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We’re working on multiple fronts to drive progressive change.
Check the calendar of events below and take action!
Canvass for Malinowski in Rahway
Act! Canvass for Malinowski in Rahway, 12-3pm, followed by GOTV Rally, followed by a DSB hang at the Wet Ticket Brewery!
Location: Campaign office address sent via Mobilize; Rally at City Hall Plaza
Why? Because it’s GOTV time…and turning out Rahway is key to Tom’s victory!
How Recent Supreme Court Decisions Impact Church-State Separation and The Religious and Civil Rights of Minorities
SOMA Action’s Religious Justice Committee invites you to join a discussion with Randall Balmer, Dartmouth College John Phillips Chair in Religion and prize-winning historian and Emmy Award nominee, on Zoom.
Professor Randall Balmer, author of Bad Faith: Race and the Rise of the Religious Right, joins us to share insights about the right-wing movement behind recent Supreme Court cases that use the pretext of “religious freedom” to violate a critical tenet of democracy: the separation of church and state.
How does the religious right’s use of “religious freedom” to consolidate power and the actual lack of religious freedom for minority religions, such as Judaism and Islam, impact us and our neighbors? What is the connection between this and white supremacy?
Register here.
Canvass for Malinowski in Rahway
Location: Rahway — RSVP here.
Why? Malinowski’s race is crucial to holding the House, and it’s an uphill climb. Check out this piece from the New York Times on the race.
Canvass for Mikie Sherrill
Join Team Mikie & SOMA Action for a canvass in South Orange! Help us knock on doors in South Orange to talk to our neighbors about Mikie and voting in the General Election on November 8th. Volunteers will go out in teams and will receive training by our very own Sean Bailey.
Meeting location and other details provided when you register.
Day of Action, Night of Fun
Put on your sneakers and canvass for Mikie Sherrill (11 a.m. - 2:00 p.m., staging area to be announced) then change into your party shoes and meet us on the dance floor 5:00 - 11:00 p.m. at Maplewood Little Club.
Postcard Party for Mikie Sherrill
Write, Stamp, then Brunch!
Suggested stamp donation $10.
Complimentary Coffee & OJ to be served.
Additional brunch items available for purchase.
RSVP to jess.bateman7@gmail.com
Social Equity & Expungement Event to Address the Disparate Impact of Cannabis Arrests
On Wednesday, September 21st, 2022, SOMA Action Cannabis Equity Initiative Committee will host a social equity and expungement event at The Woodland in Maplewood. This event is designed to address the disparate impact that cannabis arrests have on minority communities.
See the Blog page for detailed information.
Presented by SOMA Action, Elevated by TheCannaBossLady, Mojo Botanica, Neighbor’s Wine Shop, Chutzpah Kitchen, Luna Stella
Entrance is free, but a $10 suggested donation at the door is greatly appreciated
Progressive Book Club is reading Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change by Angela Garbes
Email saprogressivebookclub@gmail.com for more info or to join.
Vote By Mail Phone Bank
Sponsored by House Democratic Committee. Call Democratic PA voters to encourage voting by mail and information on how to do so. Training provided. This is a special shift for SOMA folks-please join us!
Sign up here.
Virtual fundraiser for Tom Malinowski
With guest Senator Jon Ossof. No minimal donation. Our own Jessica James is on the host committee! Sign up here.
Canvass for Tom Malinowski
Canvass for Tom Malinowski in Westfield.
Sign-up here
Weekly canvass in Westfield continues every Saturday through September. Want to shadow a canvasser? Email Cindy, cygaleota@gmail.com to arrange.
Mondays for MALINOWSKI Virtual Phone Bank – Sign up here. Every Monday, 5:30 to 7:30 pm until November.
CANVASS FOR CONGRESSWOMAN SUSAN WILD
Knock on doors in Allentown, PA to help ensure Susan Wild retains her congressional seat! Contact Alice, alice.hirsch@yahoo.com for questions and/or carpool arrangements. Sign up here.
Farmers Market GOTV
Get Your Veggies and Get Out the Vote! SOMA Action will be attending the Scotch Plains Farmers Market to increase voter turnout, inform voters about Mikie Sherrill and Tom Malinowski, and sign people up for our Democracy Strikes Back campaign.
