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.

Sunday, June 28, 2020

Indivisible St Johns Newsletter June 28, 2020





NOTICE TO ALL MEMBERS OF INDIVISIBLE ST JOHNS
Due to the COVID threat, we've moved online AND statewide to make our general meetings worth your time. This way we can attract knowledgeable and bigger speakers. Please consider joining us on these Zooms. Sign up at the link provided. You'll get the Zoom link in advance of the event.
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 YOUR WEEKLY RESISTANCE NEWSLETTER
WEEK OF JUNE 28, 2020
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Make sure these are on your calendar!

Friday, July 3, 12 Noon

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HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW OUR ELECTIONS IN FLORIDA WILL GO?
HERE'S YOUR CHANCE TO CALL IN/EMAIL/TWEET!!!

The FLORIDA ROUNDUP show is carried live statewide at noon on public radio or you can tune in here: https://www.wlrn.org/programs/florida-roundup#stream/0
Want to call in to the FLORIDA ROUNDUP SHOW? Dial 305-995-1800
Want to connect with your county supervisor of elections: CLICK HERE for contact information
To RSVP click here

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Thursday, July 9, 2020, 8 pm EST



Siskind's national radio and TV appearances include CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, CNBC, PBS and NPR.  Writers from The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, POLITICO and The Hill frequently reach out to Siskind.
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More of Us Who Are Running:

Felicia Proia
Anastasia Mosquito Control District, Seat 3



Anthony E. Coleman, Sr.
School Board District 2


Patrick Canan
School Board, District 5


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Governor DeSantis has until the end of June to wield his veto pen on the budget that has $90 million dedicated to M-CORES
Please act on this message!  Governor DeSantis cannot be left thinking it is OK to fund M-CORES, especially now.
Please email him at governorron.desantis@eog.myflorida.com to urge him to redirect those M-CORES funds to critical state needs.
See here for the letter 80 organizations, including Indivisible St Johns, sent to Governor DeSantis earlier this month for additional talking points.
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Sending a Vote Forward letter is one of the easiest things you can do to increase election turnout. It only takes a couple of minutes and a stamp to meaningfully increase the odds that a fellow citizen will vote.

Let's keep this up!


UPDATE HERE!

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INDIVISIBLE ST JOHNS IS A PROUD MEMBER OF 

HERE ARE SOME VOLUNTEER POSITIONS WE NEED. THESE ARE EASY 
TO LEARN, ALL TRAINING IS PROVIDED VIRTUALLY AND IMAGINE TEXTING THOUSANDS OF VOTERS IN JUST MINUTES.

PLEASE CONSIDER VOLUNTEERING FOR ONE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES BELOW.
STAY HOME, STAY SAFE AND STAY ACTIVE:
Blue Wave Coalition Needs Your Skills and Experience!

As we move closer to one of the most important elections of our lifetimes, we are seeking individuals with specific skills and abilities to help support our campaign efforts. Please send an email to BlueWaveCoalition@gmail.com if you have the skills below and can commit to donating at least 3-5 hours/week of your time from July 1st to November 3rd.

Webmaster
Duties:  Update existing BWC website, working closely with Chair to add provided content
Skills:  Website design or maintenance; experience with WIX preferred

BWC Training Captain -- Texting Campaign
Duties:  Conduct virtual trainings for volunteers using online texting platform
Skills:  Proficiency hosting Zoom meetings, ability to easily learn and administer a new computer program (Spoke Rewired), or experience conducting peer-to-peer texting using a similar online platform. Experience as an educator or corporate trainer preferred but not required.

BWC Training Captain:  Virtual Phone Bank
Duties:  Conduct virtual trainings for volunteers using Virtual Phone Bank
Skills:  Proficiency hosting Zoom meetings, experience with online phone banking preferred but not required; experience as an educator or corporate trainer preferred.


