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Fundraiser for Oakland Tiny Homes
by Colin Sullivan 19 Apr '21

19 Apr '21

Greetings chrysalis.giving mailing list readers!! My neighbors have built an organization that constructs small homes for unhoused people in Oakland. They are fundraising now: https://www.gofundme.com/f/HouseOakland There is a streaming concert on Tuesday night featuring talents from the communities they serve and the fundraiser is ongoing until then, I believe. https://linktr.ee/artistsbuildingcommunities ------ Colin

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Thursday - climate and voting rights activism hour
by Corinna Kester 05 Apr '21

05 Apr '21

See below for an action hour linking climate change and voting rights - this Thursday at 5pm! > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Madeline at Climate Changemakers <madeline(a)climatechangemakers.org <mailto:madeline@climatechangemakers.org>> > Subject: Hours of Action are moving to Thursdays! > Date: April 2, 2021 at 5:43:00 PM PDT > To: Corinna <kester.corinna(a)gmail.com <mailto:kester.corinna@gmail.com>> > Reply-To: Madeline at Climate Changemakers <madeline(a)climatechangemakers.org <mailto:madeline@climatechangemakers.org>> > > View this email in your browser <https://mailchi.mp/318da6a5c133/18000-raised-and-counting-5159526?e=f092fd2…> > <https://climatechangemakers.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=694082bcf5db…> > Hi Corinna, > Thanks to all the changemakers who helped with our March push for clean energy tax incentives with EDF Action <https://climatechangemakers.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=694082bcf5db…>! We capped it off with a meaningful climate conversation with Congressman Scott Peters (CA), who affirmed the impact of our collective efforts: > > ”Leadership more often than not comes from outside the [Capitol], and politicians follow what’s popular. So to the extent you can make this stuff popular and bring it to the attention of politicians, it’s really, really powerful. I’m just so encouraged that you’re all together doing this… I was so delighted to hear that this group exists, and I hope you keep at it and get bigger.”- Rep Scott Peters (CA) > > Scroll down for details on some big developments: (1) Hours of Action are moving to Thursdays <https://climatechangemakers.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=694082bcf5db…>; (2) we're now on Clubhouse <https://climatechangemakers.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=694082bcf5db…>; (3) next up: democracy reform = climate action (a focus on the We The People Act) with partner RepresentUs <https://climatechangemakers.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=694082bcf5db…>. Exciting! > > See you Thursday, April 8th; going forward, for the monthly 'Week 1' campaign kickoff, you can opt to join us for action on Zoom <https://climatechangemakers.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=694082bcf5db…> OR on Clubhouse <https://climatechangemakers.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=694082bcf5db…>)! > > Let's go! > Madeline > > Get 4/8 Zoom details > <https://climatechangemakers.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=694082bcf5db…> > Get 4/8 Clubhouse details > <https://climatechangemakers.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=694082bcf5db…> > Thursday is the New Sunday > Mark your calendars: our weekly Hours of Action are moving to Thursdays! > (5p PT | 6p MT | 7p CT | 8p ET) > > See you April 8th! We'll dive right into our next priority: advocating for the passage of the For the People Act in partnership with the great folks at RepresentUs <https://climatechangemakers.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=694082bcf5db…>. > > A reading primer: 'The Voter-Suppression Bill Is Also Our Most Important Climate Legislation'- Bill McKibben <https://climatechangemakers.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=694082bcf5db…>; a (quick) video primer: 'Fix Our Damn Democracy'- RepresentUs <https://climatechangemakers.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=694082bcf5db…>. > > <https://climatechangemakers.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=694082bcf5db…> > Clubhouse is the New Place to Talk Climate > And talking climate is climate action. > > We started a Climate Changemakers "club" on Clubhouse; if you're on Clubhouse, join us <https://climatechangemakers.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=694082bcf5db…>.* > > We'll test the waters with a monthly Clubhouse conversation at the same exact time as our Week 1 Hour of Action zoom meeting. You can join us on zoom <https://climatechangemakers.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=694082bcf5db…> as usual, or on clubhouse <https://climatechangemakers.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=694082bcf5db…>. It's an experiment. Both groups will get the same issue briefing at the top of the hour. The Clubhouse group will spend the rest of the hour in an organic discussion of democracy reform and climate action; the Zoom group will spend the rest of the time workshopping unique talking points and starting to advocate. > > *Unfortunately, Clubhouse is currently still iPhone only & invite only. If you’re not on Clubhouse and have an iPhone (but not an invite), please reach out in the slack (or info(a)climatechangemakers.org <mailto: info(a)climatechangemakers.org>); we have lots of extra invites. If you don't have an iPhone or you're not a Clubhouse fan, see you on Zoom! > > <https://climatechangemakers.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=694082bcf5db…> > Were you forwarded this message? Join Climate Changemakers today! <https://climatechangemakers.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=694082bcf5db…> > > We channel our climate concern into an Hour of Action every week. Everyone's invited to join us and make it a habit. See our full calendar of events <https://climatechangemakers.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=694082bcf5db…>. > <https://climatechangemakers.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=694082bcf5db…> > <https://climatechangemakers.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=694082bcf5db…> > <https://climatechangemakers.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=694082bcf5db…> > <https://climatechangemakers.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=694082bcf5db…> > Copyright © 2021 Climate Changemakers, All rights reserved. > You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. > > Our mailing address is: > Climate Changemakers > 5540 Centerview Dr > Ste 204 PMB 74536 > Raleigh, NC 27606-8012 > > Add us to your address book <https://climatechangemakers.us17.list-manage.com/vcard?u=694082bcf5db42e817…> > > Want to change how you receive these emails? > You can update your preferences <https://climatechangemakers.us17.list-manage.com/profile?u=694082bcf5db42e8…> or unsubscribe from this list <https://climatechangemakers.us17.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=694082bcf5db…>. > >

