election Day. Calendar is above. Pick your activity and your date! We’ll have sign up sheets ready for each week and we'll be doing letters, phone banking, and text banking through November.
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Tuesday, August 4
TEXTBANK TRAINING
8:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Learn how to start texting with the IndivisiText program on our platform TextOut! No data plan needed. It's all done on your computer.
Quick video on how to phone bank. Watch anytime you like. You don't have to dial all the numbers, the software does it for you on your computer.
August 6, ,2020
ELECTION ACTION WEEKS LETTER WRITING
5:30 PM
Zoom
We’re writing letters to get out the vote, urge people to sign up for vote by mail, and increase turnout in key states.
NOTE: Sign up at the link so we can send your letters to you. You will need to print them in advance. If you have questions, or need more letters, please email ntd.ferraro@gmail.com before the event.
FLIP THE SENATE
Indivisible has sent over 1,000,0000 texts to red and purple states. Why? To unseat the senators keeping the country from moving forward. We can’t do what we need to do unless we retake the Senate. Sign up to text, call, and send letters to flip the Senate and Ditch Mitch!
ELECTION UPDATE
Are we there yet? The Board of Elections will certify the results on Tuesday. The court case over the postmark problems (lacking one or late) is still ongoing. There was a hearing last week, and the judge is expected to rule soon.
Saturday, August 8
WINDIVISIBLE (HOW WE WIN IN NOVEMBER)
11 AM- 6 PM
Learn the ins and outs of Indivisible’s general election strategy. Join indivisible members and leaders from around the US and find out how to reach out online and offline and how we plan to win in November.
FUN AND ENTERTAINMENT IN THE TIME OF QUARANTINE
ADULTS
John Lewis’s Final Essay
This was published Thursday in The New York Times
Beyond the Canvas
A new PBS mini-series about art, music, and culture. First episode features Bruce Springsteen and Yo-Yo Ma. Airs Sunday nights, or watch online.
Black is King
If you have Disney+, check out Beyonce’s movie Black is King (loosely based on the Lion King) with Black experience and heritage woven into the songs and video. A friend’s daughter worked on it.
Peacock
NBC has a new free streaming service called Peacock with older movies from Dreamworks, Universal, and Focus Features, NBC TV shows like SNL, kids shows, and British TV series. Watch at the link. Some movie recommendations here.
Virtual Birdland
Arturo O’Farrill’s Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra's weekly concerts are now online (slowly edited together from individual home recordings). It still swings.
KIDS/GRANDKIDS
Make your own fossil
Missing dinosaurs? Make your own trace fossil right at home.
On Top of Spaghetti...
Help Curious George use his meatball launcher to fill spaghetti and meatballs orders. He needs to get the right number of meatballs on each plate.
Milky Way Field Trip
August 7
1 PM
YouTube
Take a virtual tour of the Milky Way and watch the stars pass and collide. If you watch live, you can ask questions in the chat.
Recycled Art
Art can be anything, even candy wrappers or bottle caps. Here's how to make your own from objects you might usually toss in the trash.