#TakeAction – June 8, 2020

It’s #TAKEACTION Monday – Let’s do the work! June 8th, 2020 (Five months to the election)

🔹#TakeAction 1 – Pursue Anti-Racist Education
🔹#TakeAction 2 – Tell your Senators to approve Emmett Till Antilynching Act
🔹 #ExtraCredit – Watch & Share Indivisible’s, COVID Corruption series.

#TakeAction 1 – Pursue Anti-Racist Education

Action: Pursue your own anti-racist education with these and other resources: Anti-Racism Resources for White People, White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh, and Qualified Immunity: Explained.

Sources:

• Anti-Racism Resources for White People
• White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh
• Qualified Immunity: Explained
• Me and white supremacy workbook
• Buzz Feed

· Indivisible: https://indivisible.org/defund-police-and-invest-black-communities

#TakeAction 2 – Tell your Senators to approve Emmett Till Anti-lynching Act

Action: Call Senators Murray & Cantwell, tell them to speak against Senator Paul for blocking this bill!Source:Washington Post: https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/emotions-run-high-as-anti-lynching-bill-stalls-in-senate/

#ExtraCredit – Watch and share Indivisible’s COVID Corruption series.

Action: Excellent and Informative 4-minute videoIndivisible launched a new YouTube series, COVID Corruption — a weekly series where they highlight how certain people, interest groups, and public officials are attempting to cash in on the coronavirus pandemic. This episode, Indivisible’s Policy Manager for Health Care, Eli Gerber, discusses how state and federal officials have taken advantage of the pandemic to weaken our democracy.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFaWahwJDhY