Call to Action courtesy of Desert Progressives

Desert Progressives Indivisible June 25, 2017 See you at our meeting THIS TUESDAY!  Join us this Tuesday for some inspiration from our speaker, Dianne Post from the National Organization of Women (NOW). We're excited to have her help us learn how to be most effective in making change happen. We hope you'll join us to make a plan, set goals, and find our allies and resources. We'll also be updating everyone about action on the healthcare bill and Save Our Schools. See you at Shadow Rock Congregational Church, 12861 N. 8th Ave, Phoenix, 7-8:30 pm on Tuesday, June 27  ~Judy Schwiebert & Mickey Tucker  LOCAL actions are in BLUE. NATIONAL actions in GREEN. EVENTS are in PURPLE.

THE BIG PRIORITIES! LOCAL ACTIONS Get Your Petitions Filled Up and Turned In! Save Our Schools Arizona (SOS) Stop & Sign/Training Events We've all done an awesome job so far in getting petitions out, and we continue to have more petitions available. However, the FOCUS right now is on getting those petitions turned back in. If you have petitions out, please get them to us this week if at all possible. You can do that..... Monday, June 26 at Starbucks, 3317 E Bell Rd, 5-7PM with Mickey  OR Tuesday, June 27 at our Desert Progressives meeting, from 7-8:30 pm at Shadow Rock, 12861 N. 8th Ave, Phx.                                         Help Save Our Schools Arizona!   Contact us if you need to meet up at a different time. Please also donate to SOS AZ, and sign up to volunteer in other capacities on the website. To join a daily sign-up crew, click here SignupGenius.com. It's as easy as that! NATIONAL ACTIONS HEALTHCARE ACTION IS CRITICAL! Have you called Senators Flake and McCain to voice your objection to the Senate healthcare bill? Do it again!  Ask them to SPEAK OUT against this cruel bill.Indivisible is recommending this script: Hi. I’m calling from [ZIP] about the healthcare bill. (Share a story about your health and how not having coverage would hurt you--don’t hold back). I would like Sen. [name] to urge Mitch McConnell to slow the process down and conduct open, transparent hearings so the senate can create a bill Americans actually support. Call Senator Flake at (202) 224-4521 Call Senator McCain at (202) 224-2235    Write a letter to your Senators. You can use the sample from our Letter Library - just select No on Republican Senate Health Bill to download it and add names, addresses and your own personal comments and - better still, a story about how you or someone you love will be affected.  Senator Flake, 413 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington DC 20510 Senator McCain, 218 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington DC 20510 Email our senators' healthcare staffers with your comments, personal stories and demands that our senators speak out against this terrible bill. david_bennett@mccain.senate.gov and helen_heiden@flake.senate.gov More information about the healthcare bill can be found in many places, including here. From Jen Hofmann's  Action Checklist for Americans of Conscience ADVOCATE FOR OPEN, FREQUENT PRESS BRIEFINGS Read: What we lose if the president curtails press briefings more than he has. Call: The White House Comment line 202-456-1111 (or email). Script: Hi. I am concerned about the lack of open press briefings at the White House. I think a free press is essential to our democracy. I would like open, televised briefings from the president on a regular basis. Thank you. Call/email: A news outlet you subscribe to or watch (list). Script: Hi. I’m a subscriber/viewer and am concerned about the lack of open press briefings at the White House. I think a free press is essential to our democracy. Can you tell me what [org] is doing about this issue? Ready for more? Jen Hofmann's Action Checklist for Americans of Conscience Jen includes several healthcare actions, however, there are numerous (okay, a lot of) topics not getting enough attention as a result of AHCA. This week's checklist is longer than usual as a result. Choose the issues that are most important to you and our democracy. Do what you can.  If you're just learning about Jen's weekly action checklist, you can Sign up here to personally receive it each week in your Inbox.

IMPORTANT EVENTS Even in the midst of a 122 degree summer, there are plenty of events where you can help resist Trump, stop and sign SOS AZ petitions,  stand up for healthcare, support progressive candidates and more. Get in the habit of checking them out here at AZResist.org - and then go to our Facebook page to invite others to join you!