Newsletter and Graphic Design
Duties:  Design e-newsletters and graphics for use in social media, print flyers etc
Skills:  Experience using graphics software, e.g., Canva, PhotoShop to quickly create designs. Proficiency or experience with MailChimp preferred.

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Take a look HERE  at the copy of the letter sent from Indivisible groups  to the Secretary of State 
and the Governor  about the request to  the Supervisors of Elections 

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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 US:
indivisible.st.johns@gmail.com
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Sunday, June 21, 2020

Indivisible St Johns Newsletter June 21, 2020




American activist, writer, and national spokeswoman Amy Siskind.  She is the author of
 The List:  A Week-by-Week Reckoning of Trump's First Year (2018) and 
organizer of the We the People March.
JULY 9, 8 PM

NOTICE TO ALL MEMBERS OF INDIVISIBLE ST JOHNS
Due to the COVID threat, we've moved online AND statewide to make our general meetings worth your time. This way we can attract knowledgeable and bigger speakers. Please consider joining us on these Zooms. Sign up at the link provided. You'll get the Zoom link in advance of the event.
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YOUR WEEKLY RESISTANCE NEWSLETTER
WEEK OF JUNE 21, 2020

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Good News Department--and we certainly do need that:
Court rules all Florida voters with past felony convictions can vote without first paying outstanding fines or fees!
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Thank you to everyone who came out to help at our drive-through Feed the Change event today (June 20)! We helped feed 250+ needy families, gave out a lot of face masks, registered voters including some returning citizens, and helped 81 people enroll in Vote-by-Mail -- all from the safety and comfort of their cars! Blue Wave Coalition thanks Feeding NE Florida, Rev. Ron Rawls and his congregation, the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, and Organizing Together 2020 for coming together and making this event possible. It was a beautiful collaboration.
Robin Dion
    
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MORE OF US ARE RUNNING FOR OFFICE



Brenda Stratton
Soil & Water Conservation, District 4


I am so excited to be running for Office: Soil & Water Conservation
Dist. 4.  My husband, Brett, and I have 5 children.  Over the years my
volunteer work includes being involved with many PTAs.  I was
president of a  high school PTA  in Texas and also of the City Council
PTA and also worked on many PTA Committees.  I firmly believe that
education is the key to a future that works well for all of us.  One
of the most basic and actually fairly simple things to do for a
quality life for everyone  is to increase awareness and the
information available about  the environment including soil and water
conservation.   We are all dependent on each other regarding the
environment.  



Jerry Dion
Airport Authority, Group 5




Anastasia Mosquito Control District Seat 1
Jan Cardia


I am running for Anastasia Mosquito Control District Seat 1 because I think I can make a difference.  I will use my financial acumen to make smart budgeting decisions while using my concern for our environment for product selection.  Jan Makes Sense!

More candidates next newsletter
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Keep Joe in your sights--he needs our support, including financial!
Joe McAnarney for St. Johns County Commissioner


Learn more and donate here

See previous  newsletter for more candidates.
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Thursday, July 9, 2020, 8 pm EST



Siskind's national radio and TV appearances include CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, CNBC, PBS and NPR.  Writers from The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, POLITICO and The Hill frequently reach out to Siskind.

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From the Democratic Environmental Caucus:

On Tuesday, June 23rd, at 6:00pm there will be a free webinar sponsored by the smart growth advocacy group, 1000 Friends of Florida:  "St. Johns County 2070: What's Next?" 



In November 2019, the Matanzas Riverkeeper, St. Johns Audubon and others joined with 1000 Friends of Florida for a discussion on growth projections for our county. 1000 Friends of Florida's Policy & Planning Director Jane West will review the results of the SJC 2020 study, smart growth policy tools and recommendations, and feedback gathered from resident workshops. This is an interactive webinar, with opportunities to ask questions of Jane. You can register by following this link
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                   Anna Eskamani named finalist for EMILY’s List Rising Star Award


Eskamani is one of just six state legislators in the country to qualify as a finalist.
She, along with her sister, Ida, spoke on the zoom meeting this past week.  If you missed her, do be sure to tune in for Amy Siskind on July 9.
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If you haven't taken action on No Roads to Ruin, it's not too late.  Help to protect our wildlife and protect our agricultural land

The goal is to stop the toll roads process in its tracks -- it will destroy wildlife, agricultural land, increases taxes and bring about imminent domain cases.
YOU can get engaged!  


