Here’s what we have planned for the rest of this year:
This Fall, we’ll travel together to a swing district, live in a house together, and follow a daily retreat schedule that includes periods of meditation, dharma talks, and shared meals. And for 4-5 hours per day we’ll walk precincts and knock on doors to Get Out the Vote in support of our chosen candidates. Retreats will be the last two weeks in October, through Election Day: in San Antonio TX (supporting James Talarico for Senate) and in the Central Valley, CA (supporting Randy Villegas for Congress). Come join us! For more information and to register, click HERE.
Postcard Writing Retreats
We have four more postcard writing retreats, one each Sunday in September: In-Person Postcard Retreats at homes in the East Bay, as well as one last Online Postcard Retreat. We’ll be writing to voters in swing states urging them to vote. Retreats will include periods of meditation, talks, and time to write postcards, and will run from 10:00 to 1:00 Pacific Time.
Background
Since Trump’s second inauguration sixteen months ago, we’ve witnessed the nationwide roundup and detention of tens of thousands of immigrants (and the murder of two people in Minneapolis); the kidnapping of the Venezuelan president and sinking of fishing boats in the Caribbean; the launch of a War on Iran; runaway inflation; the East Wing ballroom and triumphal arch; a ferocious gerrymandering battle in a dozen states; the creation of a $1.8 Billion IRS Slush Fund, etc. Every week brings another body blow to the order and structure we once knew.
In the face of this chaos, we have been busy:
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We campaigned in favor of the Prop 50 redistricting campaign in California;
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We joined Seed the Vote for a “Deep Canvassing” project in Bakersfield (congressional district CA-22 is a key target this Fall);
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We campaigned in Wisconsin in support of WI Supreme Court candidate Chris Taylor, who won her seat on the court by a margin of over 300,000 votes; and
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We also helped to get out the vote in the Pennsylvania and Michigan primaries.
Join us writing postcards now, or come to one of our Residential GOTV retreats in the Fall!