Lobby with us at the State House, Attend a Seth Moulton Town Hall, Phonebank or Rally for Reproductive Rights, Canvass for Ranked Choice Voting at the Farmers Market, Register Voters, Build the 2020 Blue Wave, Discuss the Mueller Report, Share your Thoughts on Impeachment, and much more.... this week's Muster is full of ways to take action!
JOIN US IN JUNE!
In addition to our monthly Activism Evening and Weekday Warrior and Book Club meetings, we're excited to be co-hosting a Lobby Day for the Safe Communities Act at the State House tomorrow June 4, canvassing outside the Lexington Farmers Market on Tuesday afternoons this summer starting on June 11, and helping to organize a Town Hall with Rep. Seth Moulton on Saturday June 15!
Safe Communities Act Lobby Day
Tuesday June 4, 11:45 am-1:00pm
Massachusetts State House, Room 109, 24 Beacon St., Boston Minuteman Indivisible is proud to be cohosting this lobby day at the State House along with our allies at Indivisible Mystic Valley!The Safe Communities Act (S.1401/H.3573) will create a stronger Commonwealth by protecting immigrants' rights and keeping law enforcement focused on public safety. The day will start with an overview of the SCA and how it would help our state, then we'll split up to meet with our legislators. RSVP onour Facebook eventorusing this form. Can't make the lobby day? Use this link to email your legislatorsorsign up here to call your legislators or help in other ways.
Monthly Activism Evening
Monday June 10, 7-8:30pm
First Parish Church, 7 Harrington Rd., Lexington We’re ramping up for 2020! We're delighted that State Senator Mike Barrett will join us to discuss his bill to require candidates listed on the ballot for the presidential primary in MA to release their tax returns. Are you ready to hold the House and take the Senate? Hear a summary of the state of the 2020 congressional races and join in the discussion about the 2020 elections strategy and how we should select candidates to support. We'll also provide an update about Dan McCready's race in NC-09 and other activities.
Canvass at the Farmers Market
Tuesdays starting June 11, 2-6:30pm
Next to 1557 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington Minuteman Indivisible will have a table near the Mass Ave entrance to the Lexington Farmers Market most Tuesday afternoons this summer where we'll be canvassing for Ranked Choice Voting and other issues. Talk to your friends and neighbors about the work that we're doing and enjoy great food at the same time! Sign up to join us here.
Weekday Warriors Meeting
Friday, June 14, 10:00-11:30am
Roasted Granola Cafe, 1346 Massachusetts Ave., Arlington Join us to drink coffee and socialize as we write letters to not-yet-registered prospective voters in crucial swing states who are likely to vote for Democrats. Please either bring stamps or $5 to go towards supplies. RSVP or sign up for our Google group to get more info here. If you can't join us for this event, you can request addresses from Vote Forward to write letters at home.
Rep. Seth Moulton Indivisible Town Hall
Saturday June 15, 11:00am-12:30pm
Peabody City Hall, 24 Lowell St., Peabody Congressman Seth Moulton has responded enthusiastically to a request by the Indivisible MA-06 Collaborative to host a Town Hall. All Indivisible, allied groups, and other constituents are welcome to attend. The Town Hall format provides an excellent opportunity to discuss Rep. Moulton's legislative initiatives and priorities and ask questions about your concerns as his constituents. The Peabody City Hall auditorium will open at 11:00 a.m. and the Town Hall will begin promptly at 11:30 a.m. Space is limited, so please sign up early here. Please spread the word to anyone who might be interested in participating!
IMPORTANT NOTE: This Town Hall will focus on Congressman Moulton’s response to issues raised by his constituents. It will not be a campaign stop.
MI Book Club Meeting
Tuesday, June 18, 7:15-8:45pm
Lexington Community Center, 39 Marrett Rd., Lexington Don't have the time to read the entire Mueller Report? MI members who have read the report will be sharing what they learned at our June MI Book Club Meeting! Everyone is welcome and we'll provide information about the report in advance on our Book Club page for those who haven't been able to read it.RSVP here.
