1) Coronavirus Relief Bill: The House and Senate remain far apart on that would renew unemployment benefits that expired last week. Call our two Senators and ask them to forcefully fight for a Senate bill that mirrors the House bill, or for the Senate to simply negotiate the House bill without writing a separate Senate… Continue reading Week of August 2, 2020
1) Western NJ Volunteer Effort: United Way is putting together Safe Back to School kits for needy families in Hunterdon County. We can assist by providing PURCHASED OR HAND SEWN fabric washable masks in kid and/or adult size. The masks will be distributed to students from elementary school through high school. To arrange for safe pickup,… Continue reading Week of July 26, 2020
1) IGSV July Group Meeting: Our next group meeting will be this Saturday, July 25, from 3-5 pm via Zoom. It will be a discussion of the film “13th”, facilitated by Catherine Riihimaki. She has helped facilitate discussions about diversity, equity, and inclusion in the context of her work at Princeton University, and looks forward… Continue reading Week of July 19, 2020
1) July Group Meeting: Our next group meeting will be on July 25 from 3-5 pm via Zoom. It will be a discussion of the film “13th”, facilitated by our co-leader Catherine Riihimaki, who has helped facilitate discussions about diversity, equity, and inclusion in the context of her work at Princeton University. She looks forward… Continue reading Week of July 12, 2020
1) Vote! The NJ primary is Tuesday. Make sure that you get your mail-in ballot sent or dropped off so that it is counted! Ballots can be dropped off up until 8 pm on Tuesday at 5 different locations across Hunterdon County. County Clerk Mary Melfi has provided information about the primary, including the drop-box locations… Continue reading Week of July 5, 2020
Democracy Reform: Indivisible has an excellent explainer about how reforming democracy is a racial justice issue. You can read it here: https://indivisible.org/resource/why-democracy-reform-matters. This week’s actions are all from this explainer. Please call all three of our Members of Congress to indicate your support for the following: 1) Statehood for D.C. and self-determination for Puerto Rico… Continue reading Week of June 28, 2020
1) Don’t buy Bolton’s book: Let’s start out with an easy one, ok? Please do not buy John Bolton’s book. He had a chance to testify in Trump’s impeachment trial but refused. Now it turns out that he had material information that went beyond Ukraine. Instead, read the summary or find the PDF, which has… Continue reading Week of June 21, 2020
1) June IGSV Meeting: Our June group meeting will be this Saturday, June 20, from 3-5 pm. The topic is “The Lasting Legacy of Judicial Nominations: The Court’s Importance at the Ballot Box”. Our guest speaker is attorney Amelia Lyte, who has her JD from Rutgers Law, clerked for a Superior Court justice in Somerset… Continue reading Week of June 14, 2020
1) June IGSV Meeting: I’m pleased to announce that our June group meeting will be Saturday, June 20, from 3-5 pm. The topic is “The Lasting Legacy of Judicial Nominations: The Court’s Importance at the Ballot Box”. Our guest speaker is attorney Amelia Lyte, who has her JD from Rutgers Law, clerked for a Superior… Continue reading Week of June 7, 2020
This week, our calls to action are entirely about having solidarity with Minneapolis and with people of color across this country. Indivisible has compiled a list of actions here: https://indivisible.org/resource/taking-action-solidarity-minneapolis. Those actions include: Making targeted donations to groups supporting black activists, community building, medical treatment, media coverage, and George Floyd’s family Educating yourself on how… Continue reading Week of May 31, 2020
