Here's the weekly roundup for the week ending May 12, 2017.
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Now to the roundup. What a week! This week we focused mostly on AHCA and the Comey firing. Read on for details and information about actions you can take if you didn't have time to do anything during the week.
ENVIRONMENT:
We sent some protesters to confront Chase bank against its involvement in tar sands projects. 
HEALTHCARE
We asked Dave Reichert some hard questions for his online interview on May 9. The interview has already happened, but if you want to learn more about Reichert's positions so you can be ready for the next opportunity to hold him accountable read on:
Here are some resources to help you formulate your question for Rep. Reichert. 
- He already voted for the AHCA once, when it looked like this: 
http://53eig.ht/2pXN1mM
- In an interview about this most recent vote, Reichert was asked about pressure from the GOP leadership, and said that, “...what they wanted me to do was hold back and vote yes if they needed me to do that… I don’t care. I have to do what I think is right… I am in the world of politics, but I am like an oddity here. I am the sheriff,” he added. “What are they going to do? Shoot me? Stab me? I’ve been stabbed before.” (Seattle Times - http://bit.ly/2pXBFPs)
- How was his health insurance when he was stabbed, I wonder? How much did he pay out of pocket for that terrible health emergency, I wonder?
- In the same interview, he expressed concerns about the $800B cut to Medicaid, which was the same cut in the earlier version of the bill, which he supported. Why the reversal on the Medicaid cuts, I wonder?
- According to the 2015 census, he has 77,000 people living in his district with a disability. He won his last reelection by 65,000+ votes.
- When the ACA expanded Medicaid by opening it up to families that were at or below 138% of the poverty line, more than 11 million people enrolled in Medicaid who had not previously been eligible for assistance. The AHCA would freeze that expansion starting Jan 1, 2020. Worse, the AHCA would ALSO cap how much states could be reimbursed, and the Congressional Budget Office estimates that this cap could result in 14 million fewer people on Medicaid.
- According to the 2015 census, he has 370,807 women living in his district. The CDC states that about 32% of mothers have had a C-section. The NCADV states that about 30% of women have experienced some form of domestic abuse. The AHCA also would defund Planned Parenthood for one year and block PP from Medicaid reimbursements for things like birth control access, STI screenings, and cancer screenings.  
- For good measure, call your representative (especially if Reichert is your rep), and Murray and Cantwell and tell them the same things that you'll tell Reichert when you get the chance.
- Once you've submitted your question and called your rep and Senators, comment here: 
- https://www.facebook.com/…/…/permalink/1665036293526087/withwhat you asked, and ALSO what you ate for breakfast. 
COMEY FIRING:
- So, we were all focused on healthcare, and WA education funding, with some #trumprussia thrown in, when WHAMMO! Comey is fired. The amusing part about all of this is that the harder Trump tries to direct everyone's attention away from his corruption, the more he points giant, blinking, orange arrows at his corruption. 
- It's funny, but also horrifying. It's purely hilarious however that Sean Spicer hid in the bushes to avoid answering questions about it. I can't wait for SNL this weekend to see what Melissa McCarthy does with the whole mess.
So, what can WE do about it ? 
- First, read up: for links to background material, see the May 10 Daily Do here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/PantsuitWashington/permalink/1666022276760822/
- Contact the Department of Justice to demand a special prosecutor be appointed immediately to investigate Script in comments here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/PantsuitWashington/permalink/1666022276760822/
- 202-353-1555 or https://www.justice.gov/contact-us 
- Contact your MOCs. Tell them, while you support a special prosecutor at DOJ, you also demand a transparent, bipartisan, select committee on #TrumpRussia. The two investigative bodies serve different purposes. A special prosecutor’s job is to get indictments. A select committee’s job is to bring the truth to light for the public and advance appropriate Congressional action.
Contact possibly sympathetic Republican Senators. 
- Lindsey Graham, despite his bizarre recent embrace of Trump, still seems to possess a conscience. You can encourage him to listen to it here: https://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/. 
- John McCain also wields a considerable amount of influence in the Senate, and he appears to find Comey’s firing troubling. Please send him a note of support here: https://www.mccain.senate.gov/public/. 
- Fellow Republicans Richard Burr (https://www.burr.senate.gov/) and 
- Bob Corker (https://www.burr.senate.gov/) have also expressed concern.
- In addition to burning up the Capitol phone lines, support a national organization, like the ACLU, that can exert pressure on our legislators regarding this issue. The organization is encouraging concerned citizens to contact Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. You can do so (and read more) here: https://action.aclu.org/secure/demand-special-prosecutor. 
- Looking For More? Contact Mitch McConnell too. He holds the keys to a Congressional select committee.) 
KEEP #TRUMPRUSSIA in the HEADLINES
- George Lakoff reminds us that the tweets are coming (FB: https://tinyurl.com/mnkrbxo). We already have the not-so-veiled "I taped us" threat to Comey. I'm sure there are more to come. Whatever it is, keep your laser focus on #TrumpRussia. And help guide other eyes there as well. 
- Write --> Send letters to the editor of your local paper about #TrumpRussia
- Post --> Share stories about #TrumpRussia not the diversion
EDUCATION:
Meanwhile, education in Washington State continues to be underfunded. Here are some ways to remind our legislators twe are watching: 
- Fax or email this invoice for your public school volunteer hours to your state legislators: https://tinyurl.com/kmndcdo
- Last week was teacher appreciation week! Donate time or money to an underfunded school in WA. See comments for suggestions. Know of a school or classroom that could use the help? Share here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/PantsuitWashington/permalink/1666022276760822/
MAYBE YOU SHOULD RUN FOR OFFICE. THERE ARE MANY OPEN POSITIONS:
- Let's make some change and get more women on the ballot in WA!
- Filing week is May 15-19. In order to be on the ballot, candidates need to file by May 19th.
- There are elected positions throughout our state that are vacant because NO ONE ran and even more that were unopposed. This is bad for democracy. Choices and debate lead to better candidates and legislative outcomes. Here are the ~3000 positions up for election this year: https://www.sos.wa.gov/…/can…/Offices-Open-for-Election.aspx
- As of today, women represent only 38% of those who have filed to run in WA. We've got some kick ass folks ready to help increase that number. All we need is YOU!!!
- You can find all of the details on filing from your County Elections office. Online or via phone call, they're friendly folks!

