Upcoming Events and Actions

• TAKE 15 SECONDS RIGHT NOW!
• Please sign and share this petition to OPPOSE Mayor Todd Gloria and City Councilmember Stephen Whitburn’s plan to criminalize homelessness in San Diego.
• End the ban on cruising with your support of Assembly Bill 436. This will remove local cruising bans, and makes all lowrider and classic cars legal. Learn more, and sign the petition here.


• Tuesday, June 13, 6pm Pacific Time, SPECIAL EVENT: "With Democrats Things Get Better", with veteran political analyst Simon Rosenberg. Rosenberg's core message — that the country does better when Democrats are in charge — is backed up with compelling data, decades of experience and a new and refreshing overview that has inspired activists all around the country. SIGN UP HERE to attend this important zoom event.


• Sunday, June 25, 3pm PT: Our first in-person meeting of the year! Sign up here. Learn about Swing Left's strategy to take back the House and about our new "Letters to the Editor" project. We'll also have time to relax, socialize and share good food together.

JUSTICE FOR JORDAN NEELY

By now, you've probably heard about Jordan Neely, the unhoused man who was put in a chokehold and killed by a fellow passenger on a New York City subway. Please sign this petition and demand NYC Mayor Eric Adams change policies on homelessness and mental illness.

DONATE TO HELP ELECT MONICA MONTGOMERY STEPPE

The San Diego Board of Supervisors has an open seat. And Monica Montgomery Steppe is the right person to fill it! Please read more here about this courageous, dedicated and exceptional leader and human being. And then, please donate to Monica's campaign.

WRITE TO LEGISLATORS AND VOTERS:

• End racially discriminatory police stops: Send this quick, automated email message to Mayor Gloria and your San Diego City Councilmember, urging them to pass the Preventing Overpolicing Through Equitable Community Treatment (PrOTECT) Ordinance. Read more here.


• End San Diego's practice of towing the cars of homeless people. Background information, addresses and suggested messaging here.


• Stem the epidemic of in custody deaths in County jails: Send a postcard to your San Diego County Supervisor in support of two badly needed Sheriff's Department reforms: Background information, addresses and suggested messaging here.

ONGOING EVENTS:

• Support grassroots groups that are organizing in their communities to build a strong progressive movement with the Movement Voter Project. Watch this 2 minute video on MVP's successful work during the 2020 election.


• Donate to these organizations:
• Swing Left (national organization) This amazing group provides tools, guidance and moral support to activists across the U.S.
• Vote Forward letters to voters were responsible for increasing voter turnout by over 1000,000 in the November 2020 election!
• Voices of Our City Choir
• Voteriders: This organization helps voters who need voter ID in order to vote in person or by mail.
• Fair Fight: Stacey Abrams' voting rights organization
• Lucha Arizona: organization at the forefront of racial, social and economic justice in Arizona
• Your local food bank