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coffeepartyusa
April 2021
350.org
350.org on Derek Chauvin Trial Guilty Verdict
(Even on Earth Day, our environmental partners are talking about Tuesday's verdict.)
ACLU
Civil Rights Groups Sue Georgia Over New Sweeping Voter Suppression Law
(The ACLU minces no words as it protects voting rights in Georgia.)
ACLU Files Lawsuit on Behalf of Michigan Father Wrongly Placed on No Fly List
(Public accountability, transparency, and equal treatment and justice all converge in this case.)
ACLU of Minnesota Sues to Stop Attack on Journalists Covering Daunte Wright Protests
(Equal treatment and justice on behalf of an informed citizenry.)
ACLU and other organizations react to Derek Chauvin's conviction by calling for police reform, including passing the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act
(ACLU, Common Cause, the League of Conservation Voters, the League of Women Voters, People for the American Way, and Public Citizen all released statements in reaction to yesterday's verdict.)
ACLU Statement on Senate Passage of COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act
(This time, it’s the House that needs to act on a measure for equal treatment and justice.)
Ballotpedia
(An election reform in Georgia that doesn’t restrict access. Imagine that.)
Common Cause
You can help pass the For the People Act
(Common Cause asks us all to do just one thing, write our senators.)
League of Conservation Voters
LCV Statement on The American Jobs Plan
(Happy Earth Month! The League of Conservation Voters frames the infrastructure package as a vehicle for inclusion, mutual respect, equal treatment, and justice, all Coffee Party goals.)
LCV and Environmental Groups Advocate for the For the People Act
(Partner organizations Common Cause and Sierra Club joined the League of Conservation Voters to advocate for passing The For the People Act, a major electoral reform bill.)
LCV Statement on House Passage of D.C. Statehood
(Another partner supports D.C. statehood.)
League of Women Voters
LWV Joint Statement on Derek Chauvin Trial Verdict
(A statement about the verdict that touches on mutual respect, inclusiveness, public accountability, equal treatment, and justice.)
LWV Commends US House Passage of DC Statehood
(The League of Women Voters advocates for DC Statehood.)
(Equal treatment and justice via the Census)
LWV Commends President Biden for Prioritizing Voting Rights in First Joint Address to Congress
(The League of Women Voters supports The For The People Act and John Lewis Voting Rights Act.)
Patriotic Millionaires
Use The For The People Act to Fix The Damage of Anti-Voter Legislation
(Patriotic Millionaires weigh in on H.R. 1, an important electoral reform bill.)
Poor People’s Campaign
Poor People’s Campaign uses Maundy Thursday foot-washing to symbolize need to wash away the filibuster
(The Poor People’s Campaign staged an event in favor of making the Senate more responsive to the people.)
(The Poor People’s Campaign staged an event in favor of making the Senate more responsive to the people.)
Rev. Barber on Oversight of the Voting Rights Act: The Evolving Landscape of Voting Discrimination
(The Poor People’s Campaign calls for restoring and expanding the Voting Rights Act.)
Public Citizen
Corporate America Bankrolls Voter Suppression
(Public Citizen ties campaign finance reform to voting rights.)
Note: Exposing Corporate Political Hypocrisy Amid Shareholder Season
(Public Citizen combining campaign finance reform and corporate reform, two Coffee Party goals.)
Public Citizen Applauds House Passage of H.R. 51
(Public Citizen advocates for DC Statehood.)
Public Citizen Statement on The American Families Plan
(Public Citizen advocates for tax reform for a fairer tax system.)
Represent.US
‘Putin-style democracy’: how Republicans gerrymander the map
(The Guardian quotes Represent.US on redistricting reform.)
(A reminder that redistricting reform is a Coffee Party goal.)
As some states rush to redistrict, gerrymandering fight moves to back burner
(Represent.US warns about the upcoming threat of gerrymandering, again.)
Sierra Club
Sierra Club Applauds Biden’s New Bipartisan Presidential Commission on SCOTUS
(A statement on government reform from the Sierra Club.)
A Return to Normal Cannot Include a Return of Mass Shootings
(Partner organization Sierra Club frames the issue as one of equal treatment and justice.)
Stamp Stampede
Have you heard about the Stamp Stampede?
(Shared weekly to promote a joint campaign-fundraiser with our partner for election law reform.)
Blurb: "Every dollar you stamp will reach 875 people, if you stamp 5 dollars a day for a year, that's over a million. Together, we can create a stampede that Congress can't ignore" — Stamp Stampede.
"By the way, this is all perfectly legal. As our partners at Stamp Stampede have written, 'it’s illegal to destroy paper currency or deface it so much that it’s no longer recognizable and has to be taken out of circulation. But that’s definitely not what we’re up to... Because we all want these bills to stay in circulation and we're stamping to send a message about an issue that's important to us, it's legal!'" — Vince Lamb.
https://coffeepartyusa.com/2019/05/18/have-you-heard-about-the-stamp-stampede/
(So get your stamp and start stamping! — Vince Lamb.)
TurboVote
We make voting easy
(Our partners in voter registration and more related to elections. Posted weekly.
New voter registrations have fallen dramatically since the pandemic started. Please share this link to our page on our partner TurboVote's site to people you know who want to register to vote.)
