Volunteer Kickoff Call
w. Abigail SpanbergerSun, Jan 12
7:30pm–8:30pm
When we work together we win!
“One voice can change a room, and if one voice can change a room, then it can change a city, and if it can change a city, it can change a state, and if it can change a state, it can change a nation, and if it can change a nation, it can change the world. Your voice can change the world.” ― Barack Obama
Get Ready
Be prepared to take quick action.
What you can do +
★ Have phone numbers ready
Put numbers for your Senators, Congressperson, and State Reps in your phone. Look them up here
★ Find your people
Talk to people in your group about forming an Action Team. Find a group, or form your own. Find groups in VA
ACTIONS
Please take a few minutes for these actions. When you make a call or email, identify yourself and your state and clearly explain your ask in your own words.
Learn more:
ACLU on this bill |
Immigrant Justice |
NYTimesJan. 9, 2025
Now that both the US House and Senate are controlled by the Republican party, they are pushing through cruel and dangerous bills that couldn't get enough votes in the past.
TELL YOUR SENATORS: VOTE NO
Reject anti-immigrant bill S.5, Laken Riley Act
This Friday, the US Senate will probably vote on
S.5, which has already passed the House as HR 29.
What it says.
This bill would require the Department of Homeland Security to arrest and detain (without access to bail) undocumented people charged with (not convicted of) non-violent crimes as small as shoplifting. (With no statute of limitations)
What the bill will do.
It will encourage racial profiling — harming Black, brown, Asian, and immigrant communities, undermining justice, and stripping away basic rights like due process.
What you can do.
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Call your Senators
➜ Email your Senators
➜ Post info on Social Media
➜ Text DEFEND to 82623
– Sheriffs & Police Chiefs do not have to participate in ICE raids or enforcement.
DO THIS:
Urge the President to tell the Archivist to put ERA in the Constitution.
Despite this indisputable clarity, Trump has stated that he will seek to end the right by executive action.
DO THIS: Contact your Senators and request they issue a statement asserting this Constitutional right and stating that it can't be removed by executive action.
SD-32 (Loudoun Co)
HD-26 (Loudoun Co)
SD-10 (West of Richmond)
Network NOVA Briefings
Join VA Grassroots Coalition
Dec. 30, 2024
State Laws on Immigration Enforcement
Green = Pro-Immigration laws
Purple = Anti-Immigration laws
Source: Immigrant Legal Resource Center
Protect our Virginia communities from mass deportation
Encourage officials not to divulge personal info or participate in ICE raids.
Donald Trump's mass deportation of immigrants is expected to begin soon after his inauguration.
Some Virginia jurisdictions appear ready to comply with federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), but "There is no federal legal obligation for local jurisdictions to use their resources to help with immigration enforcement."1
– Jurisdictions do not have to share immigrants' personal information with ICE.
(Some VA counties and cities already have
Trust Policies, promising to protect this information.)
Fairfax and Arlington Counties
DO THIS:
Thank your Sheriff and Chief of Police for enforcing their county’s
Trust Policy and for not participating in ICE raids or arrests.
Sheriff Stacey Kinkaid (Fairfax County)
Chief of Police Kevin Davis (Fairfax County)
Sheriff Jose Quiroz (Arlington County)
Chief of Police Andy Penn (Arlington County)
Alexandria, Richmond, Henrico, Chesterfield
DO THIS:
Thank your officials for not sharing personally identifiable information or agreeing to participate in ICE raids or arrests.
Sheriff Sean Casey (City of Alexandria)
Police Chief Tarrick McGuire (City of Alexandria)
Mayor-elect Danny Avula (City of Richmond)
Police Chief Rick Edwards (City of Richmond)
Sheriff Alyssa Gregory (Henrico County)
Police Chief Colonel Eric English (Henrico County)
Police Chief Frank Carpenter (City of Richmond)
Sheriff Karl Leonard (City of Alexandria)
Resources to Share
1. National Map of Local Entanglement with ICE, Immigration Legal Resource Center, Nov. 13, 2024.
2. State Map on Immigration Enforcement 2024, Immigration Legal Resource Center, Nov. 8, 2024.
3. Virginia's population growth is driven mostly by immigration, Cardinal News, Dec 23, 2024.
Equality is long overdue
Put the ERA in the Constitution
The ERA could be added to the Constitution as the 28th amendment. The American Bar Association has said that all that remains is for the White House to tell the Archivist of the US to publish it.
▶ Call the White House
▶ Send Biden a message via League of Women Voters form
▶ Show your support on Instagram
▶ Send a Postcard
▶Sen Kirsten Gillibrand tells why/how ERA should be published now!
Sign this Petition
Reject Attacks on the Department of Education!
The GOP has introduced S.5384—a bill designed to fulfill one of Project 2025’s goals by eliminating the Department of Education. The Department of Education plays a vital role working to ensure equal access to education for all students, collecting performance data on America’s students and schools so that resources can be equitably allocated, and more.
Sign People for the American Way petition
Be sure you know this
Birthright Citizenship is Guaranteed by the Constitution
14th Amendment. Section 1.
"All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States."
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Find your Reps
>Tim Kaine speaks about this
>Read more about this issue
VIRGINIA NEWS
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VA Special Elections
RESULTS
as of 1/9/2025, 10:30am
Dems held the majority in the VA State Senate & HoD
★Kannan Srinivasan(D) 61.25%
Tumay Harding (R) 38.6%
★JJ Singh (D) 61.49%
Ram Venkatachalam (R)38.33%
Jack Trammell (D) 41.16%
★ Luther Ciphers (R) 58.73%
Events & Actions
USPeoples March
People's March
DC & Everywhere!
Sat, Jan 18We will never stop fighting for women & our communities. USImmigration, Climate
Protect Climate Migrants
Sign the Petition
President Biden should grant TPS for all climate change migrants.USJustice
Tell President Biden
Protect Democracy Before Trump Takes Office
3 things Biden needs to do.
USClimate
Tell Biden:
Act on Climate Before Leaving Office
Urge Biden to do everything he can to protect us NOW!