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social movement Insight Series in April & May
by Stacey Svetlichnaya 01 Apr '21

01 Apr '21

Hi folks, Hope you're all doing well, happy spring! I wanted to share an awesome & relevant event series hosted by Blue Heart, happening April 7, April 20, and May 12—featuring amazing community leaders & some familiar orgs from our giving efforts at Chrysalis (like the Black Organizing Project). Would love to see you there! <3S ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Lindley Mease <lindleymease(a)gmail.com> Dear community, I hope this finds you each thriving 🌱 I'm so excited to invite you all to a new learning series from Blue Heart <http://www.blueheartaction.org>. We have put together a truly *stellar* lineup of facilitators & speakers to support participants in reflecting on the social, political, and racial moment we are living in. We will tackle questions like: "How do grassroots movements make change?", "What is my relationship with money?", and "What is my relationship to transformative social movements *and* how do I want that to grow?" It's going to be a freakin' treat to learn from the likes of Jackie Byers (Black Organizing Project), Sammie Wills & Yuan Wang (APIENC), Mario Lugay (Justice Funders), Rajiv Khanna (Thousand Currents), and Mateo Nube (Movement Generation). Whooza what a crew. Join us!! First Session: Grassroots Movements Today Sign-Up <https://thousandcurrents.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAvfu-grDgtHNTCifl3Mnhf3…> Second Session: Accountability and My Relationship to Movements <https://thousandcurrents.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwkdO-urzIsGd0-WymjlxSjC…> Third Session: Our Relationship to Money & Resources Sign-Up <https://thousandcurrents.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJArc-2vrT0qEt3K-rFtWTg97…> Full description/invitation is attached. Love to each of you! -- Lindley Mease 206-482-6104 she/they Huichin Ohlone Land/Bay Area Walls turned sideways are bridges. - Angela Davis

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Fwd: Take action against anti-trans legislation
by Stacey Svetlichnaya 31 Mar '21

