Minuteman Indivisible Successes
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Supporting Candidate Chris Tribou
Sign holding for State Representative candidate Chris Tribou on Billerica Town Common Saturday 10/6
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Postcards for Lauren Underwood
Here we are on 10/4/2018 Writing postcards for Lauren Underwood at the Ride Cafe. Ride the blue wave!
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Boston Red Cloaks
On September 30, The Boston Red Cloaks, some of which are members of Minuteman Indivisible, made a very visible public statement in the heart of Lexington. They proceeded to walk to the Battle Green. The Red Cloaks advocate for equality and women's agency.
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Flip the House Party
Flip the House Party at First Parish Lexington on September 27th: phone-banking for Amy McGrath and MoveOn demo and texting to Michigan liberal voters.
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Writing Postcards to Florida Voters
Writing postcards to florida voters on 9/26/2018. We completed 100 postcards with time to spare. What a team!
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State Senator Cindy FriedmanMinuteman Indivisible attended State Senator Cindy Friedman’s office hours on September 25th. We wanted to discuss the MBTA and asked “What is it going to take to improve the MBTA?” Senator Friedman said that she discusses this topic a lot and it is clearly a priority for her. She said that there needs to be more support for the issue and there needs to be pressure on state leadership to fund and support improvements. She explained that these types of improvements don’t happen overnight but if we want to be better off in the future, then we need to act now. Cindy confirmed that the MBTA issue is a bi-partisan / all income level issue. We simply need to do better – especially since the MBTA impacts other issues in the state like the housing crisis. If we had better mass transit, it would be easier for people to live in more affordable areas and commute in – that is currently not the case. We are a state with first class universities, first class biotech, and first class high tech – we shouldn’t be a state with second class mass transit! Senator Friedman encouraged her constituents to contact her office and voice their opinion – it is these calls that give her ammunition to fight this battle.
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Fall 2018 Kickoff Party
On 9/16/2018 we had our fall kickoff party. Marci reviewed everything that we accomplished in the summer - which was a lot! debbra got us up to,date on the ‘yes on 3’ campaign. kim reviewed the MI organizational changes. sarah gave us the latest on the election team’s 5 candidates. rina gave an update on Indivisible MA and Elect 435. Lisa summarized the book club. We learned about texting from Lakshmi. and we write almost 200 postcards! hazzah!
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Meeting with Mike Devin, District RepresentativeAugust 27, 2018
A dedicated group of Minuteman Indivisibles who live in MA District 6, visited Seth Moulton’s office in Salem last week, where they met at length with Mike Devin, District Representative. As Kim Wright describes it: "During the meeting, we discussed several issues that are top priorities to our members including healthcare and reproductive rights and the negative impact the 2019 budget will likely have on both; election security concerns; and curbing the nuclear threat. Mike heard our concerns, acknowledged our asks and assured us that he would raise these concerns to Congressman Moulton and his policy leads, which he did the very next day! We left blue wave shortbread cookies for the team before heading off to a Moulton campaign office down the street. At the campaign office, we met with Joel Emerson and discussed Seth’s campaign, other MA campaigns, and other congressional candidates that Seth and MI are supporting. We left feeling energized and assured of a great working relationship going forward." |
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Texting for the Midterms
August 27, 2018
Minuteman Indivisible had a successful night of texting last week using the MoveOn texting platform. Mary Ruhl writes, "It was more fun to text as a group and learn together how the platform works. The MoveOn Text Team midterm election strategy is to build progressive power and recruit volunteers prior to the midterm elections. We plan to hold more texting parties in the future; stay tuned to the Muster for details and join us next time!" |
Postcards for Voters
August 27, 2018
Jean Milburn writes, "I hosted an MI Activism Event for Postcards for Voters in my living room. We wrote postcards for Rachel May, who is running for the Democratic nomination for State Senate in NY. We had a group of 9 folks and finished 100 postcards. We enjoyed some fellowship around salsa and chips, too!" |
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October 14, 2017
MI members joined dozens of other activists for an all day Right to Health Organizer Bootcamp held at Minuteman High School in Lexington. More than 90 attendees built new relationships, developed skills, and are now better equipped to demonstrate to our MA Legislature just how much support Medicare for All and Single Payer healthcare command! |
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October 5, 2017
We had a social hour, a meeting with State Senator Friedman, and a membership meeting. We talked with Senator Friedman about issues including healthcare, carbon pricing, the tax transparency bill, and the Safe Communities Act, and every team shared their accomplishments, challenges, and plans for the future. |
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October 2, 2017
In collaboration with the Harvard Medicine Indivisible Group, we sponsored a forum on “Healthcare in America: What’s Next” featuring a panel of three distinguished healthcare experts: Drs. Alan Meyers, William Hsiao, and Don Berwick. State Senator Jamie Eldridge, who has sponsored several healthcare bills, also attended. Check out our summary of the event and Dr. Meyer’s slides. |
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September 27, 2017
We had a Skype session with James Thompson, who is running for Congress in KS-04. He spoke with us for about an hour and answered questions about his experiences in his earlier campaign, his thoughts about the upcoming 2018 race, and the issues that voters are concerned about in his mostly rural Kansas district. |
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September 19, 2017
Minuteman Indivisible and other local group leaders met with Indivisible Co-Executive Director Ezra Levin to discuss future plans and priorities. |
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