MISSION STATEMENT: To build and sustain an inclusive proactive community that will protect our environment, our freedoms and our basic human and civil rights. We are committed to an indivisible St. Johns County with liberty and justice for all.

Friday, March 27, 2020

Indivisible St Johns Newsletter Week of March 29, 2020


YOUR WEEKLY RESISTANCE NEWSLETTER
WEEK OF MARCH 29, 2020




MONTHLY INDIVISIBLE ST JOHNS MEETING 
GOES DIGITAL Thursday April 2 7-8PM


 We are Zooming through the pandemic.

In the interest of safety during this pandemic, we are moving our regular Indivisible St Johns monthly general meeting online! We are using the Zoom app but don’t worry, 
there are instructions at this link provided by our friends from Englewood Indivisible. 
PLEASE WATCH THE SHORT TUTORIAL. Your Florida Indivisible Network has been 
using it weekly for two years! We’re giving you two weeks’ time to read the description below, 
view the tutorial, and set up on either your computer or your mobile device. 

(You don’t have to do this on the computer! Some of us do so many webinars we often 
just use the phone option and listen in). We will be joined this month by Joe McAnarney who’s running for our county commission as a Democrat!

1    Get whichever app you need for your device now from your app store. Look for ZOOM Cloud meetings. It’s free.

2      Save the date: Thursday April 2 from 7-8PM. Joe will join us first so please be on time to meet him.

3.     If you want to ask questions, download the app to your computer as there is a chat room you can use to post your questions. We can read them to Joe for answers.

4.    You can practice logging on ahead of time. It will say the host hasn’t started the meeting yet.

5.     We will begin promptly at 7 so please log on/call in starting at 645PM. Click on the link or dial the phone number if you chose to just listen in. Here is your Invite:

Indivisible St. Johns Monthly General Meeting
Time: Apr 2, 2020 06:45 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting

Meeting ID: 317 581 905

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Meeting ID: 317 581 905
Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/aehsYeb48j
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Positive  Stories to Life Your Spirits in the Coronavirus Pandemic

https://demcastusa.com/2020/03/19/positive-stories-to-lift-your-spirits-in-the-coronavirus-pandemic
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REMEMBER--We want to 

ELECT JOE McANARNEY for
County Commissioner District 1

Please make your contributions payable to Joe McAnarney Campaign and mail to 
1005 Blackberry Lane, St Johns, FL 32259.  Contributions in excess of $100 must indicate an employment profession.

Help us get Joe on the ballot.  Please download the attached Candidate Petition, sign one & have your neighbor/friend sign the other
and mail to: 
 NWSJCP Club
P. O. Box 600332
St. Johns, FL 32260

Please download here:

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While we’re not sure what the rest of this week will hold, we know one thing: we need to keep demanding that Congress put people over profits. That’s why we created a new ‘People Over Profits’ landing page for all of our coronavirus resources and asks, which you can find here. As more and more Indivisibles shelter-in-place and social-distance to avoid spreading the coronavirus, we recognize that organizing on the ground has suddenly shifted drastically. That’s why all of our asks are digital asks, which you can find below.
One more thing -- take time for yourself to decompress. Cook a meal. Practice some self-care. Breathe deeply. And let’s be thankful for the things in our life that we have and can control. The coming weeks might be scary as hell, but we’re in this together, as a movement.
And now, our digital to-dos:

Your weekly to-dos 

  1. Call your Representative and tell them the same. The previous coronavirus bill that passed originated in the House, and it didn't go nearly far enough in protecting folks most directly affected by this pandemic (millions of workers will be denied the protections in that bill). The new package might even walk back some of the inadequate protections from the previous package! The House needs to make this right. Call your representatives now and demand that they support the above provisions be included in the next coronavirus package.
  2. Demand your Senators ensure safe, secure elections during the coronavirus outbreak. We know that the coronavirus is scary, and we’re all making sacrifices to minimize any further spread of the virus. We have seen some states make the very difficult decision to postpone primary elections in an effort to reduce community spread of coronavirus. But we can’t let this public health crisis impede the functioning of our democratic processes. That’s why we’re recommending states start now to build alternatives to in-person voting so that nothing will put the administration of the November presidential election at risk. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Ron Wyden have introduced a bill to assist states in expanding vote-by-mail for this November’s election. Call your senators to demand that the Natural Disaster and Emergency Ballot Act be included in the next coronavirus relief package.
  3. Text PAYBACK to 977-79 and join the Payback Project right now. Even in the three weeks since we launched this project to take back the Senate, we’ve already seen twists and turns and had to drop everything to respond to new Republican schemes. We know that’s not going to stop, which is why we need even more folks texting, donating, and joining local groups as we continue to get payback now and until the election!
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Here's how to safely handle your groceries, from a pro!


