Sanctuary Initiatives:
-- Sanctuary city - Menlo Park
-- Sanctuary county - San Mateo County
-- Sanctuary state - SB 54. Read the text here
-- Videography Project - Working with local students to create a documentary highlighting the personal stories of immigrants in our community.
Opposing Racism/ Racial and Religious Profiling/ Sexism/ Hate Activity:
-- Opposition to Muslim ban / Muslim registry. Read the court documents here and Trump's executive order.
-- Muslim Ban Protests: Here's a link to a video of the protest at SFO on Saturday. At the 14-second point you will see two of our people - Michael in the foreground in a yellow jacket and Sue in a gray jacket (in the street) holding a sign saying Never Again with a yellow star.
-- Community Awareness/ Police Communication. Working to identify instances of profiling, hate and other activities in our communities and working with law enforcement and elected officials to address these.
-- Identification of and Support for Local Organizations Addressing These Issues:
Free Press/ First Amendment Rights: We pledge to call out news organizations/ press that fail to accurately report news, and consistently calling/ emailing to THANK news organizations/ press that are doing their jobs well.
Trump Organization Boycott. Here is a partial list of properties and brands that he owns. This list also includes sponsors of the TV show Celebrity Apprentice which you may also choose to boycott
Trump Organization denial of service phone calls. Call one of his properties and keep the line busy chatting to the operator or complaining about Trump's policies
Housing Affordability/ Displacement of Residents/ Gentrification
-- Investigating options for limiting displacement of community members because of rising rents/ costs.
-- Coordinate actions to promote housing affordability.
We are taking and following guidance from groups including Indivisible.org and MoveOn.org in coordinating our efforts at lobbying and other activities:
➢ Monitoring news and social media to be alert for issues requiring member action.
➢ Coordinating phone banks/email lists/in-person meetings with our local, state and federal representatives.
➢ Coordinating scheduling and attendance at rallies, town hall meetings, etc.
➢ Building community awareness of national initiatives promoting the progressive agenda.
Confirmation of Jeff Session (Attorney General) and Betsy DeVos (Education)
Friends and family in KENTUCKY, MAINE, TENNESSEE, ALASKA,GEORGIA, UTAH, NORTH CAROLINA, WYOMING, LOUISIANA, KANSAS, SOUTH CAROLINA - We are 3 votes away from denying confirmation to Betsy DeVos. If you live in any of the states listed OR KNOW ANYONE WHO DOES, and if you oppose the appointment of DeVos as Secretary of Education, PLEASE call your Senators (and if it's busy, keep trying):
Susan Collins (ME) 207.622.8414..&..202.224.2523
Lamar Alexander (TN) 615.736.5129..&..202.224.4944
Lisa Murkowski (AK) 907.586.7277..&..202.224.6665
Johnny Isakson (GA) 770.661.0999..&..202.224.3643
Orrin Hatch (UT) 801.524.4380..&..202.224.5251
Richard Burr (NC) 336.631.5125..&..202.224.3154..&.. 910.251.1058..&..828.350.2437
Michael Enzi (WY) 202.224.3424
Dr. Bill Cassidy (LA) 202.224.5824
Pat Roberts (KS) 202.224.4774
Tim Scott (SC) 202.224.6121
Rand Paul (KY) 202.224.4343