OR, MAYBE YOU SHOULD SUPPORT NEW CANDIDATES:
- Get more women on the ballot. Our own Melissa Taylor is working with groups like Emerge WA to get women on the ballot in all upcoming races. Emerge America had over 200 graduates of its program on the ballot across 16 states and 70% of those candidates won their race.
- Paid and unpaid positions are available for folks with campaign experience. Melissa has requests for campaign staff, particularly women and POC. Please post below or PM Melissa with anyone who you'd recommend be on the list. This includes campaign managers (FT or PT), treasurer, fundraiser, media, social media, field, volunteer management, etc.
- Track and support candidates running for office throughout our state. Let us know who and how you're supporting in the comments.
- Encourage others to run. Female candidates are asked to run an average of seven times before they do. Claudia Balducci, King County Councilmember, said that it didn't occur to her to apply for the Charter Commission that started her political career until someone suggested it. Then someone encouraged her to join the Bellevue City Council, from there she went on to be the Mayor of Bellevue and now holds a county-wide office.

The Weekly Roundup is back! My apologies for the late post this week. Going forward I will post on Fridays. 
Weekly Roundup week ending May 5, 2017:
The Weekly Roundup summarizes the week and provides links and information for the actions you can take, categorized by topic. If you weren't able to act during the week, you can still do a lot.
We also ask that you comment on the individual posts and "like" them to raise the profiles of the action posts. Here are links to this week's Daily Do posts:
May 1, 2017: https://www.facebook.com/groups/PantsuitWashington/permalink/1657016210994762/
May 2, 2017: https://www.facebook.com/groups/PantsuitWashington/permalink/1658187644210952/
May 3, 2017: https://www.facebook.com/groups/PantsuitWashington/permalink/1659295084100208/
May 4, 2017: https://www.facebook.com/groups/PantsuitWashington/permalink/1660268820669501/
May 5, 2017: https://www.facebook.com/groups/PantsuitWashington/permalink/1661247987238251/
Activist fatigue is a real thing and it's important to guard against it. Remember that one action is more meaningful than no action, so if you can do one a day, do one. If you can do more that is wonderful, but don't ever think that any contribution is too small. Every action counts! Don't ever forget that you have a voice.
SISTER DISTRICTS:
Remember way back in March when we raised some funds for Democrats in conservative Enid, Oklahoma? (If you’re shaking your head, check back here: https://tinyurl.com/l28t8yq). You might be wondering what happened with that whole thing. Well, we raised $1,330 with which Garfield County Democrats just bought their first ad in the Enid News & Eagle! With the funds we’ve raised already, they’ll be able to run an ad on the Friday and Sunday prior to each monthly meeting for the next 4 months. 
We can do even better than that. Would you like to see Democrats win in Oklahoma? Then let’s go upstream and support the pipeline. Take this opportunity to support progressives in a Republican-dominated part of our great nation and the news source their community depends on.
• Donate --> https://tinyurl.com/lssmpw3
• Engage --> https://tinyurl.com/hal937k, https://tinyurl.com/juhj2rt, https://www.facebook.com/enidnews/
HOLDING ELECTED OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE:
Our state legislature is (still) in special session to try to negotiate a two-year budget. It’s (still) not going well. We need to raise our voice to let legislators know that WE ARE WATCHING! 
• Learn: Check out this article in the Spokane Spokesman Review: https://tinyurl.com/muox4ey
• Engage: Follow the meme-tastic Liza Rankin on Twitter: https://tinyurl.com/lcvdm6m
• Contact: Tell your legislators, “Ample funding for ed. New revenue. No tax breaks for mega-corporations and the ultra-wealthy.”
THANK MEMBERS OF CONGRESS FOR A GOOD BUDGET DEAL
It’s an unusual day when we can feel even slightly grateful to Congress as body. On Sunday, members of both houses and both parties cut a deal to fund the government until September. (More here from Politico, https://tinyurl.com/mxj2o2q, and NYTimes, https://tinyurl.com/k68zc4r). 
