By Ann G. Daniels and Heidi Rand Deadline: NOW - Let's start with the fact that we knew the GOP Senate was, on the whole, a bunch of lily-livered cowards. We're still entitled to be disappointed in/furious at our government. But even if you went into temporary hiding from the news, it's only gonna get … Continue reading If you’re angry and you know it, do these things
January 2020 All Members Meeting
On Sunday, January 26, Indivisible East Bay had its monthly All Members Meeting and THIRD ANNIVERSARY PARTY! Hey, we celebrate any chance we get! We welcomed everyone by talking about who we are and what we do, introducing ourselves to each other, and sharing thoughts on what makes us hopeful. Governance Committee member Ted discussed … Continue reading January 2020 All Members Meeting
First we marched, now we act
Deadline: We Marched … now we Act! January 18, 2020 - the fourth Women's March date since the Caveman-in-Chief came to DC (and let's make it the last of his tenure!). Many Indivisible East Bay'ers were in Oakland, and we're bringing you an action item from that central rally. We've also got reports from other … Continue reading First we marched, now we act
Appraising Arizona
By Andrea Lum, Ann Daniels, and Ted Lam Action deadline: November 3, 2020 - Road trip! Indivisible East Bay’ers Ted Lam, Alissa McLean and Andrea Lum headed out on January 12-14, 2020 to canvass in Phoenix and Sedona, Arizona. While each of us had canvassed a few times in California in 2018 for T.J. Cox, … Continue reading Appraising Arizona
Flipping Arizona, From A to Z
By Andrea Lum We are thrilled to share that Indivisible East Bay is now an official partner with Flip the West! After their overwhelming success in 2018 as Flip the 14, and after months spent researching and strategizing how to convert those purple states to blue, the newly-named Flip the West is ready to roll. … Continue reading Flipping Arizona, From A to Z
Get election security into the December Dem Debate
By Jennifer Tanner and Ion Y. Lulu Friesdat consulted on this article. Deadline: December 13 - You know our elections are under threat, and that our election security and infrastructure need urgent attention. You also know there are known and workable solutions to our voting systems' problems, but that Congress is blocking the funding. But … Continue reading Get election security into the December Dem Debate
Thanking all of you from all of us
By Ann G. Daniels and Heidi Rand It’s become our annual tradition at this time to list some people and things that have been keeping us going through the Tunnel of AYFKM. Here’s our list from last year, and our list from 2017. As the weird keeps getting weirder (to put it mildly), amazing folks … Continue reading Thanking all of you from all of us
Newest food aid attack – making cold people go hungry
By Ann G. Daniels Deadline: comments due December 2 - If it feels like you’ve read something here before about the Grinch-in-Chief trying to cut back on food aid to this nation’s needy … it’s because you have. We’ve been writing about this time and time and time and time again, because they keep trying. … Continue reading Newest food aid attack – making cold people go hungry
November AMM: potluck, postcards, more!
Event date: All Members Meeting Nov. 24 Don’t miss Indivisible East Bay’s November All Members Meeting! The party’s happening in the Community Room, on the first floor at Sports Basement, Berkeley, on Sunday, November 24, from 1 to 3 PM. And we do mean party — as is our tradition, we’ll have a potluck, so please bring … Continue reading November AMM: potluck, postcards, more!
October 2019 All Members Meeting
By Michelle Hoselton We greeted people to our October 27 All Members Meeting with fun-size candy bars, Swedish Fish gummies, and of course, Indivisible East Bay t-shirts (get 'em while they last at IEB events). Perfect fuel for the resistance! Check-in featured a whiteboard survey asking people to show how they plan to help elect … Continue reading October 2019 All Members Meeting