Action Tiger 21: Double the call quota!
One of my new life pleasures is a fully checked 5calls.org list. I hope to achieve that by tomorrow. In the meantime — 10 CALLS FOR TODAY!!
Month: February 2017
The lost files: Action Day 4
Apparently this got published to my teaching blog instead of where it should have gone. Oh well! I am learning so much! For example, on the list of presidential actions below, which are the items that I should ask my senator Pat Toomey (PA-R) about? Which are the items I should call both senators (also:… Continue reading The lost files: Action Day 4
Action Day 20: Do (half of) what Alexis Lieberman does (and a bonus!!)
Alexis Lieberman is a citizen-activist force to be reckoned with. I am a just-keeping-up working mother lady who often skips days of activism because I Just Can’t Do Something Else on That Day. BUT: every time I do, I feel re-energized, like today. And I remain committed to fulfilling 365 days of action, even if they… Continue reading Action Day 20: Do (half of) what Alexis Lieberman does (and a bonus!!)
Action Day 19: Do what Alexis Lieberman does. :)
Alexis Lieberman is a Mt. Airy neighbor who attended the Women’s March with her partner Ilene and their child, Michaela, who is a wonderful babysitter and Lego building expert. Alexis posts daily, and clearly, her actions, with all the necessary info. Sometimes (like today) those are exactly the PA-specific instructions I need: Alexis Lieberman (on FB):… Continue reading Action Day 19: Do what Alexis Lieberman does. 🙂
Actions Day 18: 1. Huddle the troops. 2. Write a dumpload of postcards! 3. Assess successes.
This past Sunday’s Women’s Day March “Huddle,” mostly organized by my fabulous comadre Jordan Bastien, yielded much wonderful time with known and new neighbors. I enjoyed time with my Chestnut Hill friends, fellow Penn Charter parents and colleagues, and many new ladies who live nearby and who are working weekly to protect and promote American values of… Continue reading Actions Day 18: 1. Huddle the troops. 2. Write a dumpload of postcards! 3. Assess successes.
Action Day 17: Prep for the YUGE postcard party!
My game plan is ready. The cheese is bought. The surfaces are cleared. THE LADIES ARE GONNA RAISE HELL TOMORROW. 25 women x 5 postcards each (MINIMUM) = 125 shrieks of “WHAT THE EFF ARE YOU DOING TO OUR DEMOCRACY???” Powerful. For the record, I also plan on sending love to my judicial and senatorial hunnies,… Continue reading Action Day 17: Prep for the YUGE postcard party!
Action Day 16: Follow someone else’s well-researched roadmap on anti-Muslim legislation
Thank you, Alexis Lieberman, Mt. Airy neighbor, mom, and apparent superhero: 1. Two bills have been introduced into the senate by TedCruz, with companion legislation into the House, that, if passed, will allow them to target any Muslim organization by simply naming them terrorists. The IRGC Terrorist Designation Act, and the Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation… Continue reading Action Day 16: Follow someone else’s well-researched roadmap on anti-Muslim legislation
Action Day 15: Sign up to track throwback abortion bill (SB-3) in PA Senate.
Today I tracked this retrograde PA abortion bill. These bills–the ones that hit closest to home, in that they seek to tell me what to do with my womb and its contents, a state intrusion that no male has to suffer–get my hackles up the most. I actually do understand that people have a logic… Continue reading Action Day 15: Sign up to track throwback abortion bill (SB-3) in PA Senate.
Action Day 14: Five Cards for Toomey
They were not Valentines. I left my phone at home today, so I wrote five postcards, which I will proudly display on Sunday as the ladies come over to write down their thoughts for some senators. Today I launched my thoughts on Tom Price’s cabinet appointment (against marriage equality, abortion access, ACA) Jeff Sessions’ appointment… Continue reading Action Day 14: Five Cards for Toomey
Action Day 13: Four-Fer Friday! PICK UP YO PHONE.
FRIDAY IS FIRE, people. I have been able to leave all kinds of messages in all kinds of places AND speak to two humans! PICK UP THE PHONE! Toomey re: defunding Planned Parenthood. This one came down through my Daily Action text. Left a message for Toomey re: 2 new bills introduced to block funding of Planned… Continue reading Action Day 13: Four-Fer Friday! PICK UP YO PHONE.
Action Day 12*: Partner with students who want to enact democracy.
*Special success day! I reached out to some fellow students who have been at recent marches, asking if they’d like to join me in my daily action practice. Only two of these were my students — two young women who were in D.C. — because I do not want my own students to feel compelled… Continue reading Action Day 12*: Partner with students who want to enact democracy.
Action Day 11: Wrote an email to Toomey re: DeVos, sent Paul Ryan and Mike Pence their tweets back.
A rigorous day of action! Fueled by a class viewing of Ava DuVernay’s 13th, and guest speakers offering a perspective on why Black History Month matters (as a reminder of the erased history that is so much a part of our shared American history), I was re-energized to enact democracy. I was also struck by the rhetoric of… Continue reading Action Day 11: Wrote an email to Toomey re: DeVos, sent Paul Ryan and Mike Pence their tweets back.
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