Call to Action courtesy of Desert Progressives

HELP US WIND UP SAVE OUR SCHOOLS! We are AT the deadline! Turn your Save Our Schools petitions in NOW if you still have them.   You can turn them in Monday, July 31, 5-7 pm at Sandbar Mexican Grill at Desert Ridge, 21001 N. Tatum Boulevard. OR Tuesday, August 1, 7-8 pm at Coffee Plantation, 7336 E. Shea Boulevard, Scottsdlae. Can you help us validate signatures this week? It's an easy - inside job! Sign up here for the North Scottsdale location.

NATIONAL ACTIONS    Get ready for some deep advocacy on behalf of under-served people in our country: people who can't afford the time it takes to get required ID to vote, detained immigrants, financially-strapped students, at-risk teens, and endangered species at the border wall site. Activism calls us to speak out against injustice that doesn't affect us directly and use the power of our collective voices to do good.  Click here to use Jen Hofmann's Action Checklist for Americans of Conscience

GOOD NEWS! This week's biggest good news, is of course, the Senate's vote NOT to repeal the Affordable Care Act! Thank you Senators Susan Collins, and Lisa Murkowski for doing the lion's share of the work to stand against this latest terrible bill, and our own Senator John McCain for deciding to do the right thing, too. A special thanks to Senate Mazie Hirono of Hawaii, who despite facing treatment for Stage 4 cancer, got herself on a plane to vote NO on the repeal. Another unsung hero!