[Re-sent] Call to Action for DWC-SD members

Call to action

May 27, 2020

Dear

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The following call to action is from Wendy Gelernter of Take Action San Diego. Please read carefully, share with friends and take part if you can. We need all hands on deck. 

Election Day is November 3, 2020 -- exactly 23 weeks away! From now until then, Wendy will email you each week, with about 3 actions that you can take to make sure that we wake up smiling on November 4! These are the most effective actions we can take to influence the outcome of the November election, based on Wendy's online research, conversations with other activists and her experience/her highly biased opinion! Your suggestions are always much appreciated -- please

and to sign up for Wendy's weekly action alerts.

And please -- share this information with anyone who might be interested.

  • Join virtual letter writing parties to voters in the swing states of Michigan (5/28) and Iowa (5/30). It's a 2 hour commitment, and you get to join in with like-minded people from around the country while writing letters. Sign up here! Sponsored by Swing Left. Letters like these have boosted turnout among Democratic voters by 1.5% - 3.0%.

  • Provide input on our electoral strategy. Take this 30 second survey to let Wendy know which state or states you think we should be focusing our activism on in the upcoming months. Wendy will report back next week! For some background on this issue, you'll remember that there are about 12 swing states that are most critical for winning the Senate and the Presidency, and holding onto the House in November. We had originally focused on Arizona, because we had planned to make monthly canvassing visits to the state, and it was the closest swing state to San Diego. But now that geography is pretty much irrelevant, we can focus wherever we want. Arizona is still going to be critical, and even Texas -- with 38 electoral votes -- is now in play, based on several recent polls.

[email protected] © 2020 Take Action San Diego, All rights reserved.Our mailing address is:Take Action San Diego1267 Diamond St.San Diego, CA 92109 

The DWC’s executive board has chosen for our next Book Club– the Perfect Predator: A Scientist’s Race to Save Her Husband from a Deadly Superbug: A Memoir by Steffanie Strathdee and Thomas Patterson. The author has agreed to join us for a zoom Book Club event. When a date is settled on, we will let you know.Dr. Steffanie Strathdee is a infectious disease epidemiologist, Associate Dean of Global Health Sciences and Harold Simon Professor of Medicine at the University of California San Diego where she co-directs the new Center for Innovative Phage Applications and Therapeutics. Steffanie is married to Thomas L. Patterson, Professor of Psychiatry at UC San Diego, where they lead an HIV prevention research and training program on the Mexico-US border. Together, they co-authored The Perfect Predator, a medical memoir about Tom’s life-threatening superbug infection which was cured with a hundred-year old forgotten cure– phage therapy. In 2018, Steffanie was named by TIME magazine as one of 50 Most Influential People in Health Care for her work to bring phage therapy to North America.The author has given us the following information regarding purchasing a signed copy directly from her:"Anyone who wants a signed, dedicated hardcopy can pay me $20 thru PayPal to my UCSD email or Venmo to steffanie-strathdee. I send these thru UPS media mail which takes about a week. Alternatively, we live in South Carlsbad so anyone who wants to save a few bucks can pay me $15 and I will leave it on our doorstep. Thanks for thinking of us."Steffanie Strathdee, PhDAssociate Dean of Global Health Sciences,Harold Simon Professor, UCSD Department of MedicineCo-Director, Center for Innovative Phage Applications and Therapeutics https://ipath.ucsd.eduAuthor: https://theperfectpredator.com/Tel: 858-822-1952Twitter: @chngin_the_wrldTEDx: https://goo.gl/mAHGvRPronouns: She/Hers

I would like to invite you to a virtual fundraiser for Marni Von Wilpert, candidate for City Council District 5. She won the March primary, and now really needs our support to push forward and flip this City Council seat from red to blue. I am co-hosting with my friends from Stand Up Scripps Ranch and would love it if you can join us.

DATE: SUNDAY, MAY 31

TIME: 1 -2 PM

PLATFORM: VIRTUAL ON ZOOM - ZOOM LINK UPON RSVP

RSVP AT THIS LINK:

SPECIAL GUEST:

State Senator Toni Atkins

The Mission of the Democratic Woman’s Club of San Diego County is to promote the goals and ideals of the Democratic Party with particular attention to increasing women’s political participation at all levels of elected and appointed office. Therefore, the Club will actively support Democratic candidates, contribute to party leadership, responsibility and harmony, and stimulate active interest in the Democratic Party, particularly among women.

We demand equality of opportunity, a level playing field and fair and equal treatment for all. We are dismantling the patriarchy.We (usually) meet the third Monday of every month see Events section of our website for more details. Meetings are now held on Zoom by registering here.(619) 900-4751[email protected]Join our Meetup group

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