September 2021 - chrysalis.giving

Local orgs resettling Afghan refugees
by Christopher Lin 03 Dec '21

03 Dec '21

Hi friends, if you are interested in giving money or time to help Afghan refugees resettle in the Bay Area, I wanted to point to a couple orgs doing this work: Jewish Family & Community Services East Bay https://jfcs-eastbay.org/urgent-afghan-evacuation/ "Some planeloads of refugees have arrived in Fort Lee, Virginia, and this month, JFCS East Bay has already welcomed 40 people to begin their new lives in the East Bay. We are currently waiting for 23 people more people to arrive from Fort Lee, and have accepted the cases of another 33 who are still in Afghanistan. The number and pace of resettlement is like nothing we’ve seen in recent years." They also have volunteer opportunities (e.g. airport pickups, register kids for school). International Rescue Committee Northern California https://help.rescue.org/donate/Softlandingfund "The IRC Northern California is raising $150,000 toward an Afghan Soft Landing Fund. 100% of your donation will be disbursed to cover emergency temporary housing as well as rental & utility assistance to support evacuee families stabilizing." In solidarity, Topher

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the current haps in congress
by Igor Serebryany 01 Oct '21

01 Oct '21

hi folks, when i send these emails, they're usually oriented around action. in this case, the action i recommend is: * call your federal house representative, and ask that they vote AGAINST the bi-partisan infrastructure deal unless there's agreement on the reconciliation package * call your federal senators, and demand action on the reconciliation bill, including specifically all climate-change-related spending there i've done these actions and logged them in my activism log: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GcwD94b35Qk8j4D4mU5JuSbWdhsEYsWZ60Z… i recommend you keep one of these, and also there are phone numbers there in case your representatives are also my representatives! WHY? WHAT'S HAPPENING? this is a really critical moment. basically, in the next week, the US actually does something on climate change, or we won't. actually, in the next week the US might shut down the government and default on it's debt. yeah, shit's pretty crazy right now. the bipartisan infrastructure deal was a thing that D and R could agree on in washington, and includes very traditional infrastructure funding -- roads, bridges. there are votes to pass it in the senate. however, the house progressive caucus is threatening to withhold their votes on that bill, which might cause it to fail in the house, unless both that bill and the reconciliation bill are brought to vote at the same time. the reconciliation bill, which you've probably seen under it's $3.5T price tag, includes the rest of biden's agenda, including funding for climate change, expanded healthcare, etc... it's a reconciliation bill because otherwise it would be filibustered by senate Rs, and so it needs 50 senate Ds plus harris's tie-breaker to pass. the dems can't agree among themselves about this bill -- in particular, joe manchin of west virgina and kyrsten sinema of arizona are balking at all sorts of stuff. manchin, who is from a coal state (fun fact, there are maybe 20k coal miners, loosely defined as anyone who has anything directly to do with mining, in wv, a state of 2M people) and is also head of the senate energy and natural resources committee, has general objections. sinema seems particularly upset about giving medicare the ability to negotiate drug prices with pharmaceutical companies. the reconciliation bill includes funding for the federal government, so if *something* isn't done, the government will shut down on friday. the ideal outcome would be passing the reconciliation package. possibly, a continuing resolution could be passed to temporarily fund the government to avoid a shutdown. in the meantime, the US has hit it's debt ceiling, a provision which limits how much the government can borrow (by issuing bonds). the debt ceiling was raised 3 times in bi-partisan votes during the last administration, but now senate Rs are threatening to filibuster the vote unless some unspecified demands for more bi-partisanship are met. if we don't raise the debt ceiling by early october, the treasury will be unable to service (pay interest on) it's existing bonds, and will be in default. in short, everything is a cluster-fuck and it's all happening right now. i've been checking for updates here: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2021/sep/29/democrats-infrastructu…

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activism log
by Igor Serebryany 15 Sep '21

15 Sep '21

activism should be easier. this is why i created an activism log, which includes all the issues i'm tracking and reaching out about, as well as all the phone numbers and contact info for all my government officials and representatives: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GcwD94b35Qk8j4D4mU5JuSbWdhsEYsWZ60Z… i recommend making your own version of this. i've found it energizing and convenient, and it has definitely upped my activism/political involvement. i have a goal of reaching out at least 5 times every week! if you live in berkeley, the "contact info" tab is probably immediately useful for you! <3, --igor

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[colette@greencorps.org: Join us to launch the Save CA Solar Campaign!]
by Igor Serebryany 15 Sep '21

