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Weekly Action Alert

Keep up the fight! Each week, WNDC shares ways for our members and friends to stand up for our rights and values. You don’t have to do everything, but please: Do something! 

“The American people bow to no King.” 
– Pete Buttigieg, former Secretary of Transportation

This list of activities and links is culled from generally reliable sources to highlight those we believe are of greatest interest to our members, but WNDC takes responsibility for only those activities we sponsor. 

WNDC Get Out the Vote and Policy and Political Action Committee Activities 

  • No Kings Poster Making & Countering Authoritarianism Workshop: THIS Thursday, June 12, 5:30–7:30 p.m., The Whittemore House. Heading to one of the over 1,400 No Kings Rallies on June 14? Join your friends at the WNDC for happy hour, poster making and a special workshop from 6-7 pm on countering authoritarianism led by former USAID employee, Ro Tucci. You can attend the workshop, make posters or do both! $10 at the door includes the workshop, poster making supplies, light snacks and a cash bar. Register here: Poster Making & Workshop.

  • Thank-You Friday Lunch: Friday, June 13 and 27, 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m. at the Whittemore House. Write thank-the letters to persistent academic, legislative, community, and other leaders for fighting for our rights and values. Register at Thank You Friday Lunch. To make lunch reservations, call 202-232-7363 or email pfitzgerald@democraticwoman.org.

  • Winning Wednesdays! June 18, 6–8 p.m., The Whittemore House. Please join other activists for GOTV postcard writing for Virginia and other critical races! Register here: Winning Wednesdays.

DC Area Events/Rallies/Protests

  • Visibility Brigade DC: Thursday, June 12, 5 – 6 p.m. Van Ness-UDC Metro Station, 4200 Connecticut Ave. Join Visibility Brigadiers and other curbside resisters for a rush hour protest. Sign up here!

  • Silence the Violence Rally! Friday, June 13, 4 – 6 p.m. Supreme Court, 1 First Street NE. This rally is advocating for ending gun violence in schools. Register here! 

  • Get Ready for “No Kings Day!” on Saturday, June 14. Donald Trump’s military parade in DC. Over 1,000 “No Kings” rallies are planned nationwide. Bring signs, wear black. For information, click here! And for Specific Route map, click here! For protests in the DMV (DC, Maryland, Virginia) area, click here! For Hand Across Arlington, click here! To RSVP, click here! 

  • Join Sister District DC Metro Area for a Happy Hour! Friday, June 27, 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Mission Dupont Circle. Learn how we’re making a difference in key VA elections and how you can be part of the change! Register here. 

  • For regular information about rallies and events, curated by the DMV-area Democracy Helpers group that WNDC helped found, check https://bsky.app/profile/democracyhelpers.bsky.social with additional online resources here: https://linktr.ee/democracyhelpers.now. 

  • Tesla Takedown Saturdays in June: 

Phonebanking

  • Center for Common Ground: mobilizing Black voters to the polls for the June 17 Virginia Primary. Sign up here to join a guided phone bank every Tuesday and Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. ET. You can also make calls on your own every day of the week from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET until election day on June 17 via our Center for Common Ground website here.

Advocacy/Lobbying Members of Congress – Click here to find your Representative and Senators.

“The only way this works is if three House Republicans or four Senate Republicans change their votes! We’ve got to appeal to people to change their votes! That’s it.”  
– Senator Cory Booker 

Urge voters across the country to call their representatives. DC residents, please encourage your friends and family to take action in their states.
 

- Tell the Republican House of Representatives to VOTE YES on the DC Local Funds Act! The Senate passed this bill to restore DC’s spending authority, but the House left town without acting on it.

- Tell the Republic Senate: 

  • VOTE NO! on the budget bill passed in the dark of night. It is calculated, cruel, and will hit women the hardest. For what? To pay for massive tax breaks for billionaires. Tell your personal stories when you call. 

  • STOP Voter Suppression – Vote NO on the SAVE Act! The Senate will vote soon. On April 10, H.R.22 passed the House, 220-208. Four Democratic Representatives voted for this! The goal of the SAVE Act is to disenfranchise many FROM voting. See "Nine Things to Know About the Bill" according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. A suggested call script from Indivisible is here. and from 5Calls.org here.

  • STOP Attacks on the Courts – Vote NO on the No Rogue Rulings Act! The Senate will vote soon. H.R.1526 passed the House on April 9, 219 – 213. The No Rogue Rulings Act would bar federal judges from issuing nationwide injunctions, making the district courts powerless to stop Trump. For a script go to: Oppose the No Rogue Rulings Act.

  • Vote No on Trump’s Nomination of Hermandorfer to the 6th Circuit! According to the National Women’s Law Center, Whitney Hermandorfer has spent her career attacking civil rights of women and LGBTQIA+ people, including medically necessary health care. Tell Senators to vote no on her confirmation.   

- What Do You Care About? Go to 5calls.org for scripts on 60 issues, including:

  • Saving Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security from Republican budget cuts

  • Stopping Congress from gutting the Clean Air Act 

  • Blocking the Increase for ICE and Mass Deportation in the Budget Reconciliation

  • Blocking the Trillion Dollar Pentagon Budget and Elon Musk Handout 

- TELL Your Democratic Governors and State Legislatures to DISPLAY TRUMP TARIFF PRICE HIKES! Tell them to pass laws requiring retailers to display prominently the tariff price hikes. Consumers know how much they pay in sales tax. Why not tell them how much the Trump tariff tax adds to their costs?  

Voter Mobilization 

  • Join the REDistrict Project that targets House swing districts held by Republicans. Learn more here!

Stay Informed – There’s More to Do!

  • Building a Truth-Based Media Presence - YouTube, Podcasts, Influencers, and More! Monday, June 16, 7–8:15 p.m., via Zoom. Join Leigh “Politics Girl” McGowan and principals at Courier Newsroom and Chorus to help build a powerful and trustworthy network to reach voters. Register here. 

  • Red Card: How can immigrants protect themselves from ICE? Use this card from the Immigrant Legal Resource Center to help your migrant neighbors to stay safe. Print here or, order here. 

  • The Power of YOUR Dollar. Corporations spend millions supporting Trump’s agenda. Eleven major U.S. corporations endorsed the GOP Bill while proudly trumpeting their “end hunger” PR campaigns. To make informed spending decisions, go to Spending Spotlight. 

  • Use Bluesky from Now On! 30 million people are using it! You can learn the basics every Wednesday, 11a.m.–12 p.m. at virtual events. Register here!