31 Mar '21

feels relevant <3 ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Diana Tordoff <diana.tordoff(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 9:14 AM Friends and loves, This week there is a campaign to raise awareness and take action against an onslaught of anti-trans legislation. Most of these bills aim to: (1) ban trans girls and women from sports (2) ban access to healthcare for trans youth under the age of 18, and in some states, under the age of 21 by making it a *felony* to provide gender affirming care to young people* and (3) Some of these bills (e.g. in Arkansas) ban insurance coverage for all trans people. Please take action in one or more of the following ways! *CALL OR EMAIL:* - *Arkansas: *Call (334-242-7100) or email ( Asa.Hutchinson(a)governor.arkansas.gov) Gov. Asa Hutchinson to veto HB1570. *Note: the Gov already signed SB 354 into law, banning trans girls and women from sports.* - *South Dakota: *Call (334-242-7100) or email (governornoem(a)state.sd.us) Gov. Kristi Noem to stop HB1217. - *Alabama:* Call (334-242-7100) Gov. Kay Ivey to veto HB1/SB10 & HB391 - (see scripts below) *DONATE: Can someone match my donations below?* - $25 to inTRANSitive (Arkansas) Venmo @intransitive - $25 to the Transformation Project Advocacy Network (South Dakota) https://www.transadvocacysd.org/ - $25 to The Knights and Orchids Society (Alabama) https://www.tkosociety.com/ - $50 to ACLU link <https://action.aclu.org/give/now?ms_aff=NAT&initms_aff=NAT&ms=web_horiz_nav…> - $50 to Trans Justice Funding Project https://www.transjusticefundingproject.org/ *SHARE AND RAISE AWARENESS: Forward this email, repost action plans (attached) on social media.* Also consider following Chase Strangio (@chasestrangio <https://www.instagram.com/chasestrangio/>) who gives frequent updates and has some great videos breaking down WHY this is happening now (e.g. all the might and money of the anti-same-sex marriage folks has shifted towards this) and precisely WHY these bills are so harmful and scary. These sports bill sets a particular scary precedent for controlling bodies and are the first examples of "biological sex"* being defined in the law. D #LetKidsPlay #ProtectTransKids #TransWeekOfAction * I'm currently on a study showing that providing access to blockers & hormones to youth reduced suiciabilty by 73% and severe depression by 60% within just one year. THIS CARE SAVES LIVES. ** which is not <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pGPYsd31ZOCaiHKi6nuAWm7CoD-Uqw6q/view?usp=…> a real thing <https://www.instagram.com/p/CMIjhXwh9j5/>. *OKAY NOW FOR THE SCRIPTS* *Arkansas:* Dear Governor Hutchinson: I am writing because I oppose HB1570 and SB354. These bills cruelly target transgender youth in Arkansas who are just trying to live their lives and access the care recommended by their doctors and supported by their parents. Trans youth just want to go to school and play sports alongside their friends. I oppose HB1570, which interferes with trans youth and their families from being able to seek and access the healthcare they need. Parents, patients, and medical professionals – not politicians – should decide what medical care is in the best interest of any young person. Transgender young people thrive when they are supported by their family, school, and community; however, this bill would take away their personal treatment options, undermining the prevailing recommendations of every major medical association. I oppose SB354 because it needlessly targets trans women and girls in sports when lawmakers cannot even point to a single trans woman currently competing in Arkansas. It sends a harmful message to trans youth that they don’t belong and will invite costly litigation from private parties and the federal government. All of these bills will cost the state hundreds of millions of dollars in lost tourism and business revenue. And most significantly, I am worried for my trans loved ones should these bills become law. Please stop this bill and veto any version of these bills that reach your desk. [Add any personal details] Sincerely, [Your name] *South Dakota:* Dear Governor Noem: The style and form revisions to House Bill 1217 do not change the fact that HB 1217 is harmful to transgender South Dakotans and a violation of their constitutional rights and federal civil rights law. No matter what form this legislation takes, House Bill 1217 will do nothing to protect women in sports and will cause serious social and emotional damage to trans people. Please stop this bill and veto any version of it that is returned to you. [Add any personal details] Sincerely, [Your name] *Alabama:* Dear Governor Ivey: I oppose anti-trans bills HB1 and SB10, which interfere with trans youth and their families from being able to seek and access the healthcare they need. Parents, patients, and medical professionals – not politicians – should decide what medical care is in the best interest of any young person. Transgender young people thrive when they are supported by their family, school, and community; however, these bills would take away their personal treatment options, undermining the prevailing recommendations of every major medical association. [Add any personal details] I ask that you oppose HB1/SB10, too. These bills would make it harder for parents and medical providers to support transgender youth, criminalize best-practice medical care, and cost potentially millions in lawsuits if passed. Let parents and youth decide what is best for themselves. Sincerely, [First Name] [Last Name] -- *Diana Tordoff, MPH, PhDc *(she/her) www.dianatordoff.com

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Re: [ChrysalisGiving] H.R.1
by Salem Kimble 05 Mar '21

05 Mar '21

Hi Igor, Done and done! Thanks for sharing their numbers. Salem > On Mar 5, 2021, at 11:39 AM, Igor Serebryany <igor47(a)moomers.org> wrote: >

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H.R.1
by Igor Serebryany 05 Mar '21

