By Sylvia Chi, Balvinder Kumar and Andrea Lum We are grateful to the Asian Pacific Islander Faculty and Staff Association at CSU East Bay for their guidance and for sharing the list of resources and information in this article. For more information about APIFSA, visit their webpage. Deadline: Now and always - COVID-19 has affected … Continue reading It’s called COVID: Stop the Anti-Asian Hate
Sit down and be counted!
Deadline: Do it as soon as you're able, dates vary, see important dates here - The 2020 Census is happening now, so it's time to sit down (at your computer, phone, or desk) and be counted! You can complete your census questionnaire online, by phone, or by mail if you receive the paper form. Learn … Continue reading Sit down and be counted!
Activism in the time of COVID, or how I stopped worrying and learned to love phonebanking at home
Deadline: Start now, wherever you are - We get it: You want to up your political activism, but COVID-19 has you worried and thinking maybe you should avoid “non-essential” meetings. Or maybe staying home is your happy place anyway? We’ve got news for you: political work is not “non-essential”! But you don’t need to leave … Continue reading Activism in the time of COVID, or how I stopped worrying and learned to love phonebanking at home
Don’t Stop Believing
By Jonathan Zingman Deadline: No better time than right now - How ya feeling right now? Is your favorite candidate still in the running? Mine isn’t. But I believe we’ll triumph in the end. I’d like to tell you why - and why that faith is so important right now. The most important job we … Continue reading Don’t Stop Believing
Blue Wave Group: IEB’s Partners for 2020 & Beyond
Updated March 19, 2020 This is our new improved version of our article, Flip 2020 Blue With IEB's Partners. We added several new options for people to help flip the Senate & White House, and keep the House, including great ways to take action from home. In 2018, Indivisible East Bay worked with other amazing … Continue reading Blue Wave Group: IEB’s Partners for 2020 & Beyond
If you’re angry and you know it, do these things
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