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Upcoming Events and Actions

• MVCAN PHONE and TEXT BANKING - SATURDAYS in Sausalito

• CANVASSING IN CD-10 WITH SWING LEFT MARIN - Many Dates Available!

• MVCAN MONTHLY MEETING - SAVE THE DATE - Sun. Mar. 4 - MV Community Center, 180 Camino Alto, MV
  

• DEMOCRACY CAFE - YOUTH IN ACTION - Sun. Feb. 18

• DEFINING SANCTUARY- WHAT DOES SB54 MEAN FOR MARIN? Sat. Feb. 24

• SURJ EVENT - SHOW UP FOR RACIAL JUSTICE - Sun. Feb. 25

• AIRLIFT ADVISORY

MVCAN PHONE AND TEXT BANKING SATURDAYS, SAUSALITO

Congressman Jared Huffman dropping in to address phone/text bankers last week. (More on his visit in next week's MVCAN News.) Photo: Marti Cermak

Phone and Text Banks in Sausalito

Sat. Feb. 24 and Sat. Mar. 3 - Regular working phone/text banking. Register here.

(Sorry, Feb. 17 is full!)

We will be calling voters in CA-10 and other races. We'll continue to text for Beto O'Rourke in TX but may add additional campaigns.  For more details and directions, register here.

All attendees must bring their charged cell phones AND laptop, iPad or tablet.

AND SAVE THE DATE: March 10 training for phone and text banking. Stay tuned for registration info next week.

Full house of phone/text bankers. Photo: June Cooperman

CANVASSING IN CD10 WITH SWING LEFT MARIN

There are lots of great opportunities coming up to canvass voters in CD10 to help flip Congress in the 2018 midterms. We will be volunteering in Modesto, Manteca, and Tracy. Volunteers will be laying the groundwork for unseating Jeff Denham (R) by visiting Democratic voters as part of a locally-based effort to activate them prior to the election.  

Under the auspices of Swing Left Marin, we have multiple chances to canvass and register voters. So pick some dates that work for you and join us! We can and will make the difference in 2018!

SINGLE-DAY CANVASSING AND VOTER REGISTRATION OPPORTUNITIES:

Unlike the monthly Tracy canvasses, the actions listed below do NOT require a monthly commitment and can be done as a one-day event.

Modesto:

Canvassing – Saturday Feb 24, 10 am - 2 pm

Email Bridget at SwingLeftMarin@gmail.com

If you wish to carpool, contact Bridget Gleason from Swing Left Marin 510.910.4893. We will be leaving from the Larkspur Ferry terminal at 8 AM.

Manteca:

Canvassing – Saturday March 3, 10 am

Email Bridget at SwingLeftMarin@gmail.com

Tracy:

Voter Registration – Saturday March 10

Details to come about scheduling this voter registration event. Please check future MVCAN newsletters.

ONCE-A-MONTH COMMITMENT FOR CANVASSING IN TRACY

The Tracy GO Team, which coordinates activities with Swing Left Marin in Tracy,  requires a monthly commitment for canvassing. (You can share the commitment with another person, for example, canvassing in alternating months).

You can come for an initial canvassing day and "test drive" whether or not you want to commit to canvassing one day a month going forward.

No previous experience is needed - training will be provided.

Tracy Monthly Canvassing:

Sat. March 10 and all 2nd Saturdays - Swing Left Marin/MVCAN - 11am Tracy.
(Most of the volunteers for second Saturdays are MVCAN members.)

There are a few spots remaining for 2nd Saturdays.

To register and find out about carpooling, contact MVCAN member Larry Litvak at: llitvak@aol.com

Sunday, March 4 and all 1st Sundays - 11 am Tracy
Email Bridget at SwingLeftMarin@gmail.com

MVCAN MONTHLY MEETING SAVE THE DATE! SUN. MAR 4, 4-5:30 PM, MILL VALLEY COMMUNITY CENTER

At our March 4 monthly meeting, we will spotlight an important issue which of late has gotten less attention than it deserves. Our guest speaker will be Andrea Miller, the President of the National Institute for Reproductive Health and NIRH Action Fund.  

The NIRH works in states and cities across the country to promote a proactive approach to reproductive health, rights, and justice. Partnerships formed with local and state advocates in all parts of the country are a central component of NIRH’s efforts to change public policy, galvanize public support, and normalize women’s decisions about abortion and contraception. .

With the fight for reproductive freedom more urgent than ever, Andrea will offer a snapshot of the state of women's reproductive rights nationwide, talk about recent successes, and how we can get involved.

