2-28-2022 Newsletter

 

"THE TREASURE OF DEMOCRACY" "In many ways, safety is an illusion. Danger is real. But bravery and a faith in the treasure of democracy and the power of goodness is also very real and durable." -- Reader's Comment, New York Times, February 24, 2022 "In the centuries-long struggle between autocracy and democracy, between dictatorship and freedom, Ukraine is now the front line—and our front line too." -- Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 2-23-22   Anne Applebaum is the author of Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism. "I will tell you that democracy in and of itself is defiantly optimistic. It is hope triumphing over adversity. It is the best of human nature winning out over the worst of human nature. And tyrants know that democracy and democratic ideals are a threat to them."  -- Senator Cory Booker

COINversation with Patrick Starnes, Candidate for Governor of Oregon Tuesday, March 1 at 7 pm, via Zoom   Register and submit your questions for Patrick Starnes here.  He will speak and answer questions for about half of our meeting, and we'll tend to some regular COIN business after that.  More about Starnes here. You can also register at https://bit.ly/COIN030122.

TUTORIAL FOR TRACKING AND TESTIFYING IN SALEM Former Representative Bill Post created an excellent YouTube Video tutorial on how to use OLIS not only to testify, but also to follow bills, get alerts when they are about to have hearings and most anything else. Check it out here.

LOCAL LETTERS MATTER  Share your values. Inspire others. Among Biden's accomplishments as President: rebuilding  global unity against Russian aggression. Our Letters to the Editor in every issue of the Astorian from now until November can inform voters and promote voting. Write a few sentences or more, up to 250 words. Send to editor@dailyastorian.com, along with your name, address, and phone. BE A LETTER-WRITER

HAPPENINGS  Tuesday, March 8 - INCO South County Community Group Zoom meeting, 6:30 pm - 8 pm. Please RSVP to Kathleenannmacdonald@yahoo.com thru Monday, March 7 for your Zoom link. TBA -  INCO Warrenton Community Group Zoom meeting, 11 am. Contact incoregon@gmail.com for more information. Saturday, March 19 - INCO Astoria-North County Community Group Zoom meeting, 11 am - noon. If you are new to this group, contact incoregon@gmail.com by March 18 to get the Zoom link. Every Friday - INCO Write to Voters (WTV), via Zoom, 3-4 pm. Informal chat while we write letters and postcards to voters. If you are new to this event, contact incoregon@gmail.com to get the Zoom link.  Write postcards for Jamie. Be part of a statewide effort to support Jamie McLeod-Skinner for Congress from Oregon's revamped District 5, by writing voters with her campaign postcards. To get postcards, talking points, stamps, and voter addresses, please contact incoregon@gmail.com   Write To Voters - Elections and issue campaigns need you year-round. INCO encourages you to sign up to write to voters at www.postcardstovoters.org. For general Get Out the Vote letter campaigns, sign up at Vote Forward. For prepped postcards, stamps, or information, contact incoregon@gmail.com.

INSIGHTS  “When they break the rules, you affirm the rule, you don’t affirm anarchy.”  — Timothy Snyder, historian and author, February, 2022, New Yorker Radio Hour

--Michelle Rial, "Am I Overthinking This?" calendar

Comments, news, and photos to INCO at incoregon@gmail.com.  Resources and other information at www.incoregon.org and www.indivisible.org. Encourage others to sign up for the INCO newsletter at our website or here. Look for the INCO column in Hipfish Monthly. We're on Facebook, too. INCO Weekly Newsletter  February 28, 2022

2-21-22 Newsletter

 

"Remaining hopeful can be hard—but it is always easier than surrendering to imagined fears and catastrophes that may never materialize. Yes, times are tough, but we are tougher. Take personal responsibility for hope—which is the surest way to prevent bad-actors or cynics from taking charge of it for you.” —Robert Hubbell, Today's Edition, February 1, 2022

MEET MELISSA Talk with Melissa Busch, candidate for state senator from Senate District 16. Tuesday, February 22   •  7 - 8 pm  •  via Zoom  Hosted by North Coast Progressive Action Register: bit.ly/NCPA22222

COINversation with Patrick Starnes, Candidate for Governor of Oregon Tuesday, March 1 at 7 pm, via Zoom   Register and submit your questions for Patrick Starnes here.  He will speak and answer questions for about half of our meeting, and we'll tend to some regular COIN business after that.  More about Starnes here.

LOCAL LETTERS MATTER Don't let Republican and extremist lies and distortions drown out reason and facts. Remind readers about Biden's and Democratic achievements. Our Letters to the Editor in every issue of the Astorian from now til November can inform voters and promote voting. Write a few sentences or more, up to 250 words. Send to editor@dailyastorian.com, along with your name, address, and phone. BE A LETTER-WRITER

THEY'RE HERE: FIRST LETTER WRITING CAMPAIGNS OF 2022 Do democracy from home by writing Vote Forward letters to voters. You'll be writing "please vote" letters to voters, keeping them stockpiled somewhere safe, and then mailing them on the same day in late October—just before the midterm elections, when research shows your letters have the greatest impact. Sign up and get info here. INCO can provide you with writing hints, envelopes, and nearer the mailing date, postage stamps. Contact incoregon@gmail.com for details. Coming soon: Social Campaigns in FL and TX.