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From Magical Mike Konopacki 



As always, we love to hear from you! Drop us a line that you are safe and healthy. Let us know if you need anything!
Email:  indivisible.st.johns@gmail.com


Saturday, March 21, 2020

Indivisible St Johns Newsletter Week of March 22, 2020


YOUR WEEKLY RESISTANCE NEWSLETTER
WEEK OF MARCH 22, 2020

MONTHLY INDIVISIBLE ST JOHNS MEETING 
GOES DIGITAL Thursday April 2 7-8PM




 We are Zooming through the pandemic.
In the interest of safety during this pandemic, we are moving our regular Indivisible St Johns monthly general meeting online! We are using the Zoom app but don’t worry, 
there are instructions at this link provided by our friends from Englewood Indivisible. 
PLEASE WATCH THE SHORT TUTORIAL. Your Florida Indivisible Network has been 
using it weekly for two years! We’re giving you two weeks’ time to read the description below, 
view the tutorial, and set up on either your computer or your mobile device. 

(You don’t have to do this on the computer! Some of us do so many webinars we often 
just use the phone option and listen in). We will be joined this month by Joe McAnarney who’s running for our county commission as a Democrat!

1    Get whichever app you need for your device now from your app store. Look for ZOOM Cloud meetings. It’s free.

2      Save the date: Thursday April 2 from 7-8PM. Joe will join us first so please be on time to meet him.

3.     If you want to ask questions, download the app to your computer as there is a chat room you can use to post your questions. We can read them to Joe for answers.

4.    You can practice logging on ahead of time. It will say the host hasn’t started the meeting yet.

5.     We will begin promptly at 7 so please log on/call in starting at 645PM. Click on the link or dial the phone number if you chose to just listen in. Here is your Invite:

Indivisible St. Johns Monthly General Meeting
Time: Apr 2, 2020 06:45 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting

Meeting ID: 317 581 905

One tap mobile
+19294362866,,317581905# US (New York)
+13126266799,,317581905# US (Chicago)

Dial by your location
        +1 929 436 2866 US (New York)
        +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
        +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)
        +1 253 215 8782 US
        +1 301 715 8592 US
        +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
Meeting ID: 317 581 905
Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/aehsYeb48j

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How Do We Maintain Our Activism in the Age of Social Distancing?

Click here.


Click  here  for the Coronavirus Atlas

 CoronaVirusAtlas


For those of us living in Florida, we can track the spread of the virus in our state from the Florida Department of Health dashboard:  



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Changes to all Blue Wave Canvassing


Sunday, March 22 canvassing is ON but not a Party in the Park for the safety of everyone.
Show up at Collier Blocker Puryear Park on Holmes
and West King just to pick up your door hangers and turfs.
You can do these Sunday or anytime during the week.
Sign up here if you haven't already:
 https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090F49A4A82CA0F58-party

The next strategy is phoning and mailing.  This will happen by precinct and in two stages.  Details to follow.

We plan to ramp up our digital campaign to encourage everyone to sign up to VBM .  Details to follow

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ELECT JOE McANARNEY for
County Commissioner District 1


Please make your contributions payable to Joe McAnarney Campaign and mail to 
1005 Blackberry Lane, St Johns, FL 32259.  Contributions in excess of $100 must indicate an employment profession.

Help us get Joe on the ballot.  Please download the attached Candidate Petition, sign one & have your neighbor/friend sign the other
and mail to: 
 NWSJCP Club
P. O. Box 600332
St. Johns, FL 32260

Please download here:

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Read the latest newsletter of St Johns County Democratic Party here
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POST CARD ADVOCACY


              March 19 and April 2 Gatherings for Post Card Advocacy cancelled.
            But... NOT THE ADVOCACY!!
     Advocacy worksheet will be sent electronically with telephone numbers
                and addresses so you can take action on current issues. 


