NCJW Weekly Advocacy Wrap-Up:

Friday, November 4, 2022

In this issue...

Make a Voting Plan!

This Weekend: Abortion After-Care Kits Donation Drop-off

Reproductive Freedom is on the Ballot: Phone Banks

Vote Forward: More Ways to Stay Involved as We Approach Election Day

Winter Coat Drive, November 10-13

Membership/Advocacy Social, November 17

Volunteer for 2023 Homeless Point in Time Count, January 26

Make a Voting Plan

MAKE A VOTING PLAN

Find a Drop Box near you

In L.A. County, click here
In Orange County, you can find a drop box by clicking here

Or vote in person

In L.A. County, find out a vote center here
In Orange County, click here

Abortion After-Care Kits

Saturday and Sunday, November 5 & 6

10 am - 2 pm, in front of Alpert JCC

Help NCJW gather the supplies for Abortion After-Care Kits which we'll donate to Planned Parenthood of Orange and San Bernardino Counties for their clients. These little bags contain comfort items given to patients after a procedure.

Donate supplies for Abortion After-Care Kits by either dropping off any of the listed items below or by donating $7, $14, or $21 to the Abortion Access Fund ($7 covers the cost of one kit) . You can also donate gift cards or cash.

In addition, if you would like to volunteer for a 2-hour shift or you would like more information on this event, please email communityservice@ncjwlongbeach.org or call (657) 235-2511.

Protect Abortion Rights:

Yes on 1 CA Statewide Text Bank

Sunday, November 6

4:30 pm on Zoom

Prop 1 will add the right to an abortion directly into the California State Constitution to ensure that, in California, people continue to have the power to control their own bodies and personal decisions. It is easy and fun! We need a resounding vote in support to be a model for other states. Hope you can join the effort.

Sunday, November 6 at 4:30 p.m.

to text bank in support of Prop 1

More Ways to Stay Involved

as We Approach Election Day

Though The Big Send is over for 2022, there are more ways to stay involved as we approach Election Day. Here are a few suggestions:

Help protect the vote with Election Protection: These trained, nonpartisan volunteers serve as voters’ first line of defense against confusing voting rules, outdated infrastructure, rampant misinformation, and needless obstacles to the ballot box.

Sign up to be a Voting Squad Captain with When We All Vote: Pledge to reach out to at least 3 people and make sure they are ready to vote in 2022.

Join Vote Rev Action Fund’s high traffic on-the-spot vote tripling program, the latest in site-based relational turnout programs! This high-impact tactic is easy to execute: no experience is necessary, and you can volunteer in your own community.

WINTER COAT DRIVE

Any size, and blankets or caps too!

Thursday, November 10, 11 am to 2 pm,

Friday – Sunday, November 11-13, 10 am to 2 pm

In front of the Alpert JCC

Bring ‘em one and all!

Our past record was 300+ coats, but that was during COVID when everyone was cleaning their closets! Surely you have some items that don’t fit, you just don’t like anymore, or you keep planning to wear and never do. Bring ‘em! Last year’s drive supported needy seniors, kids at low-income elementary schools, homeless, vets, and low-income families. Any gender, any size, but only warm outer items please.

Please contact communityservice@ncjwlongbeach.org if you can volunteer for a

2-hour shift.

Membership Social:

Advocacy, Who Me? Yes, You!

Thursday, Nov. 17, 7 pm, Alpert JCC

You may think advocacy is not your thing. But maybe you don’t really know what it is.

You know there are issues that you care about. You know that change is needed.

Join us in a social setting to talk to folks who are already involved as well as others who don’t know if they want to be.

NCJW's COVID protocols will be followed; masks are requested. Please RSVP to advocacy@ncjwlongbeach.org.

Volunteer for 2023

Homeless Point in Time Count

January 26, 2023

The Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services is looking to recruit 250 community volunteers to help carry out the 2023 Homeless Point in Time (PIT) Count, taking place on Jan. 26, 2023.

The PIT Count is an annual community effort by residents to provide a street count of people experiencing homelessness in Long Beach. The Count serves to define available resources to address homelessness and identify gaps within the City’s plans to help better serve unhoused individuals.

Qualifications to volunteer for the PIT Count include:

Be 18 years or older.
Attend a two-hour orientation and training prior to the day of the Count.

Orientations will be hosted on the following days and times:

Tuesday, Jan. 10 from 6 to 8 pm via Zoom
Thursday, Jan. 12 from 6 to 8 pm at the Long Beach Multi-Service Center (1301 W. 12th St.)
Wednesday, Jan. 18 from 6 to 8 pm at the Long Beach Multi-Service Center
Thursday, Jan. 19 from 6 to 8 pm via Zoom

Commit to a four-hour canvassing shift on Thursday, January 26, 2023. Volunteers will be expected to report at 4:30 am and be dispatched to the field by 5 am.

For more information and/or to register for the PIT Count,

CLICK HERE

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