LOBBY WITH US AT THE STATE HOUSE THIS WEEK
Lobby Days are a great way to learn more about key bills pending in the state legislature and talk directly with your legislators and their staff to help get them passed. Sign up here to join the lobby day we're cohosting for the Safe Communities Act tomorrow June 4 or join us this Wednesday June 5 to lobby for Election Day Voter Registration (EDR). Can't make it to the State House? Call or email your legislators to make your voice heard!
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5
ELECTION DAY REGISTRATION LOBBY DAY
Abortion rights are being threatened across the country. Here in Massachusetts, we are fighting back with the ROE Act,state legislation that will remove unnecessary barriers to abortion and ensure that anyone, regardless of age, income, insurance, or legal status, can access safe, legal abortion. The ACLU MAis holding a phone bank from 6-9:00pm to urge supporters around the state to contact their legislators in support of the ROE Act. RSVP hereto make calls at the ACLU's Boston office or from home.
SUNDAY, JUNE 9
PRO-ROE RALLY IN WESTFORD
Join our allies Indivisible Westford, Indivisible Acton, and other groups at a peaceful rally on the Westford Town Common from 6-8:00pm to support the ROE Act! With the U.S. Supreme Court poised to gut Roe v. Wade, Massachusetts must dismantle barriers to care and reform state laws to protect reproductive freedom. See this link for more details.
TUESDAY, JUNE 11
LOCAL NARAL PRO-CHOICE MEETING
Join us at this meeting in Arlington on Tuesday, June 11 from 6:30 to 8:30pm to work on plans for the actions and events we can take over the several months. Snacks will be available. RSVP here for address.
REGISTER NEW VOTERS
THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 13, 20 & 27
NEW AMERICAN VOTER REGISTRATION
MIRA will be holding voter registration events outside Faneuil Hall in Boston every Thursday in June from 1:30-2:30pm. Volunteers fill out voter registration forms for newly sworn-in citizens. All materials—clipboards, forms, and pins—are provided. No prior experience necessary - MIRA will provide training. See this link for more details or to sign up for any of these events.
SATURDAY, JUNE 15
REGISTER MAINE VOTERS iN PORTLAND
Register crucial new Maine voters at the Portland Pride Parade and Festival! The Portland Pride Parade and Festival is BIG, it’s FUN, and it’s filled with lots of potential new Democratic voters. Join our allies at Swing Left to register new Democratic voters to beat Susan Collins in the Senate race and ensure that Jared Golden and Chellie Pingree stay in the House in 2020. Learn more and RSVP here. New to voter registration? There will be web training sessions on how to register Maine voters on June 10 or June 12.
BUILD THE 2020 BLUE WAVE
MONDAY, JUNE 10 MI ACTIVISM EVENING
As part of our monthly Activism Evening at First Parish in Lexington (7-8:30pm), we'll be discussing MI's 2020 elections strategy and how to select candidates to support. Please come and share your thoughts on how MI can help build a new blue wave in 2020!
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12 RECEPTION FOR DAN MCCREADY
Join hosts Jimmy Tingle, Robin Parker, Alix Smullin, and our own Rina Schneur and Ira Goldman from 4:30-6:00pm to meet Dan McCready and help him win a two-year battle to overcome historic Republican election fraud in NC-09. All eyes will be on the "battle of the Dans" this September when Dan McCready faces off against Dan Bishop, sponsor of the notorious anti-LGBT "Bathroom Bill." Please click this link to contribute and to receive the address and other event details.
SUNDAY, JUNE 16
RECEPTION FOR CONGRESSMAN SEAN CASTEN
Join other MI members at a reception for Congressman Sean Casten (IL-06) from 7:00-9:00pm at 5 Castle Road in Lexington. Sean is committed to being a leader on climate change - before running for Congress last cycle, he was a clean energy CEO, working to profitably reduce greenhouse gas emissions - an economic and environmental win-win. As a member of the House Science Committee and the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, he has been a national leader on fighting climate change and helped break through the GOP obstruction in the House to pass the first major climate bill in a decade.
Sean already faces a Republican challenger and more are on their way. Republicans believe they can win this seat back because Sean was the first Democrat in over 40 years to hold it! Help keep Sean in office: RSVP or make a donation to the campaign here.
SUNDAY, JUNE 23
#DITCHMITCH INDIVISIBLE CALL
Indivisible groups across the country are coordinating with our fellow Indivisibles in Kentucky to help flip the Senate seat currently held by Mitch McConnell. Email us or check our elections channel on Slack to get details of how to participate in this online call at 7pm ET.
