Indivisible Yolo Newsletter 07/29/24

Not Going Back- Harris for President!

Indivisible National’s Endorsement of Harris for President:

The grassroots is rallying around Kamala Harris. The Indivisible movement is ready to unify behind Kamala Harris as our strongest nominee to defeat Donald Trump and extremist MAGA Republicans.

Kamala Harris has volunteers FIRED UP to win in November. We’re seeing huge interest from our communities that will put us in a stronger position to take the fight to Donald Trump and win in November.
The Indivisible movement began as a movement to stop Trumpism. Defeating Trump and stopping MAGA extremism is our north star. There is no doubt in our minds: rallying around Kamala Harris is the way to beat Donald Trump.

Indivisible Yolo Wants to Know – Are You “All-in”?

Let us know by answering this brief survey so we can let Indivisible National know we’re on-board:

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Stop Project 2025 Briefing- July 31 @ 4pm

The Bay Area Coalition and Indivisible Marin are honored to host a virtual briefing, “Stop Project 2025,” with Congressman Jared Huffman.

Congressman Huffman will lead a far-ranging conversation regarding Project 2025 with special guests Congressman Jamie Raskin and Joyce Vance, distinguished professor of practice at the University of Alabama School of Law, senior fellow at the Brennan Center, NBC and MSNBC legal analyst, and author of the Substack newsletter, “Civil Discourse.”

Project 2025 is a far-right roadmap for Donald Trump and his MAGA allies to seize “supreme” powers and radically undermine reproductive rights, LGBTQ equality, racial justice, free speech, and other democratic institutions and freedoms.

RSVP for Stop Project 2025 Briefing- virtual- July 31 @ 4pm

Thursday Phone Banking for critical CA districts

Join Indivisible Yolo hosts Rachel and Emily every Thursday from now to November to call voters in the six winnable California Congressional districts critical for regaining the House majority in 2024: CA-13(Gray), CA-22(Salas), CA-27(Whitesides), CA-41(Rollins), CA-45(Tran), and CA-47(Min). Let’s do our part to flip the House!

All welcome. No experience needed. Our hosts are ready to train and support you whether this is your first call or your thousandth. Join us and do more in 2024.

RSVP: Thursdays for California @ 5-7pm

Knock on Doors with Indivisible Yolo: August 2, 3, 4 in Delano (CA-22) for Rudy Salas!

It’s time to talk to Democratic voters in CA-22! Let’s build the grassroots power Democrats need to win in 2024 and to defend democracy long term. $100 stipends a day to offset the cost of gas and lodging are available.

Friday, August 2 | 3:00 to 6:00 pm
Saturday, August 3 | 9:00 am to 6:00 pm; 6:30 Optional dinner get together with fellow activists
Sunday, August 4 | 10:00 am to 1:00 pm

Once you’ve signed up, a Bay Area Coalition volunteer will contact you and help with carpools and/or housing options. They will also give you details about the meeting location and names of people running the event.

No experience is necessary. When you arrive at the staging location you will be trained and given all the supplies you need.

RSVP: canvassing August 2, 3, 4 in Delano (CA-22) for Rudy Salas!

Indivisible Yolo Watch Party for “Persuasion Training: 10 Essential Tools You Will Need” August 7 @ 6pm

Join your local activists and come to a Watch Party in Davis at 6 pm on August 7. We’ll watch Laura Terech’s very inspiring and motivating Persuasion Training: 10 Essential Tools You Will Need. These skills will help us talk to voters when we are canvassing or phonebanking, both essential tools for winning elections. We’ll have time after the training to discuss what we heard and get to know each other. An option is also available to watch the training online.

RSVP: Watch party for “Persuasion training: 10 Essential Tools You Will Need” August 7 @ 6pm

Canvass in in Merced (CA-13) August 10

Join Indivisible Yolo and Bay Area Coalition to knock on doors, do issue-based canvassing and register voters!

Let’s build the grassroots power Democrats need to win in 2024 and to defend democracy long term. Join us in going door-to-door talking to Democratic voters in Merced the second Saturday of every other month.

In 2022 Adam Gray lost by only 564 votes. We can flip that seat from Red to Blue.

RSVP: Canvass in Merced August 10

Canvassing in Reno, NV – August 24

Join us on one-day trips to canvass in Reno. Nevada is a triple impact state where our efforts can make the difference for the White House, Senate, and House. In addition there will be a reproductive health constitutional amendment on the ballot! Full orientation will be provided and you will have support! Your personal conversation with voters is the best way you can help.

