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FEATURED IN THIS WEEK’S MVCAN NEWSLETTER (12/21/19):

UPCOMING EVENTS AND ACTIONS

1. MVCAN MONTHLY MEETING on LOCAL ELECTIONS

   Sun. Jan 12, 4pm- 5:30pm (Note earlier start time.)

2. WOMEN’S MARCH SF 2020 - Sat. Jan 18, 11am-3pm

3. MLK CELEBRATION IN MARIN CITY - Mon. Jan 20

4. 2020 ELECTION YEAR KICK-OFF MEETING & AIRLIFT PARTY
   Sunday Jan. 19, 4pm - 6pm in Sausalito

5. TRAVEL TO PHOENIX, AZ TO CANVASS AND REGISTER VOTERS - Jan 6 (training call), Feb 15-17 (travel to AZ)

6. CANVASSING IN TRACY - Saturdays in January and February

7. MAKE CALLS TO ENSURE A FAIR & OPEN IMPEACHMENT TRIAL IN THE SENATE

WHERE WE’VE BEEN AND WHAT WE DID:

1. BIG TURNOUT AT SAN RAFAEL IMPEACHMENT RALLY

2. MVCAN DECEMBER MEETING and HOLIDAY PARTY

3. PRODUCTIVE MVCAN LEADERS’ STRATEGY AND PLANNING DINNER

UPCOMING EVENTS AND ACTIONS

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MVCAN MONTHLY MEETING ON LOCAL ELECTIONS - Sunday, Jan 12 - 4pm - 5:30pm (note earlier start) Mill Valley Community Center

We have an exciting launch meeting planned on Sunday, Jan 12, which will serve as a forum for 2020 Marin/Mill Valley elections for city and county officials. A number of local candidates will be addressing issues that MVCAN members find pressing, such as affordable housing, local environmental initiatives, and immigrant protections.

The next election is around the corner on March 3! This is a chance to get to know the candidates.

Most importantly, please SHOW UP to demonstrate to our future elected officials that MVCAN represents many voters that support our values and issues! Getting a big turnout crowd at the meeting will demonstrate to the candidates that MVCAN has the dedication and numbers of voters to have a significant and positive impact on local government.

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WOMEN’S MARCH IN SF - Sat. Jan 18

Register here for more details

Look for details on MVCAN’s march participation regarding carpool info and Civic Center meeting place in our next newsletter.

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MARTIN LUTHER KING CELEBRATION IN MARIN CITY

Mon. Jan 20

MLK BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

Mon. Jan 20, 2020 - Timing details to be announced.

Manzanita Recreation Center

630 Drake Ave

Marin City

Also, MVCAN will be providing volunteers for the MLK celebration set-up. Please email Peter Graumann, petergraumann@yahoo.com, and let him know if you can help out on the following dates:

Volunteer Dates:
Sunday Jan 19 at 2 PM and/or Monday, Jan 20 at 8:30 AM

Come celebrate MLK Day!

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2020 ELECTION YEAR KICK-OFF MEETING & AIRLIFT PARTY

Sunday Jan. 19, 4pm - 6pm in Sausalito

Join MVCANers and the Democracy Action crew- Susan Bolle and her fab team- at the Sausalito phone bank location to kick-off the start of the 2020 Election Year! We'll have wine & food and you'll have a chance to reunite with all our wonderful community members and catch up.

We'll talk about our plans for 2020 including dates for training, canvassing in Arizona and CD-10 (Tracy, Modesto), phone banks, texting and letter-writing.

In addition, our partners from MVCAN’s project, Airlift will tell us what they're up to in 2020.

Stay tuned for more details and RSVP sign up in the next newsletter.

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FLIPPIN' ARIZONA - TRAVEL TO PHOENIX TO CANVASS AND REGISTER VOTERS - Feb 15 - 17

Barb, Berta and Corrie at the Phoenix Dem headquarters!

Note: The 2020 January trip to Phoenix is now full. It’s great to see such an enthusiastic response! You still have an opportunity to sign up for February.

FEBRUARY TRIP - Saturday 15th thru Monday 17th in Phoenix

Our friends at Swing Left are planning a big Presidents’ Day weekend in the Phoenix area. The plan is to canvass and register voters for all three days of the long holiday weekend, with activists from all over the West.

To sign up for the February Phoenix trip or for more info, click HERE.

