Calls to Action - June 13, 2017 - General Meeting

Tell Senator Toomey to OPPOSE any ACA "replacement" that doesn't protect individuals with pre-existing conditions.

Call script here: http://bit.ly/2rkD98O

Tell Senator Casey to WITHHOLD CONSENT on Senate business until there is a public hearing on Trumpcare.

Call script here: http://bit.ly/2sm8dFe

Tell Senator Toomey to OPPOSE any healthcare bill that cuts Medicaid.

Call script here: http://bit.ly/2shw5cA

Tell Senator Toomey to HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING on Trumpcare.

Call script here: http://bit.ly/2rkCvbx.

Tell your representative to DISCLOSE TRUMP'S FINANCIAL TIES TO RUSSIA.

Call script here: http://bit.ly/2rk9gWe

Tell your representative to DISCLOSE TRUMP'S TAX RETURNS.

Call script here: http://bit.ly/2rUgPSi

Tell your senators and representative to DEMAND AN INDEPENDENT COMMISSION to investigate Trump/Russia connections

Call script here: http://bit.ly/2shul2H

Tell your representative to hold a TOWN HALL during the upcoming July and August recesses.

Call script here: http://bit.ly/2s4s4pI

Tell your State Senator to OPPOSE HB 27 and SB 300

SB 300 would defund Planned Parenthood while HB 27 would issue a "gag order" following police use of force incidents. Call scripts here: http://bit.ly/2q50Ykk (HB 27 script) and http://bit.ly/2qeimyj (SB 300 script)

Upcoming Events

Wednesday, June 14, 10am - Demand a Ban on Fracking in Delaware River Watershed

1112 River Road Washington Crossing, PA 18977 - at the Visitor’s Center

More information available here: http://bit.ly/2smexwC

Thursday, June 15th, 6pm to 7pm - Fill The Steps Against Gun Violence

Philadelphia Museum of Art

2600 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19130

More information available here: http://bit.ly/2smfcy0

Saturday, June 17th, 10am to 4pm - Disability Pride Parade and Concert

Disability Pride Philadelphia will begin at 10am at the National Constitutional Center (525 Arch St, Philadelphia, PA 19106). Our 6th annual Disability Pride Parade will head out from the NCC down Market Street converging onto City Hall (1401 John F Kennedy Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19102) and Dilworth Park (1 S 15th St, Philadelphia, PA 19102) for rest of the day’s activities. For further details, see the Facebook event page here: http://bit.ly/2svM2fw

Sunday, June 18th, 11am to 5pm - March Against Solitary Confinement and Mass Incarceration

Francisville Playground

1737-39 Francis St, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19130

More information available here: http://bit.ly/2shBBMk

Every Monday, 12:45pm - “Mondays with Meehan”

940 W Sproul Rd, Springfield, PA 19064

For further details the protests, please friend Katherine Ciambrione on Facebook. Someone will contact you shortly thereafter.

Every Tuesday, 12pm to 1pm - “Tuesdays with Toomey”

200 Chestnut St #600, Philadelphia, PA 19106

For further details on next week’s protest, please see the Tuesdays with Toomey event page on Facebook - http://bit.ly/2sVZXZU

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May 23, 2016 General Meeting - Calls to Action

Environment/Call, Fax, Email

Tell you elected officials to SUPPORT the Paris Climate Agreement. Trump is expected to make a decision on the agreement this week. Call script here: http://bit.ly/2qP32MK (Environmental Working Group)

Health Care/Attend & Learn

Register for the “Medicare for All” event on June 7th. The health care working group has organized an important educational presentation on single payer health care and why your legislator should be supporting it. The event will be held on Wednesday, June 7th at 7 p.m. Register here: http://bit.ly2qP0b4s.

PA State Issues/Call, Fax, Email

Tell your State Representative and State Senator to OPPOSE HB 27 and SB 300. SB 300 would defund Planned Parenthood while HB 27 would issue a “gag order” following police use of force incidents. Call script here: http://bit.ly/2q50Ykk (HB 27 script) http://bit.ly/2qeimyj (SB 300 script) (Solidarity and Women/LGBTQ Working Groups)

Delco Politics/Meet & Greet

Attend a meet and greet with Delaware County candidates for local office. These meet and greets are held monthly and are sponsored by the Delco Politics Working Group. June’s meet and greet will be held on Thursday, June 8 at 7 p.m. at the Media VFW. Event information here: http://bit.ly2qOMcxl

Health Care & War Powers Act/Letters to the Editor

Write letters to the editor on the AHCA and War Powers Act. Letters should focus on either the AHCA’s (negative) impact on Pennsylvanians or on why Congress should hold Trump to the provisions of the War Powers Act. (Issued by Health Care and Foreign Policy Working Groups. Tops on how to write a letter to the editor here:

http://bit.ly/2rMTpve Further information on the AHCA letters here: http://bit.ly/2rK9OkN

Gerrymandering/Office Visit

Schedule an office visit with your state elected officials to end gerrymandering. Force your state representatives and senators to defend their positions on SB 22 and HB 722 (anti gerrymandering bills). For more information: www.FDPA.com (Issued by the Gerrymandering Working Group.)

Sensible Gun Policy/Attend an Event

Promote Delco United for Sensible Gun Policy’s rally commemorating National Gun Safety Awareness Day. The event will be held on Friday, June 2 at 6:30 p.m. at the Second Baptist Church in Media, 300 East State Street. Be sure to wear orange! More info and sign up for their mailing list: http://delcounited.net/

Other Call to Action Sources

Daily Action

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Or simply text the word DAILY to the number 228466 (A-C-T-I-O-N). You'll be prompted to enter your ZIP code, and then will subsequently receive one text message every week day about an issue with a prompt to call your Senator, member of Congress or other appropriate elected official.

5 Calls

Go 5 Calls (or download the app for Apple or Google play and follow it on your phone or tablet) and receive daily prompts, scripts and phone numbers to help you make calls about important, timely issues.

Rogan's List

Susan G. Rogan is a retired university librarian and self-described "fact-checking geek." She gathers action items and uploads them to her blog daily. Her blog is a member site of the Action Alliance and part of RISE Stronger's United States of Resistance.

Action Alliance

Action Alliance is a loosely federated group of organizations that came together to connect, coordinate and create greater impact. Their site has dozens of links to sign up to receive daily and weekly calls to action via email, text or app.

Wall-of-Us

Four concrete acts of resistance delivered to your inbox each week.

Postcards

When phone calls go unanswered, or to supplement calls and in-person visits, postcards can be an effective way to contact elected officials, too. (Letters, not so good, as they often sit in mail rooms for ages waiting for security screening.)

Purchase blank postcards at the USPS or check out designs online at places like Amazon.

Feeling creative? Here's a video tutorial on how to design your own.