RSVP for Reno canvass – August 24

Save the Date! Fighting for Our Future Fall Kick-off – August 25

We’re working on a big kick-off event that you won’t want to miss! We’ll be announcing details shortly via Mobilize, social media and next week’s newsletter. If you’d like to help us staff this event, please send an email to indivisibleyolo@gmail.com or fill out the Volunteer Form on our website.

College Campus voter registration drives

Join Indivisible Yolo and the Bay Area Coalition in Central Valley college campus voter registration drives!

The Grassroots Collaboration Project lists voter registration as the single activity generating the most Democratic votes per hour of volunteer time. Our success in flipping the House of Representatives depends on a few battleground districts including our target district CA-13 where we will be visiting campuses to register students to vote. Registering Democrats is key to winning CA-13, and we are limited only by the number of volunteers who show up to register students to vote, and the volunteers who step up to lead an event. Campus voter registration drives are fun events with a group of like-minded people.

All information you need to lead a drive can be found here: Voter Registration, in a box!

Use this form to sign up to lead a drive: Campus Voter R_SignUp.

If you want to join a campus voter registration drive as a participant, sign up here:

Merced 8/14, 8/19, 10/16

UC Merced 9/12, 9/16, 10/14

Modesto Junior College 9/16, 9/19, 10/9

CSU Stanislaus 9/24, 10/10

Voter registration, in a box!

Tell our Members of Congress: Ceasefire now! Withhold arms to Israel

Netanyahu addressed Congress Wednesday. Here’s an excerpt from Leah Greenberg, co-founder and co-executive director of Indivisible National’s press release on Netanyahu’s speech:

In Gaza, Netanyahu is waging a disastrous military campaign of slaughter and famine. In Israel, he’s an anti-democracy mini-Trump who’s prolonging bloodshed to stay out of prison. In America, we’re supposed to greet him as a statesman? I don’t think so.”

“For months, Indivisible has been calling on members of the House and Senate to say ‘No to Netanyahu,’ to sit out his speech, and to demonstrate their support for an end to the slaughter, starvation, and reuniting every hostage with their loved ones. Rather than dignifying a man perpetuating a brutal onslaught and humanitarian crisis, our elected leaders should be pressuring him to take the peace deal that’s on the table. No more US bombs should be sent to be dropped on Gaza, and the US must use every ounce of diplomatic pressure available to secure an immediate ceasefire, now.”

We’ve been asking our members of Congress to boycott Netanyahu’s speech and Sen. Butler, Rep. Matsui, and Rep. Thompson heard our calls and did not attend. (However Sen. Padilla did).

When our Members of Congress do the right thing, we want to quickly reinforce and thank them. Please thank the MoC who skipped the speech, and express your disappointment in Sen. Padilla’s attendance.

Read Indivisible.org’s statements on the Israel/Palestine crisis

Sen. Padilla Sacramento phone: 916-448-2787

Sen. Padilla web contact form

Sen. Butler Washington D.C. phone: 202-224-3841

Sen. Butler web contact form

Contact both Senators, but only your own Representative (for Yolo County, this will be either Rep. Mike Thompson or Rep. Doris Matsui).

Rep. Thompson Woodland phone: 530-753-5301

Rep. Thompson web contact form

Rep. Matsui Sacramento phone: (916) 498-5600

Rep. Matsui web contact form

Example call/email script for members who skipped the speech (your own words are best!)

If Rep. Matsui is your representative, please especially thank her- she released this statement.

For Sen. Butler and your Representative (either Matsui or Thompson):

I want to thank you for skipping Benjamin Netanyahu’s racist, dishonest, warmongering speech. Your principled decision sent a clear message against a leader who has committed severe human rights violations and atrocities in Gaza.

Your refusal to allow Netanyahu to use you as a political prop was the right decision.

Please continue to work using all leverage to secure an immediate and permanent ceasefire, including withholding arms shipments to Israel.

Example call/email script for Sen. Padilla, who attended Netanyahu’s address (your own words are best!)

I want to express my profound disappointment with your decision to attend Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent speech before Congress.

By showing up for Netanyahu’s predictably racist, dishonest and warmongering speech, you signaled support for a war criminal responsible for severe human rights violations and atrocities against the Palestinian people in Gaza.

Netanyahu has used your attendance and applause as a signal of support for his genocidal campaign of slaughter and starvation.

Please denounce Netanyahu’s remarks, and use all leverage to secure an immediate and permanent ceasefire, including withholding arms shipments to Israel.