Campaigns for the week of February 20, 2023

Hate and discrimination are flying fast, but we are resisting at every step. Take action with these campaigns. More campaigns will be added as we make them and as we get a fuller picture of the legislative calendar.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20

CALL: Join the next Zoom phone bank with inclusion tennessee at 6:30 p.m. Central Time. Learn more at the Facebook event.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21

SHOW UP: We're having a Pink & Purple Day on the Hill. From 9:45 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. we will have a check-in time in the Cordell Hull Building cafeteria with information about the bills, committee hearings, and what you can do. RSVP at the Facebook event page.

Anti-trans TennCare bill

EMAIL: Use this easy form to tell the House Insurance Committee to vote NO on the anti-trans TennCare bill.

CALL: Call the members of the Insurance Committee about the anti-trans TennCare bill with the numbers and scripts at the link.

SHOW UP: Attend the House Insurance Committee meeting at 10:30 a.m. as they vote on the anti-trans TennCare bill. RSVP at the Facebook event link.

Wedding refusal bill

EMAIL: Use this easy form to tell the House Children & Family Affairs subcommittee to oppose the Wedding refusal bill.

CALL: Call the members of the Children & Family Affairs subcommittee with the numbers and scripts at the link.

SHOW UP: Attend the House Children & Family Affairs subcommittee meeting at Noon as they vote on a bill that gives anti-marriage equality officiants special rights. RSVP at the Facebook event link.

Anti-trans binary definition of "sex" bill

EMAIL: Use this easy form to urge the House Civil Justice Subcommittee to vote NO on the anti-trans binary sex bill.

CALL: Call the members of the Civil Justice subcommittee about the binary sex bill that would hurt trans people in the Tennessee Code with the numbers and scripts at the link.

SHOW UP: Attend the House Civil Justice subcommittee meeting in the Cordell Hull Building at 1:30 p.m. as they consider the anti-trans binary definition of "sex" bill. RSVP at the Facebook event link.

Anti-trans private school athlete and pronoun bills

EMAIL: Tell the members of the House K-12 subcommittee to oppose the anti-trans private school athlete bill and the pronoun bill with this easy form.

CALL: Call the members of the House K-12 subcommittee about the anti-trans private school athlete bill and the pronoun bill with the numbers and scripts at the link.

SHOW UP: Attend the House K-12 subcommittee meeting in the Cordell Hull Building at 4:30 p.m. Both the anti-trans pronoun bill and the anti-trans student athlete bill are up for votes. RSVP at the Facebook event link.

CALL: HRC's weekly virtual phone bank takes place at 6:30 p.m. Central Time. Register at the link.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22

Drag licensing bill

EMAIL: HB30, the drag licensing bill, is up for a vote in the House Finance subcommittee. Use this easy form to the tell the members to vote NO.

SHOW UP: You can attend the House Finance subcommittee. Unlike subject matter committees such as Local Government, there will not be much issue-oriented discussion. The discussion will be quick and focus on the financial impact of the bill as found in the fiscal note. But if you would like to attend, be at House Hearing Room 3 of the Cordell Hull Building at 10:30 a.m.

Anti-implicit bias training bill

EMAIL: Use this easy form to urge the Senate Education Committee to vote NO on the anti-implicit bias training bill.

CALL: Call the Senate Education Committee and urge them to vote NO on the bill banning implicit bias training in public schools and public colleges and universities with the phone numbers and scripts at the link.

SHOW UP: A bill banning mandatory implicit bias training in public schools and public colleges and universities is up for a vote in the Senate Education Committee at 3:00 p.m. Central Time. RSVP at the Facebook event link.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23

EMAIL: HB1, the ban on youth gender-affirming care, will hit the House floor. That will be its last stop before it reaches the Governor. Use this easy form to contact your own member of the Tennessee House of Representatives. The House floor session begins at 9:00 a.m.

EMAIL: HB9, the anti-drag bill, will hit the House floor for a vote. That will be its last stop before it reaches the Governor. Use this easy form to contact your own member of the Tennessee House of Representatives.

CALL: Call your own member of the Tennessee House of Representatives with the information and script at the link.

SHOW UP: The House floor session begins at 9:00 a.m. Central Time. You can attend meetings of the full House of Representatives or of the Senate. You can watch from the gallery if you can get a seat. Or you can be in the hallway outside the House chamber. To be absolutely clear, it's important to know that you will be going to the Capitol building, NOT the Cordell Hull Building for a floor session.


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