ARIZONA VOTER REGISTRATION TRAINING CALL - Jan 6, 6pm

If you have signed up for a trip to Arizona or if you plan to do so in the future, we highly recommend that you participate in this Jan 6 training on voter registration provided by AZ Field Team 6.

This is excellent training for anyone going to AZ -- and it’s taught by a really wonderful trainer. He will go over background on AZ, as well as the state-specific voter registration form. At the end of this call you'll be an expert on registering voters in Arizona! (If you miss this call, you’ll have other opportunities for training when you get to Arizona.)

Arizona Voter Registration Training

Mon. Jan. 6 - 6pm PST (7pm AZ time)

Register here

In case you can’t make the training Jan. 6, here is a guide to registering voters in AZ.

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CANVASSING IN TRACY

2nd and 3rd Saturdays starting Jan 11

We helped Josh Harder flip California's 10th Congressional District in 2018. Now we need your help to make sure it stays flipped in 2020!

Josh is up against 4 Republican challengers and first needs to make the Top 2 in the "jungle primary" March 3, then go on to prevail in the General Election. He will be running against a Republican who will be receiving significant outside funding.

In January and February we will be canvassing in Tracy on the second and third Saturdays of those months, and also likely the last weekend before the March 3, California primary election.

When you sign up below, please also contact Bill Jansen, MVCAN CD-10 Canvassing Coordinator, at billjpolitics@gmail.com or (415) 516-1112, so he can coordinate MVCAN participants and carpools.

SIGN UP FOR CANVASSING (Please indicate your home organization as "MVCAN")

Saturday, January 11 - sign up HERE

Saturday, January 18 - sign up HERE

Saturday, February 8 - sign up HERE

Saturday, February 15 - sign up HERE

NOTE: Tracy Dems also canvas on selected Sundays. If you would like to independently sign up for one of those, feel free to do so. Check the Greater Tracy Democrats website for details.

We leave at 8:30 AM on canvassing Saturdays and return by approximately 4:30 PM. it is about a 75 minute drive to Tracy.  

CARPOOLING: MVCAN will be arranging carpools to the canvassing sessions in Tracy on the 2nd and 3rd Saturdays each month starting Sat. Jan 11, 2020. Carpools will leave from the Larkspur Ferry Parking Lot Row J at 8:30am returning no later than 4pm. For more information, please contact billjpolitics@gmail.com.  

If you are new to canvassing, at the Tracy Dem HQ, you will be trained on what to say and paired with an experienced canvasser.

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MAKE CALLS TO ENSURE A FAIR & OPEN

IMPEACHMENT TRIAL IN THE SENATE

It's critical that the Senate holds a fair and open impeachment trial that allows for the full array of evidence to be presented and considered. That's why we've got to demand that Senators publicly support a fair and open impeachment trial.

Our partners at Indivisible National have set up a program to target swing state officials. Use this form to sign up for a shift making calls to voters in target states to connect them directly to their Senators to make this important ask.

MVCAN: WHERE WE’VE BEEN AND WHAT WE DID

1

BIG TURNOUT TUESDAY 12/17 AT SAN RAFAEL

IMPEACHMENT RALLY

MVCAN was proud to be one of several progressive groups that sponsored the big impeachment rally (more than 400 participants) in downtown San Rafael. There were wonderful speakers and a very enthusiastic crowd. More than 25 MVCAN members turned out!

Also, thanks to our MVCAN liaison Bernard Catalinotto and his crew of crowd monitors for helping make it happen!

Media coverage was excellent. Read this 12/18 article from the front page of the Marin IJ: Several Hundred Rally In San Rafael To Support President Trump’s Impeachment.

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MVCAN DECEMBER MONTHLY MEETING & PARTY

A terrific time was had by all at our December Monthly Meeting! Dr. Andy Bindman gave the crowd a fascinating talk on health policy options.

Later, everybody stayed for the holiday celebration featuring great catering and a hilarious comedy set by award winning stand-up star Gina Stahl-Haven.

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MVCAN LEADERS MEET TO DISCUSS MVCAN 2020

STRATEGY AND PLANNING

Susan Bolle and Sylvia Russell stand STRONG for women’s rights!

MVCAN team leads, core members, and meeting leader extraordinaire, Chis Lydon, met earlier this month for dinner to discuss MVCAN’s accomplishments of the past year and to brainstorm our 2020 plans.

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