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Thanks to
YOU!
MEHRDAD AZEMUNCampaigns DirectorPeople’s Action
peoplesaction.org
Tonight’s Agenda (60 mins)1. Welcome
Mehrdad Azemun, People’s Action2. Voice from Charlottesville
Wes Bellamy, Charlottesville Vice Mayor3. What is White Supremacy?
Eric K. Ward, Senior Fellow at Southern Poverty Law CenterTarso Luís Ramos, Political Research Associates
4. We Can Take Meaningful ActionRep. Bonnie Watson Coleman - #CensureTrumpArisha Hatch, Color of Change - #TakeEmAllDownGreisa Martinez, United We Dream - #DefendDACAKeron Blair, Alliance to Reclaim Our SchoolsResistanceRecess.com
5. Q+A & Closing
● Stream the call audio and follow the slide presentation online at moveon.org/readytoresist
● Listening with a group? Download the Conversation Guide at moveon.org/readytoresist
● Slides, recording, and additional resources will be available after the call at moveon.org/readytoresist. Transcription will be available there by Tuesday 4 p.m. ET.
Wes BellamyVice-MayorCharlottesville, Virginia
Charlottesville Equity Package
$4 million total to help bridge the gap and create equity● $950,000 to our African American Heritage Center● $250,000 to renovate/update a park in the local African-American community● $2.5 million to public housing redevelopment● $50,000 annually for free GED training for anyone who lives in public housing● $50,000 to anyone who lives 80 percent below the annual median income to
have access to public housing and scholarships to local community college● Youth Opportunity Coordinator to focus on black male achievement
Since 1981, Political Research Associates (PRA) has produced investigative research and analysis on the U.S. Right to support social justice advocates and defend human rights.
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Tarso Luís RamosExecutive Director
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It’s not enough to tweet that you disavow white supremacists.
Elected officials must act.
1) Add your name: moveon.org/censure
2) Find or host an event: ResistanceRecess.com
Rep. Bonnie Watson-Coleman
Representing New Jersey’s 12th District
With Reps. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), introduced resolution to “censure and condemn President Donald Trump for his inadequate response to the violence in Charlottesville”. More than 100 co-sponsors - is your representative signed on?
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Greisa Martinez Rosas
United We Dream Advocacy Director@Grei_sa
DACA: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
TPS: Temporary Protective Service
TEXT‘DefendDACA’
877-877
Defund Hate. Defend DACA & TPS.
standup.indivisibleguide.com
Demand that your representatives:
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Our Demands
1. Fully fund public schools for small class size, qualified educators, and wrap-around services.
2. Stop the expansion of the charter industry.
3. No vouchers. Invest in public schools.
4. End the school-to-prison pipeline. Restorative justice and positive discipline in schools.
Join Us. Take Action
www.ReclaimOurSchools.org/Summer-2017
❏ Sign the No Cuts Pledge and Letter to Devos
❏ Make education part of the conversation
❏ Take action on congressional delegation
1) Add your name: moveon.org/censure
2) Find or host an event: ResistanceRecess.com
● Slides, recording, and additional resources will be available at moveon.org/readytoresist.
● Transcription will be available there by Tuesday 4 p.m. ET.
● Thank you. Together we will create the country we envision.
Photo: New York Daily News
