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The time is always right to do what is right. - Dr. Martin Luther King
Saving our Democracy
Hope will never be silent. - Harvey Milk
Welcome to 2023!
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Please check out our sister website http://turnpurple2blue.org/ to find out what you can do to tend the flame of democracy!
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Take Action to Protect #democracy right here in MA! You can take action HERE.
Start a Climate Conversation
“Solving climate change requires us all to work together. We can’t do that without finding common ground with those who may not share our perspective.” —David Suzuki Foundation
Spark vital conversations with help from the The New York Times Climate Hub.
Take Climate Action!
The Zero Carbon Renovation Fund bill has now been filed by Senator Adam Gomez and Representative Andy Vargas. The full text of the Senate legislation (SD.500) can be found here. The full text of the House legislation (HD.776) can be found here.
Please urge your legislators to urge them to co-sponsor the Zero Carbon Renovation Fund (ZCRF) and share with your networks as well.
Use this simple form to email your legislator today!
Indivisible Acton-Area is proud to endorse the Acton Climate Coalition in declaring a climate emergency in Acton. Click HERE to learn more.
Acton now has a Sustainability Office!
Find out more about the impact of climate change: Climate Change: The Facts
We’re running out of time to flatten the curve — for climate change
Pollution made COVID-19 worse. Now, lockdowns are clearing the air. Will today’s cleaner air inspire us to do better? What do you think??
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Ways to Resist from Home
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Check out Jessica Craven’s daily newsletter for ways you can take action!
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Want to text green? Join Sierra Club’s new Texting Team! Primary season is in full swing, the Earth Day Climate Strike is fast approaching, and the Sierra Club has set a goal of texting millions of people to get out the vote and come strike! Join the Sierra Club’s Texting Team and fight climate change from home!
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Join the Environmental Voter Project (EVP) for a volunteer training webinar. During the webinar, volunteers will be trained in texting and calling environmental voters using EVP’s unique messaging.
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Now more than ever, we need the 28th amendment to the U.S. Constitution to END corruption and restore our representative democracy. Join the volunteer movement to support the We the People Amendment locally. Click HERE to learn about the national movement.
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Wouldn’t it be great if voting were more convenient? Click HERE to learn about Vote At Home.
Take Action for Immigration
- Click HERE to learn how you can contribute time and/or money to organizations which support immigrant justice.
Environment/Climate Crisis
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Learn more about the effects of climate change in Massachusetts from Mass Audobon.
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Find out how you can protect and enhance Acton’s natural environment and help resolve the urgent environmental issues that transcend Acton’s boundaries HERE.
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Join Mothers Out Front to take action to address climate change.
Local/State
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Want to help Stop Gun Madness? Sign up HERE to get action alerts about what’s going on with gun bills and other actions.
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Join Raise Up Massachusetts, a coalition of community organizations, religious groups, and labor unions who are committed to building an economy that works for Massachusetts.
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Ask your legislator to take the State House Transparency Pledge - Act On Mass is working to increasing transparency in our State House. Let’s ask our elected legislators to take action to create transparency today so important progressive bills don’t die in darkness. Click HERE for more info!
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Support Ranked Choice Voting. Go to Voter Choice MA for more info.
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Email your MA state legislators and demand that they lead on immigrant rights and equity. MIRA (MA Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition) has put together a comprehensive list of all of the bills that support immigration and refugee rights and has made it super easy to email your legislators to support these bills.
National
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Want to know the list of proposed federal rule and regulation changes currently accepting public comments? Two good sources are Rogan’s List and News You May Have Missed. Or click HERE if you want to know the deadlines of the week. You can also join the Facebook Group Comments for America which is devoted exclusively to publicizing proposed federal rules changes and to helping folks gets the information they need to make effective comments.
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Take the Indivisible Unity Pledge: The pledge is that no matter our differences in the primary, once Democrats have a nominee, we’ll do everything in our power to get the nominee elected. Click HERE to watch a clip about the Pledge on Rachel Maddow.
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Call your Members of Congress and explain that you object to imposing asylum application fees on people fleeing persecution and danger. Not only is this amoral and inhumane, the American Immigration Lawyers Association says the president’s plan “contradicts international law” and still “fails to ensure orderly processing.” Ask your MOCs are doing to stop the president’s asylum fee and instead heal the root causes of life-threatening conditions in Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador? (H/T Americans of Conscience Checklist).
Concerned about disinformation?
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Check out this website Disarm Disinformation and learn how to become educated consumers and fight disinformation.
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Check out this newsletter about the history behind today’s politics: Letters from An American
Tools
Here are some helpful tools that help share actions and news.
Text
Click HERE to learn all about how to use texting to help mobilize people!
Click HERE to learn about The Open Progress Text Troop
Postcards
Click HERE to learn about writing postcards to voters
Use Twitter to follow Indivisible Acton (@IndActonMA) and help spread the word! Click HERE for an introduction to twitter.
Become a member of Indivisible Acton-Area on Facebook to find out about events, share ideas, stay informed.
NEW : Please see our Social Media Policy for the Primaries.
Representantives
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Need to communicate with your Representatives? Click HERE for contact info, and other tools for contacting your officials!
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Helpful tips to writing/emailing your representatives.
State Legislature - Bills & Laws
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Click HERE to keep track of what’s going on in the MA State House.
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Click HERE to search for a specific legislation, for legislation sponsored by a particular legislator, by Senate, by House, external group, type of legislation and more!