Also on our exciting agenda, hear about recent MVCAN successes and great opportunities for participation. Join us Sun., Mar. 4, at the Mill Valley Community Center, 180 Camino Alto, Mill Valley.

DEMOCRACY CAFE

Photo Montage: Craig Love

Come make signs, art and music at Democracy Cafe this Sunday!

Join us for a fun afternoon of art and politics, featuring young artists Matt Jaffe, Patrick
Maley, and klipschutz, who will perform politically-minded music and poetry. You can also create your own political signs, and brainstorm ideas for our new art float on social change.

Democracy Cafe on Youth In Action

Sunday, Feb. 18, 2-5 p.m.

O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, 616 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley

We’ll provide free food, drinks, and art supplies.

RSVP and get your free tickets here.

This month’s theme is Youth In Action. Young people over 13 are invited to come make art and share their views with us, so we can learn from each other, and help them participate in democracy. Do you know any young people who want to take political action but don't know how? Please invite them as well. Ages 13 and up are welcome.

Democracy Cafe is a new group hosted by Marin artists and activists (led by Fabrice Florin) that is offering a series of free art, music and social events in Marin, Democracy Cafe builds community and drives social change through creative expression and civic engagement. Learn more.

CALIFORNIA IS NOW A “SANCTUARY” STATE – WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR MARIN?

Photo: Gayle Donsky

Is Marin County ready for SB-54, the California Values Act?

Attend a lecture on what SB-54 means for California as a sanctuary state and learn how law enforcement agencies can improve upon SB-54’s policies. Also, find out how to help people “Know Their Rights” in county jail and detention facilities.

Defining Sanctuary

Saturday, Feb. 24, 1:00 - 3:00 PM

Guzman Lecture Hall, Dominican University of California, 50 Acacia Ave, San Rafael

This event is sponsored by the Canal Alliance

ATTEND SURJ: SHOW UP FOR RACIAL JUSTICE EVENT

SURJ is a national group that supports white people in becoming more effective allies in the multi-racial movement for racial justice. Through community organizing, mobilizing and education, SURJ moves white people to act as part of a multi-racial majority for racial justice with passion and accountability.

Guest Speaker: Paul Kivel

Paul is a long-time activist and organizer for racial, gender and economic justice. He will discuss his landmark book Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice.  As many of you may remember, Paul headlined the first Race Matters healing workshop here in Marin in September 2017.  We are so fortunate to host him again, as the interest in racial justice in Marin is clearly growing!

Sunday, Feb. 25, 2 pm - 4:30 pm

YWCA, 4380 Redwood Highway, Suite A-1, San Rafael, CA

RSVP here.

This fundraising event is sponsored by SURJ Marin and YWCA of Marin.

AIRLIFT ADVISORY

JOIN AN ACTION TEAM

WANT TO GET MORE INVOLVED? Much of MVCAN's work is done in one of our 10 awesome action teams. Click the team name to read their latest news and find their next meeting.

Civil Rights/Immigration battles for justice and fair treatment of women, immigrants, working people and followers of all faiths.

Communications works on strategy, branding, messaging and program development for MVCAN. They are looking for bright ideas and people who want to make them happen.

Dump Trump 's 25 active team members work on ways to remove Trump from power, with special focus on Russia collusion. This topic is hot!

Eco Warriors are engaged in change at the local, state and national levels, to impact the CA carbon tax, climate change, and community outreach and action.

The Economic Action team has launched AIRLIFT, our first national project. AIRLIFT funnels money to grassroots groups in winnable 2018 districts. These are seriously vetted groups that work all year round in their communities-- they get tangible results without blowing through millions of dollars. Read about it in the Huffington Post .

Electoral is focused on the 2018 Midterm Elections, when all 435 seats in the House plus 33 Senate seats are up for grabs. We intend to grab as many as possible. The Electoral team works to elect Democratic candidates for federal and state level elections using phone/text banks and travel to targeted districts to talk with voters through phone calls, texts, door-to-door canvassing, voter registration, and campaign volunteering.

The Events team creates special events to engage our friends and neighbors to take political action with MVCAN.

Health Care is forging ahead after their successful fight over the repeal/replace of ACA.

Tech supports MVCAN through technology.

Women's Rights fundraises and canvasses for NARAL and Planned Parenthood; supports women in public office(s); and engages in local, state and federal legislation for women's protection and rights.

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Thank you for all you do!
– June, Bernard, Suz, Danny, Eileen, and everyone at MVCAN

MVCAN News brought to you by June, Annie and Suz