GVI Weekly Actions & Events

August 4, 2026

Tonight: Meet Alissa Ellman in Dansville

Alissa Ellman will appear at a Meet & Greet event tonight, Tuesday, August 4, at 6:00 PM, at the North Dansville Town Hall, 14 Clara Barton St. If you can make it, come with a question — this is your chance to hear directly from the candidate GVI has endorsed to defeat Claudia Tenney. The meeting is on the ground floor. Building is handicapped accessible and air conditioned.

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$300 Match — Every Dollar You Give in August Is Doubled

Through August 31, Indivisible is matching every dollar raised through GVI’s ActBlue account, dollar for dollar, up to $300. That means a $25 donation becomes $50 for the work of beating Tenney, backing Alissa Ellman, and keeping GVI’s organizing going — at no extra cost to you.

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This Week’s Call: Stop the CLARITY Act

The Senate could vote within days on the CLARITY Act — a crypto industry bill that does nothing to address the president’s own crypto conflicts of interest. Call and email your senators and tell Democrats to oppose it:

Script format: “I’m a constituent from Livingston County. Please oppose the CLARITY Act. It hands the crypto industry exactly what it wants while doing nothing about the president’s own crypto corruption. Vote no.”

Call your senators or send an email.

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Five Reasons NY-24 Deserves New Leadership

Alissa Ellman laid out why she’s running — adapted here from her own words, without the fundraising ask:

1. Protect rural health care. Families shouldn’t lose access to doctors, Medicaid, or a nearby hospital because of where they live.
2. Make family life affordable. Expand child-care options, support affordable housing, and help working parents keep more of what they earn.
3. Rebuild rural infrastructure. Our communities need dependable water systems, transportation, and access to hospitals, schools, and job training.
4. Stand with workers and veterans. Protect collective bargaining, earned benefits, and the public servants who keep the country running.
5. Flip NY-24 and change the House agenda. Winning the House means choosing which bills move, which communities get investment, and whether health care and workers’ rights are protected.

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Coming Up

Thu, Aug 6	52nd Annual Hiroshima-Nagasaki Candlelight Vigil 7:30 PM · Avon Village Circle Park · GVCP & Veterans For Peace	Details
Sat, Aug 8	Stand Up, Fight Back Saturday 12:00 PM · Caledonia (Rtes 36 & 20) — Corn Festival traffic	RSVP
Sat, Aug 8	GVI Tabling — Avon Corn Festival 10:00 AM–6:00 PM · Genesee St., Avon — come say hi!	RSVP
Mon, Aug 10	Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) Information Session 6:00 PM–8:00 PM · Al Lorenz Park, Pavilion 4; Al Lorenz Drive, Mt. Morris, NY For more information, email LivingstonCountyDSA@gmail.com.	See Email

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A Few Short Things

• Missed Hands Off Our Vote? Indivisible’s election protection kickoff call happened last Thursday — catch the recording, and sign up for Election Protection 101 + 201 trainings this month.
• Reject the Trump-Netanyahu military partnership, and any additional funding for the Iran war. Call your senators on both.
• “Defeat Tenney” yard signs — $9. Email paj12147@gmail.com to reserve yours.
• Rapid Response Network. Complete a training to receive ICE-activity alerts for Livingston County — contact GVI for the next date.

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Same Time, Every Week

• Thursday meeting — 6:30 PM, St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, Geneseo (red door in back)
• Geneseo Visibles — Wed & Fri, 4:00 PM, Gateway Corner Park
• Hemlock Rising protest — Wed, 4:30 PM, Rt 15A & Rt 20A
• What’s the Plan? — Thu, 3:00 PM, on Zoom. Register

Full calendar & ongoing ways to plug in →

Postcards, every week. Email Phil at paj12147@gmail.com to get a batch to write at home, or write them at the Thursday meeting — the Artist Team keeps a postcard station going. Order by Wednesday. Choose your postcards →

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