CHECK-IN thread: Stand with Texas Women Virtual March = Facebook Event

[Coyotl]

Last edited Mon Jul 1, 2013, 05:56 PM - Edit history (2)

Monday = Anywhere and everywhere

Stand with Texas Women = Virtual March
https://www.facebook.com/events/132687153606161/

Stand Up Monday = Rally at Texas Capitol
By Stand with Texas Women
https://www.facebook.com/events/139027312967322/

Join and Invite your Friends!

Once again Gov. Rick Perry and Lt. Governor David Dewhurst are attacking the constitutional rights of women in Texas. On Tuesday, Sen. Wendy Davis and the Senate Democrats stood together to stop harmful legislation from passing in the Texas Senate.

We aim to stop them, and you can join us!! If you have not already done so, change your profile picture to an orange pic displaying that you stand with Texas women. Here are some images that are available for download: http://lindsaybraundesign.com/#/stand-with-texas-women/

Please keep this as your profile pic for the week of July 1st - July 7th to show the Texas legislature that the world is paying attention.





Feel free to post other images that people can use for their profile pics in the comments below.

Here are other actions that you can take to fight alongside us, regardless of where you live:

1. Use the hashtag #StandWithWendy in all of your tweets, regardless of content, to help the story trend worldwide.

2. Sign the following petitions:

http://impeachrickperry.com/petition-to-impeach-texas-governor-rick-perry-sign-here/

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/call-resignation-texas-lt-gov-david-dewhurst-based-misconduct-during-wendy-davis-filibuster-sb5/tbpQPPjr

http://pac.petitions.moveon.org/sign/texas-attorney-general.fb28?source=s.fb&r_by=8095013

(For Texas residents) http://illvoteagainstyou.com/

3. Donate to the following organizations:
Texas Democratic Party:
https://services.myngp.com/ngponlineservices/contribution.aspx?X=0iltm6YncSaT9sX5wGwSQl9SRWp4YL50TjBMKb2Nn%2Bw%3D

Wendy Davis's Campaign:
http://www.wendydavisforsenate.com/

The Lillith Fund:
http://lilithfund.org/

Planned Parenthood:
http://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/

4. Contact your local representatives and let them know that you stand for women's reproductive rights.

5. Invite your friends to participate!!

Let's get started!!

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See also:

Thousands To Rally In Austin With Sen. Wendy Davis On July 1
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023132883

TimeStampGate - Felonious Conspiracy by Texas Republicans was led by Texas Lt. Gov. Dewhurst
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023111696

Democrats Plan to Kill Texas Abortion Bill With 13-Hour Filibuster
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014518211

[Coyotl]

1. Going 1,668 = Watch this number swell!

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7. Going 1,771

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8. Going 1,926

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11. Going 2,212

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15. Going 2,477

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2. Monday: Voter Registration Deputization

https://www.facebook.com/events/272719459532877/

[bVoter Registration Deputization
Monday, July 1, 2013
2:30pm until 4:30pm in CDT
314 W. 11th Street, Austin, TX

Keep the momentum going! Get deputized to register voters and help take our state back!

If you would like to become a deputized voter registrar so that you can help register people to vote, please join us and Travis County Tax Assessor Bruce Elfant on Monday at 2:30 and 3:30 at the Travis County Admin Offices, 314 W. 11th Street, just down the street from the Capitol.

Trainings: 2:30-3:30pm and 3:30-4:30pm.

Please RSVP so we know to expect you and then fill out this Google form. Your information will be kept private.
http://tinyurl.com/ovw5bgp

Let's take back Texas in 2014!

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3. kick

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4. k&r n/t

[Berlum]

5. Standing tall

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6. Added. Will work on the other. Thanks nt

[Coyotl]

9. Stand Up Monday - Rally at Texas Capitol = Facebook page = Going 6,159

Stand Up Monday - Rally at Texas Capitol
Public · By Stand with Texas Women
https://www.facebook.com/events/139027312967322/

Going 6,159

Monday, July 1, 2013
12:00pm until 2:00pm in CDT

Once again Gov. Rick Perry and Lt. Governor David Dewhurst are attacking the constitutional rights of women in Texas. On Tuesday, Sen. Wendy Davis and the Senate Democrats stood together to stop harmful legislation from passing in the Texas Senate.

Thanks to your voice and the voices of thousands, women in Texas won!

Now we must stand together again to demand justice for all women in Texas. Join us Monday, July 1st at 12 noon at the Texas Capitol to have your voice heard! Stand with us, grab your orange gear and join us in Austin.

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Take action Monday at the Capitol! After the rally we will have many opportunities to keep standing with Texas women and Sen. Davis. See how you can take action below:

2PM – 5PM – Share Your Story! Record a video testimonial or take a photo showing your support.

2PM – Senate Convenes - Senate Gallery, 3rd floor

2PM - 3PM - Workshop presentations on how to engage your community, civic participation and women's rights.

2PM – 3PM - Reproductive Justice and Women’s Health presentations.

2:30PM – Become a voter registrar! Voter Deputization.

3:30PM – “Staying Engaged: What’s next?" Take action at the capitol: write a letter to your Representative or Senator; write a letter to the editor; sign a thank you card for women’s health champions; sign up and learn more about organizing in-district events, phone banks and house parties.

3:30PM – Become a voter registrar! Voter Deputization.

[Berlum]

10. May justice prevail

[Coyotl]

12. Geo-Tagged Twitter Map of #StandWithWendy Shows Texas Senator Wasn’t a Lone Star

Geo-Tagged Twitter Map of #StandWithWendy Shows Texas Senator Wasn’t a Lone Star
http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/06/twitter-geography-wendy-davis/

In the social media age, there’s no such thing as local politics anymore. Even a law that would only affect one state or county or city can easily become a meme online and put a spotlight on an issue that people might care passionately about even if it’s not in their backyard. Case in point: #StandWithWendy.

.... The map above, created by the academic research group Floating Sheep, shows that while the volume of Twitter activity for #StandWithWendy was—naturally—greatest in Texas itself (nearly 29 percent of all tweets), there was also quite a bit of chatter coming out of places like New York state (8 percent), California (12 percent) and even places like Illinois (4 percent). The most interesting thing about the data, Floating Sheep’s founder and “chief shepherd” Matthew Zook told Wired is “the way that social media can make a relatively local concern (i.e. state-level legislature) and quickly make it into a national event.”

Following Sen. Davis’ filibuster meme images like this mash-up of the state senator and one of Daenerys Targaryen’s dragons from Game of Thrones began popping up on social media. Image via Tumblr

To try to account for differences in population by state and normal tweet output for a geographic region, Floating Sheep researchers normalized the data using its proprietary Dolly system to make sure certain states weren’t showing higher levels of support simply because they have more people or tend to tweet a lot. What they found showed that while Texas still lead the pack, states like Oregon and Montana had more #StandWithWendy tweets than the national average .........

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13. Stand With Wendy Davis Official Texas Democratic Party Poster by Tim Doyle

Stand With Wendy Davis Official Texas Democratic Party Poster by Tim Doyle
http://insidetherockposterframe.blogspot.com/2013/07/stand-with-wendy-davis-official-texas-democratic-poster-tim-doyle.html

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14. Thank you. Passed it on too.