ADVOCATE FOR SECURE ELECTIONS
Is there anything more important than secure elections in 2020? The recently introduced PAVE (Protect American Votes & Elections) Actis crucial for securing 2020 from hacking and must be passed by NOV 2019 to go into effect by NOV 2020. Senators Warren and Markey are cosponsors of the Senate bill (S.1472). Currently NO reps from MA are cosponsoring the companion House Bill (HR2754) - please use this script to contact your reps and urge them to COSPONSOR it.Please also thank our Senators and urge your friends and family in other states to contact their MoCs.
DISCUSS THE MUELLER REPORT WITH US
We're proud to partner with the Mueller Book Clubto read the Mueller Report with the help of online discussions with legal and policy experts. Tonight, Monday June 3 at 8:30, Gloria Steinem and a panel of experts will be discussing Section II of the Report which focuses on obstruction of justice - sign up for the online call hereor watch it on Facebookhere. Send us an emailif you’re interested in reading the entire report with us or join us at our June 18 Book Club meeting at the Lexington Community Center to discuss the report even if you haven't had a chance to read it.
SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON IMPEACHMENT
Robert Mueller’s brief press conference last Wednesday sent shock waves through the political system by making it clear that, contrary to Attorney General Bill Barr’s assertions, the Mueller Report did not in any way exonerate President Trump. He didn’t charge Trump with a crime, because he could not charge a sitting president with a crime - only Congress can hold a president accountable. He didn’t name the constitutional process to do that, but, as this article argues, clearly he meant impeachment.
Right now, there’s a divide within the House Democratic Caucus. A growing number of representatives are calling for an impeachment inquiry - the beginning of investigations that could lead to impeachment. Many of the House Democratic Leaders, however, are concerned about the political risks of impeachment. They want to keep the attention on legislation the House is passing, while various committees pursue investigations and turn to the courts to handle unprecedented administration stonewalling. Speaker Pelosi will listen to her caucus, and her caucus will listen to its constituents, so we hold the power to shape how Congress acts.
Bill McKibben, author and environmentalist (and graduate of Lexington High School), will be speaking at First Parish Church in Lexington at 7pm on Where We Stand in the Fight for the Future. In 2014, he was awarded the Right Livelihood Prize, sometimes called the ‘alternative Nobel.’ His 1989 book The End of Nature is regarded as the first book for a general audience about climate change, and has appeared in 24 languages; he’s gone on to write a dozen more books. See this link for more details and to purchase tickets ($10).
WEAR ORANGE FOR GUN SAFETY
SATURDAY, JUNE 8
WEAR ORANGE SUMMER JAM
Join us at this Moms Demand Action Wear Orange event at Lena Park Community Development Corporation in Dorchester (10:00am - 3:00pm). There will be artistic expression, empowering information, athletic competition and civic discussion with the goal of building connections and creating safer communities in Greater Boston. Get more details here and RSVP using this link.
TALK ABOUT RACISM
SUNDAYS, JUNE 9 & 16
BOOK DISCUSSION: WHITE FRAGILITY
Two of our members are co-facilitating a discussion of White Fragility: Why it's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism at First Parish Church in Lexington from 9-10:15. All are welcome to attend and can come to one or more of the sessions. Use this link to contact the organizers with any comments or questions.
HEAR FROM INDIVISIBLE'S COFOUNDERS
Last month, MI joined Indivisible group leaders from across the state for a wide-ranging discussion with Indivisible co-founder Ezra Levin. See this week's Indivisible MA newsletter for a detailed summary of the meeting. Next Tuesday, June 11 at 8:00pm, Ezra and Leah Greenberg, Indivisible's Co-Executive Directors will be on this month's Statewide Indivisible MA Zoom call to speak with us and answer our questions. Register for the call here.
Help IndivisibleGrow – Indivisible's cofounders have written a book! They hope that the book will bring more attention to our movement and grow it nationally. We can help by working to get this book onto the NYT bestseller list so everyone sees it. You can pre-order a copy of the book now - use this link to find online places to preorder, including Independent booksellers. If you have some extra money to spare, order a second copy and get it on the shelf of your local library, college, or community center!
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