WHY WE PERSIST

PROGRESS OVER TIME "Victory or defeat is not measured in one or two election cycles. It is measured by our progress over time. Yes, we are in a perilous moment in our nation’s history—but that is almost always so. Our ancestors did not shrink from the fight, and neither should we. So, let’s stop talking about the “end of democracy” and talk more about our long-term strategy for preserving democracy." -- Robert Hubbell, Today's Edition, February 17, 2022 The cartoon is from Politico.

WRITE VOTERS WITH JAMIE'S CAMPAIGN POSTCARDS  Strengthen the Democratic majority in Congress   Be part of a statewide effort to support Jamie McLeod-Skinner for Congress from Oregon's revamped District 5, by writing voters with her campaign postcards. To get postcards, talking points, stamps, and voter addresses, please contact incoregon@gmail.com

HAPPENINGS  Tuesday, March 8 - INCO South County Community Group Zoom meeting, 6:30 pm - 8 pm. Please RSVP to Kathleenannmacdonald@yahoo.com thru Monday, March 7 for your Zoom link. TBA -  INCO Warrenton Community Group Zoom meeting, 11 am. Contact incoregon@gmail.com for more information. Saturday, March 19 - INCO Astoria-North County Community Group Zoom meeting, 11 am - noon. If you are new to this group, contact incoregon@gmail.com by March 18 to get the Zoom link. Every Friday - INCO Write to Voters (WTV) via Zoom, 3-4 pm. Informal chat while we write letters and postcards to voters. If you are new to this event, contact incoregon@gmail.com to get the Zoom link.  Write To Voters - Elections and issue campaigns need you year-round. INCO encourages you to sign up to write to voters at www.postcardstovoters.org. For general Get Out the Vote letter campaigns, sign up at Vote Forward. For prepped postcards, stamps, or information, contact incoregon@gmail.com.

INSIGHTS  “My only hope is that things will get so bad that I’ll be forced to do something.”  — Ashleigh Brilliant

--Michelle Rial, "Am I Overthinking This?" calendar

Comments, news, and photos to INCO at incoregon@gmail.com.  Resources and other information at www.incoregon.org and www.indivisible.org. Encourage others to sign up for the INCO newsletter at our website or here. Look for the INCO column in Hipfish Monthly. We're on Facebook, too. INCO Weekly Newsletter  February 21, 2022

2-14-2022 Newsletter

 

WE HONOR HIS LEGACY Abraham Lincoln was born February 12, 1809, 213 years ago. Indivisible exists because America is still reckoning with the legacy of slavery, racism, greed, and inequality - and with Lincoln's determination to create a better future. "Lincoln saw clearly that if we give up the principle of equality before the law, we have given up the whole game." Historian Heather Cox Richardson's provides a moving account of Lincoln's respect for "the logic of equality."

How do we effectively talk about values, politics, and policies? Why is it important to include race and class in the conversation? Sign up here for the Zoom link.

PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW Kudos to INCO activists for their recent letters in the Astorian about the accomplishments of the Biden administration! You can help ensure that every issue of the Astorian from now til November has at least one Letter to the Editor recognizing Biden's and Democratic achievements. Write a few sentences or more, up to 250 words. Send to editor@dailyastorian.com, along with your name, address, and phone. "The economy under Biden shows that his traditional vision of a government that supports ordinary people rather than cutting taxes and funneling money to “makers” works; the extraordinary unity of NATO in the face of Putin’s determination to advance authoritarian goals shows that multilateral cooperation rather than unilateral military action works, too. For those determined to regain power, disruption and destabilization are the order of the day." -- Heather Cox Richardson, newsletter, February 12, 2022 BE A LETTER-WRITER

MEET MELISSA Talk with Melissa Busch, candidate for state senator from Senate District 16. Tuesday, February 22   •  7 - 8 pm  •  via Zoom  Hosted by North Coast Progressive Action Register: bit.ly/NCPA22222

WRITE VOTERS WITH JAMIE'S CAMPAIGN POSTCARDS  Strengthen the Democratic majority in Congress   Be part of a statewide effort to support Jamie McLeod-Skinner for Congress, from Oregon's revamped District 5, by writing Oregon voters with her campaign postcards. To get postcards, stamps, and voter addresses, please contact incoregon@gmail.com

HAPPENINGS  The February North County Community Group Zoom meeting is cancelled.  Tuesday, March 8 - INCO South County Community Group Zoom meeting, 6:30 pm - 8 pm. Please RSVP to Kathleenannmacdonald@yahoo.com thru Monday, March 7 for your Zoom link. TBA -  INCO Warrenton Community Group Zoom meeting, 11 am. Contact incoregon@gmail.com by March 11 for more information. Every Friday - INCO Write to Voters (WTV) via Zoom, 3-4 pm. Informal chat while we write letters and postcards to voters. If you are new to this event, contact incoregon@gmail.com to get the Zoom link.  Write To Voters - Elections and issue campaigns need you year-round. INCO encourages you to sign up to write to voters at www.postcardstovoters.org. For general Get Out the Vote letter campaigns, sign up at Vote Forward. For prepped postcards, stamps, or information, contact incoregon@gmail.com.

INSIGHTS  "Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little.”   - - Edmund Burke, British and Irish statesman, economist, and philosopher

--Michelle Rial, "Am I Overthinking This?" calendar

Comments, news, and photos to INCO at incoregon@gmail.com.  Resources and other information at www.incoregon.org and www.indivisible.org. Encourage others to sign up for the INCO newsletter at our website or here. Look for the INCO column in Hipfish Monthly. We're on Facebook, too. INCO Weekly Newsletter  February 14, 2022