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NOTES 3/17/17 and 3/24/17

Our Indivisible Revolution Meeting
Recent Accomplishments:

Letters to Bonamicis office ACA on 3-23

o Completed pictures here
Letters to Bonamicis office Russia on 3-21
o Completed pictures here
Participated in Indivisible District 1 Group Leader meeting 3-18
Participated in progressive tabling event in Hillsboro on 3-19

Upcoming Actions:

Tax Day March Saturday April 15th 10 a.m. 12 p.m. Sherwood

o Decide on a location off Tualatin Sherwood Rd (needs to be safe but high traffic area
o Get listed on the Tax March site - here
o Create a flyer about why its necessary for Trump to show his taxes
Include information about Oregon State Legislature bill 2909
Include information on local state legislators and local state senators with tel #s
o Use Burma Shave style signs
o Make a large banner
o Get material for smaller 11 x 17 signs sign-making meeting on 4/14
o other
Congresswoman Bonamici Townhall Monday April 17th @ 6 p.m. - details here
o Need to call congresswomans office to coordinate logistics where we will be
o Should all wear one color shirt (color?)
o Create Red Disagree and Green Agree signs (both sides will have same message)
o Matthew will check with Youth in Government group at high school regarding their groups logistics
o Other

(short term) Follow up letters on both the Russia and ACA letters (getting congressional delegation speaking in
one voice)
(longer term) Educational forum on healthcare (ACA and Single Payer):
o Clergy (multiple faiths)
o Local elected officials
o Teachers
o Community leaders
o Other
o Hold at Arts Center in Sherwood
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Issues and Notable Call Outs:

3/24 meeting had several new people and some returning new people larger, more diverse group Teresa and
Max, thank you for bringing/sending people our way!
Carol Greenough from East WA County Democrats attended
o encouraged us to attend their Thursday April 6th meeting at the King City Clubhouse
o encouraged us to get involved with Democratic Party to walk precincts for upcoming May elections
Mission Statement we need edits/drafts from you. It would be helpful to review and have some edit ideas
ready for our meeting this Friday:

o This is an identity piece (handout) that might help start things off.
Our Indivisible Revolution Sherwood (OIRS) is a local community group comprised of concerned
individuals committed to resisting the agenda of President Trump and his administration. We
strive to be a catalyst for enlightened democratic principles in action for the health and benefit
of our immediate community, our state, and our country.
OIRS seeks to encourage knowledge-sharing, responsive action and passion while creating
community and reigniting a nationwide resurgence of civic engagement. We firmly believe that
Democracy only works when we participate!
Based on the Indivisibles Project Guide written by former Congressional staffers on how to get
Congress to listen. Read the guide at http://www.indivisibleguide.com
We strive to embody the values of courage, tenacity, humanity, partnership, advocacy,
accountability, equality, justice and charity all toward improving our lives and those of our
neighbors far and wide. We welcome everyone who desires to be part of this endeavor in
respectful engagement.
Join us for actions items, events, meetings, and information sharing. Connect face-to-face with
community members, other indivisible groups, and local members of Congress.

o We talked in previous meetings about this and these were things we considered:
Define who we are as a group, as a country
Include element of how we got here/why we are at this point
What we aspire to do bring people together, overcome apathy, create an environment for
people to become civically engaged
Shared experience as citizens Youre the government, Im the government
Embody aspects of prudence, temperance, justice, charity, and love for our neighbor
Healing the Heart of Democracy Parker Palmer

Group Prioritization we need to start working towards a more strategic mode in our work together rather
than reacting. Focus will make us more effective (thanks Mark for bringing this up):
o Resisting Trump/GOP agenda
o Russia
o Affordable Care Act
o Single Payer (HR 676) and Sanders bill link here
o Climate Change
o Budget
o Immigration and Muslim relations
o Redistricting here in Oregon
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o Making Democratic Party more progressive joining and voting in WA County Dems
o 2018 Elections
o Reaching across the divide
o Putting on educational forums (healthcare and/or outreach to more conservative people)
o Other
Collaboration with other Indivisible Our Revolution groups
o An umbrella group to act as a clearing house for District 1 events and for facilitating collaboration with
other Indivisible groups - https://www.facebook.com/indivisibleor1/
o Will be important to reach out to them and other groups connected with them we have already done
so with a few for our Tax Day Rally

Homework (continuing):

Have we all gotten on Congresswoman Bonamicis email list? We need to be aware of our MOCs stance on
issues.
Wydens email list
Merkleys email list
We can find out more about our local state representatives here.
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Useful Links:

Our Revolution (Bernie Sanders post-election movement national chapters we are one)
Indivisible (you can download the Indivisible Guide here national chapters we are one)
@OurRevolutionSherwood (Facebook link you can share so others can find us easily)
Congresswoman Bonamici (1st District Oregon official site)
Washington County Democrats
Legislation Tracking:
Govtrac
Votesmart
OpenSecret
Congress.gov