Action Calendar - November 7th, 2022

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VOTE TUESDAY!
And do it on the Working Families line, particularly for Governor!


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In the NYPAN News
Can Democrats stop a return to nationalist white nativism?
If you read only one of our daily news stories this week, make it this one.


On the Calendar this week (click or scroll):

Nov. 10 - Protest for Children of Iran, 12:30-2:00pm, outside Unicef Headquarters, 3 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY, 10017 MORE

Committee Doings back to top

The Single Payer Committee

It normally meets on the second Monday of every month, so the next meeting will be on November 14th, at 7:00pm, and all are welcome! Zoom here

We now have SIX working groups!  More at NYHA@nypan.org

TikTok Working Group - our newest! Contact Abby Gavin, Abby@nypan.org, to jump in and create brilliant TikToks that will help move the bar on passing the Health Act - particularly with younger people - our future!

People2People Working Group - Contact Erl Kimmich, erlendkimmich@gmail.com or 646-596-0228. People2People is focused on outreach from person to person, because that is the most effective way to get the word out about supporting passage of the NY Health Act. Our Revolution is providing us with their events scheduling map (which you may remember from the Bernie campaign), so we are asking everyone to go ahead and schedule your events here. Also, we are building an advanced call team to further drive turnout to your events. Sign up for the call team here!

Research Working Group - Contact Steven Cecchini, stevenc@nypan.org. Research continues to look for information to assist Electoral with power mapping our senators, to create county tax savings numbers, and to help create forceful flyers.

Labor Working Group - Contact Jeff Mikkelson, jeff@nypan.org. Labor is developing strategies and outreach materials to amplify existing support for and overcome lingering opposition to the NY Health Act among labor unions, focusing on the large public sector unions that wield significant influence over Democratic leadership and the legislative process.

Electoral Working Group - Contact Ting Barrow, tingb@nypan.org. Electoral has begun the process of power mapping every one of our state senators, and is bent on finding the levers that will move them to #PassNYHealth as well as a strategy to use those levers with other organizations during the next session.

Medical Professionals Working Group - Contact Donald Gardner, donald@gardnerproject.com. This new working group will work on building support among medical professionals, in particular in organizations.

And we just got in 5,000 more of our latest flyer. Check it out!

Resistanceback to top

Abortion rights, gun safety and the planet are all at stake in this election. We must persuade Democratic-leaning voters to turn out in November. Click to log in or sign up for a Vote Forward account and start writing get out the vote letters.

Climate Crisisback to top

Nov. 15 - Rally: No Fracked Gas for Bitcoin Mining, noon-1:00pm, Office of Governor Hochul, 633 3rd Avenue, New York, NY 10017 RSVP

Nov. 16 - The Climate, Jobs, and Justice Package Campaign Launch MORE

Please sign this petition demanding that Attorney General Merrick Garland help reverse Steven Donziger’s contempt conviction in a case filed by a pro-Chevron judge and prosecuted privately by a Chevron law firm - for having won a huge case against Chevron for their environmental disasters.

Urge AARP to step up and join the climate fight. With 38 million members, AARP is the largest member-based organization in the world with substantial political clout. If AARP were to support climate policy and action, it would be a political game-changer. If you are an AARP member - sign the petition today!

Climate News - a source for all things climate

Electionsback to top

Poll site visibility Tuesday!
Sign up here - people needed all over

The 4 Ballot Questions Up for a Vote in New York in November

WFP

  1. Sign up for a GOTV shift: https://bit.ly/wfpgotv
  2. Sign up to phone bank: https://www.mobilize.us/ourrevolution/event/519546/
  3. Get involved with VoteWFP
  4. WFP Poll Site Visibility in the Bronx on the 8th!
  5. Our new Vote WFP video is LIVE. Use this toolkit to boost the video: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Lw0lK7G5WDQdd7DfT6-xtNElZi94Nmctw9Xz2L6XRCI/edit
  6. Continue to use Reach to contact your personal networks and encourage them to Vote WFP. Here are text and email templates you can use: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WQVRgib3cM6gDtjAv4A_yoqIr7-53ZNKPqYmxIZS4S4/edit
  7. If you’re not sure how to enter data into reach, email Divya at dsundaram@workingfamilies.org with a list of people who have told you they’ll be voting WFP! We’ll take care of the rest!

Our Revolution is hitting the phones to send more than a million calls and texts, sending out mailers, taking to social media, and organizing on the ground to mount a massive and strategic GOTV operation.

AOC EVENTS

JOSH RILEY EVENTS

MICHELLE HINCHEY EVENTS

  • Phonebank for Michelle! RSVP
  • Our GOTV staging locations are in Chatham, Hudson, Taghkanic, Athens, Saugerties, Kingston, New Paltz, and Rhinebeck. SIGN UP

PAT RYAN EVENTS

SAMRA BROUK EVENTS

PENNSYLVANIA

Help keep Pennsylvania blue! Phone bank! RSVP

WISCONSIN

WisDems Call Team: Get Out the Vote Phone Bank! RSVP

Healthcareback to top

RETIREE HEALTHCARE IN JEOPARDY!

