This is a sample of our Seattle-oriented email. The nationwide email is mostly the same with the local content removed
Action Items
- This week – 1 min
Fight the growing wealth gap in WA and contact state legislators to OPPOSE SB 5408 here. It’s now on the floor for a vote. Here’s a message to paste into the comment box: Please don’t allow corporations to continue concealing wages and perpetuating pay inequities. More on 5408 here.
- This week – 5 mins
Contact state reps + senators to shut down NWDC (contact info here). Reports from NW Detention Center say it’s overpopulated and understaffed. They haven’t had “access to water, electricity, or be able to use bathrooms” and sick detainees aren’t able to receive basic health services. More info from La Resistencia.
- Every day – 5 mins
Make at least one call to our reps + senators in DC. 5 Calls App to find out what issues to contact your reps about (download on iphone / google)- If you haven’t downloaded it yet, it’s amaze balls. They have background info, scripts and contact info for all your reps. I used to be afraid to call but the app makes it so easy that I do it while walking Chiltepe or making coffee.
- If yes, next time you’re with a group of friends, pull out your phone and do a demo call. My friends saw how easy it was and also how I totally stumbled through my message.
Upcoming Stuff
- Fri Feb 24 – Economic Black Out. Don’t shop online or with big box stores. Some people are calling for no purchases at all but I personally will still support local, small businesses and only use cash (if they still accept it)
- Sat Mar 1, 10-2pm – next Tesla Takedown in Bellevue
- Weds Mar 5, 630-8pm – Indivisible Seattle meeting at Washington State Labor Council, 321 16th Ave S.
Good Feels + Good Trouble
- Write a postcard to thank Maine Gov Janet Mills for standing up to Trump. Gov Janet Mills, 1 State House Station, Augusta ME 04333
- Donate to MoveOn Billboard Campaign – high-profile billboards highlighting Musk’s power near Mar-a-Lago calling out Musk’s puppet-like control over Trump.
- Write hr@opm.gov an email with 5 bullets of what you did last week. Some hilarious examples here
- Spam the DOGE hiring website – here’s an article from Waging Nonviolence with creative ideas for your application.
- Fuck with the Heritage Foundation’s Survey about DOGE – fill out their survey (questions are extra confusing but fill out 5 for which agencies should get budget cuts)
- Donate to the campaign of WI Judge Susan Crawford to keep a liberal majority in Wisconsin’s supreme court. More info + action items here.
Inspiration
- Watch: Jane Fonda’s speech at the SAG awards is AMAZING
- Watch: compilation video of people speaking up at town hall meetings
- Read: 30 lonely but beautiful actions you can take right now
- See: The upside down flag on El Cap in Yosemite
- Marinate on: Not paying income taxes this year. Related Guardian Op-Ed. To buy yourself some time to think on this, file for an extension (free to do so)
