Week of 12/08/2024

Friday, December 13
Power Lunch
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Tuesday, December 17th  7:30pm – 8:30pm
Help Abigail get on the Ballot – Petition Signature Collection Training!
Help get Abigail on the ballot! Join fellow volunteers from across the Commonwealth for a training on the petition signatures collection process which will officially put Abigail on the ballot in Virginia. Sign Up Here

Tuesday, January 21st in Richmond
Sign Up for Virginia Democracy Day 2025
Do you support campaign finance and ethics reform, ranked choice voting, and access to the ballot?  Come join BigMoneyOutVA and an informal coalition of good governance partners, like the LWVers, RepresentUS, UpVote, Veterans for all Voters, etc to advocate in support of these issues on our 3rd Democracy Day.   More info and RSVP here

VIRGINIA SPECIAL ELECTIONS!!!!

Tues, Jan 7, 2025 [Early Voting period: Dec 11-Jan 4]
Because Democrats hold a one-seat majority in both the VA State Senate and the House of Delegates, this special election in Loudoun County will determine which party holds control in Richmond.
★ SD-32 (Loudoun Co)
Del. Kannan Srinivasan is the Democratic nominee for the seat vacated by Suhas Subramanyam, elected Congressional Rep of Virginia’s CD-10.
★ HD-26 (Loudoun Co)
JJ Singh won the Democratic nomination.

Weekend of Action for SD-32
Join Planned Parenthood Advocates of VA knocking doors to protect our pro-reproductive rights senate majority and continue our progress towards a Reproductive Freedom Amendment!
SAT, DEC 14 Sign up
SUN, DEC 15 Sign up
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

CALLS TO ACTION

TELL THE WHITE HOUSE – Say NO to Death Penalty
Donald Trump executed more people during his first term as president than all the past 10 administrations combined, and he has promised to expand the use of the death penalty even more in his second. Please urge President Biden to commute all federal death sentences before his time as president ends.
Sign ACLU Petition
Call the White House 

SEND AN EMAIL – Certify the Equal Rights Amendment
The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), which will update the US Constitution to protect the equality of rights under the law regardless of sex, can be added to the Constitution with one action. Urge President Biden to instruct the US Archivist to certify and publish the ERA in the Constitution! Equality cannot wait. Send League of Women Voters letter

DONATE – Support Vote Equality’s (voteequality.us) Postcard Campaign
Vote Equality is leading a big activism push to get the ERA published before Biden leaves office. They had an editorial in USA Today last week about it. The organizers are short on money for getting postcards shipped to volunteers to run postcard writing parties for a mass mailing planned for December 10th. They said it’s hundreds of dollars they need to raise for it. You can contribute here

CONTACT YOUR REPS – Stop Mass Deportations
Trump has made plain his inhumane desire to aggressively target millions of immigrant community members who live in our neighborhoods, attend our schools, and run small businesses in our communities.Call on Congress to cut funding to DHS immigration enforcement and prevent Trump from having access to the resources he needs to carry out his mass deportation plans.
Send a message (ACLU form)
Call your US Congressperson and Senators

More CTAs here: 
https://virginiagrassroots.org