Upcoming ICGO Events
(and see the Action Menu below)

Virtual Postcards-to-Voters Writing Project
  • Help advance Dem candidates in key races around the country!
  • Instructions here to get started on your own. Supply your own postcards and stamps, or email to request a delivery, online purchase link, or other assistance.

Virtual SwingLeft Letter Writing Parties with Indivisible OR
Virtual SwingLeft Letter Writing Parties with ICG/CGWAN
  • Wed, Sept 23, and Oct 7 - 9:30-11am
  • Wed, Sept 30 - 7-8:30pm
  • Zoom link for all dates here. RSVP for events here.

Phonebanking for Rep. Anna Williams - VOLUNTEERS WANTED
  • Note: With covid, phonebanking replaces canvassing. This is a tight race - Please help!
  • RSVP here for all phonebanking dates below.
  • Phonebanking training: Every Tues in Sept, 2-3pm
  • Phonebanking:
    • Thurs, Sept 24, 5-7pm
    • Every Tues thru end of October, 5-7pm
    • Every Sat through end of October, 11am-3pm

Help with Voter Registration
  • Now through Oct 13; Led by League of Women Voters
  • Choose among many outdoor events & locations (farmers markets, etc.). Masks and social distancing.
  • NOTE: HR County has 3500 eligible individuals who are not yet registered to vote!
  • To help, contact Fran Finney (ffinney@aol.com, 541-354-1112)

Sept 29 First Presidential Debate
  • 6-7:30 PST; to be televised on all major networks.
  • Debate will be at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.
  • "Fox News Sunday" anchor Chris Wallace will moderate.

Oct 7 Vice-Presidential Debate (details TBA)

Oct 13 OR voter registration deadline (11:59 pm postmark or online receipt)

Oct 15 Second Presidential Debate (details TBA)

Oct 21 PROGRAM: Election 2020 & the Constitution
  • 7-8pm (and may go over if you wish); Register here to get the Zoom link.
  • They’re back! Judges Paul Crowley & John Kelly will facilitate a discussion on the Constitutional issues surrounding the upcoming presidential election.
  • You’re invited to submit questions for the discussion by email. This will help the presenters focus on issues of interest to the audience. 

Oct 22 Third Presidential Debate (details TBA)

Oct 14-20 OR ballots are mailed to voters

Nov 3 “Election Day”
  • Spread the word: the final tally of votes around the country, and subsequent assignment of electoral college votes, will likely take additional days to weeks. Important for people to know and expect!
  • OR: deadline for receipt of ballot in County Elections Office via mail or drop box is 8pm

Nov 4 - Jan 20 Extreme political/social kerfluffle possible here, along with annual sacrificial turkey rituals.

Jan 20 Inauguration Day

Quarterly ICGO Meetings

​When:  2nd Tuesday of each calendar quarter (Jan, April, July, & November), 6-7:30pm

​Where:  Usually at Hood River Library (502 State Street; downstairs meeting room). Currently meetings are by Zoom.

Progressive political activism with friends and neighbors!


​2020 ACTION MENU

We ask each of our members and friends to commit to one or more actions from the Menu this week.

Calls to Action
Call/email your state/federal reps for accountability and for policy advocacy. ICG publishes CTAs on our Facebook page and in our newsletter. Each CTA includes a message and contact info for your reps.

LTE Circle
Join this ICG group to take turns submitting LTEs (letters to the editor). Use our messaging, or create your own. Connect with Rhonda for more info and to volunteer.

Postcards to Voters
Our postcarding together is on Covid hold, of course, but here’s how to write postcards-to-voters from home. ICGers are continuing to write to legislators on state & federal issues, and to voters in key districts across the country, so please do join in.

Support the re-election campaign of our State Rep, Anna Williams
Phonebanking, postcarding, and texting to district voters. Contact campaign coordinator April Alvarez to get started!
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SwingLeft Letter-Writing
Our popular and productive letter-writing parties are on Covid hold now, of course, but you can do letter-writing with us in two ways:
  • You can join a VIRTUAL letter-writing party  -  see the current calendar on the Meet & Act page.
  • Sign up with Vote Forward, and download and complete letter assignments at home.

DONATE HERE  
We’re all-in for CHANGE in 2020. Can you help fund our SwingLeft letter-writing project to register/engage voters in the 12 “Super States?" It will run through October and cost over $7400 (for postage, printing, supplies for the 11,000  letters we're writing). Thanks for considering!

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