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Our Mission This Year
Cville Dems, as an organization, has one main mission this year: get our Virginia candidates elected up and down the ballot.
In the coming months, you’ll hear lots about:
- our productive Ix Park “Turn Out the Vote Thursdays” where volunteers send postcards, make phone calls, canvass, and create community with fellow Dems
- voter registration at community events
- candidate events
- and other election efforts!
Please join in! Our governor’s race is the first big election since Trump (and Elon) took over. Virginia needs to turn out in big numbers to show how angry we are.
Our weekly Call to Action, emailed every Monday, will list things to do locally and regionally, ranging from local community events to all-out protests.
Spanberger Campaign Strategy Event, 3:30-4:30pm, April 9
About Our Absent VA-05 Representative John McGuire…
Since he’s not coming to Charlottesville to hear from his constituents, Kristin Szakos is helping to organize trips his nearest office in Lynchburg so he does hear from us! Consider coming along some time; contact kszakos@gmail.com for information.
You can also write or call McGuire’s office to share your concerns:
- D.C. Office: (202) 225-4711
- Lynchburg Office: (434) 791-2596
- Email: https://mcguire.house.gov/contact/email-me
April Recess Town Hall in Charlottesville!
McGuire’s feeble telephone town hall last month won’t do; he needs to face his constituents and answer their questions in person. Indivisible Charlottesville is organizing a town hall during his April recess (April 14-27). Stay tuned for time and place; we’ll have all the details in our weekly Call to Action email.
He’s been invited to attend, but if he doesn’t, Democrats and others will still hold the town hall to make our demands for “redress of grievances,” as the Constitution’s First Amendment guarantees.
More Boycotts, this time Amazon till March 14 and Target till April 14
We’re hearing about various boycotts as protests swell against GOP’s outright unconstitutional policies and orders. We’ll tell you what we hear about, but please understand that we don’t know more about the events/organizers than you do (if you visit their links). These boycotts originated from grassroots efforts of Americans looking to regain control over corporate influence.
[These listings are not endorsements]
The People’s Union USA is urging another boycott, of Amazon and sister sites like Prime and Whole Foods, from March 7 to 14. Their first boycott was on Feb. 28, deemed a no-buy day.
There is also a Target boycott, until April 14. https://www.targetfast.org/
Mar. 3 Plaque Unveiling: Honoring Legacies of Local People Who were Enslaved
The unveiling of a new state historical marker acknowledging the legacy of slavery in Charlottesville’s Court Square will take place next Monday, Mar. 3 at 2 pm. Everyone is invited to attend. The unveiling will include a ceremony with public officials, on the day the city has designated Liberation and Freedom Day.
