March 7, 2026 Email to Active Group
------ URGENT: FLOCK HEARING
First thing first: need more bodies for a Flock-related hearing (again!), this time in San Jose. You don't have to be SJ resident; these cameras affect anyone driving through SJ. Help get Flock and AI mass surveillance out of San Jose! Flock has mishandled our personal automatic license plate reader data, placing immigrants, BIPOC communities, people seeking reproductive care, and those exercising their rights to free speech under risk. March 10, 1:30pm, San Jose City Council, Council Chambers at City Hall, 200 E. Santa Clara St. There's also a rally there beforehand at 12:30pm, if you'd like to get pumped up :) There's also a letter you can sign.
------ OUR EVENTS THIS WEEKEND
- Saturday, March 7, 10am: Repeat but also not (new speakers and organizations) of "Fighting for America: How to Win 2026" (Note: this is online).
- Saturday, March 7, 1pm: Repeat of "Listen to Win: Empathetic Conversations Training" by Dave M of Swing Left Peninsula
- Sunday, March 8, 10am: Chalk-the-streets with our Chalking Team in Mountain View
- Sunday, March 8, 11am: Signs of Fascism silent protest in Santa Clara
- Sunday, March 8, 2pm: International Women's Day Poetry Walk with Mariya in Palo Alto
------ CURRENT CAMPAIGNS ON THE PORCH
Postcarding
Postcarding campaigns soon to come: States Win postcards for MI State Senate candidate Darrin Camilleri and to register voters in GA for Jon Ossoff. Current campaigns on the porch: Write to unregistered likely Democrats in Michigan’s toss-up MI-07 to help flip the House in 2026 and protect statewide seats, and to registered Black voters in Virginia urging a Yes vote on the redistricting referendum to maintain fair congressional maps.
------ FROM OUR FRIENDS & ALLIES
- March 7: From Mountain View Bay Area Resistance Pod: Immigrant Rights Forum on Saturday, March 7 at 3pm, Mountain View Community Center (201 S Rengstorff Ave). It will bring together groups that support immigrants in Mountain View and the Bay Area to bring awareness to their efforts, connect immigrants and allies with resources and action opportunities, and to learn directly from immigrants' experiences. It will feature speakers from Papeles para Todos, SIREN, and Rapid Response Network in Santa Clara County.
- By March 13: From Third Act SF: California parks near Sunol, Mission Peak, Mt. Diablo, Butano and others are at risk from a federal proposal to allow oil drilling on adjacent public lands. Visit a park before March 13, post a photo to raise awareness, and submit a public comment to help stop the drilling. See more info.
- March 14: Bay Resistance Mass Non-cooperation Training, 10am-2pm. Learn how to organize direct action, strikes, boycotts, and community defense to mobilize your networks and build real collective power. IBEW hall, San Jose.
- March 14: Our Congressman Sam Liccardo's town hall in Mountain View, 3pm
- March 18: Join Ken Martin, the Chair of the Democratic National Committee, and Yasmin Radjy, the Executive Director of Swing Left, for a 5pm Zoom meeting hosted by grassroots leader Steve Schear to talk about how you can help Democrats win the midterms. Lorenza Ramirez, the DNC’s new Organizing Director, and Zack Malitz, Swing Left’s Managing Director, will also speak at the meeting about new programs.