Thursday, January 11, 2024
Dear Friends,
Women were in the house today! Hope you have seen some historic photos of the day. Don Scott was sworn in as the first Black Speaker of the oldest General Assembly in the nation. His speech was welcoming, warming and forward thinking. The Black Caucus now has a record number of members in the House and Senate and women are in the majority in both houses. Wow!
Please come down/up to a lobby day or two. Or just come on your own and make appointments with your legislators. Here’s the full schedule: Lobby Days Link.
Please enjoy the shortened version of the Briefing with a few of my favorite things coming up:
- Virginia Grassroots Legislative Press Conference on the Friday Power Lunch
- Virginia Grassroots Coalition’s Climate & Clean Energy Working Group Zoom Meeting – what could be more important?
- DMV High School Voter Registration: Sharing Best Practices – A must for the future of democracy!
- Support Elizabeth Guzman for Congress on January 27th with my favorite fundraiser, Nadja Golding!
ALL IN,
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, NOON – FRIDAY POWER LUNCH
Special Show: Annual Press Conference hosted by the Virginia Grassroots Coalition.
Leader Luisa Boyarski and the Working Group leaders will present the coalitions priority bills along with invited VA Senators and House Delegates who are bill sponsors.
- Climate and Clean Energy Working Group – Comments from Sharon Shutler
- Public Education – Comments from Marianne Burke
- Families and Workers – Comments from Marie Ann Leyko
- Campaign Finance Reform – Comments from Nancy Morgan
- Good Governance – Comments from April Breslaw
- Gun Violence Prevention – Comments from Luisa Boyarski
- CONSTITUTIONAL Amendments: Reproductive Freedom & Voting Rights
- Campaign Finance
- Public Education
- Good Governance
- Gender & Diversity
REGISTER FOR THE FRIDAY POWER LUNCH (New 2024 link)
Virginia Grassroots Coalition’s Climate & Clean Energy Working Group Zoom Meeting with Sen. Subramanyam & Sen. Hashmi
Monday, Jan. 15, 2024 at 7 p.m. Zoom Link Here
We’re thrilled to announce a fabulous line-up for the Jan 15 meeting to discuss our 2024 climate & clean energy priority bills:
- Sen. Suhas Subramanyam (SD-32) along with Ivy Main,Co-Chair Renewable Resources for Sierra Club. Bill requires that Data Center tax breaks (existing) be linked to the purchase of renewables and increased energy efficiency. Chief Patrons: Sen. Subramanyam, Del. Sullivan
- Lena Lewis, Energy & Climate Policy Manager, Nature Conservancy. Bipartisan bill to increase energy efficiency requirements on Dominion and APCo. Chief Patrons: Sen. Deeds, Del Webert (R).
- Sen. Ghazala Hashmi (SD-15).Affordable, Reliable, Competitive (ARC). Bill will make several improvements to the Virginia Clean Economy Act. Chief Patrons: Sen. Hashmi, Del. Sullivan
Added BONUS: We’ll briefly run through several additional bills we’re considering. You get to vote on which additional 2 bills we’ll adopt.
Save the Zoom link for Monday Jan. 15, 2024 at 7 p.m: http://tinyurl.com/VGCCCEWG1
Thursday, January 18th, 4:00pm – 6:00pm
DMV High School Voter Registration: Sharing Best Practices!
1526 New Hampshire Ave NW, Washington DC or join virtually via Zoom
Join for an inspiring gathering of leaders, researchers, dedicated teachers, and students from the DC, Maryland, and Virginia region as we discuss strategies to boost high school student voter registration (and turnout) in 2024. RSVP here
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Saturday, January 27th, 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Support Elizabeth Guzman for Congress on January 27th
Elizabeth has always been a fighter for her community, serving for nearly two decades as a community organizer, social worker, public administrator, and legislator in Prince William County. Any questions/interest in co-hosting, please reach out cslemenestrel@gmail.com – thank you! RSVP here
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Compliments of Network NOVA & the Virginia Grassroots – When We Vote We Win