Nov. 14 - City Council will bring the 12-126 resolution affecting retiree healthcare to the floor, 250 Broadway (at City Hall) No time yet.

If you live in NYC:

  1. Call your City Council Member. Enter your address here to find your Council Member’s District Office phone number. Call and tell them: Protect premium-free healthcare for City employees and amend Administrative Code 12-126!
  2. Write a letter to your Council Member. Click this link to send a pre-populated email to their office. NOTE: the organizer, DC37, wants to modify 12-126, do you must CHANGE that portion of the email to ask the Council NOT to change 12-126.
  3. Share this message with your union sisters and brothers. Encourage them to join us in taking action to protect your benefits. Need more information? Check out the Frequently Asked Questions on the DC37 website. SAME CONCERN AS ABOVE

Nov. 15 - PNHP Forum: “Indigenous Peoples’ Health: How we got here, why deep inequities persist, and the role for healthcare reform”, 7:30-9:00pm RSVP

Single Payer News - useful articles, regularly updated by Tim Frasca.

Housingback to top

The Eviction Moratorium ended, but there is still help from Met Council on Housing. Call 212 979-0611

Citizen Action is hiring!

NMIC Free Home Health Aide Training in English or Spanish

Our endorsed candidate, Josh Riley, is looking for a Field Organizer

The Mason Tenders are offering job training

Beyond Plastics is looking for a Director of a new resource center

Coney Island History Project is hiring a Part time Community Engagement Coordinator. Deadline October 6, 2022

Politics Rewired is hiring!

VOCAL-NY has several open positions

PNHP is offering a Universal Healthcare Legislative Advocacy Fellowship. The deadline for applications is September 26, 2022 APPLY

NYC carpenters union will hire 65 apprentices. HERE’S HOW.

JFREJ is seeking a full-time lead organizer and a full-time Finance Director

City Council member Shahana Hanif’s office is looking for a new part-time team member to assist with outreach in the Kensington community MORE

Idealist job listings

Wikimedia is looking for a variety of positions

Jobs listed in City and State

Other group calendarsback to top
Peace & Justiceback to top

Nov. 10 - Protest for Children of Iran, 12:30-2:00pm, outside Unicef Headquarters, 3 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY, 10017 MORE

Nov. 16 - NY Renews “Climate, Jobs, and Justice Campaign” kickoff event, noon, West Capitol Park, 80 S Swan Street, Albany, NY 12210 RSVP

Nov. 19 - Conference to advocate for peace In Ukraine, 11:00am-4:00pm, at The People’s Forum in NYC RSVP

Demand Biden extends his marijuana possession pardon to undocumented people.

Conditions in Alabama state prisons are so abysmal that the prisoners just went on a three-week prison labor strike. Alabama officials tried to force an end to the strike by restricting meals, essentially starving an end to it. Sign the petition to Alabama Department of Corrections Commissioner John Hamm: End the cruelty in Alabama state prisons.

Demand media outlets and cable networks in the United States support protesters in Iran!

Tell Congress and President Biden to make NATO cease its nuclear war rehearsals

Tell your representatives to condemn Israel's repression of Palestinian human rights organizations

Voter Protectionback to top

There has been a great deal of press about efforts on the Right to intimidate voters this year. To combat this insidious attack on our civic rights, there are a number of efforts underway, but they need volunteers. One crucial way to help is to staff a Voter Protection Hotline. They will train you support you. All you need is the desire to help your fellow voters. Here is a list of ways to help:

  • Georgia Voter Protection Hotline Training: Unlike some non-partisan voter protection hotlines, for this one you answer the calls “Georgia Democratic Voter Protection Hotline,” so you are helping Democrats vote! Click here for more info and to sign up.
  • DNC National Voter Protection Hotline: Click here for more info and to sign up.
  • Nevada Voter Protection (Hotline is Non-Partisan): Fill out this form
  • Common Cause - Nationwide (Non-Partisan): Click here for more info and to sign up.
  • Pennsylvania Voter Protection (Hotline is Non-Partisan): Fill out this form
  • Be A Poll Watcher (Partisan): Contact your local Democratic Party. They will be so happy to hear from you!
  • Be a Poll Worker (Non-Partisan, Usually Paid): Click here for more info and to sign up.
  • Use Your Skills! Join VoPro Pros. Their amazing Slack community has voter protection opportunities of every kind all year round from data/spreadsheet junkie to internet sleuth to text and phone to boots on the ground all across the country. You choose what is right for you.
Interesting Stuff for You!back to top

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