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Release the Report: An Ordinary Citizen’s View
Indivisible AVL volunteers and supporters held a press conference for the local media on Thursday, April 4, at 3:00 pm, in support of the “Release The Report” National Day of Action and public rally held later that day. A local attorney presented brief remarks on the legal perspective on the importance of releasing the full…
Read More“Make It Public!” Press Conference Urges Sen. Tillis to Call for Making Mueller Report Public
Indivisible AVL and Progress NC Action held a press conference in front of Sen. Tillis’s Hendersonville office on March 26, with 5,000 petitions urging him to make the Mueller Report public.
Read MoreHendersonville Press Conference March 27 on Petitioning Sen. Tillis to Make the Mueller Report Public
A coalition of grassroots activist groups will gather Wednesday at 12:30 to speak to the press and deliver boxes of over 5,000 signed petitions to Sen. Tillis, urging him make the full Mueller Report public.
Read MoreSign Now: Make the Mueller Report Public!
Sign this petition to Senators Tillis and Burr, urging them to take action to make the Mueller Report public. Then join us Wednesday afternoon, March 27, at 12:30 pm, as we deliver a stack of petitions to Sen. Tillis’s office at the Historic Courthouse Square in Hendersonville. The petition states simply: “Americans have the right…
Read MoreIndivisible AVL Protests Bernhardt Nomination for Interior Secretary
Indivisible Asheville/WNC recently joined with hundreds of organizations all over the country in signing a letter of opposition to Trump’s nomination of David Bernhardt for Secretary of Interior. In his 18 months serving as the Interior Department’s deputy secretary, Bernhardt has been at the center of a culture of corruption that has been the Interior…
Read MoreJoin Rapid Response to Stop Offshore Drilling in NC
The Trump administration is gearing up to open our Atlantic coast to offshore drilling, despite the overwhelming objections of governors and citizens of coastal states. The Center for Biological Diversity has set up a Rapid Response protest, so that within 48 hours of the release of the administration’s plans, there will be protests across North…
Read MoreLetters to the Editor: Trump’s Fake National Emergency
The national Indivisible Project recently published an update on the #FakeEmergency, which included an excellent Letter To the Editor guide we thought we’d reprint here. Letters to the Editor might not seem like the flashiest way to get your member of Congress’s attention. But there’s something about a sharp Letter to the Editor in a…
Read MoreClosing the Gap: Medicaid Expansion in North Carolina
Indivisible Asheville/WNC Presents “Closing the Gap:The Case for Medicaid Expansion in North Carolina”Tuesday, February 26, 5:30-7:00 pm | Mountain Madre, Asheville A special presentation at Indivisible Asheville/WNC’s February 26 general meeting will cover North Carolina’s current healthcare coverage gap that leaves 70% of low-income adults in the state uninsured and will show how Medicaid expansion through…
Read MoreWhere They Stand: Your MoCs on Trumps Fake Emergency
When the president lost his battle for a wall with Congress and the American people, he jeopardized the constitutional balance of powers by declaring a fake state of emergency in order to bypass Congress. In a real state of emergency, the president would be able to take funds from already funded areas and not wait…
Read MoreRedistricting Update: House Bill 69
RALEIGH – State lawmakers on Wednesday unveiled a bipartisan proposal to take party politics out of the way North Carolina’s voting maps are drawn. Instead of lawmakers crafting their own districts for partisan advantage, House Bill 69 would have an 11-member citizens commission draw maps free from partisan politics, with robust public input and full transparency. The districts…
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