ACTIONS
Thank farmworkers with (3) actions that make a difference.
First – V.C. residents! Check out your address on the pesticide map! Yikes! Then start on these three actions.
Action #1: Dec. 14. (See meeting notice below under “Events Happening Yoday) Comment at a meeting with the CA Dept. of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) in support of workers whose jobs puts them at ground zero of pesticide contact.
Action #2: Write a comment to the (DPR) by Jan. 12. Doesn’t matter if you live in Ventura County or not. You eat produce grown by CA farmworkers and you breathe the same air.
Action #3: Tell Congress that it’s way past time to give all these essential workers a path to citizenship.
POST:https://indivisibleventura.org/2023/12/10/thank-farmworkers-with-3-actions-that-make-a-difference/
Email to your legislators – Put children over corporate welfare and expand the Child Tax Credit in any December or January tax package.
Minimal email script for representatives/senators: I want Rep./Senator [___] to prioritize reducing child poverty through a permanent expansion of the Child Tax Credit (CTC) in the year-end or early 2024 tax package. The expansion of the credit during the 2021 pandemic was a lifeline for families, with child poverty falling to record lows of 5.2%. In that one year (2021), thanks to this tax credit, there were 716,000 fewer Black children, 1.2 million fewer Hispanic children, and 820,000 fewer white children in poverty. Most low-income families spent the CTC on basic necessities like food, utilities, and rent or mortgage payments, as well as education expenses—and families need that help again now.
Now that the expansion has ended, in the largest, richest country on earth,16% of households with children reported sometimes or often not having enough to eat in the week before last Thanksgiving, up from 10.4% in the summer of 2021. There are currently 19 million children excluded from the full credit because of the income limits of the regular CTC. There should be literally 0% of our children going hungry and suffering the harsh side effects of food insecurity, including health, development and behavior issues!
Assuredly this program can be supported by NOT reinstating the bonus depreciation rule for corporations, which netted them $43 billion in tax savings and $1 trillion in pre-tax profits. Extended, this welfare-for-the-rich would cost this country $325 billion in revenue over the next decade. We need to invest in our kids, not in executive compensation, stock buybacks, and dividend payments.
Contacts
- Rep. Julia Brownley: https://juliabrownley.house.gov/contact/email-me/
- or Rep. Salud Carbajal: https://carbajal.house.gov/contact/email
- Senator Butler: https://www.butler.senate.gov/share-your-opinion/
- and Senator Padilla: https://www.padilla.senate.gov/contact/
- Who are my representatives/senators?: https://whoismyrepresentative.com
EVENTS/ACTIONS HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND!
Saturday – 12/16/2023 – OXNARD – Mosaic of Cultural Movement (7pm – 10pm) OPAC, 800 Hobson Way, Oxnard
An incredibly colorful array of diverse cultures expressing artistic ways and traditions through dance and music at the Oxnard Performing Arts Center. You do NOT want to miss this RARE kind of cultural harmony event within our county! Representing Cultures are:
Arabic Folkdance
Korean Traditional dance
West African Dance
Argentine Tango
South Indian Classical Dance
Greek Dance
Egyptian Dance
Middle Eastern Dance
Latin Dance
Creative Movement
Our Guests Also Receive:
Free Starbucks Coffee
Free Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf Hot Chocolate
Free holiday concession treats
Link: https://www.meetup.com/development-through-dance-art/events/297822317/
Sunday – 12/17/2023 – SIMI VALLEY – Holiday Party (2pm – 4pm) Simi Valley Library, 2969 Tapo Canyon Rd.
“Join us for festivities and fun at the Simi Valley Public Library! It’s free and open to the community. Hosted by Parents against Santa Susana Field Lab and Physicians for Social Responsibility Los Angeles.”
OTHER EVENTS HAPPENING SOON!
Thursday – 12/19/2023 – Ventura – Ventura Co. Board of Supervisors meeting – Agenda item “Microenterprise Home Kitchens (MEHKO) (11:30 am) Ventura County Government Center, BOS Hearing Room, 800 S. Victoria Ave.
“The COOK Alliance is the leading voice for home food entrepreneurs in the United States. Our groundbreaking 2018 home cooking legislation (AB 626) created a “Microenterprise Home Kitchen” permit in California— the first of its kind in the nation allowing home cooks to sell all types of prepared foods to the public. We are expanding the movement across the nation to protect home chefs, lower the barrier of entry for food businesses, and stimulate economic development.” Read more here: https://www.cookalliance.org/story
Facebook group:https://www.facebook.com/groups/550039597060639/
Monday – 01/15/2024 – Oxnard – 38th Annual Ventura County Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Freedom March (8:00 am) Plaza Park at 5th Street and C St., Oxnard
Observance Program (9:00 am) OPAC, 800 Hobson Way, Oxnard
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Committee of Ventura County is pleased to announce that its 38th annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Day observance will be held in-person on Monday, January 15, 2024.
The day’s events will begin at 8:00am with a Freedom March from Plaza Park at 5th Street and C Street in Oxnard to the Oxnard Performing Arts Center (OPAC) at 800 Hobson Way, Oxnard, CA 93030. Transportation will be provided from the OPAC to Plaza Park beginning at 7:30am, by Oxnard City Corps.
The Observance Program will begin at 9:00am at the OPAC.
This year’s theme is: “Empowerment Through Education: Paving the Path to Equity and Understanding.” The Keynote speaker will be Dr. Irene Pinkard. $10 admission to the Observance Program includes refreshments and vendor exhibits. Tickets may be purchased from MLK Committee members, at the door, or online at www.mlkventuracounty.com.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1718928438601464/
Sunday – 01/28/2023 – OXNARD – SWAP MEET JUSTICE – SOCIAL JUSTICE FAIR returns to Oxnard College’s Marketplace on 4/30 from 9:00 am – 3:00! We are located near the gym New website!: swapmeetjustice.org
• If we screw up a link, our apologies. You can find the original post here: tinyurl.com/VC-calendar
• We’re putting up information on local protests and actions by others we’re finding from informal sources.
These listings are not endorsements nor guarantees as to time/place/type of protest or participant safety. Events can and have already been cancelled without notice.
• Check ahead for future events there as well. We often miss morning event postings.
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