• Tell your Democratic MOCs, “Thank you for holding strong and getting a good deal.” Tell your Republican MOCs, “Thank you for standing up to President Trump’s scary vision for American government and protecting the funding of vital programs.” 
HEALTHCARE:
• Share Jimmy Kimmel's ACA story: https://tinyurl.com/lseysap
• The Trumpcare bill passed the House. Now what? We are facing test of the resistance. If people are on fire, this thing is far less likely to make it through the Senate. Let’s be on fire. And here’s how.
• If at all possible, get out there TODAY. Go to your Rep or Senator’s local office and bring your friends. Has someone in your local area already planned an event? Very likely. Find it and go to it. Post events in the comments here: 
https://www.facebook.com/groups/PantsuitWashington/permalink/1660268820669501/
• Can’t go? Call. Call your Rep who just voted. Call our Senators. Voice your displeasure. Yes, it feels like throwing pebbles at a brick wall. But together we have the power to be 1,000 truckloads of pebbles. Remember the early days of this administration when people flooded the streets and the phones over changes to the Congressional ethics office? The immigration ban? The last ACA repeal? This is another one of those moments. We can’t go all-out every day, but we can go all-out today. 
• Know how your Rep voted. Call them with a sincere message of how you feel about this vote. (Keep in mind that Reichert voted against it, but that his “yes” vote wasn’t needed in order to pass, so it’s likely that he voted to appease his vocal constituents rather than because he wants to safeguard our health care. If you live in his district and you call him to say thanks for voting no, please make sure to let them know that you’ll be watching to make sure that he continues to act in the best interests of his constituents.)
http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/
• Plan to attend events and town halls during the recess. Please look for your rep’s scheduled town hall, and post the info in the comments at the link below. Tell us who you're going with and what you want to say.
• Schedule your checkup and your family’s checkups as soon as you can. If you don’t want to have a baby anytime soon, consider switching your method of birth control to something that doesn’t have a recurring monthly cost that you may soon have to pay for out of pocket. Quit smoking. Take vitamins. Start taking a daily walk and drink more water. This is not a drill. Comment below to let us know how you are going to take one step toward taking care of your health.
• Link for comments: 
https://www.facebook.com/groups/PantsuitWashington/permalink/1661247987238251/
ENVIRONMENT:
EPA would like to know how you feel about their effort (at the president’s request) to eliminate “unnecessary” regulations (Business Insider, https://tinyurl.com/k629cnn). Give them a piece of your mind about the role of government regulation in fostering a livable environment. Comment here: https://tinyurl.com/me64svm
EDUCATION:
• Guess what? Education in Washington state is still not fully funded. Contact your legislators about it again:
https://twitter.com/liza_rankin/status/859185826378375169
• Dandelion Dash: Washington’s Paramount Duty is planning a kid friendly event in Olympia, the Dandelion Dash to Olympia, on Wednesday, May 10, to demand that the legislature fully fund education in our state. Can you attend? Can you support someone else to enable them to attend? Share the event with your friends. I’d love to see you and them there! And why not bring a potted dandelion to remind your legislator of his/her priorities. Background on the dandelion scandal:  https://tinyurl.com/lt4tjqv.
• Link to event: https://tinyurl.com/koqnwp9
TRUMP CORRUPTION:
• This particular pot has been on a low simmer for a little bit. Looks like it’s coming back to a boil with FBI Director James Comey back on the hill to testify (The Hill: https://tinyurl.com/n9584ex). Former acting attorney general, Sally Yates, is up next week (Time: https://tinyurl.com/lyk6mn2). Let’s turn up the heat with public pressure for a special select committee. Script in comments here: 
https://www.facebook.com/groups/PantsuitWashington/permalink/1659295084100208/
• Contact --> Your MOC
• Contact --> Mitch McConnell

Weekly Roundup week ending: April 7, 2017
The weekly roundup highlights the actions we are taking. With our new themed format, the roundup is more compact, so I'll be posting it as the main post. Please scroll through for action links and information - if you didn't have time for action during the week, there is a lot you can still do. 
Also, as always, I want to give a huge shoutout to every single one of you who took action this week. Activist fatigue is a real thing and it's important to guard against it. Remember that one action is more meaningful than no action, so if you can do one a day, do one. If you can do more that is wonderful, but don't ever think that any contribution is too small. Every action counts! Don't ever forget that you have a voice.
EDUCATION FUNDING:
• HIT THE PHONES to support funding of K-12 education in Washington state.
- Washington's Paramount Duty has a great new tool that gives you a script to advocate for full funding of K-12 education that is customized to your specific legislators! All you need to do is put in your address and it will give you a great script and all of your legislators' contact information. Go! Go and call! http://paramountduty.org/call-your-legislators/
• Through DonorsChoose.org support 4 hand-selected classrooms in Washington: 
- Help Ms. Gonzalez, a preschool teacher in Tukwila, get some bookshelves for her classroom of eager readers: http://bit.ly/2nSxMKX 
- Help Teacher Pearson in Spokane give energetic little ones an outlet for all those wiggles! http://bit.ly/2o2gU4V
- Help Mr. Owens, PE teacher at Sylvester Middle School in Burien, build up some basic fitness supplies for his students - resistance bands, medicine balls, and exercise mats. http://bit.ly/2otwtnd
- Help Mr. Jefferson at Rainier Beach HS give his art students the supplies they need to bring their visions to life. http://bit.ly/2o2gE5J
- Comment below with where you donated, the name of your favorite teacher of all time, and why: https://www.facebook.com/groups/PantsuitWashington/permalink/1625592267470490/
• School choice sounds like a great idea in theory, but it tends to lead toward discrimination based on race, ethnicity, social class, and ability. 
- Read about the difficulties one Arizona mother encountered while shopping around for schools for her daughter: http://wapo.st/2oTnwzM. 
- Then call your members of congress and Secretary Betsy DeVos and tell them why you think the Department of Education’s push for school choice is not the answer.
• #GIVE5: Page Ahead is a Washington based nonprofit that helps get books in the hands of low income kids all across the state. Donate $5 to help give all kids in Washington a head start on learning: http://www.pageahead.org/
• If you have kids and your kids go to public school in a prosperous neighborhood, it's sometimes easy to forget that education is underfunded. Parent volunteers pick up the slack in crowded classrooms, run book fairs, raise funds to pay for music, art, specialists, tutors, librarians, nurses, counselors. Many lower-income schools don't even have PTAs, much less parents with the time or resources to volunteer or raise funds. 
- Are you raising money for your kid's school? Running an auction? Selling candy bars or raffle tickets? Let the state legislature know and tell them it's their turn to step up! FULL FUNDING NOW! 
- Tweet your auction invitation or ask letter and add a few of these: @WAHouseDems @WASenDemocrats @WashingtonSRC @WaHouseGOP @AustinJenkinsN3 #waedu #waleg
- Post on your state legislator's Facebook page or send a copy of your fundraising materials via email. 
• The Dems' version of the revenue package to fully fund schools (HB 2186) made it out of the House Finance Committee yesterday (Tuesday).
The legislative session ends in 20 days; it's time to write or call your state legislators and tell them to pass HB 2186 (https://tinyurl.com/med3z8y) and honor our state's constitutional commitment to its schoolchildren.
- Find your state legislators here: http://app.leg.wa.gov/districtfinder
- Script for your comments: http://paramountduty.org/call-your-legislators/
RACISM AND HOW TO BE AN ALLY:
• There is a trend of white people indicating they feel attacked when confronted with something that makes them uncomfortable. Here's the thing: your feelings of discomfort may be real, but not every situation makes them valid. As an exercise: download or bookmark this book and read the chapter on allyship, starting on p. 96 (it's two pages and one of those pages is a poem, you can totally do this) - http://www.uccfiles.com/pdf/White-Privilege-Curriculum.pdf
- FYI the author is a black pastor and one of the authors of the book. If you're not Christian, you're going to have to ignore a lot of religious stuff.
TRANSGENDER STUDENTS:
• Several weeks ago, the president withdrew an Obama era rule that clarified bathroom and locker room protections for transgender students. 
- Mashable put together this handy list of 8 things YOU can do to help support trans kids: http://on.mash.to/2oDCf2o. 
- Don’t have time to read the whole article? Take a moment to show your support for trans youth. Tweet, Facebook, or reach out to the trans kids (as individuals or in general) and let them know you care.
CELEBRATING NEURODIVERSITY:
• April is National Autism Awareness Month. This April, Indivisible hopes that we can move beyond "awareness" and into "acceptance" and "support." "Acceptance means autistic people matter. Awareness just means we know autistic people exist." (Source: The Thinking Person's Guide to Autism: https://tinyurl.com/ltzmuxn.)
Here is TPGTA's list of suggestions for Autism Acceptance Month:
- Understand why many autistic people dislike autism "awareness" efforts
- Cite autistic people themselves, not just "experts" or family members
- Recognize the diversity of autistic abilities, instead of factionalizing them
- Avoid invoking pity, or talking about autistic people as burdens
- Don't be ableist
- Use respectful language, such as avoiding "high" and "low" functioning labels
- Support autistic people, instead of talking about "fighting autism" or "epidemics"
• Emily Willingham at Forbes Magazine has been doing great work writing about autism. "Autistic people are people … Part of the hard work of conquering that acceptance step is putting yourself in the shoes of people who are not like you and taking a step, or two, or more and feeling what it would be like to be called a monster, to have someone give you a bleach enema, to hear your parents… talking about you as toxic or a burden, to read … articles excusing parents for murdering people who are like you… We need good, useful research, and educational, healthcare, family and workplace protections more than ever, not less, to support the autistic community against such assaults." https://tinyurl.com/ky5xtcc
• One of the most powerful voices in the neurodiversity movement is journalist Steve Silberman, author of the incredible Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity: https://tinyurl.com/h5zorl7
Make a little time to listen to his TED talk about autism's forgotten history: https://tinyurl.com/pffkchm

ENVIRONMENT:
• Did you know we have a tar sands pipeline project happening right here in the Northwest? The proposed Kinder Morgan TransMountain pipeline expansion is a disaster for the climate and our region. It threatens indigenous sovereignty, endangers the Salish Sea, and locks us in to irreversible climate catastrophe. 
- The Kinder Morgan pipeline would transport tar sands oil (the dirtiest & most carbon-intensive type of oil to extract!) across BC and through Vancouver harbor, increasing oil tanker traffic in the Salish Sea by 400%!
- First Nations are leading the fight with legal challenges in Canadian courts. 
- Pull Together (Pull-together.ca) is a solidarity campaign to raise money for the legal cases of the Tsleil-Waututh First Nation and Coldwater First Nations. Sierra Club WA and 350Seattle have pledged to raise $50,000 for Pull Together. 
• Here's how you can help: 
- #Give5 (or more!) to support the First Nations legal battle against the Kinder Morgan pipeline: https://tinyurl.com/llepg86
- RSVP to Seattle v Kinder Morgan on April 20. The Lummi Nation is leading this community-building event. We will be raising funds for Pull Together, hearing from Native speakers, building a community art project, and more! https://tinyurl.com/k8vshv8
- Host your own fundraiser to stop Kinder Morgan! Learn more about the overall campaign here: https://pull-together.ca/
#weeklyroundup #dailydos

Weekly Roundup week ending March 31, 2017:
This week's theme is science and the environment. 
The weekly roundup highlights the actions we took and the amazing results of our hard work. Going forward I will summarize the week in the main post then provide a link and action roundup in the first comment. If you didn't have time to act during the week, you can still do some things over the weekend. 
Also, as always, I want to give a huge shoutout to every single one of you who took action this week. Activist fatigue is a real thing and it's important to guard against it. Remember that one action is more meaningful than no action, so if you can do one a day, do one. If you can do more that is wonderful, but don't ever think that any contribution is too small. Every action counts! Don't ever forget that you have a voice.

Here are this week's highlights. FOR ACTION LINKS AND INFO, PLEASE SEE THE DAILY DO'S
We supported the environment both locally and nationally. We focused on:

• Climate Change
• Animal rights
• Promotion of science
• Promotion of the Environmental Women's Alliance
• Promotion of diversity and inclusion in environmentalism and the sciences
• We committed to #onelittlething that will help the environment
• We supported internet privacy
• We took out some time for self-care and shared our strategies
• We supported a brave newspaper in Enid, OK, that came out against Trump during the election cycle. We're using our support to try to swing a sister district.
• We supported our city's efforts as a sanctuary city
• We supported transgender rights and celebrated the failure of North Carolina's House Bill 2
• We supported science in government

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The weekly roundup highlights the actions we took and the amazing results of our hard work. Going forward I will summarize the week in the main post then provide a link and action roundup in the first comment. If you didn't have time to act during the week, you can still do some things over the weekend. 
Also, as always, I want to give a huge shoutout to every single one of you who took action this week. Activist fatigue is a real thing and it's important to guard against it. Remember that one action is more meaningful than no action, so if you can do one a day, do one. If you can do more that is wonderful, but don't ever think that any contribution is too small.
Every action counts! Don't ever forget that you have a voice.
Here are this week's highlights. FOR ACTION LINKS AND INFO, PLEASE SEE THE FIRST COMMENT:
• Members of Indivisible attended a virtual workshop held by Standing up for Racial Justice.
• As a result of activism for Standing Rock almost $77 million has been divested from DAPL-supporting banks.
• The Obamacare replacement never made it to vote. Trump looks stupid. Ryan looks stupid. We still have the Affordable Care Act. Yeah!
• We continued to pressure our state legislators to make sure education is funded in Washington State.
• We contacted our senators to express our stance on the Gorsuch nomination.
• We continue to pressure our cities to divest from Standing Rock (except Seattle, they already did - yeah Seattle).
This week's theme is justice.
#weeklyroundup #dailydos

The weekly roundup highlights the actions we took and the amazing results of our hard work. Going forward I will summarize the week in the main post then provide a link and action roundup at the bottom of this post. If you didn't have time to act during the week, you can still do some things over the weekend. 