Warren Clark, D.Min.,
Post Card Advocacy Facilitator
Indivisible St. Johns 
702 Gerona Road 
Augustine, FL 32086
904-770-7126 land line, 813-246-2741 cell
"La paz es fruto de la justicia." (Peace is the fruit of justice.) -old Latin American saying--  
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Speaking of our heath care system, here is our own Mike Konopacki's take on that:

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                    Sign Up as A Non-Partisan Election Protection Volunteer Poll Monitor

For Info click here
There’s training so we can have people ready for August and November
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As always, we love to hear from you! Drop us a line that you are safe and healthy. Let us know if you need anything!
Email: indivisible.st.johns@gmail.com

Thursday, March 12, 2020

Indivisible St Johns Newsletter Week of March 15, 2020



YOUR WEEKLY RESISTANCE NEWSLETTER
WEEK OF MARCH 15, 2020



The disruption caused by the Covid-19 virus is at the forefront of our minds at the moment and will be a disruptive force for an unknown period of time.    This is the time for focusing on calling and e-mailing your legislators, listening to webinars.  You can cocoon and still be proactive-- Let your fingers do the walking!
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ELECT JOE McANARNEY for
County Commissioner District 1

Please make your contributions payable to Joe McAnarney Campaign and mail to 
1005 Blackberry Lane, St Johns, FL 32259.  Contributions in excess of $100 must indicate an employment profession.

Help us get Joe on the ballot.  Please download the attached Candidate Petition, sign one & have your neighbor/friend sign the other
and mail to: 
 NWSJCP Club
P. O. Box 600332
St. Johns, FL 32260

Please download here:


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SCHEDULE FOR VOTER OUTREACH PARTIES
TALKING TO OUR NEIGHBORS
OPPORTUNITIES AND TRAINING


CLICK ON PRECINCT TO JOIN!


March 21 (Sat AM)Precinct 304:  ACT (south St. Augustine)Precinct 506:  DWC (downtown St. Augustine)

March 22 (Sun afternoon)Precinct 207:  ISJ (West St. Augustine) A COOL ONE! SEE BELOW!
March 28 (Sat AM)Precinct 306:  DWC (southwest St Johns County)
Voter Outreach events are constantly being added to the calendar. For up to the minute information, visit our  BLUE WAVE ONLINE CALENDAR

or email BlueWaveCoalition@gmail.com
AND.....
Canvass West Augustine with future Congresswoman Donna Deegan
March 22 from 2-5 PM
Sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090F49A4A82CA0F58-party

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The League of Women Voters


Empowering Voters. Defending Democracy.
Demand Action from thU.S. Senate on Democracy Reform

A year ago, we celebrated the passage of HR1, the For the People Act, in the U.S. House of Representatives. This sweeping piece of legislation is the biggest democracy reform agenda we have seen since the Voting Rights Act, but it still hasn’t made it to the President’s desk.
The For the People Act is the democracy reform bill the American people want and deserve. This legislation will put power back into the hands of American voters by making voting easier and more accessible and by modernizing our elections. It will also help voters understand who is trying to influence their vote by shining a light on big money donors. It’s time to pass this legislation and make it the law of the land.
We know we face an uphill battle in the Senate, but we also know that, because of the tremendous work we’ve already done to mobilize the effort around this bill, we can move this forward. Messages from our grassroots supporters helped put pressure on members of the U.S. House to support final passage of this legislation one year ago. We must keep up the pressure to move this forward and ensure this is at the forefront of  voters' minds in this important election year.
The American people deserve to know why their Senators don’t want to ensure every eligible citizen being able to register and vote. They deserve to know what harm will be caused by taking the politics out of redistricting. Finally, they deserve to know why we should allow big money interests to hide in the shadows and influence the votes of the American people.
This legislation isn’t a power grab by politicians, it’s a power grab by the American people.
Contact your Senators today. Tell them you stand with the League of Women Voters. Tell your Senators you demand a hearing on the For the People Act.

Our Senators are Sen. Rick Scott  202-224-5274

 and Sen. Marco Rubio  202-224-3042

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DISINFORMATION LITERACY:  a Webinar March 18,
 8-9:30 pm
(and you don't have to leave your house!)

Read more about it and sign up https://demcastusa.com/2020/03/09/webinar-disinformation-literacy/
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Here are resources for Texting for Democrats.  Even if  it's not wise to meet and greet, you can still text and make an impact.
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=rm&ogbl#label/INDIVISIBLE+NEWSLETTER/FMfcgxwHMGNmVRrfCCJtdhmpFdpzcplf?projector=1&messagePartId=0.1

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Important article on the corona virus:
https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-act-today-or-people-will-die-f4d3d9cd99ca

Here are the basic takeaways:


The coronavirus is coming to you.

