1) Memorial Day: Tomorrow is Memorial Day. Honor those who have lost their lives defending this country by advocating for democracy. Indivisible is hosting a virtual town hall with Senator Elizabeth Warren to talk ab out protecting our right to vote on Wednesday, May 27, at 5 pm. Tune in to ensure that our democracy… Continue reading Week of May 24, 2020
1) HEROES Act: The House passed their next coronavirus bill last week. Indivisible supported the bill, with some caveats. Congressman Malinowski voted for it, also with some caveats. Read the Indivisible summary of the act, and then call our two Senators to support the bill: https://indivisible.org/resource/peoples-agenda-pledge-heroes-act-summary. 2) Inspectors General: Trump has announced the intention to… Continue reading Week of May 17, 2020
1) IGSV May Meeting: Our next group meeting will be this coming Saturday, May 16, from 3-5 pm via Zoom. Ashley DeNegre will give us a primer on coronavirus and COVID-19. For those who don’t know, Ashley is a behavioral epidemiologist by training, with expertise in the influence of human behavior and disease characteristics on… Continue reading Week of May 10, 2020
1) Local Aid: Congressman Malinowski has been leading the calls for emergency assistance to small towns, such as the ones that almost all of us live in. Without additional aid, our teachers, police officers, firefighters, and more would be significantly hurt. Read more about his efforts and call to thank him: https://malinowski.house.gov/media/press-releases/local-leaders-across-nj-07-call-congressional-leadership-provide-emergency. 2) Senate Control:… Continue reading Week of May 3, 2020
Indivisible actions are ramping up as we approach the 2020 Presidential election and respond to the coronavirus. Here are four to be aware of this week: 1) Demand safe and secure elections: People have been speaking out for a while about the danger that insecure elections pose to democracy. The coronavirus has reinforced these fears.… Continue reading Week of April 26, 2020
1) Demand More Testing: The Trump administration promised that we would have 27 million coronavirus tests by the end of March. Instead, the new Press Secretary is now celebrating 4 million by mid-April. This is not enough for us to reopen our country. Congressman Malinowski has pointed out that NJ has the highest rate of… Continue reading Week of April 19, 2020
1) Malinowski Telephone Town Hall: Congressman Malinowski will be holding a telephone town hall tomorrow, Monday April 13, from 6-7 pm. Register here: https://tthm.wufoo.com/forms/teletownhall-with-congressman-tom-malinowski/. To read more about services that his office is publicizing, read their webpage here: https://malinowski.house.gov/coronavirus. 2) US Post Office: With mailings down due to the social isolation, the USPS is sounding… Continue reading Week of April 12, 2020
1) The Indivisible Plan for Economic Support: Go to https://peopleoverprofits.indivisible.org and read the Indivisible proposal for “The People’s Bailout.” They have scripts for what to say to our three Members of Congress around 1) protecting democracy, 2) making health the top priority, 3) providing economic relief directly to the people, 4) rescuing workers and communities… Continue reading Week of April 5, 2020
1) IGSV April Group Meeting! Our next meeting is on Saturday at 2 pm! We’ll be meeting via Zoom to hear from a special guest expert about how good policy can help combat the opioid epidemic. Please attend so we can keep our connections alive during the coronavirus pandemic. RSVP by email to indivisiblegsv@gmail.com. You’ll… Continue reading Week of March 29, 2020
1) Malinowski Coronavirus Town Hall: Congressman Malinowski will be hosting a telephone townhall to give an update on coronavirus tomorrow, March 23, from 6-7 pm. Please RSVP here: https://tthm.wufoo.com/forms/teletownhall-with-congressman-tom-malinowski/ and share with others so that can hear our Congressman’s leadership first hand. 2) Congressional Support for Families and Workers: The word right now is that… Continue reading Week of March 22, 2020
