1-15-24 Newsletter

 

ACTION CHANGES THINGS Tired of yelling at the news or ranting on Facebook?  Try taking action that actually makes a difference! In this all-important election year, INCO will feature ways to defeat MAGA, defend our freedoms, and deliver progressive ideals. If you've already found a pro-democracy activity that warms your heart, please let us know why you value it so we can tell INCO readers about your cause, organization, or candidate. Contact incoregon@gmail.com. This is a virtual event. Sign up here in English; here in Spanish. Check out Mobilize for daily lists of events and actions to participate in, many in Oregon. Pro-democracy organizations and causes would love your energy and idealism! Here's a sample of important upcoming events nationwide: Tue, Jan 16 · Michigan Democratic Party - Voter Protection Special Briefing w/MDP Chair Lavora Barnes › Mon, Jan 15 · Tom Suozzi for Congress (candidate for the seat vacated by George Santos) Weekday Phonebanking for Tom Suozzi! › Mon, Jan 15 · The Democratic National Committee New York for Biden+Harris: MLK Unity Rally & Virtual Day of Action for NY3 › Seaside Equality Advocates is hosting this event.  Per its FaceBook post, SEA is "A grassroots group whose mission is to advocate for equality for LGBTQ2SIA+, & other at-risk & under-represented minorities, & to bring the people of these communities together in Seaside & the North Oregon Coast, both in times of need & celebration." Trump boasts about being a dictator if he's elected, starting on Day One. Even worse, millions of Americans like that idea, including most GOP Members of Congress, funders, and those vying to be his vice-president.  WE CAN STOP HIM. WE MUST STOP HIM.  "Nobody said self-government was supposed to be easy, and it’s not. It’s not a culture war that we’ve been fighting. It’s a war for our freedom, and the weapon we have been given to fight it is our vote."   — Lucian K. Truscott IV HERE'S TO HEATHER! Historian Heather Cox Richardson is worth reading, watching, and listening to - and quoting, as we often do in the INCO newsletter.   Her January 12 newsletter includes this video interview with President Biden. She says, "The opportunity to ask a historical figure how he thinks, after I have spent years studying his policies, is mind-blowing." Heather and Al Franken have a lively, hopeful conversation about Lincoln, SCOTUS, words and ideas, and more in this recent podcast.  Another timely and informative conversation with Heather, on January 10, is on YouTube, one of a weekly series of free events called 'America at a Crossroads." INCO INSIGHTS "No matter how bad things get, you got to go on living, even if it kills you."   --  Sholem Aleichem  Indivisible defends democracy by opposing authoritarianism, bigotry, and corruption. 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   January 15, 2024 Website Email Facebook Copyright © 2024 INDIVISIBLE North Coast Oregon, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in at our website or signed up at a community group meeting. Our mailing address is: *|766 Lexington Avenue, Astoria, OR 97103:HTML|* Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.