Trump's FCC chairman, Ajit Pai, is bending the rules governing our public airwaves to help Sinclair Media buy more stations and pursue a right-wing agenda. Tell Pai he must stop giving preferential treatment to Sinclair so that it can skirt FCC protections and continue substituting pro-Trump propaganda for "journalism" on its stations' newscasts.
Rep. Julia Brownley headlines our all-star September General Meeting! We'll also host "All Politics is Local: How We'll Run, Engage & Win in 2018," featuring local elected officials Linda Parks, Claudia Bill-de la Pena, and Betsy Connolly.
Indivisible: Conejo will join Indivisible Los Angeles, the Pasadena-based Indivisible Suffragists, and other organizations for this march from City Hall to Pershing Square. The march celebrates Women's Equality Day, marking the anniversary of women gaining the right to vote via the 19th Amendment.
Conejo Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship invites you to their Community Forum event, featuring Dr. Kalki Subramaniam’s personal, professional and activist journey as a gender non-conforming person in India and the world.
Join the Environment Action Team for their next meeting.
Rep. Julia Brownley headlines our all-star September General Meeting! We'll also host "All Politics is Local: How We'll Run, Engage & Win in 2018," featuring local elected officials Linda Parks, Claudia Bill-de la Pena, and Betsy Connolly.
This week Indivisible: Conejo's advocacy on behalf of free expression paid off in a big way for the valley's students and teachers, as the CVUSD board's efforts to censor an acclaimed novel collapsed. Our just-announced September General Meeting will be a star-studded affair! Check it out, along with our action-packed calendar of events, in this week's newsletter!
A school board censorship controversy is heating back up while summer is cooling down; plus, read on for a guide to our packed calendar of events.
It's been a week of highs and lows. First, we watched as our hard work paid off and Trumpcare was consigned to the flames...but not without some dramatic twists. Then, the Administration attacked America's immigrant and LGBTQ+ communities. We've still got work to do, but take a moment to savor the fact that healthcare has been saved for millions...for now.
This week Indivisible: Conejo activists had a great time registering voters in the Central Valley, working to flip Rep. Devin Nunes' district in Fresno. We spent the week continuing to #RiseUp4HealthCare, calling senators and rallying in Westlake Village and Simi Valley. Check out this week's newsletter!
This week leaders from Indivisible: Conejo's Disability Rights and Healthcare teams met with Sen. Kamala Harris' staff to discuss our #RiseUp4HealthCare initiative. Meanwhile, activists prepared to travel to the Central Valley for this weekend's voter registration drive. We've got a cool summer of Indivisible events coming up! Read all about it in this week's newsletter.
Healthcare has brought a heatwave in our political climate, as well as here at home in the Conejo Valley. Our activists joined protests in Simi Valley aimed at keeping the heat on Rep. Steve Knight for his Wealthcare vote; and #RiseUp4Healthcare is trending, with our activists' healthcare stories picked up in the Twitter feeds of Senator Kamala Harris and Rep. Julia Brownley. And that's just healthcare...read on for the other fronts on which Indivisible: Conejo has taken action this week.
National, state, and local issues - this week had it all. Indivisible: Conejo activists kept their eye both on the national healthcare bill and California's proposed SB54 "The California Values Act" and SB562 "The Healthy California Act", which deal with local law enforcement's role in Federal immigration, and single-payer healthcare, respectively. But issues much closer to home required the group's prompt and energetic attention as a religious faction's power play on the Conejo Valley School Board resulted in censoring books in the high school curriculum. Read on for the details...
This week Indivisible: Conejo presented a riveting "Future of Healthcare" forum, launched a social-media campaign called #RiseUp4HealthCare, protested censorship in the Conejo Valley school district, prepped for Postcard Parties supporting the California Values Act, and more. Find all the details in this week's newsletter!
This week Indivisible: Conejo activists joined the LA #RESIST March, finalized plans for our June 20 healthcare forum, fought back against a censorship threat in the Conejo Valley school district, phone banked for congressional candidates in Georgia and South Carolina, and more. Read all about it in this week's newsletter!
This week Indivisible: Conejo activists rallied against gun violence, lobbied on behalf of immigrants' rights and SB54, and advocated for farmworkers' rights with the Ventura County Board of Supervisors. The coming weeks are action-packed with marches, phone banks, a healthcare forum, parties and more. Check it all out in this week's newsletter!
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Post-election, Activists Get Louder in County
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Indivisible Guide Helps Focus Anti-Trump Movement
MSNBC - Rachel Maddow