Pussy poster for the ages. And a few last blasts about tomorrow & Saturday
LETTY COTTIN POGREBIN NEWSLETTER #30 JANUARY 19, 2017
ACTION YOU CAN DO TODAY
Postcard Power. Activists couldn't reach Rep. Paul Ryan by phone because he blocked his office phones and fax numbers and turned away people who delivered petitions. (Weren't these guys supposed to serve us?) But you can mail your postcards to the Speaker's HOME ADDRESS saying NO to defunding Planned Parenthood, NO to repealing the ACA, and no to privatizing Medicare! Write to Paul Ryan, 700 St Lawrence Ave. Janesville, WI 53545. Let's see what 67 million cards looks like in his driveway.
Inauguration Day Fast. The symbolic but powerful idea to fast tomorrow was initiated by Rabbi Burt Visotzky and picked up by clergy of all faiths and regular people all over the country.
Rabbi Burt Visotzky: Why I Fast
I fast because I hunger for solidarity at a time of division
I fast because I thirst for kindness when there is mean-spirited trolling
I fast because I yearn for community in response to a fracture of our polity
I fast because I prepare my soul for the difficult times ahead
I fast because I stand ready to organize and respond
I fast because my Jewish tradition recognizes fasting as a response to national calamity
I fast because abstention imposes discipline and renunciation in response to a president-elect who displays neither
I fast because my hunger and need on one short day will mirror the millions who will be in want in the next four years
I fast with them and I fast with you, for we are one nation, under God, indivisible.
Click on this website to say why you're fasting.
Here's Rabbi Julie Schonfeld's declaration:
LAST WORDS ABOUT SATURDAY'S MARCH
Updated Statement of Purpose 2017. The organizers of The Women's March have released the final version of the official platform for those who need it for their blogs, local press, or to inspire last minute joiners.
Remember our foremothers and their male supporters who marched for the vote for more than 70 years ago. Below: on Feb. 12, 1913,"suffrage hikers" led by "General" Rosalie Jones pass through Newark on their march from New York to D.C.
IMAGE: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Check out this wonderful video from the Ms. Foundation. "We Won't Go Back!"
Cathy's train. Here's how I'll be going to D.C. Story in The Guardian today.
Safe houses/warming places in D.C. If you want this list, click reply to this emailed Newsletter
Veteran marcher. Sorry I don't know her name but her sign captures the sentiment so many of us are feeling right now.
March well, and safely, everyone!