Also, as always, I want to give a huge shoutout to every single one of you who took action this week. Activist fatigue is a real thing and it's important to guard against it. Remember that one action is more meaningful than no action, so if you can do one a day, do one. If you can do more that is wonderful, but don't ever think that any contribution is too small. Every action counts! Don't ever forget that you have a voice.

Here are this week's highlights. FOR ACTION LINKS AND INFO, PLEASE SEE THE FIRST COMMENT:
• We want to hear from you! We at Indivisible WA realize that activist burnout is a real thing. We want your input on how to make this group work for you. Please see the first action link in the first comment to add your thoughts to the discussion.
• NARAL hosted a Member Summit followed by a rally on the Capitol steps and a direct action to hold our elected officials accountable. 
• Town halls, town halls, town halls! We're attending town halls in many districts and pressing our elected officials to continue to hold them. At the same time, we're learning how to attend effectively.
• We're developing our activist skills through ACLU training, self-care and expanding our worldview to increase our empathy.
• We took action on the healthcare bill.
• We stood up for the environment.

INDIVISIBLE BELONGS TO ALL OF US. HELP SHAPE ITS FUTURE:
• Your Daily Do's team is going to be meeting this weekend to talk about next steps, and we want to weigh as many of your wishes as we can. Please comment in the thread: https://www.facebook.com/groups/PantsuitWashington/permalink/1596348607061523/ answering these questions.
- How has your mindset changed since 45 took office?
- How have your priorities changed since 45 took office?
- What's stopping you from contacting your lawmakers daily? What are the obstacles to you being fully engaged in your activism?
- What is the ideal tool to help you contact your lawmakers?
- What do you look for in the Daily Do's? What works for you? What doesn't? No hurt feelings here, y'all, you can be real with us.
• In addition, we are going to start #BuildingYourToolkit. This is going to be an ongoing process whereby we work together to give you a personalized, vetted set of tools, important knowledge about current issues and local politics, and ways that you can do your work and keep your life.
1. Do you want a binder, a folder, a bulletin board? Decide where you would like to store any resources (things like postcards and stamps, fact sheets, contact sheets, and general inspiration), and either get them out of the basement, pop over to Fred Meyer/Goodwill/Target, or put those items in your shopping cart.
2. Fill in this table and tape it up next to your computer/potty/special chair... wherever you do your best work 
https://www.facebook.com/groups/PantsuitWashington/1596347327061651/
You can use this link or the Google machine to find a lot of this information:
http://leg.wa.gov/house/Pages/default.aspx

CIVIL RIGHTS:
• On March 11, the ACLU is holding a Resistance Training. The event will offer ideas for action to defend sanctuary cities, resist deportation raids, oppose the Muslim Ban, maintain Planned Parenthood funding and more. They’ll also inform you of your rights as we organize ourselves to resist President Trump’s unlawful policies across the country. Sign up here to learn more about People Power and the Resistance Training livestream: https://go.peoplepower.org/signup/join
• Indivisible WA Member Lise Kauffman is hosting a viewing event: http://go.peoplepower.org/event/attend/1427
• Please post links to other events in the comments here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/PantsuitWashington/permalink/1592306517465732/, and/or leave a note to meet other Indivisible WA members in your area for this meeting!

IMMIGRATION:
STAND WITH UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS - Contact your local Sherriff, who is an elected official, and ask that person to focus on community safety, not immigration enforcement. Wall-of-Us has a great tool that will help you locate your Sherriff and give you some more background on this issue: http://bit.ly/2mX5wUE

HEALTHCARE:
ALL HANDS ON DECK. This is where the pedal hits the metal, Indivisibles. Republicans are trying to push through their repeal/replace for Obamacare THIS WEEK, as quickly as possible and with as little transparency as possible. We won’t let that happen, will we?
• Action #1: GET THE LAY OF THE LAND - for a complete summary please see this thread: https://www.facebook.com/groups/PantsuitWashington/permalink/1593782430651474/ 
• Action #2: MAKE SOME NOISE: Call Patty Murray, call Maria Cantwell and call your Congressional representatives NOW and tell them these two key things: 
• NO CBO SCORE, NO VOTE. Period. Otherwise, the members of Congress are voting on a bill they don’t understand the ramifications for. 
• Any ACA replacement bill needs to preserve the same affordability, coverage and quality of care as the ACA. DO NOT SETTLE FOR LESS. Remember, this was a promise of Trump’s during the campaign and it is widely popular, not partisan. This isn’t a liberal/conservative issue. It’s a question of what kind of society we want to be.
• Action #3: TELL YOUR STORY: Personal narrative can really help get across what's at stake with the ACA repeal. Tell your story when you contact Patty or Maria. Also, FamiliesUSA is collecting ACA stories to share with the media and with members of Congress. Cognitive psychologists tell us that storytelling is the most effective way to change hearts and minds. Don't be shy! http://familiesusa.org/share-your-story
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Resources
What’s a CBO score? http://bit.ly/2mvVuMt
Need a script? http://bit.ly/2mguSyA

