INCO Weekly Newsletter 7/22

MUELLER TESTIMONY HIGHWAY BANNER PROTEST  WEDNESDAY IN PORTLAND Many people everywhere demand impeachment. Join with Stand on Every Corner PDX, SW Huddle, Indivisible 97201, and Indivisible Clackamas to protest with "IMPEACH" banners on high overpasses throughout the Portland metro area during the evening commute. Details here or email incoregon@gmail.com.

WALK WITH INCO IN THE ASTORIA REGATTA GRAND LAND PARADE Saturday, August 10  •  noon - 2 pm  •  downtown Astoria Mark your calendar now so you can be part of this year's Regatta parade, celebrating the 125th anniversary of the Astoria Regatta. INCO always gets a big cheer as we walk. The parade is about 1 mile, with lots of cheers from spectators - plus historic figures, music, tons of spectators, and a terrific opportunity to introduce INCO to even more people!

INDIVISIBLE OREGON'S TUESDAY CALL OF THE WEEK Tell your Members of Congress: Most of our congressional delegation went to the border this week. We thank them for bearing witness.  Now we need them to take the next step. The conditions in these camps are impeachable offenses. They must call for an immediate impeachment inquiry -  loudly and publicly.    Senator Merkley's DC office: 202-224-3753. Senator Wyden's DC office: 202-224-5244.  Congresswoman Bonamici's DC office: 202-225-0855 Join other Oregon Indivisibles and call your MoCs on Tuesday. Contact info is here.

DEMOCRATS DEBATE  Tuesday, July 30 and Wednesday, July 31 6 pm, Pacific Daylight Time on CNN Check out the news about the 20 candidates in these debates, including brief profiles. The Democratic National Committee (DNC) doubled the polling and grass-roots fundraising requirements from its initial summer debates. The Democratic National Committee uses grassroots fundraising as one of two ways to earn a spot in the first two primary debates — candidates had to get contributions from at least 65,000 unique donors and a minimum of 200 unique donors per state in at least 20 states. The DNC said it required candidates to provide private but verifiable documentation of their donors. If you'd like to support your favorite, visit the candidates' websites, listed on INCO's Vote the Future site.

HAPPENINGS Details on our events page. Everyone is welcome to all these events. THIS WEEK lIt's time to call your Members of Congress about the issues you care about! UPCOMING Tuesday, July 30 and Wednesday, July 31 - Democratic Presidential Candidates Debates, 2nd round, 6 pm, PDT on CNN. Saturday, August 3 - Astoria Community Group monthly meeting, 10:30 a.m. - noon, WineKraft, on the Riverwalk at the foot of 10th. It’s OK to bring your own food and drink. Mary Beth Cottle and Eric Halperin discuss INCO's essay contest and the Vote the Future team's projects about elections, promoting voting, improving the county's voter's pamphlet, and more.  Wednesday, August 7 - Advocacy Team monthly meeting, 6:30 - 8 pm, Seaside Library Board Room.  Thursday, August 8 - INCO Forestry-Climate Change Working Group, 7 - 8:30 pm, Astoria residence. Email incoregon@gmail.com for directions. Saturday, August 10 - Walk with INCO in the Astoria Regatta Grand Land Parade, noon - 2 pm. Details soon. Tuesday, August 13 - Seaside-Gearhart Community Group monthly meeting, 6:30 - 8 pm, contact Kathleenannmacdonald@yahoo.com for location. Wednesday, August 21 - Vote the Future (VTF) monthly meeting,  6:30 pm, Seaside Library Board Room Thursday, August 29 - Gun Sense Advocacy with Moms Demand Action, 6:30 pm, Seaside Library Community Room. Co-hosted by INCO.

INSIGHTS Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.  --Benjamin Franklin

ACTION PRIORITIES   How will your Members of Congress know what you want if you don't tell them? •  Contact ONLY elected officials who represent you so you don't dilute the power of actual constituents. •  It's more effective to contact your MoC about one issue at a time.  •  Be sure to tell your MoC when you agree with their positions and votes.   Contact YOUR elected officials here.  For current action items, visit www.incoregon.org and www.indivisible.org.

COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS Get active with INCO's Advocacy Team, Vote the Future Team, and Community Groups.  INCO has 3 websites: our main one; Vote the Future; and Really Do Care INCO Under 40s.   Join INCO's closed Facebook group. Really Do Care also has a Facebook group.  Sign up for emails from national Indivisible at www.indivisible.org. Questions, suggestions, & photos to INCO at incoregon@gmail.com.  Deb Vanasse and Laurie Caplan, INCO Co-chairs INCO Weekly Newsletter   July 22, 2019