Week of
May 11, 2025
Take 5 Minutes to use your power and your voice. Together, we are making a difference.
Action for the Week of May 11, 2025
We are asking all VCK members and friends to check the website weekly for calls to action.
In addition to the action listed here, we encourage you to visit for accurate info and further actions:
https://chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com
https://campaigns.moveon.org/petitions/
1) Board of Education Elections are this week. Now more then ever it is important to make our voices known. VCK supports Barbara Ellis Erby for Hot Springs School Board Position #4. With a heart for service and a vision rooted in community, equity, and educational excellence, Barbara is a candidate who will truly put our kids first.
Election Day is Tuesday, May 13.
Click link for more voting information:
https://www.garlandcountyvote.org/2025-elections.html
2) We continue to focus on the illegal detention of immigrants with legal status and no criminal record, without due process.
Tom Homan, the "boarder czar" wants to add billions more to the budget for ICE deportations. A budget reconciliation bill is in the works that would increase spending over $90 billion in the next decade. To pass, it requires a simple majority in both the House and Senate.
Tell them:
I am against you voting for any budget plan that increases ICE funding. The current terrorization of innocent people is unethical and tearing through our communities. To ensure due process for every single person living in the United States, vote no on any ICE funding increases.
Call/Email:
Senators,
Tom Cotton
202-224-2353
501-223-9081
https://www.cotton.senate.gov/contact/contact-tom
John Boozman
202-224-4843
501-372-7153
https://www.boozman.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/e-mail-me
Congressman
Bruce Westerman
202- 225-3772
501-609-9796
https://westerman.house.gov/contact