05 Mar '21

Hi folks, If you don't already have H.R.1 on your radar, I'd like to put it there. H.R. 1 is a house bill to make much-needed democracy reforms. Among provisions in the bill: * Automatic & same-day voter registration * Voting rights restored for felons who have served their sentences * Prohibit voter roll purges * Mandates independent (non-partisan) re-districting commissions * Creates a donation match for small-donor donations More info about the bill, in simplified form: https://democracyreform-sarbanes.house.gov/sites/democracyreform.house.gov/… This is not a finance bill, and cannot pass through reconciliation. The likeliest path for this bill is to die in the Senate via filibuster. Ending the filibuster is a pre-requisite to passing any of the important bills on the Democratic agenda, including H.R.1, infrastructure bills, climate protection, DC and Puerto Rico statehood, etc... More info on the filibuster: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/04/opinion/democrats-senate-reconciliation.… This *could* be the bill that sparks the filibuster fight in the senate -- convincing senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema that they must help to end the filibuster. But, this bill needs to be popular enough to force the fight. What can you do? It's important to make sure that legislators know that this bill is popular and that voters want it passed. CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES. Every house rep has already co-sponsored this bill. Thank your rep for their support and encourage them to keep up the fight. Your senator needs to hear from you that this bill cannot be allowed to die. Explain why you support it, and ask that they continue fighting for it to pass, including ending the filibuster if necessary. Find your reps here: https://myreps.datamade.us/ Call TODAY, RIGHT NOW. It will only take a minute. <3, --igor

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advocating for seamless regional transit
by Igor Serebryany 05 Feb '21

05 Feb '21

the bay area has like hella transit agencies: bart, caltrain, ac transit, muni, amtrak, samtrans, golden gate among the ones that jump to mind immediately. i'm a donor to seamless bay area -- www.seamlessbayarea.org -- which advocates for an overarching transit org with unified fares. if you care about improving public transit in the bay area, i recommend joining. there are opportunities during upcoming public hearings to advocate on behalf of unified fares. if you're interested, sign up for time slots here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdudGsNpPjUHkO1LiJSzAdeErperhdGIFT… they have talking points you can refer to: https://docs.google.com/document/d/18H_KlqhN_fnJRkkv0yKZ6t7TytANghHIAqUEjvh… <3, --igor

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Fwd: ⭐ Extended Community Relief Fund
by Stacey Svetlichnaya 02 Feb '21

02 Feb '21

Hi folks, (some of you may have already seen this :) I wanted to share this inspiring project from my friends Gideon & Miju. They're looking for grant recipients and matching donors (which I just signed up to do) from our extended community. With love and all my active hope, Stacey ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Gideon Wald <gideon.wald(a)gmail.com> Date: Sat, Jan 30, 2021 at 11:08 PM Subject: ⭐ Extended Community Relief Fund To: Miju E. Han <mijuhan(a)gmail.com> Hi extended community, We feel rage and grief over the health and housing crisis that is unfolding across our country. Everybody reading this message has immense privilege compared to the many BIPOC families in every major US city facing mid-winter eviction at the height of a deadly pandemic due to a racist system that marginalizes them. As Matthew Desmond writes in Evicted <https://www.evictedbook.com/>: “In poor black neighborhoods, what incarceration is to men, eviction is to women. [...] Poor black men are locked up; poor black women are locked out.” Nevertheless, this crisis is cutting into our communities as well. Our cultural stigmas around money and privilege make it extremely hard for us to openly ask and offer material support to each other, even during this epochal societal breakdown. In an effort to take action, we’re going to try something that we know will be imperfect, but that we hope will be better than not trying something. We want to give away at least $10,000 to people in our extended community who are struggling with basic expenses right now. At the same time, we are pledging to raise at least $10,000 from our personal networks to support marginalized people facing eviction in the US. This Extended Community Relief fund is for anybody who is personally connected to us or connected to someone who knows us. You/they do not have to live in the Bay Area. Please forward this message to people you know for whom it might be relevant. Do you worry about covering basic expenses over the next six months? - Then this is an offer for you. We’d like to give you money. - Our culture can make it awkward/shameful to ask for money, even though there should be just as much shame in having money as in needing it. Know that if you take money from this fund, more money will go to support marginalized people facing eviction. - We will give one grant to each requester. Grants will be at least $1,000. Do you want to give money to people who need it? - Then this is a request for you. Please make a pledge to us in whatever amount you can. - When we give a grant from our Community Relief fund, we will call upon you to honor your pledge so that a matching grant is made. - We request that you donate to one of these organizations: People Serving People (MN) <https://www.peopleservingpeople.org/about/>, Atlanta Mutual Aid <https://www.atlantamutualaid.org/about>, or Causa Justa :: Just Cause (SF/Oak) <https://cjjc.org/about-us/>. Of course, you can always suggest another org you know and love that fits the values of this project. Please reply to us if you need a grant, if you’d like to make a matching pledge, or if you have feedback or suggestions on how we can do this in ways that are more effective or just. With love, Gideon & Miju Q: How did we choose those organizations? A: For Gideon, Matthew Desmond's 2016 book *Evicted *was as impactful as Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow. Its lessons on housing "law" in the US are the main reasons he's been thinking about the housing side of the pandemic. After writing Evicted, Matthew Desmond founded Just Shelter, a nonprofit which (among other things) maintains a comprehensive state-by-state list of community resource organizations <https://justshelter.org/community-resources/>. We looked through the sections for California (since we’re here), Minnesota (in honor of the Minneapolis families in Evicted), and Georgia (because of what Black voters and organizers just did there); and we picked the org in each section that we felt had the strongest combination of (1) funneling donations directly to families in need immediately, and (2) supporting primarily or entirely BIPOC people.