Canvass for Mikie Sherrill in South Orange/Maplewood
Why? Mikie Sherrill’s race is looking pretty good, but that’s what we thought about Murphy, too, and he barely squeaked by. Also, the more people we turn out for her election campaign, the more sway we have when we call her office to push her on our progressive priorities.
RSVP for the address.
Farmers Market GOTV
Get Your Veggies and Get Out the Vote! SOMA Action will be attending the Milburn Farmers Market to increase voter turnout, inform voters about Mikie Sherrill and Tom Malinowski, and sign people up for our Democracy Strikes Back campaign.
Democracy Strikes Back Zoom Meetings
DSB members meet every other Sunday at 5 pm to share ideas and new info, and provide support. It’s so encouraging to speak with (or just listen to!) a group of like-minded people. You can join any meeting. The next meeting will be on Sunday, August 14th at 5:00 pm. The Zoom link is here.
Farmers Market GOTV
Get Your Veggies and Get Out the Vote! SOMA Action will be attending the Summit Farmers Market to increase voter turnout, inform voters about Mikie Sherrill and Tom Malinowski, and sign people up for our Democracy Strikes Back campaign.
Postcard Writing for John Fetterman
Party, political work, Keystone cocktails included!
Outdoor event.
Sign up here.
Donations for stamps gratefully accepted.
Farmers Market GOTV
Get Your Veggies and Get Out the Vote! SOMA Action will be attending the South Orange Farmers Market to increase voter turnout, inform voters about Mikie Sherrill and Tom Malinowski, and sign people up for our Democracy Strikes Back campaign.
Farmers Market GOTV
Get Your Veggies and Get Out the Vote! SOMA Action will be attending the Maplewood Farmers Market to increase voter turnout, inform voters about Mikie Sherrill and Tom Malinowski, and sign people up for our Democracy Strikes Back campaign.
Letter Writing Party for Michigan
RSVP to pollymerdinger@verizon.net for the address.
(You don’t have to be on Team Michigan to participate!)
Canvass for Tom Malinowski/Food Drive
Support a food drive and Tom Malinowski this weekend.
Mondays for Malinowski
Virtual Phone Bank every Monday until election day. You can also call on your own time, any day of the week, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., after a short training.
Sign up here.
Canvass for Tom Malinowski
Canvas for Tom Malinowski in Rahway, Union County. Sign-up via Mobilize here.
Talk to your neighbors about the importance of voting for Democrats up and down the ballot in November and the ways they can be involved in the campaign.
EMAIL Cindy, cygaleota@gmail.com to arrange to shadow an experienced canvasser.
Canvass for Andy Kim
We will drive to the canvassing meeting place which should be just over an hour away where we will receive canvassing instructions and pair up with an experienced canvasser and start talking to voters. Please register here and RSVP to Joann (joann.gaughran@gmail.com). Bring water and wear comfortable shoes!
Canvass for Mikie Sherrill in Parsippany
Canvassing has a larger impact and is more fun than you might think. RSVP.
Phone banking to Michigan
Michigan is a crucial state. There are plenty of opportunities to meet various schedules. Sign up here.
Virtual tour of the Africana Institute of Essex County College
As part of Black History (Month), SOMA Action's Racial Justice Committee is offering the community a Virtual tour of the Africana Institute of Essex County College. This little known Institute has a wide array of museum quality African Artwork. Your tour guide will be the Director of the Institute, Dr. Akil Khalfani. Free to all. Tuesday, February 16, 2021 7:30-8:30.
Make the Road NJ National Call In Day
It's Congressional recess. Join Make the Road NJ for a national call in day to urge your member of Congress to support a pathway to citizenship for all 11 million undocumented immigrants. Sign up on Facebook to receive the information about how to call in.
Tell Governor Murphy Not to Expand Fossil Fuel Projects
Climate Warriors! Can you take a couple of minutes to sign onto an email to Governor Murphy? Urge him to oppose an out-of-state company's plan to expand a fracked gas pipeline through the NJ Highlands.
Let the governor--who is up for re-election this year--hear that we oppose the expansion of fossil fuel projects, especially those that have no benefit to our state or its people. Let's fill up that inbox! Click the button below to sign on - and thanks!