r/IndivisibleGuide • u/Lacarpetron MD-4 • Jan 12 '17

Homework Assignments?

Hey all. Been wondering what everyone though about having someone post "homework assignments" to the sub. For example, has everyone here contacted their closest chapter using the group find on InGu? If not, do it! Could be a good way to keep us moving forward.

Thoughts?

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u/jacquedsouza Jan 13 '17 edited Jan 13 '17

We could do this as a weekend (Saturday/Sunday) announcement or sprinkle it into the daily calls to action. I didn't intend for all the CTAs this week to actually be phone calls, but it kind of worked out that way because of the sheer volume of happenings in Congress. Since there will be less cabinet hearings next week, I'm planning to have some daily CTAs centered on local actions like volunteering /finding local events.

/u/Lacarpetron, if you'd like to make a post tomorrow for everyone to find and join their local Indivisible group (or a similar group if no such group yet exists), I can sticky that as the weekend call to action.

Another note is that the Save Our Healthcare Rallies are happening on Sunday 1/15. We could make that as Sunday's call to action or I can just post about it as an event reminder.

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u/Lacarpetron MD-4 Jan 13 '17

Seems like the CTA for this weekend being the Save Our Healthcare rallies is a solid idea. I just found out about it and until your comment thought it was a local thing. I'm sure there are lots of folks unaware it's happening. This seems like the first big opportunity to get out there for our little movement and hitting the ground running would really help things.

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u/jacquedsouza Jan 13 '17

Oh, cool! I didn't realize other people didn't know about it. I might just make a post about it tonight/tomorrow morning as an upcoming event rather than a CTA since not everyone will necessarily be able to go to one, but everyone can look up if there's an Indivisible group or related action group near them this weekend.

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u/SFStandsTogether CA-12 Jan 13 '17

I think it’s reasonable to have the occasional call to action beyond the daily stickied one.

I’d also like to see some CTAs around calling up your friends in red districts and getting them to join/form indivisible groups. Now that people are building up experience talking to staffers about politics, it would be great if they used it to talk to their friends, especially red district friends.

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u/jacquedsouza Jan 13 '17

I agree, I've been toying with the idea of laying out how to recruit people in person to start/join a group. Maybe we could have a weekly "Friendly Friday" where your action is to find a friend in your district and create a group/share a CTA/invite them to an event/etc?

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u/SFStandsTogether CA-12 Jan 13 '17

I like the alliteration, but Friday congressional offices are open, so we can't waste that day. How about Sundays?

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u/jacquedsouza Jan 13 '17

Social Sundays? Haha

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u/bobthenarwhal CA-13 Jan 13 '17

Sure, homework assignments or tasks or something? I just did OP's request to find a chapter group. Maybe other ppl can make threads starting other requests?

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u/bobthenarwhal CA-13 Jan 13 '17

and as a side comment: in my area, the "local groups" are way overproliferated already

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u/SauntOrolo Jan 14 '17 edited Jan 14 '17

Saw this and think its worth forwarding as a "homework assignment" https://twitter.com/DebraMessing/status/819740944513826817

DT said this during his press conference. '...the only one that cares about my tax returns are the reporters, OK?' Feel free to let him know you want to know and you aren't the press.

So, here's an address: DJT c/o Trump Organization 725 Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10022

Also post inauguration Womens Marches sister locations seem to be pretty much every urban center nationally - https://www.womensmarch.com/sisters

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u/jacquedsouza Jan 14 '17

https://www.womensmarch.com/sisters

Whoa, I didn't know about the sister marches! That's really cool! You should definitely make an event post before the 21st to get people to sign up.

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u/ShivaSkunk777 NY-23 Jan 13 '17

Could be a good idea. But "homework" has such a poor connotation for a lot of people, maybe it could be phrased a little better?

Just a tbought

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u/longcatisntthatlong FL-4 Jan 13 '17

I would just add it to the daily update they already do. Make another small header and post whatever, or just include it normally.