We Decide 2020: Our rights are on the line. Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund of Massachusetts

Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund of Massachusetts

We Decide 2020 9.16.2020   Meet We Decide 2020, the Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund of Massachusetts' biweekly newsletter, providing you with updates about our electoral work, upcoming actions, and candidates we're supporting to protect and expand abortion care and reproductive & sexual health in Massachusetts.   Checking In with Dr. Jennifer Childs-Roshak  www.searchingforreason.net, I'm thrilled to welcome you to the first installment of the Advocacy Fund's election newsletter: We Decide 2020. You are the backbone of our work, so we want to keep you updated about the candidates we're supporting and the ways that you can help send these champions to Beacon Hill. Every other week, the Advocacy Fund will send out We Decide 2020 to spotlight a candidate we've endorsed, share volunteer opportunities, and give you a chance to hear from a member of our team about their important work this election season. I hope you’ll read each installment of We Decide 2020 and take action with the Advocacy Fund and our champions. You’ve heard it before, but it’s worth repeating: This is the most important election of our lives. Everything is on the line, and we can’t be left wishing in November that we had done more. We must fight to protect our rights and health, and that includes electing candidates up and down the ballot who will fight alongside us. In solidarity,     Jennifer Childs-Roshak President Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund of Massachusetts @DrJenCR     Candidate Spotlight: Rep. Tram Nguyen      Meet Representative Tram Nguyen, the first Vietnamese American woman to serve in the Massachusetts State Legislature! Rep. Nguyen represents the 18th Essex District, which includes parts of Andover, Boxford, North Andover, and Tewksbury.   We proudly endorsed Rep. Nguyen when she first ran in 2018, defeating a dangerous, anti-abortion incumbent after running a campaign that championed the need for equitable abortion access. The Advocacy Fund threw our grassroots support behind her because we knew she was the representative the 18th Essex District deserves. Before running, she worked as a legal aid attorney representing domestic violence survivors, workers, seniors, veterans, people with disabilities, and children. During her first term, Rep. Nguyen has championed equitable abortion access by co-sponsoring and fighting for the ROE Act, helped the Advocacy Fund fight against abortion stigma, and championed the voices of young people.   She’s seen the shortcomings of the public health system and understands the serious need for access to equitable health care, including abortion care. And this year, she’s facing a challenger who shares the same values as the far right opponent she defeated two years ago. It’s crucial that we keep ROE Act Champions like Rep. Nguyen fighting for our rights and health on Beacon Hill.   You can sign up to virtually phone bank with the Advocacy Fund to help re-elect Rep. Nguyen today at 5:30pm We'll begin with a visit by Rep. Nguyen herself and a training by our staff before making calls!     Take Action  We're going virtual this election season!   All of our events are hosted online to keep volunteers safe. All of our phone banks are led by a member of PPAF's organizing team and begin with a training to make sure you're comfortable before hitting the dialer! Volunteers of all levels are welcome.    PPAF Phone Banks  TONIGHT: Reproductive Freedom Phone Bank for Rep. Tram Nguyen with NARAL Pro-Choice MA @ 5:30PM Thurs. 9/24: Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts Raíz Census Phone Bank @5:30PM Wed. 9/30: Reproductive Freedom Phone Bank for Christina Eckert with NARAL Pro-Choice MA @ 5:30PM Partner Actions Over-policing of Black bodies keeps reproductive freedom unattainable for Black people in this country. If Black people do not have the right to bodily autonomy to live their lives without fear of violence & murder, we will never achieve justice or reproductive freedom. That's why the Advocacy Fund is supporting our parnters at the ACLU of Massachusetts during their week of action against police violence next week. Mon. 9/21: Police Violence Happens Here: Week of Action Kick Off Rally @ 6PM Tues. 9/22: Police Violence Happens Here: Phone Bank - Session 1 @ 5:30PM Fri. 9/25: Police Violence Happens Here: Phone Bank - Session 2 @ 11AM VOLUNTEER WITH PPAF   Stay Connected Don't forget to keep up the Advocacy Fund on social media for real time updates about sexual and reproductive health, abortion access, the ROE Act, and our endorsed candidates.    TIP: You can text WEDECIDE to 22422 to receive texts from the Advocacy Fund about upcoming opportunities!     FOLLOW PPAF ON TWITTER FOLLOW PPAF ON INSTAGRAM FOLLOW PPAF ON FACEBOOK   What We're Reading  Staggering Number of Hysterectomies Happening at ICE Facility, Whistleblower Says Opinion/Letter: Vote John Cronin for State Senate Letter: Eckert is a helper and an example of great leadership State primary set record with 1.7 million voter turnout Trump Adds Ted Cruz, Tom Cotton To List Of Potential Supreme Court Picks

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LET'S BUILD A MORE REPRESENTATIVE HOUSE! DR. CAMERON WEBB.

Hi David,

I hope this email finds you well and in good spirits! I wanted to invite you to join me, Lucy McBath, Colin Allred, Lauren Underwood, and 8 other incredible House candidates for a historic joint national unity fundraiser on October 1st at 5:30 pm PDT/ 8:30 pm EDT. Each one of these candidates is incredible in their own right, but together, we will make a powerful team. 

This is the first time all of us will be joining forces! You can meet us all in one shot, and get to know these leaders who want to join me in: 

• Expanding access to high quality healthcare 
• Addressing climate change
• Fixing our dysfunctional democracy 
• Reducing economic and social inequality 

As we head into the final stretch of the campaign, I know with your help, we can help build a more Representative House and elevate great leaders! All donations will be shared equally across all 12 campaigns.

You can register for the event here.

Hope to see you there,

Cameron

BLAST FROM THE PAST: (UPDATE). THE HATE CHRONICLES. THE KEYS TO UNDERSTANDING THE MINDSET, MOTIVATIONS, AND GOALS OF THE FAR RIGHT FANATIC. #1. (ABBREVIATED F.R.F.). PARTS 1-2.

 

It is a mistake for Progressives to think that those who make up the Most Conservative Elements of the "NEW REPUBLICAN PARTY" ARE ALL CUT FROM THE SAME CLOTH. WHILE THEY MAY VOTE AS A BLOC, THE PRIMARY MOTIVATION DIFFERS FROM GROUP TO GROUP.

While They are usually Packaged Together, ULTRA CONSERVATIVE POLITICIANS HAVE REALIZED THAT FINDING THE ONE KEY ISSUE THAT DRIVES CERTAIN GROUPS OF VOTERS TO THE POLLS, OFTEN WILL TURN THEM INTO LOYAL ALLIES, who will support an agenda full of Issues They may care little about.

It could be GUN CONTROL, SAME- SEX MARRIAGE, GOVERNMENT SPENDING, SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE, IMMIGRATION LAWS, REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE etc. THE STRATEGY IS TO PUT FORTH AN UNCOMPROMISING, RIGID, AND VITRIOLIC POINT OF VIEW ON A PARTICULAR ISSUE, APPEALING TO THE BASER ELEMENTS OF HUMAN NATURE.

THE REASON: TO LEARN OF THE ONE ISSUE THAT EACH SECTION OF INDIVIDUAL VOTERS MOST IDENTIFIES WITH, AND MANIPULATE IT TO THEIR ADVANTAGE.

IT'S A TACTIC THAT REQUIRES NO INTELLECTUAL EFFORT ON THE PART OF THE LISTENER. THERE IS NO NEED TO UNDERSTAND, OR EVEN CARE ABOUT THE OPPOSITIONS POINT OF VIEW. IT PLAYS ON RAW EMOTION, WITHOUT THE NEED FOR CONTEMPLATION OR REFLECTION.

THE INDIVIDUAL IS ENCOURAGED NOT TO THINK ABOUT AN INTELLECTUAL JUSTIFICATION FOR THE OPINION THEY ARE SUPPORTING, BUT TO REACT TO THE WORDS OF THE AUTHOR AND\OR SPEAKER, AND ACCEPTING THE MESSAGE AS TRUE, AND WORTHY OF SUPPORT.  THIS, IN TURN, ENCOURAGES AGREEMENT WITH OTHER OPINIONS THAT ARE EXPRESSED THE SAME WAY.

