PEG 12th Congressional District
Newsletter #132
167 weeks down, 55 weeks to go until Election Day!
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All registered voters can vote by absentee ballot
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Help us prove that our plan to win in 2020 will work before October 29
WAVE (We All Vote Every time) is premised on the observation that people respond better to those they know compared to those they don’t. WAVE (We All Vote Everytime) utilizes relationship organizing to get potential voters who share our values to become absentee ballot voters. Students, the working poor and other groups have been shown to be much more likely to vote if they are an absentee ballot voter. We need your help to reach 750 such people in time for them to vote in the November election so we can show that these people were more likely to vote than a control group. When this trial is successful we can attract the funding and volunteer help to deploy the WAVE system and approach throughout Michigan.
WAVE is holding house parties in Ann Arbor
where you can learn more about how easy it is for you to make a critical difference in upcoming elections by sending emails, text messages and conventional mail to people you know who will be happy to get them. The parties are being held on:
- Sunday, October 20. 6 pm
- Tuesday, October 29. 6 pm
Get more info including the addresses of the parties and to
Register Here
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October 17. Eastern Washtenaw County Democrats Meeting
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Poor People’s Campaign Washtenaw County Weekly Coffee & Catch Up
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Saturday, October 19. Community Conversation with Center for Michigan Great Waters, Great Economy
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Saturday, October 19. Transportation Town Hall with Representative Donna Lasinski
Joining Representative Lasinski will be Chelsea City Council Member Jane Pacheco, Washtenaw County Road Commissioner Barb Fuller, Washtenaw Area Value Express Director Michaelene Pawlak and Huron Waterloo Pathway Initiative Chair Jeff Hardcastle. More information
available here
. Chelsea Senior Center, 500 Washington St, Chelsea. 10 am–noon
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Saturday, October 19. CLARA Training: How to Disagree Respectfully
This workshop will teach you skills to listen calmly with an open heart. It will give you ways to affirm the personhood and dignity of someone you disagree with, while still standing in your own truth. With many demonstrations and opportunities to practice, you will leave the workshop with practical tools you can use in many areas of your life. $10. Hosted by Meta Peace Team Washtenaw Hub and St. Clare of Assisi Episcopal Church.
2309 Packard St, Ann Arbor.
Register and get more
information here
. 1–5 pm
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Sunday, November 10. Learn to have respectful conversations about politics
Better Angels is inviting anyone interested in having better conversations with people on the other side of the political aisle to a Skills Workshop to learn skills for having respectful conversations that clarify differences, search for common ground, and affirm the importance of the relationship. Contact Sandra Xenakis:
sjxena@yahoo.com
with your questions. St Paul United Church of Christ,
122 West Michigan Avenue, Saline
. Please arrive a few minutes early to get settled.
1–4 pm
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Call with MI Resistance
This week they will u
rge the GOP to clean up their budget mess. The Republican controlled legislature has thrown our state into a budget crisis. They refused to negotiate with Governor Whitmer and
passed a mess of a budget at the last possible moment
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To keep the state government from shutting down, Governor Whitmer signed the budget and
vetoed portions
of it in an effort to get the Republicans to put people over politics and negotiate a responsible budget.
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Door knock for Planned Parenthood
Come drink hot chocolate, decorate pumpkins, and learn how to canvass! Attend a quick canvassing training in preparation of their October canvassing. Text Hoai An at (734) 985-0846 with any questions including where to meet. Bring a fully charged phone, weather appropriate clothing and shoes. Training provided; no experience required. All ages welcome!
- Wednesday, October 23. Canvassing. Sign up here. 4–6 pm
- Sunday, October 27. Ann Arbor Canvassing with UM College Democrats. Sign up here. 11–2 pm
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Saturday, November 2. WCDP General membership meeting/Food Drive
Please bring a non-perishable food item to be donated to a local food bank. Washtenaw County Learning Resource Center,
4135 Washtenaw Ave, Ann Arbor
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Social hour begins at 9:30 am and programming begins at 10 am
Sunday, November 3. NAACP Freedom Fund Dinner
This year’s dinner will commemorate the 110th anniversary of the founding of the NAACP with the theme “When We Fight, We Win!” The Freedom Fund Dinner provides an opportunity to honor African American students in the Ann Arbor Public Schools who have maintained a 3.2 grade point average or higher over the most recent academic year. Each of these student scholars will receive a complimentary ticket. If you would like to purchase tickets or if you have any questions, please call (734) 761-9084 or e-mail
wvhamp@comcast.net
.
