Springville Action - 4/2/25 #5

Three cheers for Cory Booker

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Springville Action
April 02, 2025

Inspiration 🦄

Wisconsin. Getting it done with a win for Justice Crawford.

Cory Booker.

📺 Mallory McMorrow. Getting it done with an outstanding U.S. Senate campaign launch video for the great state of Michigan.

Nightmare Fuel

The Impact Map. Explore any congressional district for the financial impact of federal cuts.

To do ✅

📖 Something to read: Let this Radicalize You, by Kelly Hayes and Mariame Kaba

📻 Something to listen to: It could happen here.

📺 Something to watch: Heather Cox Richardson, April 1

News 📺

How to Save a Democracy

Americans can learn from opponents of authoritarianism elsewhere.

www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/how-save-democracy-trump

Trump admin locking up families, children at NY-Canada crossings

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is detaining families with young children for days and weeks at crossings along the New York-Canada border

www.investigativepost.org/2025/04/01/feds-locking-up-families-children-at-canadian-border

Events 📅

4/5, 11 am-1 pm - Hands Off Rally, Niagara Square, Buffalo. Rally to protect your favorite causes - Social Security, postal service, climate, women’s rights, voting rights, rule of law, Medicaid, education, and on and on and on. [Email your favorite signs to [email protected] to be included in this newsletter.]

4/26, all day - Partnership for the Public Good, Advocacy Summit at Buffalo State University. Free.

5/31, 10 am - NYS Citizens Preparedness Corps, Concord Senior Center. Free. Register.

[remainder of content repeats from last email]

To Do ✅

😷 Medical checkups. Get a printout of your vaccination record and check with your doctor about recommended vaccines, including MMR, based on your age and other risk factors.

🐝 Citizen Scientists, Unite! Download the Inaturalist app on your phone; upload pictures of nature (animals, plants, trees) for identification and help out the environmental community.

📰 Letter to the Editor. Pick a topic, drill down to 1 key message and write your heart out. There are local people who will help zazz up your letter and get it ready for publication. Email [email protected].

📱 5 Calls - Download the app to your phone; enter your ZIP code; follow the prompts to call U.S. Senators and your local Congressional rep. EXTRA CREDIT - ask your local elected officials what the impact of general federal nonsense will have on local projects, and what they are doing to protect your community.

📮 Postcards - Explore the Postcards for Democrats web site and support Democratic candidates in swing states. Organize for Action is local and working on Virginia races. Email [email protected] to get connected with that group.

😊 Meet a Neighbor: How well do you know your neighbors? Start small but make a point to find one new acquaintance in your area this week!

🗳️ Go to a government meeting. These are open to the public and people rarely attend. See your government at work and pay attention to the decisions they’re making.

At a loss for what to do?

Are you sick of hearing “there’s nothing I can do about everything that’s happening”? There’s plenty you can do - big or small, just try to do SOMETHING each day.

  • Donate blood

  • Plant a garden or support a local CSA

  • Plant a homemade lawn sign - it doesn’t have to be political - paint a one word message like “Hope", ”Love,” “Peace.”

  • Learn first aid and basic medical skills

  • Participate in local Buy Nothing groups

  • Donate to Little Free Pantries or your local food pantry

  • Maintain little free libraries or start your own

  • Support or join a volunteer fire department

  • Participate in a seed exchange, like the one at Hulbert Library in the Town of Concord

  • Help people with phone calls and forms - like Social Security, health appointments and insurance paperwork

  • Give neighbors rides, assist with basic needs

  • Provide a meal to a struggling family or neighbor - see lasagnalove

  • Offer babysitting or respite care - especially during meetings

  • Teach a skill or coordinate a training - sewing, gardening, cooking, car repair, how to fix a toilet or bike.

  • Green Springville, Grow with Springville, Springville Center for the Arts, the Erie Cattaraugus Rail Trail, the Finger Lakes Trail - just a small set of local organizations that would be glad for your support and time.

Misc.

Content welcome: Initially this newsletter was going to be sent weekly. Now it's sending as soon as it feels like there is enough content to let it fly - probably 2x/week. Your contributions are welcome. Email [email protected].

This newsletter will always be free, but if you like what you're reading and can find it in your budget, kick a few bucks to support your local food pantry, an abortion fund, or an elected official who has demonstrated common sense and decency.

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