“IN ORDER TO HEAL AS A NATION WE MUST FIX WHAT IS BROKEN” (CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS)
ACTION ONE: #INDIVISIBLE TUESDAY HILLSBORO
Join Indivisible Hillsboro organizers and our MOCs’ staff via Zoom conference at 11 AM through their Facebook page.
ACTION TWO: CALL YOUR SENATORS
SAMPLE SCRIPT FOR WYDEN AND MERKLEY:
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code]. I am calling because…
Systemic racism, police brutality, and COVID-19 have combined in this moment to highlight the need to acknowledge our history and act to change the future. I urge you to co-sponsor and advocate for immediate passage of The Justice in Policing Act of 2020, the Murphy/Schumer bill requiring federal agents to be identifiable, and passage of the HEROES Act in the Senate.
CALL SENATOR MERKLEY
CALL SENATOR WYDEN
ACTION THREE: CALL YOUR HOUSE REP
Not sure who your U.S. Representative is? Find out here.
SAMPLE SCRIPTS FOR REPRESENTATIVES:
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code]. I am calling because…
For Blumenauer, Bonamici, DeFazio, and Schrader:
Systemic racism, police brutality, and COVID-19 have combined in this moment to highlight the need to acknowledge our history and act to change the future. I urge you to co-sponsor and advocate for immediate passage of The Justice in Policing Act of 2020, the Murphy/Schumer bill requiring federal agents to be identifiable, and passage of the Heroes Act in the Senate.
For Walden:
Systemic racism, police brutality, and COVID-19 have combined in this moment to highlight the need to acknowledge our history and act to change the future. These are not partisan issues; they are human issues. I urge you to support and advocate for the immediate passage of The Justice in Policing Act of 2020, the Murphy/Schumer bill requiring federal agents to be identifiable, and passage of the Heroes Act in the Senate.
CALL SUZANNE BONAMICI (OR-01)
CALL GREG WALDEN (OR-02)
CALL BLUMENAUER (OR-03)
CALL PETER DEFAZIO (OR-04)
CALL KURT SCHRADER (OR-05)
BACKGROUND:
Racism, police brutality, and COVID-19 are all public health crises. All three disproportionately impact black communities because systemic racism is embedded in US culture. In this moment, after witnessing the murders of George Floyd and so many others, we all join together to demand change. Silence is complicity.
Police responded brutally to peaceful protesters demanding racial justice, although they remained passive in response to armed Trump supporters invading state capitols to demand premature re-opening. Trump responded with racist language, threatened to use the military to suppress peaceful protests, and used unidentifiable armed men who might be federal agents or might be mercenaries or militia.
We must name the problem and enact solutions. Congressional Democrats unveiled the Justice in Policing Act of 2020, promising future bills to further remedy racial injustices. Both Houses must pass the Murphy/Schumer bill requiring federal agents to be identifiable, and the Senate must pass the Heroes Act. We ask all Democrats to co-sponsor and publicly advocate for these bills’ immediate passage.
We want public health and public safety to replace racism and police brutality. We join together peacefully for racial justice. Silence is not an option.
SOURCES:
Racism and Police Brutality:
Action Pages:
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/campaign-zero-8-cant-wait-police-violence-1010013/
President Obama’s Town Hall on Racism and Police Brutality:
Trump and the Military on Peaceful Protests:
