2/16/2025

CRAG short Action note

Hello CRAG Team,

Just a short note today.
(Sorry for yesterday’s extra long missive, partially copied below. For previous emails see the archive)

Welcome more new people! My list is now >120.

I need help. Here are some quick things you can do to support this local effort:

1. Commit to show up at a local city/township/village/etc meeting. Bodies are important, even if you don’t speak. (These rooms are warmer than the bridge!) 

• Can you help make a list of when/where these bodies are meeting? I have started a list. 

2. Identify local impacts of the coup, these are essential draw the links between federal actions and local citizens.

• Immediate impacts to you or your family
• Impacts to local programs that depend of federal support (≈29% of Houghton Co “Enterprise Funds" are federal.)
• Cascading impacts on communities. e.g. on jobs, housing, education, and other things these officials care about.
• Your worries for future impacts

These can be a few words off the top of your head, or a dive into the data. Send by email or Signal.

3. Rally Monday at noon at the bridge.

Details below on these and other actions from yesterday’s note.

People have been sending links to other national actions. I’m trying to focus on the local, but will share a list of those broader efforts in a later note.

Stay well
Sarah

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From yesterday’s note:

Actions

1. Upcoming actions: Rally on the bridge "President 'Not King Day’": Monday, February 17, at noon at Bridgeview Park
(multiple groups organizing, in concert with national action)

• Bring yourself and your outrage! (and warm clothes)
• Bring a sign or a flag
• Bring a friend or 5
• Bring a chant, I have a bullhorn!!

2. Congressional Recess is next week: tell Bergman his constituents want to see him.
Congresspeople are supposed to be working in their districts next week. Call Bergman to ask when and where he will be meeting consituents.  
Jack Bergman:(202) 225-4735 
We know he never has public meetings, but he does have secret ones with supporters; if you hear about one of these let me know!

3. Next Public Meetings where I plan to speak
Hancock City Council: 6:00 Wed. Feb 19th
City of Hancock Council Meets the third Wednesday of the month. 
All Council Meetings are held in the Hancock City Hall Council Chambers. Meeting begins at 6:00 p.m.

Calumet Township 1:00 Fri. Feb 28th
The Charter Township of Calumet board meetings are held on the last Friday of each month starting at 1:00pm.
Please find the time/place of your local township. We can send someone to speak or support.


4. Please Share. Local friends, neighbors, and family are already being hit by the illegal actions of DOGE.  
Please send me anything you would like to share, identified as either:

• public that I can share with this group, 
• or private to me as an example I can incorporate into statements.

5. Posters, fliers, stickers(?) 

• I can make and print (thanks ec!) posters and fliers to distribute. Do you have design skills? Make some new posters.
• Anyone want to make stickers to distribute? What should they say?

6. Other

• Keweenaw Now has posted a note about us: https://keweenawnow.blogspot.com/2025/02/letter-local-government-officials-hear.html
• Several other local groups are acting: Houghton County Dems, AWAVE, Michigan Indivisible, and others. 
• Amy Hjerstedt <[email protected]> would like to start up a “Pints & Policy: Raise Your Glass, Raise Your Voice.
• AWAVE contact Lois Geminani ([email protected])