It’s coming at an exponential speed: gradually, and then suddenly.
It’s a matter of days. Maybe a week or two.
When it does, your healthcare system will be overwhelmed.
Your fellow citizens will be treated in the hallways.
Exhausted healthcare workers will break down. Some will die.
They will have to decide which patient gets the oxygen and which one dies.
The only way to prevent this is social distancing today. Not tomorrow. Today.
That means keeping as many people home as possible, starting now.
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Please--Wash your hands, often, and be safe!
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Saturday, March 7, 2020

Indivisible St Johns Newsletter Week of March 8, 2020


YOUR WEEKLY RESISTANCE NEWSLETTER
WEEK OF MARCH 8, 2020

If you can engage in one of the following actions, great!
If you can participate in more than one, that's terrific!
It takes all of us to turn this ship around.
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VOTE THIS WEEK--EITHER VOTE BY MAIL OR EARLY VOTING MARCH 7 - 14


In this rather dark, confusing time with election insecurity, a tanking economy,  and worrisome virus being added to an administration that has been working to roll back all  previous progress in our laws and ethical concerns,  here is a hopeful statement by the founders of national Indivisible:
https://indivisible.actionkit.com/mailings/view/57616?t=17&akid=57616%2E26945%2EARFUdI

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A member of Senator Marco Rubio's STAFF is scheduled to be at the
 Hastings  Library

Friday, March 15, 10 a.m.

"My staff will be there to offer constituent services on items such as social security payments, issues with the IRS, federal disaster claims, and veterans benefits, as well as to listen to your concerns and suggestions."    

Got concerns?  You bet!  Show up!
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MARCH 2020

SCHEDULE FOR VOTER OUTREACH PARTIES
TALKING TO OUR NEIGHBORS
OPPORTUNITIES AND TRAINING


CLICK ON PRECINCT TO JOIN!


March 14 (Sat AM)Precinct 508:  DWC (St. Augustine)Precinct 203:  PVUP (west of World Golf Village)
    March 15 (Sun afternoon)  Precinct 205:   PVUP (Central St Johns County)


March 21 (Sat AM)Precinct 304:  ACT (south St. Augustine)Precinct 506:  DWC (downtown St. Augustine)

March 22 (Sun afternoon)Precinct 207:  ISJ (West St. Augustine) A COOL ONE! SEE BELOW!
March 28 (Sat AM)Precinct 306:  DWC (southwest St Johns County)
Voter Outreach events are constantly being added to the calendar. For up to the minute information, visit our  BLUE WAVE ONLINE CALENDAR

or email BlueWaveCoalition@gmail.com
AND.....
Canvass West Augustine with future Congresswoman Donna Deegan
March 22 from 2-5 PM
Sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090F49A4A82CA0F58-party

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 Witness at the Border, originally Witness At Tornillo, is a movement that began with one person. Josh Rubin started this movement as a means to be the eyes, ears, and voice for people who only want to live safely in a country to which they can contribute and thrive. We are the Boots on the Ground, protesting, watching, and conveying information that is not readily available to most Americans. We do this so that people will know and will act on what they know.

                                         Laurie Holcomb-Ramos

To get more info, tap on this Facebook link:


When you are ready to Witness with Laurie, you can email her at floridablueforever@gmail.com with the subject line Witness

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CALL TO ACTION!  March 19 Deadline!
     PLEASE HELP SAVE THE BIRDS! 
Write your Senators and Representative, and file comments with FWS
See:  https://demcastusa.com/2020/02/25/this-one-is-for-the-birds/

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SATURDAY, APRIL 4th, 10:00 AM, THE SIERRA CLUB NORTHEAST FLORIDA ST. AUGUSTINE PROGRAM MEETING, at the Unitarian Universal Fellowship, 2487 A1A South, St. Augustine.  Diane Abell is a retired landscape architect, having spent most of her career with the National Park Service at Fire Island National Seashore. Before becoming a landscape architect, and during her career there, she spent her spare time honing her skills at photography in general and nature and wildlife in particular. She travels internationally at times to capture images of those far away places and the species that live there. Therefore, given her passion for the natural world and the animals and plants that require healthy ecosystems to thrive, her presentation will highlight her photography against the present realities and conditions that can pose serious threats to this beautiful planet and its inhabitants. There will be informal discussions after the presentation. 

• Saturday, June 6, 2020, 10:00 AM, The Sierra Club St. Augustine Program at the U.U. Fellowship of St. Augustine, 2487 A1A South, St. Augustine. Guest Speaker - Kelly Ussia, St. Johns County Park Naturalist.  Kelly will present on "How to Live Your Life More Sustainably." You’ll learn all the ins and outs on how to make a larger impact on the environment and do your part for eco-friendly living. So pack up your reusable water bottles and bags, it’s time to get sustainable!
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