Indivisible Calais invites you to join our Zoom 2021 Kickoff, "We Won! What Now?"
EVENT:
Date: Saturday, March 20, 2021
Time: 10:00-11:30 am
Link: IndivisibleCalais.org
Register: You must register in advance for this event. Click Here to Register
GUEST SPEAKERS:
- Lila Zucker, Fair Fight, National Field Manager
- Meagan Hatcher-Mays, Indivisible, National Director of Democracy Policy
- Ann Smith, Lean Left Vermont, Co-Founder and Organizer Extraordinaire
WHY:
The state of our American democracy is fragile and in peril. Learn how our Democracy Reforms agenda offers a strategic way to ensure voting rights for all Americans, in a way that will help us move toward the inclusive and bold America we believe in.
Indivisible Calais is working in concert with millions of other Indivisible members coast-to-coast to make Democracy Reform a reality. We are committed to civic engagement beyond voting, and we invite you to join our activist volunteers.
WHAT:
The 2021 strategic Democracy Reforms that Indivisible Calais has endorsed are:
- Congressional passage of HR-1 / S-1, "For the People Act". This bill will expand voting rights, change campaign finance laws to reduce the influence of money in politics, limit partisan gerrymandering, and create new ethics rules for federal officeholders.
- Congressional passage of HR-4, "John Lewis Voting Rights Act of 2020". This bill responds to current conditions of voter suppression by restoring the full protections of the original, bipartisan Voting Rights Act of 1965, which was last reauthorized by Congress in 2006, but gutted by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2013.
- Congressional passage of HR-51 / S-51, "DC Statehood". Strongly considered a racial justice issue, ratification of this bill would end taxation without representation for the 800,000+residents of Washington, DC, and help rebalance the U.S. Senate so it more adequately reflects the national population.
- Eliminating the Filibuster. A relic of the Jim Crow era, the filibuster is a procedural wall that allows the minority party to block legislation from advancing. It is inherently undemocratic, and not required under the U.S. Constitution. As the Senate's rules exist today, the filibuster allows Republicans in the Senate to block every progressive priority with only 40 votes.
ABOUT INDIVISIBLE CALAIS:
Indivisible Calais will continue its work to elect and re-elect Democratic and Progressive candidates in local, state and federal races. Our four-year record of electoral work proved successful in 2018 and 2020, as candidates we supported won in securing the White House, the U.S. Senate, the U.S. House of Representatives, as well as statewide gubernatorial and legislative offices.
Indivisible Calais (IC) formed in November 2016, only one week after the 2016 presidential election. We are a group of concerned citizens committed to organizing and supporting local, state and national actions to defend and preserve social justice, the environment, and America's Constitutional rights and liberties. IC engages in a variety of educational, activist and fundraising activities while keeping our discourse civil. Like-minded Vermonters are invited to join Indivisible Calais, as neither Calais residency nor prior activism is needed to join this vibrant community of peaceful advocates.
QUESTIONS:
For more information, contact IndivisibleCalais@gmail.com.
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