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High-impact volunteering in Georgia tomorrow!
by Ka-Ping Yee 07 Jan '21

07 Jan '21

Hi! This is it. *Everything depends on the runoff elections in Georgia tomorrow.* If we don't win the Senate, Republicans will block all attempts to repair the years of devastation perpetrated by Trump. I'm excited to tell everyone about a new, exceptionally high-impact way to increase voter turnout technique called Polling Place Vote Tripling: you flag down people at polling places who have just voted and ask them to text three friends to remind them to vote. It's been studied. We know this works. It's far more effective than phone banking: voters are talking to someone in person instead of a random caller, and they're energized at that moment because they just voted. And it's way more fun—you get to talk to people who are feeling good and celebrate what they did. If you know anyone who lives in Georgia, please take a few minutes to contact them personally and encourage them to be a Polling Place Vote Tripler. They could really make a big difference. They can sign up here: https://www.mobilize.us/votetripling/ or here: https://www.mobilize.us/faircount/?tag_ids=1943 Feel free to forward this message to your friends—and thanks so much! —Ping

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changing who makes up the CA democratic party
by Corinna Kester 06 Jan '21

06 Jan '21

FYI - A way to help. Deadline Jan 11. Candidates are East Bay specific, but the election is CA-wide. From what I could tell, this sort of effort is focused on influencing the nature and decision making of the CA Democratic Party. Here’s the info on the election that you’d be registering for: https://adem.cadem.org/ <https://adem.cadem.org/> > Begin forwarded message: > > From: tamara alexa <tamaraalexa(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [sunrisebayarea35plus] VOTE FOR SUNRISERS! > Date: January 4, 2021 at 8:43:33 PM PST > To: sunrisebayarea35plus <sunrisebayarea35plus(a)googlegroups.com> > > > From the hub: > > 🎉 BIG NEWS! 🎉 There are 5 Sunrisers running to be Assembly District delegates in the East Bay! > > Having our people run for office is part of what our “political power” strategy entails -- if the establishment Dems won’t represent us, then we're going to take over the party and turn it into one that actually fights for our communities and the Green New Deal. > > Step 1️⃣: Make sure our entire hub (and all our friends) are registered to vote in the California Democratic Party Assembly District Delegate elections. The deadline to register to vote is January 11, so we have only a few short days to do a big GOTV push! > > https://ademelections.com/ <https://ademelections.com/> > > It’s going to take a huge hub-wide effort to get our Sunrisers elected. We only have one week to get everyone registered, and we need your help! If you have even a few hours to help between now and then, let us know! > > We are holding a hype call this Wednesday at 7:30pm with our 5 Sunrise candidates (me, @Maria (she/her), @alanmarling, @Richard Raya (He/Him/His), and @Joe Genolio) to share what this means and how the hub can get involved. JOIN US! > > https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83506540195 <https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83506540195> > > Okay, this is a lot of info. Let’s unpack all that with a FAQ in the thread. Please take a look and let us know if you have questions. Big hug, and happy new year 💛 > > > > Sent from my mini computer > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sunrisebayarea35plus" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sunrisebayarea35plus+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com <mailto:sunrisebayarea35plus+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sunrisebayarea35plus/D6D66B12-1703-482F-B… <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sunrisebayarea35plus/D6D66B12-1703-482F-B…>.

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