Chop Wood, Carry New York 4/27

Week of April 27

NY Team—

Keep moving. Don’t stall in frustration. Don’t quit.
“We are not potted plants.” We act. We grow.

Here’s where to put that energy:

🚨 Urgent Actions

Fund Reproductive Care — act now.
Send a message to Senate Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins, Assembly Speaker Heastie, and Governor Hochul to ensure critical sexual and reproductive healthcare funding is in the final budget. Click here.

Fund Abortion Clinical Training (S1438-A).
We need $5M in the final budget to address provider shortages across NYS. Use the details, call script, and phone numbers here.

Invest in women + the care economy.
Tell NY leaders to prioritize women, strengthen the care workforce, and protect access to essential health services. Send a message here.

🍎 Actions for All NYers

Dignity Not Detention Phone Zap
Every Tuesday, 1pm (Zoom).
Push NYS legislators to pass the Dignity Not Detention Act and end support for immigrant detention. RSVP here.

Immigration + Healthcare Calls
Urge funding in the NY budget to prevent insurance loss for 480,000 New Yorkers. Use the script from Make the Road and start calling.

May Day — May 1
Join the movement. Build local resistance to a billionaire-driven economy.
“No School, No Work, No Shopping.”
Find local actions on the map here. (More coming all summer and fall.)

✊ Region-Specific

Westchester
Deep canvassing in NYCD-17.
Story Workshop (Tuesday), then canvass in Peekskill — 4/25 at 11:15am.

NYC
Support Brad Lander (NY-10).
Info session with Indivisible: Monday, April 27, 7pm ET.

Long Island
Flier Baldwin for Joe Scianablo (Hempstead Town Supervisor).
Friday, May 8 | 9:30–11:45am EDT. Details + RSVP here.

Spring is a good time to choose your rhythm: once a week, daily, something steady. Stay in it. Build something that lasts—and find the joy in doing it.

Jess + Lydia + Andrea