Rhode Island’s Kavanaugh Moment: Call to Action

TAKE ACTION

Choose 1-3 actions to help STOP McCaffrey’s nomination to the RI District Court!

1. Use TWP’s email template to state your opposition to McCaffrey’s nomination by June 27

• Send two separate emails to [email protected] and [email protected]
• Be sure to include your name, title, address, email address and phone number at the bottom of this template:

Ms. Verdecchia/Tadesse:

Greetings. I am NAME, TITLE. I am writing to share my objection to the nomination of Michael J. McCaffrey for Associate Judge of Rhode Island District Court. McCaffrey’s track record of opposing reproductive rights, and the human rights of the LGBTQIA population of Rhode Island, makes him out of sync with the values of most Rhode Islanders.

We deserve judges who share our values, and therefore see McCaffrey as unfit for Associate Judge of the RI District Court.

Thank you for reconsidering his nomination,
Ms./Mx./Mr. FULL NAME
Your Address
Your Phone Number 
Your Email Address

2. Sign up by June 20 to give in-person testimony at the nomination hearing on July 8

• Judicial nominations often go without any protest, so we’re looking for 25 folx to join us in public comment on July 8 at 4pm
• We can provide testimony templates. Please email us at [email protected]
• LOCATION: Department of Administration One Capitol Hill, Conference Room A, 2nd Floor Providence, Rhode Island 02908
• Use our template to sign up to speak at McCaffrey’s abomination nomination during the public session
• To provide public comment, use our template and email it to Laura Jeanne Verdecchia at [email protected] no later than Friday, June 20:

Ms. Verdecchia:

Greetings. I am NAME, TITLE. I am requesting the opportunity to provide public comment before the Rhode Island Judicial Nominating Commission on July 8, 2025 @ 4:00 P.M. I am commenting on the nomination of Michael J. McCaffrey for RI District Court. I can be reached at XXX-XXX-XXXX and email at XXXXX@XXXXX. Thank you for your assistance.

Regards.
Ms./Mx./Mr. FULL NAME
Your Address
Your Phone Number 
Your Email Address

3. Show up in-person to oppose the nomination on July 8 at 4pm

• In addition to those signed up to testify, we need to PACK THE ROOM with those who oppose McCaffrey’s nomination
• LOCATION: Department of Administration One Capitol Hill, Conference Room A, 2nd Floor Providence, Rhode Island 02908

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