RACISM:
• For some people “the talk” they have with their kids is about sex, but for far too many black parents, “the talk” is about how to deal with the police. For those of you who never raised or will never raise children of color take a moment to empathize. This video shows the very real conversations black parents have with their kids about how to protect themselves. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coryt8IZ-DE What did you learn? How do you feel? Comment here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/PantsuitWashington/permalink/1595591913803859/

The weekly roundup highlights the actions we took and the amazing results of our hard work. Going forward I will summarize the week in the main post then provide a link and action roundup in the first comment. If you didn't have time to act during the week, you can find the action items in the first comment. 
Also, as always, I want to give a huge shoutout to every single one of you who took action this week. Activist fatigue is a real thing and it's important to guard against it. Remember that one action is more meaningful than no action, so if you can do one a day, do one. If you can do more that is wonderful, but don't ever think that any contribution is too small. Every action counts! Don't ever forget that you have a voice.
Here are this week's highlights. FOR ACTION LINKS AND INFO, PLEASE SEE THE blog posts from this week
• We committed to the two Black Lives Matter marches coming up in Seattle. (First one is tomorrow!)
• Speaking of black lives: we honored Trayvon Martin on the anniversary of his death and we spoke up for a black child who was dragged out of her car and shot by police in Arlington, WA.
• We demanded that our local and state officials support education by voting against House Bill 610 (national) and SB5607 (state)
• We wrapped up Black History Month by reading about and reading the works of Sojourner Truth and Maya Angelou and an additional 35 inspiring black women throughout history.
• We held ourselves accountable for our response to Standing Rock and pledged to continue to support the Standing Rock activists.
• We took time to develop ourselves as activists by learning how to be effective bystanders to hate crimes.
• The white members of our group took time to learn how to be effective allies to POC.
• We learned why the word "retarded" is offensive and pledged to do better.
• We committed to taking action on "A Day Without a Woman" on March 8.
• We committed to supporting reproductive rights.
• We continued to let our elected officials know we support immigrants.
• We demanded a transparent, bipartisan investigation into the Trump administration's ties to Russia.
• We took a step back from the relentless pace of activism to do some self-care and center our priorities
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Weekly Roundup week ending Feb 24:  Jennifer Lesher
The weekly roundup highlights the actions we took and the amazing results of our hard work. Going forward I will summarize the week in the main post then provide a link and action roundup in the first comment. If you didn't have time to act during the week, you can still do some things over the weekend. 
Also, as always, I want to give a huge shoutout to every single one of you who took action this week. Activist fatigue is a real thing and it's important to guard against it. Remember that one action is more meaningful than no action, so if you can do one a day, do one. If you can do more that is wonderful, but don't ever think that any contribution is too small. Every action counts! Don't ever forget that you have a voice.
Here are this week's highlights. FOR ACTION LINKS AND INFO, PLEASE SEE THE FIRST COMMENT:
• We continued to honor Black History Month by learning more about Black History and attending events.
• We let our elected officials know that we support bills to protect immigrants.
• We fought for sanctuary cities.
• We continued to show up for Standing Rock by supporting the protesters and letting our elected officials know we don't want DAPL. 
• We plan to attend Monday's pipeline resistance event.
• We demanded that our elected officials protect transgender students.
• We continued our work to protect education funding in Washington State.
• We supported two state congress elections to help flip them to blue.
• We learned more about the women, Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza, and Opal Tometi, who started the Black Lives Matter movement.
• We continued to hold our elected officials accountable by holding rallies and demanding they hold events to hear our voices.
• We supported reproductive rights by demanding that our elected officials vote against HJR 43, which would enable the defunding of pro-choice medical providers, and by donating to Planned Parenthood.
Again, please see the first comment for action links and additional information. 
#dailydos #weeklyroundup