THE HATE CHRONICLES. THE KEYS TO UNDERSTANDING THE MINDSET, MOTIVATIONS, AND GOALS OF THE FAR RIGHT FANATIC. #2. (ABBREVIATED F.R.F.)

What you must realize, as you listen to the latest Diatribe by Donald Trump, is that many of the things that matter the most to the average American Citizen are either Unimportant to the F.R.F., or represents something they believe should be eliminated altogether.

For example, think about the current administration. What type of Supporters does Mr. Trump surround himself with? In General, Concepts such as "CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS", "THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD", "TERRORISM", and "LOGIC" ARE ARBITRARY TERMS THAT CHANGE DEFINITION, DEPENDING ON THE WHIMS, PREJUDICES, AND BIASES OF THE F.R.F., EITHER THE INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP. They bring a WHOLE NEW MEANING TO THE PHRASE "SELF CENTERED."

Donald Trump was able to build a Foundation of Support, Tenuous as it may be, because he convinced RACISTS, BIGOTS, MISOGYNISTS etc., to come together and HATE AS ONE GROUP. Even though he has never come close to a working majority, a SHAM ELECTION AND THE TACIT APPROVAL OF THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN PARTY has allowed this "COALITION OF HATE" TO BLOSSOM INTO A FLOWER OF EVIL. 

Fortunately, many Americans are waking up to the TRUE NATURE OF DONALD TRUMP, AND THE FACT THAT HE ONLY CARES ABOUT: HIMSELF, AND THOSE WHO WILL FEED HIS ENORMOUS EGO. The National Republican Party became big Trump Fans after no one in the DEMOCRATIC PARTY QUESTIONED THE INITIAL RETURNS FROM THE 2016 ELECTION.*

See part 3.

*I guess it never occurred to anyone that DONALD TRUMP ACCUSING THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF FIXING THE ELECTION BEFORE A SINGLE VOTE HAD BEEN CAST, MIGHT HAVE BEEN A PRE-EMPTIVE STRIKE BY THOSE WHO KNEW WHAT WAS ABOUT TO HAPPEN WHEN THE POLLS WERE OPEN.

WELL, GUESS WHAT? JUST LIKE IN 2016, TRUMP IS ACCUSING THE DEMOCRATS OF FIXING THE  ELECTION MONTHS BEFORE A SINGLE VOTE HAS BEEN COUNTED. WE KNOW NOW THAT THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WAS FIXED: IN TRUMPS FAVOR. SO DEMOCRATS, WHAT SAFEGUARDS ARE NOW IN PLACE TO KEEP THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN, OR SHOULD WE JUST SETTLE FOR A DICTATORSHIP? 

AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL ASSOCIATION- New to Online Teaching? Sign up for our APA Member Webinar on Sept. 25!

 

Dear DAVID,   Because of the global coronavirus outbreak, philosophers around the world are teaching courses online. To help philosophers learn effective strategies for teaching in virtual settings, the APA has organized a webinar for APA members: Pedagogies for Teaching Philosophy Online.   Register now!   The webinar will include brief presentations from philosophers with expertise in teaching online philosophy courses, followed by Q&A with attendees. The panelists for the webinar are the following: Andrew Cullison (Prindle Institute for Ethics, DePauw University), presenter W. John Koolage (Eastern Michigan University), presenter Rebecca Scott (Harper College), presenter Melissa Jacquart (University of Cincinnati), facilitator The webinar will be held on Friday, September 25 at 3 p.m. Eastern time / 12 noon Pacific time. To participate, register on the APA website. Registration will be available until 11 a.m. Eastern time / 8 a.m. Pacific time on the day of the webinar, and access information will be provided to registrants at least one hour prior to the start of the webinar. Registration is limited to current APA members.     Whether you’re teaching online for the first time due to the coronavirus pandemic or you teach online regularly and are looking for ways to make your courses even better, this webinar will offer useful advice and insight. Space is limited, so register now! If you’re unable to attend the live webinar, a recording will be made available to APA members afterward.   All the best,   Amy Ferrer Executive Director

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