Take Action – November 10, 2021

This week, while the majority in the Legislature moves their gerrymandered maps forward to the Governor’s veto and then the courts (the Senate voted Monday and the Assembly will vote tomorrow), we took a deep breath and at our Monday night meeting we tackled the fact that “We Are Part of Something Bigger.” The meeting had fair maps updates, then we moved on to a discussion with Jeff Mandell (Law Forward) and Lizzie Ulmer (States United Democracy Center) about the attack on elections and voting rights in Wisconsin and beyond.

• Read more about the event
• Access the Slide Deck
• Watch the Video

We have one repeat action item – reaching Tammy Baldwin – and a few new ideas. And because the ideas are new, we include a few links to learn more… The Slide Deck is also full of links and additional information, so check it out.

• Follow what’s going on by subscribing to Law Forward and States United Democracy Center
  • https://lawforward.org/
  • https://statesuniteddemocracy.org/sign-up/
• Send this message for Tammy Baldwin — “get the John Lewis Voting Rights and Freedom to Vote bills on the floor and passed, damn the filibuster and full speed ahead!” https://www.baldwin.senate.gov/feedback
• Consider writing a letter to the editor supporting Wisconsin election officials. Read up first — here’s a start:
  • https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/580726-dozens-of-elections-officials-backing-wisconsin-administrator-targeted
  • https://www.wpr.org/partisan-politics-its-worst-wisconsin-elections-head-meagan-wolfe-refuses-step-down 
  • https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2021/11/09/republicans-continue-to-use-wec-as-partisan-punching-bag-in-committee-hearing/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=6496d092-514c-4af8-8aca-fd63f565c043
• Consider writing a letter to the editor saying stop Wisconsin’s sham election review. Guidance from Common Cause:
  • https://www.commoncause.org/wisconsin/write-your-letter-stop-wisconsins-sham-election-review/

More on Maps next week!

Debbie Patel / info@NorthShoreFairMaps.com

Hope is Our Superpower (Bryan Stevenson)

“It’s not a pie in the sky hope, it’s not
a preference for optimism over
pessimism. It’s just an orientation of
the spirit. I think we have to be
willing to believe things we haven’t
seen. That’s our superpower….
I think hopelessness is the enemy of
justice. I think injustice prevails
where hopelessness persists. And
so, hope is our requirement, it’s our
superpower.”