The Taproot Report
February 23, 2025: Actions, resources and Information for this coming week
“Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.”
― Victor FranklImmediate Threats & Actions:
Threat: Elon Musk's/Doge Government Takeover
Action: Call your reps, join or organize peaceful protest, inform others, ACLU.org/doge
Threat: Section 504: Protecting the rights of people with disabilities
Action: Call your Attorney General (script provided on 5 calls app)
Threat: The Save Act - H.R.22/ S.128 (voter suppression law)
Action: Call your representatives (script provided on 5 calls app)
Threat: H.R.32 - the Defund Our Communities Act: gives the trump administration sweeping power to cut fed funding to state & local governments
Action: Urge reps to vote no (go to ACLU.org/sanctuary)
Alerts & Actions:
Florida Law: All mail in ballot requests expired December 21, 2024. Renew at Broward Supervisor of Elections:
https://browardvotes.gov/voter-information/vote-mail-voting
Friday, Feb 28, please join a 24 hour economic blackout. No purchases. Let's disrupt the system.
Monday, March 3rd: 50 Protests. 50 States, A Day of Action
Zoom Meetings:
Monday, Feb 24, 6:-7:30 ET: Know Your Rights for Immigrants/Conozca sus Derechos para Inmigrantes (ACLU)
https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/754786/?timeslot=5195619
Monday, Feb 24, 6:30-7:30 ET: Team Florida Volunteer Meeting-ACLU https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/755201/
Monday, Feb 24, 7:30-8:30 ET: All Hands on Deck National Organizing Call - Special Elections
https://www.mobilize.us/floridadems/event/757051/
Tuesday, Feb 25, 2025 05:30 PM: February SWIFT (State Wide Indivisible Florida Taskforce) Collaboration Call
Tuesday, Feb 25, 2025 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM ET: How Race has Shaped Education: Then and Now (Red, Wine & Blue)
Wednesday, Feb 26, 2025 7:00 PM ET: the biweekly Hope and Action South Florida Indivisible Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85764483633?pwd=TLMqIyutrB1ch6ESdUPjtAAlh75HZD.1#success
Thursday, Feb 27, 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM ET: Effective Messaging to Protect Transgender Rights (Red, Wine & Blue)
https://secure.everyaction.com/PzKxGyTJcUCgmrtE2T99pQ2Thursday, Feb 27, 6:30 ET: The Freedom Frontline: A Look Ahead at the 2025 Florida Legislative Session (ACLU)
https://www.mobilize.us/aclufl/event/757019/
Monday, March 3, 6:30 ET: Broward Action Team Monthly Meeting (ACLU)
Tuesday, March 4th, 6:00-7:00 ET: The ACLU of FL Banned Book Club (this month's book: The Bluest Eye By Toni Morrison)
https://www.mobilize.us/aclufl/event/748335/?timeslot=5153728
In-Person Meetings:
Monday, Feb 24, 6:30 ET: Deerfield Beach Candidate Forum for Mayor and Districts 3 and 4 (Election March 11th) Oveta McKeithen Recreational Complex at 445 SW 2nd Street Deerfield Beach, FL 33441
Tuesday, Feb 25, 6:30: The League of Women Voters will be hosting a second Candidate Forum for Mayor and Districts 3 & 4 at the Tigner Center at the Oveta McKeithen Recreational Complex at 445 SW 2nd Street Deerfield Beach, FL 33441
Monday, March 3rd, 6:30 East side Dems meeting at 3351 NE 33rd Ave, Ft. Lauderdale
Elections:
March 11: Deerfield Beach: Mayoral, Districts 3 & 4
April 1st: Congressional Seat FL-01 Special Election (D-Gay Valimont)
Actions: (Only people in this district can vote, but everyone can take action) Phone banking, volunteering, canvasing, postcard writing, donations
April 1st: Congressional Seat FL-06 Special Election (D-Josh Weil)
Actions: (Only people in this district can vote, but everyone can take action) Phone banking, volunteering, canvasing, postcard writing, donations
April 1st: Wisconsin election: help elect Susan Crawford to the Wisconsin Supreme Court and other democratic candidates
Actions: Phone banking: https://www.mobilize.us/cfcg-rov/
A Few Resources: (please feel free to submit others)
Groups: ACLU & peopepower.org, Indivisible, Red, Wine & Blue, The Workers Circle, Common Ground, Human Rights Campaign, Alt National Park Service
News: Politico, Substack, Dr. Heather Cox Richardson, Bulwark, Emily in Your Phone (Emily Amick), Civil Discourse, The Contrarian
Apps: 5 Calls, Good on You, Shop Ethical!, Social Impact, Ecosia
Find your congress representatives with D.C. & local phone numbers:
https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member
Check voter registration and pertinent election information, plan your vote:
Results:
Saturday, Feb 22: Elon Musk Protest organized by Hope and Action: South Florida Indivisible
https://www.facebook.com/767334790/videos/1844781189688276/
Digital Library:
Elon/Doge government takeover
https://substack.com/home/post/p-157521996?source=queue
Section 504 Lawsuit
https://time.com/7258245/disability-protections-section-504-texas-v-becerra-essay/
The Save Act
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/restricting-freedom-vote
H.R.32 - Defund our Communities Act
12 PRACTICAL STEPS TO PROTECT YOUR DATA FROM MUSK-TRUMP CHAOS
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