Dayenu activists in California have been pulling out all the stops to hold the fossil fuel industry accountable for all the damage that it — knowingly — has caused. For weeks, we’ve been advocating for the Make Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Bill — with phone calls, emails, marches, and meetings both online and in person. It’s been a true team effort, engaging people from across the state, of all ages, speaking out for the future of the state and the planet.

In person meetings

This past week, we had an in-person lobby meeting at Assemblymember Wick’s office in East Bay. We had representatives from Chochmat Halev Dayenu Circle, Netivot Shalom Dayenu Circle, Berkeley Hillel students and staff, and the Aquarian Minyan.

From one participant: “It was a great crew and everyone did a fabulous job making our point. Yael shared a beautiful personal story, Grey did a great job setting up the problem and affirming that we want to build a relationship with them as a staffers, Joel nailed the description of the bill, and Shosh and our Berkeley students made great direct asks. Big success!

Wicks’ staff told us this bill was the one they’ve heard about the most often of any bill this session, so the advocacy is really showing! We also went to State Senator Arreguin’s office to try to get a meeting scheduled, because they’ve been hard to get hold of, and we connected with the district director and will follow up with her to get that meeting scheduled as well.”