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REMINDER:  Get your letters here.  You have until October to write them!


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We can also continue with our post card/telephone advocacy.  Here's the latest worksheet with topics and talking points.
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Listening to Anna Eskamani speak about the Florida state legislature, we were reminded of this. . .by Mike Konopacki



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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!


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Friday, June 12, 2020

Indivisible St Johns Newsletter June 14, 2020



YOUR WEEKLY RESISTANCE NEWSLETTER
WEEK OF JUNE 14, 2020

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If you don't understand the looting and rioting, just watch this--it's explained in very simple terms--very powerful!    

  https://youtu.be/sb9_qGOa9Go

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Dates to save:



Facebook link

Wednesday, June 17, 2020, 7 pm EST

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Siskind's national radio and TV appearances include CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, CNBC, PBS and NPR.  Writers from The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, POLITICO and The Hill frequently reach out to Siskind.

Thursday, July 9, 2020, 8 pm EST
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 JUNE 20th 


The community of west St Augustine is our most heavily Democratic area in St Johns County and they need our help!  With support from Feeding NE Florida, we will be providing food for 250 needy families at this drive-through event, while offering them the opportunity to register to vote and sign up for Vote-by-Mail.  Will be held outdoors in a parking lot.  Residents will drive up to collect their food boxes and masked volunteers will offer them a clipboard to sign up for Vote-by-Mail and/or register to vote.  We'll do our utmost to practice social distancing; hand sanitizer available.
Even is being coordinated by Blue Wave Coalition, St. Paul AME Church in St. Augustine, the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, Indivisible St Johns, and Organizing Together.  We need volunteers.  Please sign up today, HERE.



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WE'RE RUNNING FOR OFFICE!   

Candidates for the St Johns County Soil & Water Conservation District,
Dist. 3  (John Pilecki has dropped out)
Nicole Crosby
 Dist. 5:
                Mary Lawrence -- Just won election as she was unopposed! 

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Candidates for St Augustine Port, Waterway and Beach District,
Group 2: 

Jane West

and

 Group 4

Nana Royer
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Anastasia Mosquito Control Dist. - Seat 5


Gayle  Gardner
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 Circuit Judge 7th Judicial Circuit,Group 14
Joan M. Anthony 
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The SJC Democratic Women's Club, at its meeting of June 10, hosted Sarah Gledhill, of the Center for Biological Diversity, speaking on the No Roads to Ruin Campaign.  


The goal is to stop the toll roads process in its tracks -- it will destroy wildlife, agricultural land, increases taxes and bring about imminent domain cases.
YOU can get engaged!  
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 And don't forget . . .
To send letters to dubious voters--it does make a difference as to if they vote--a little difference can make a big difference in this election!  Including Sierra Club, your editor has to date done 50!

Get your letters here.  You have until October to write them!
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From the Democratic Environmental Caucus:

On Tuesday, June 23rd, at 6:00pm there will be a free webinar sponsored by the smart growth advocacy group, 1000 Friends of Florida:  "St. Johns County 2070: What's Next?" 


In November 2019, the Matanzas Riverkeeper, St. Johns Audubon and others joined with 1000 Friends of Florida for a discussion on growth projections for our county. 1000 Friends of Florida's Policy & Planning Director Jane West will review the results of the SJC 2020 study, smart growth policy tools and recommendations, and feedback gathered from resident workshops. This is an interactive webinar, with opportunities to ask questions of Jane. You can register by following this link

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Jacksonville's Double Edged Sword thanks to Mike Konopacki


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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 US:
indivisible.st.johns@gmail.com
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