#WeeklyRoundup week ending Feb 17:
The weekly roundup highlights the actions we took and the amazing results of our hard work. Going forward I will summarize the week in the main post then provide a link and action roundup in the first comment. If you didn't have time to act during the week, you can still do some things over the weekend. 
Also, as always, I want to give a huge shoutout to every single one of you who took action this week. Activist fatigue is a real thing and it's important to guard against it. Remember that one action is more meaningful than no action, so if you can do one a day, do one. If you can do more that is wonderful, but don't ever think that any contribution is too small. Every action counts! Don't ever forget that you have a voice.
Here are this week's highlights. FOR ACTION LINKS AND INFO, PLEASE SEE THE Indivisible WA Daily Do's Archive:
• We supported immigrants by donating to a deportation legal fund and having our Amazon Smile proceeds to go help defend immigrants. 
• We pressured Amazon to vote with their advertising dollars and pull ads from Breitbart.
• We supported black-owned businesses and a local black-owned preschool.
• We continued our quest to learn more about intersectional issues.
• We supported the journalists who are holding the White House, Congress and the Judiciary accountable.
• We continued to demand that our Congress hold the White House accountable for its connections with Russia.
• We demanded answers about public education.
• We opposed the privatization of public education.
• We demanded that our representatives support the EPA and vote against a bill to dismantle it.
• We supported a Democratic candidate for the Georgia House. 
#dailydos #weeklyroundup

Weekly Roundup week ending Feb 10:  Jennifer Lesher
The weekly roundup will highlight the actions we took and the amazing results of our hard work. 
First of all I want to give a huge shoutout to every single one of you who took action this week. Activist fatigue is a real thing and it's important to guard against it. Remember that one action is more meaningful than no action, so if you can do one a day, do one. If you can do more that is wonderful, but don't ever think that any contribution is too small. Every action counts! Don't ever forget that you have a voice.
And, I want to ask you to PLEASE CHECK THE #DAILYDOS HASHTAG FOR THIS WEEK'S ACTIONS IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY. MANY ARE STILL ACTIVE. If you didn't have time this week, but you have time over the weekend, there is a lot you can do.
State and local government:
• We supported, through comments and in person, Senate Bill 5464, to establish a public state bank.
• We contacted our state representatives and senators to tell them what we need from them to support public education.
• We demanded that our state senators oppose the effort to amend the state's constitution and erode the separation of church and state.
• We supported the special election in Delaware's 10th senatorial district as part of the Sister Districts project by supporting Stephanie Hansen's run.
Self-care and self-development to keep the activist machine in good working order:
• We read Eric Liu’s “sermon” from Civic Saturday last weekend, entitled: “Where is America?” His theory: America is in the laws. America is in the acts. America is in the heart.
• We learned about James Baldwin and his activist work during the Civil Rights Movement and challenged ourselves to adopt his thinking and tactics. 
• We helped promote the movie about James Baldwin "I am Not Your Negro."
• We educated ourselves about Ona Judge, a former maid to Martha Washington who escaped. 
• We learned more about Sojourner Truth and her badass insistence on having a voice in an era when women and black people were expected to be silent. 
Environment:
• Some of us challenged ourselves to go meatless one or two days.
• We opposed bill HJR 44 which would take away our right to weigh in on public land management plans.
• We demanded that our members of Congress (AND WA Rep. Dan Newhouse) to oppose HJR 46, which would let oil and gas companies pollute our national parks without paying for cleanup.
Standing Rock:
• We are taking up a collection of useful items and food to support Leslie Cheung as she travels to Standing Rock to help the activists there. We also posted an Amazon wish list for Standing Rock. 
• We encouraged REI members to divest from USBank, who supports DAPL.
• We thanked Maria Cantwell for demanding the promised environmental review before any permits, and publicly opposing the granting of permits without the review. 
• We asked Senator Cantwell to come out in opposition of militarized policing against peaceful water protectors. 
Racism and Intersectionality:
• We continued to work to confront our hidden biases and ensure that our group supports us all equally. We discussed our first relationships with people outside our race and how that influenced us. 
• We supported POC and LGBTQ members with the Indivisible Intersection Strategy & Support Group:
• We signed up to march in the Black Lives Matter – March for Freedom on March 4th 
Holding the president and our lawmakers accountable:
• We contributed to a petition that will be hand-delivered to Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Chair of the Committee on House Oversight and Government Reform, to investigate the president’s conflicts of interest.
• We contributed to a petition that encourages Senators Murray and Cantwell to take action against Steve Bannon. We contacted our members of congress to ask them to support a bill called the Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act of 2017 that prohibits the President from launching nuclear attack without a declaration of war by Congress.  
• We contacted our representatives in the US House to ask them NOT to support Rep Steve King's (Iowa) bill that limits abortion rights. 
• We contacted our state senators and representatives to ask them to support SB 5073 and HB 1529 to make it possible for prosecutors to bring cases against unjust use of deadly force. 
• We contacted the Senate to demand that they form a committee to investigate Russian interference in our election.
• We demanded that representative Reichert hold a public town hall style meeting both East and West of the mountains while he is in town. 
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