If there an activity or organization you think should be added to this page, send an email to eldoradoprogressives@gmail.com.
The Progressive Alliance publishes a monthly calendar of events and programs you can become involved with. Check here for the most recent one.
Reclaim Our Vote
Here is an opportunity to continue your activism while quarantined. This group’s volunteers are reaching out to people in communities in states with a history of voter suppression. The volunteers are letting people know if they been removed from the rolls or just helping people to register to vote. If this interests you, visit this site to get more information and sign up. This is important right now because some of these areas have actual elections coming up, not just primaries.
Text Bank Saturdays—Virtual Training
Keep up the fight for democracy, while we flatten the curve on the coronavirus! Lots of texting action to mobilize progressives and democrats in swing states and elsewhere. Find dates of trainings and sign up here. Program of Swing Left 2020 Coalition.
Help with Census Outreach
El Dorado County is behind in its Census 2020 response. The Census determines how billions of federal dollars are spent and how many Congressional members represent us. Volunteer with the California Democratic Party’s virtual phone bank and encourage residents in El Dorado and Placer Counties to participate in the 2020 Census. Just sign up for the day you would like to make calls, and they’ll send you the phone bank link. If you are a bilingual English-Spanish speaker, you are doubly needed—but you don’t have to speak Spanish. Click here to register.
Get to Know Local Elected Bodies and Public Utilities—Attend their meetings
Most city councils, boards, etc. are now meeting virtually which means you can attend from home. Here is a list of departments and their meetings. The information to call in or teleconference in is usually in the agenda for a specific meeting.
Georgetown Divide Public Utility District
El Dorado County Board of Education