Your Vote Your World. October 2020

 

We don’t have to tell you what’s at stake in the 2020 election, Charles. You already know it’s everything. That’s why we’re teaming up with EARTHDAY.ORG and the Hip Hop Caucus for Your Vote, Your World, a live digital rally on October 24 with activists, artists, musicians, and cultural icons. Together, we’ll explore the urgency of this moment and how we will make our voices heard this November.   Join us     Here’s how you can take action in the next 15 days: LEARN ABOUT VOTING Rally with voters across the country and join Your Vote, Your World on Saturday, October 24 at 1 PM. We’ll be joined by former US Vice President Al Gore, Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr., Stacey Abrams, Saad Amer, Bishop William J. Barber II, Dr. Robert D. Bullard, Catherine Coleman Flowers, Don Cheadle, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Lil Dicky, Dave Matthews, Thomas Middleditch, Ozomatli, Kal Penn, Questlove, Mark Ronson, Drew and Jonathan Scott, Zeke Thomas, Danni Washington, Calum Worthy, and many, many more. MAKE A PLAN TO VOTE Make a plan for exactly when and how you’ll vote. So no matter if you vote by mail, vote early, or vote in person on November 3, your voice counts. GET OUT THE VOTE Talk to your friends and family about the power of voting and how we can make our voices heard this election. They know you. They trust you. They’ll listen to you when it matters. And in 2020, it really matters. We hope you’ll join us on October 24! Thank you for all that you do. -Your friends at Climate Reality         © 2020 The Climate Reality Project

True Equity..... The boss who put everyone on 70K BBC News.

 https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-51332811

The boss who put everyone on 70K

By Stephanie Hegarty
Population correspondent

Published  28 February 2020

In 2015, the boss of a card payments company in Seattle introduced a $70,000 minimum salary for all of his 120 staff - and personally took a pay cut of $1m. Five years later he's still on the minimum salary, and says the gamble has paid off.

Dan Price was hiking with his friend Valerie in the Cascade mountains that loom majestically over Seattle, when he had an uncomfortable revelation.

As they walked, she told him that her life was in chaos, that her landlord had put her monthly rent up by $200 and she was struggling to pay her bills.

It made Price angry. Valerie, who he had once dated, had served for 11 years in the military, doing two tours in Iraq, and was now working 50 hours a week in two jobs to make ends meet.

"She is somebody for whom service, honour and hard work just defines who she is as a person," he says.

Even though she was earning around $40,000 a year, in Seattle that wasn't enough to afford a decent home. He was angry that the world had become such an unequal place. And suddenly it struck him that he was part of the problem.

At 31, Price was a millionaire. His company, Gravity Payments, which he set up in his teens, had about 2,000 customers and an estimated worth of millions of dollars. Though he was earning $1.1m a year, Valerie brought home to him that a lot of his staff must be struggling - and he decided to change that.......................

Voting in California. Be careful where you drop it off. Unofficial Ballot Boxes. October 2020.

The California Republican Party has placed unofficial ballot boxes across SoCal and now is refusing to remove them, despite orders from the state's chief elections official. Here's a look at a real vs. fake ballot box in Los Angeles County. https://abc7.la/31cSI2q