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Daily Updates: May 13th, 2023 [1]

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Date: 2023-05-13

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May 13th Update

Organizing progressives

Did:

called 3 people:

Chair of local dem party: learned that perhaps what I want is actually a progressive club. Got contact info of two others.

former leader of local progressive caucus,

Leader of state progressive caucus. We set a date for a conversation.

To do:

Make a flowchart if one is not already made, of the ranks of powers/ organization structure of the Democratic Party. This will be instrumental in my progressive luncheon next Sunday.

Organizing for the Right to Clean Water Ballot Initiative

Did:

Met with my co-chair of the RTCW DECF committee to plan our first two meetings: 1) a general body meeting and 2) a subcommittee meeting where we will train folks statewide on our canvassing project.

Got meeting 1 outline done

Got us more tables

To do:

Send meeting 1 outline to President for approval.

Manage my 15 college volunteers: set up the next activity for them. Call all of them, see who’s where this summer.

Call Coastal Conservation Association (a fishing club who’s banquet I attended) and try to get their support for Right to Clean Water Ballot Initiative: step 1) call my fisherman friend and draft a proposal

Have poster laminated

Get with petition perfecting team, set a date to join them

Organize Community Cleanup

Did:

Had an email sent to Adopt-a-Road people saying we are ready to start cleaning Sanibel this Monday

To do:

Send out flyer for this Mondays Cleanup

Weekly Eco-themed Evening

Did:

Posted this weeks Flyer

Got more tables and got decorative crates to hold plants

To do:

Make Lineup and publish it

Make individual musician flyers on Canva

Have flyers laminated

Make a general flyer for the event

Post general flyer at guitar center and around town

Make flyer for next week

Affordable Housing Project

Did:

Next meeting is May 16th at 9am at Old Lee County Courthouse Commission Chambers 2120 Main Street Fort Myers, FL 33901

To do:

Find someone to go on my behalf. I will be working at Dollar General that day

Environmental Lobbying in Tallahassee

Nothing for this today

Environmental Daily Kos Blogs

These have been more than environmental blogs. I’ve written about my experiences with RTCW and with the Democratic Party, and a personal blog about staying active as an organizer.

To do:

Environmental Blog-composting

Daily reports published on daily Kos

Done

To do: Additionally, I’d like to do a weekly update (combination of all my daily updates)

Special event

Daryl's Cancer Benefit

To do:

help by passing out flyers and calling veterans aid locations and cancer aid locations, see if they will attend the event ($10 at the door goes to Deryl)

See if they’ve made a gofundme for Deryl. I will help promote it.

Write Daily Kos article for Daryl’s cancer benefit: If you wanna donate to Daryls cancer fund you can donate to my organizer gofundme and say “for Daryl” in the note line

Like the work I did today? Click here to help me have more productive organizing days instead of working at dollar general.

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