15 Sep '21

Hi Folks, Many people on this list are probably in California, and, beyond the recall (fingers crossed!), there are many ways to be involved in local politics. A particularly pressing issue right now is the investor-owned-utilities' push in California to create a new Net Metering standard that dis-incentivizes installing solar panels. More information here: https://www.savecaliforniasolar.org/faqs I'm planning to go to this event on Thursday, and beyond that I'm already calling Governor Newsom, the CPUC, and my representatives in the state assembly and senate. Make your voice heard! <3, --igor ----- Forwarded message from colette <colette(a)greencorps.org> ----- Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2021 18:04:56 -0700 (PDT) From: colette <colette(a)greencorps.org> To: berkeleyclimate <berkeleyclimate(a)googlegroups.com> Subject: Join us to launch the Save CA Solar Campaign! X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,DKIMWL_WL_MED, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HTML_MESSAGE,HTTPS_HTTP_MISMATCH, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2,SPF_HELO_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Hello all! My name is Colette, I am an organizer with the SaveCASolar campaign in Berkeley . I'm sure I have met quite a few of you at Berkeley's famers markets the past few weeks. We are launching our campaign this Thursday at our kickoff meeting, and I would love to invite everyone! Please feel free to reach out to me with any questions at 909-582-8058 or [1]col...(a)solarrights.org. The information for the meeting is below! Save CA Solar - Bay Area Campaign Kickoff Meeting The 3 big utilities including PG&E are lobbying to make it too expensive for people to get solar panels on their homes. This is very harmful for California and all of its residents. We should be working to help millions of people get solar, whether they rent or own their home, so people can cut their energy bills, avoid blackouts, and clean up the air. This January, the state will decide whether or not to cave to utility lobbying. To fight back against the utilities and harness the power of the sun for everyone, we’re launching an exciting grassroots movement campaign right here in Berkeley where we’ll be holding Days of Action, organizing media events, building a local coalition, gathering petitions and more to protect solar energy. But to make it happen, we need a lot of people involved. Join us for our fall kickoff meeting! What: Save CA Solar - Bay Area Kickoff Meeting When: Thursday, September 16, 7-8 pm PT Where: Zoom ([2]RSVP[3] ) Join Zoom Meeting [4]https://publicinterestnetwork-org.zoom.us/j/91482072900? pwd=eWhKYnIrUUsvTzV2T25NbkN6YWkrQT09 Meeting ID: 914 8207 2900 Passcode: y?S25WL[ We will discuss our strategy, tactics and goals for the upcoming months, and brainstorm campaign plans for our volunteer network. Please [5]RSVP here. For more information, check out our [6]Facebook Event or email Colette at colette[7](a)solarrightsalliance.org. Check out our website at [8]https://www.savecaliforniasolar.org/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "berkeleyclimate" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [9]berkeleyclimate+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit [10]https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ berkeleyclimate/d255e41b-b161-4034-b550-b56477a99460n%40googlegroups.com. References: [1] https://groups.google.com/ [2] https://publicinterestnetwork-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/Redirect?ukey=1W1g… [3] https://publicinterestnetwork-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/Redirect?ukey=1W1g… [4] https://publicinterestnetwork-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/Redirect?ukey=1W1g… [5] https://publicinterestnetwork-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/Redirect?ukey=1W1g… [6] https://publicinterestnetwork-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/Redirect?ukey=1W1g… [7] mailto:name@solarrightsalliance.org [8] https://publicinterestnetwork-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/Redirect?ukey=1W1g… [9] mailto:berkeleyclimate+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com [10] https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/berkeleyclimate/d255e41b-b161-4034-b550-b… ----- End forwarded message -----

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Fwd: support Indigenous leadership resisting Line3
by Stacey Svetlichnaya 10 Sep '21

10 Sep '21

Hi folks, (some of you may see this twice!) an opportunity to support indigenous organizers & maybe even get beautiful artistic snail-mail from my friend Jess (I am very confident this will be amazing) <3S ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Jessica Serrante <jserrante(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, Sep 9, 2021 at 6:09 PM Subject: ⭐ Lets send lotsa $$$ to support Indigenous leadership resisting Line3 Hey stars, My org, RSC, is participating in a pledge drive to raise money for the badass Indigenous womxn + two spirit led Giniw Collective <https://www.instagram.com/giniwcollective/?hl=en>, a group organizing to stop the Line 3 tar sands pipeline through indigenous land in MN… We're aiming to send them $5k total and I’m pledging $250 myself! These indigenous leaders are doing beautiful and courageous work on the frontlines of the climate and indigenous sovereignty struggles and deserve to be so supported! Will you consider kicking in some $$$? Personal artistic love letters of exuberant adoration will be joyfully snail-mailed to anyone who matches my donation 😘 You can make your pledge here <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSettEpNBIy7x7ebJ0IKV4z6unEWrss6TUU…> 💙💦✊🏼 Jess -- Jessica A. Serrante 908.642.8943 “Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.”~ Arundhati Roy

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