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

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