MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN SONOMA COUNTY!

I’d like to share with you my personal story of confusion and anger.  — I heard  Governor Newsom on national news clearly define the catastrophic fires as a real time climate emergency. How does this square with the fact that Newsom is simultaneously greenlighting the expansion of the fossil fuel industry that is feeding the climate crisis and contributing to larger and faster fires. The folks at Greenpeace had the same response, Join in on tweeting, emailing, and calling, Gov. Newsom’s office now!  Thank you for taking action.  Christine for 350 Sonoma

Join me in tweeting at Governor Newsom demanding that he stop permitting the climate crisis and fueling these wildfires with more oil and gas permits!

Don’t have Twitter? Sign the petition to Governor Newsom. 

Thanks to those that have signed our “Keep Climate a Tier 1 Issue” petition!  Please share with friends so that we can double our impact when sending this petition to local city and county officials.

Keep Climate a Tier 1 Issue

Add your voice and Join us in signing a petition to send to our local elected officials asking them to keep Climate as a Tier 1 Issue.  They are dealing with multiple crises, triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic and by the economic and political dysfunction of federal leadership. The list of pressing issues is indeed daunting, but relegating the climate crisis to a second tier concern is ill advised. Climate change is an overarching issue that needs to be at the center of every problem we address. Several of the jurisdictions in Sonoma County have wisely declared climate change an emergency, an existential threat that warrants immediate direct action. We must find ways to quickly decarbonize our energy system, regenerate our soils, and engage our community in new green jobs. In the process, we must examine social inequities and how we can best support every member of our community to survive and thrive in this perilous time. Perhaps most important, we must examine the way we make decisions and the protocols that slow progress unnecessarily.

From The New York Times:  Think You’re Making Good Climate Choices? Take This Mini-Quiz-  Most Americans don’t have the information they need to effectively reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, according to new research.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/08/30/climate/climate-footprint-quiz.html

America is facing a record shortage of poll workers.

As coronavirus continues to impact Americans across the country, we are also seeing a staggering decrease in poll workers — which could mean closed polling places and long delays for elections in 2020. You can help make sure we have a safe, fair, efficient election for all voters, and potentially get paid to do it

To read more or to fill out a simple application to work during the election go here

If we’re serious about taking on systemic racism, it’s time for a Constitutional Amendment to end this racist legacy of slavery.

Watch 13th and/or sign Sen Jeff Merkley’s proposal to amend the 13th (no more inmate slaves)  There’s a straight line from convict leasing under the 13th Amendment in the 19th century to today’s mass incarceration. Ever since slavery was outlawed, the criminal justice system has disproportionately incarcerated Black Americans — and forced them to work for other peoples’ profits.

Sign the petition and demand Congress and the states pass a Constitutional amendment to ban slave labor in America.  https://www.jeffmerkley.com/petition/thirteenth-amendment/e/

13th Documentary summary:  Filmmaker Ava DuVernay explores the history of racial inequality in the United States, focusing on the fact that the nation’s prisons are disproportionately filled with African-Americans.

The documentary is available on Netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/80091741

 or youtube  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krfcq5pF8u8

Add your voice and Join us in signing a petition to send to our local elected officials asking them to keep Climate as a Tier 1 Issue.  They are dealing with multiple crises, triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic and by the economic and political dysfunction of federal leadership. The list of pressing issues is indeed daunting, but relegating the climate crisis to a second tier concern is ill advised. Climate change is an overarching issue that needs to be at the center of every problem we address. Several of the jurisdictions in Sonoma County have wisely declared climate change an emergency, an existential threat that warrants immediate direct action. We must find ways to quickly decarbonize our energy system, regenerate our soils, and engage our community in new green jobs. In the process, we must examine social inequities and how we can best support every member of our community to survive and thrive in this perilous time. Perhaps most important, we must examine the way we make decisions and the protocols that slow progress unnecessarily.

America is facing a record shortage of poll workers.

As coronavirus continues to impact Americans across the country, we are also seeing a staggering decrease in poll workers — which could mean closed polling places and long delays for elections in 2020. You can help make sure we have a safe, fair, efficient election for all voters, and potentially get paid to do it

To read more or to fill out a simple application to work during the election go here