*** SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT ***
JOIN THE STUDENTS SKIPPING SCHOOL TODAY TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE
Confused about climate science? Meet Sweden’s Greta Thunberg.
This 16-year-old is responsible for starting a children’s climate movement that’s gone global. Since August, Thunberg has been skipping school every Friday to sit outside parliament with a sign that (translated) reads: “School strike for climate.”
Today, Friday, thousands of students from 105 countries and 100 US cities will join her school walkout to demand action on the emerging catastrophe. Thunberg just learned she has been nominated for a Nobel Prize.
Then there’s Trump. Last month, Trump created a sham panel to “reexamine” intelligence warnings that climate change is a significant threat to national security.
But 58 senior officials – admirals, generals and others – signed a letter warning: “It is dangerous to have national security analysis conform to politics.”
Also, momentum for addressing the climate crisis is building in Congress:
- After years of ridiculing the science, more than 15 hearings on climate change have been held since January
- Senators, including one from oil-dependent Alaska and another from coal country West Virginia, are publicly acknowledging the danger is real
- Even ORD2’s Greg Walden is joining the gang of former deniers
Join Greta’s Friday protest today. Ask your MoCs to support the students and . . .
Demand Action!
Confront the Climate Calamity!
**ACTION ONE: CALL OUR SENATORS**
SAMPLE SCRIPT for Senators Wyden and Merkley:
“My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [town/city], Oregon [zip code]. I am calling because . . .
. . . very shortly, climate change will become a global catastrophe. I urge the Senator to:
- Join the children’s climate change school walk-out TODAY
- Support the URGENCY behind the Green New Deal. We can’t afford to lose a year to inaction
- Investigate why EPA enforcement actions have dramatically slowed as Trump seeks to cut the EPA’s budget by 31%
- And finally, please investigate Trump appointees at the EPA who are shredding financial documents wanted by the Inspector General
Thank you.”
SENATOR RON WYDEN
Portland: (503) 326-7525, DC: (202) 224-5244
Salem: (503) 589-4555, Eugene: (541) 431-0229
Medford: (541) 858-5122, Bend: (541) 330-9142
La Grande: (541) 960-7691
https://www.wyden.senate.gov/contact/
SENATOR JEFF MERKLEY
Portland: (503) 326-3386, DC: (202) 224-3753
Salem: (503) 362-8102, Eugene: (541) 465-6750
Medford: (541) 608-9102, Bend: (541) 318-1298
Pendleton: (541) 278-1129
https://www.merkley.senate.gov/contact/
**ACTION TWO: CALL COMPLICIT GREG WALDEN**
SAMPLE SCRIPT FOR WALDEN:
“My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [town/city], Oregon [zip code]. I am calling because . . .
. . . I want to thank Greg Walden for breaking with Trump to acknowledging that climate change is real and we must respond urgently. I disagree that technology will solve the problem. It has to be coupled with massive reductions in fossil fuel use.
Additionally:
- Join the children’s climate change school walk-out TODAY
- Support the URGENCY behind the Green New Deal. We can’t afford to lose a year to inaction
- Investigate why EPA enforcement actions have dramatically slowed as Trump seeks to cut the EPA’s budget by 31%
- And finally, please investigate Trump appointees at the EPA who are shredding financial documents wanted by the Inspector General
Thank you.”
COMPLICIT GREG WALDEN
DC (202) 225-6730, Medford: (541) 776-4646
Bend (541) 389-4408, La Grande (541) 624-2400
https://walden.house.gov/contact-greg/email-me
**ACTION THREE: BE AN ACTIVIST**
Visit the ORD2 Indivisible Event Calendar on a regular basis to keep updated on our local activities. Participate with us as often as you can. Check out the following:
Non-ORD2 Indivisible Sponsored Event: THE YOUTH STRIKE BACK – Ashland
TODAY: March 15 @ 10:30 am – 1:00 pm
https://ord2indivisible.org/event/non-ord2-indivisible-sponsored-event-the-youth-strike-back-ashland/
Ron Wyden Town Hall – Lakeview
TODAY: March 15 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
https://ord2indivisible.org/event/ron-wyden-town-hall-lakeview/
Ron Wyden Town Hall – Klamath Falls
TODAY: March 15 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
https://ord2indivisible.org/event/ron-wyden-town-hall-klamath-falls/
Greg Walden Town Hall Meetings – Hood River, The Dalles, Hermiston
TODAY: March 15 – Hood River @ 8:30 am – 10:00 am
TODAY: March 15 – The Dalles @ 11:15 am – 12:45 pm
TODAY: March 15 – Hermiston @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
https://ord2indivisible.org/event/15010/
Non-ORD2 Indivisible Sponsored Event: Central American Newcomers: Who, Why and Now – Medford
TOMORROW: March 16 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
https://ord2indivisible.org/event/non-ord2-indivisible-sponsored-event-central-american-newcomers-who-why-and-now-medford/
ORD2 Indivisible Teach & Greet: Can Oregon Lead by Example? – Talent
THIS SUNDAY: March 17 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
https://ord2indivisible.org/event/ord2-indivisible-teach-greet-can-oregon-lead-by-example-talent/
Non-ORD2 Indivisible Sponsored Event: Jackson County Mental Health Services Information Forum – Medford
March 21 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
https://ord2indivisible.org/event/non-ord2-indivisible-sponsored-event-jackson-county-mental-health-services-information-forum-medford/
Non-ORD2 Indivisible Sponsored Event: Take Action in Salem to Stop Jordan Cove LNG – Salem
March 28 @ 9:30 am – 4:30 pm
REGISTRATION IS DUE BY TODAY, MARCH 15
https://ord2indivisible.org/event/non-ord2-indivisible-sponsored-event-take-action-in-salem-to-stop-jordan-cove-lng-salem/
SUBMIT EVENTS TO BE ADDED TO THE ORD2 INDIVISIBLE EVENT CALENDAR
Help us keep current with our event postings. https://ord2indivisible.org/submit-your-event/
SOURCES:
Wired, March 12, 2019: “A Teen Started a Global Climate Protest. What Are You Doing?”
NY Times March 14, 2019: “Students Across the World Are Protesting on Friday. Why?”
Vox, March 13, 2019: “Playing hooky to save the climate: why students are striking on March 15”
Rolling Stone, March 5, 2019: “How Greta Thunberg’s Lone Strike Against Climate Change Became a Global Movement”
Washington Post, March 5, 2019: “White House’s plans to counter climate science reports ‘will erode our national security,’ 58 former officials warn. Generals, admirals and other national security officials sent a letter to President Trump.”
Real Clear Policy, Feb. 13, 2019: “Republicans Have Better Solutions to Climate Change.” Op-ed by Greg Walden, Fred Upton & John Shimkus.
Pacific Standard, Feb. 13, 2019: “The House Science Committee Just Held a Helpful Hearing on Climate Science for the First Time in Years”