Ann Arbor Sheraton Hotel
,
3200 Boardwalk Dr, Ann Arbor
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3:30–6:30 pm
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THIS WEEK - Help declare a climate emergency in Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor has not yet declared a climate emergency. Climate Mobilization's declaration of climate emergency is on the AA Environmental Commission's agenda for their October 24 meeting, and they need help to pass it.
Please email or write the members of the Environmental Commission to ask them to vote yes to approve the declaration and send it to City Council. The commission's email address is
ec@a2gov.org
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Click
to see Climate Mobilization ask the Environmental Commission to put their declaration on the agenda for 24 October. It begins at 3:30 in the video. Basic information on the AA Environmental Commission is
available here
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Make an important contribution to our democracy by working in a polling place on Election Day
Almost every city/township needs more qualified election inspectors, but some places have particular needs, e.g. in 2020, Detroit will open 6 satellite clerk's offices, in addition to the main clerk's office, where people can register and vote early via absentee ballot. They plan to have these offices open for at least 30 days before Election Day, including some weekend hours, and will be hiring temporary staff before each election (including the March 2020 presidential primary) to staff all of these offices. These won't be poll workers -- they'll be temporary clerk staff who will be asked to commit to a month or more. More information is available by contacting Deb Olson at
dgolson@c2be.org.
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State Department Theocracy
As of Monday evening, the State Department landing page was covered in a story titled “Being a Christian Leader” which is a recounting of a talk that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo recently gave. Please write a quick note to the State Department to say that this is inappropriate as a landing page for our nation’s State Department due to the separation of church and state.
State Department Contact
Form
Let’s also let our Members of Congress know our disgust about this when contacting them about other issues.
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Help re-register voters of color who have been removed from voter rolls
Lean Left Vermont and Reclaim Our Vote lets us call voters of color in Virginia who have been purged from the voter rolls simply because they haven’t voted recently and urge them to re-register. To be eligible to vote in the 2019 Virginia election—where we’re trying to flip the entire VA legislature blue—folks need to be registered by October 15. Learn how to phonebank and
get started here
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Join the Environmental Voter Project - Turn up the heat by turning up at the polls
Politicians won’t pay attention to environmentalists until we start voting. The
Environmental Voter Project aims to increase voter demand for environmental leadership by identifying inactive environmentalists and then turning them into consistent activists and voters.
Here's the method:
- Identifying and Engaging Environmentalists
- Registering Environmental Voters
- Mobilizing Environmental Voters
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Check out the City of Ann Arbor Elections Update for November 5 election
The
Ann Arbor Elections website
includes voting information for residents of the city, and has just been updated to include information about the upcoming November 5 Special Election for the Ann Arbor Public Schools, as well as information regarding the 2020 City Council candidate filing deadlines. Do you want to vote from home?? Sign up
here
to be added to the city’s permanent absent voter application list. If you want to receive the email updates, subscribe
here
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Michigan ranks worst in nation for black children living in concentrated poverty
Due to the racial discrimination and oppression that still exist here the latest data from the Annie E. Casey Foundation reports the state at 50%. Geographic location and race and ethnicity are the two most important factors that shape a child’s risk.
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Playing Games with American Lives - by Sonya Lewis, MD, MPH
NRA Chief Executive, Wayne LaPierre, met with Donald Trump to discuss ways in which the NRA could support his fight against impeachment and his bid for 2020 re-election. LaPierre asked that Trump “stop the games.” What games was he alluding to?
Read more
equalityingov.org
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Progress Report on Technology to Increase the Absentee Vote
WAVE (We All Vote Everytime)
is a promising new approach to increase the number of voters on the permanent absentee voter list. It is premised on the observation that people respond better to those they know compared to those they don’t. So far WAVE recruiters have sent 1,532 emails to people they know using the WAVE system and 232 of those have clicked to get the form to be on the permanent absentee ballot request list. If you or another organization you are affiliated with would like to learn more about the WAVE initative give us a WAVE at
ContactWAVEMichigan@gmail.com
or check out
Wave-Michigan.com
. Also, now you can find us on Facebook at
Facebook.com/WAVEMichigan
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WAVE Testimonial -
Barry Nathan
"The WAVE app is easy to learn and quick and easy to use. I have thus far emailed 165 people, resulting in 44 clicks on the links in my emails by a total of 16 people. It is a very efficient way to canvas a lot of people from the comfort of your home, and will hopefully result in increased Progressive turnout by increasing absentee voting."
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Thanks to Newsletter contributors:
Bernie Banet,
Leslie McGraw, Richard Gaeth, Sonya Lewis, Lisa Kamil, Barry Nathan,
and Chuck Newman
for their help preparing this newsletter. Write us at
info@equalityingov.org
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