From our friends at Mid Maine Indivisible (and don’t forget to check out the weekly to-do list, link on the bottom):
Hi Folks,
Good morning everyone, the House just passed H.R. 4 the Rescissions Bill stealing 9 billion dollars of already allocated funds from Public Broadcasting and Foreign Aid. For a good news article on this go here.
Meanwhile, well over 300 people gathered in Augusta at the state house to honor John Lewis day yesterday in a rally that was somber, but sparked hundreds of friendly honks from the passing traffic. Read more about the event here. More events happened all over Maine and the nation. Not bad for a Thursday!!
If you live in the Bangor area consider joining the rally to protect the Penobscot River from the Juniper Ridge Landfill expansion. Details below.
May the weekend be a time of recharging and restoration for all of us.
TODAY’S ACTION (s)
- PROTECT THE PENOBSCOT RIVER :Rally for Environmental Justice and the River and in Opposition to Juniper Ridge Landfill Expansion at 12 Noon, before the hearing, in Bangor, 78 Exchange Street, wear blue, no shorts. Go here for more info:Sunlight Media Collective,
- Join Indivisible for their One Million Rising Trainings: Go here to register for this training that will be happening over the next two weeks. Strategies for demasking ICE locally, bringing friends into the resistance, fighting authoritarianism and more – see details in attachment below.
Statewide Actions This Week:
- Get in touch with your Maine Representative and Senator and ask them to put in a bill to ensure proper identification of ICE agents acting in Maine. Lawmakers in California have introduced legislation requiring the identity and affiliation of ICE agents to be displayed while interacting with the public.
- Indivisible Actions – Register Here
- Join the Maine League of Women Voters in opposing the GOP voter suppression referendum this fall. They will be canvassing in Brunswick and Portland this Saturday, July 19th. There will be coffee, donuts, and door knocking training. Register here.
- Buy some American Flags for your next Demo (Reny’s in Bangor has a good selection of American-made flags at affordable prices – Dave).
Angus King
DC: (202) 224-5344
Augusta: (207) 622-8292
Susan Collins
DC: (202) 224-2523
Augusta: (207) 622-8414
Bangor: (207) 945-0417
Chellie Pingree
DC: (202) 225-6116
Portland: (207) 774-5019
Waterville: (207) 873-5713
Jared Golden
DC: (202) 225-6306
Bangor: (207) 249-7400
Caribou: (207) 492-6009
Lewiston: (207) 241-6767
Find Your State Senator: Here
Find your State Representative: Here – (by name), By District: Here,
LOCAL ACTIONS: Join Mid Maine Indivisible(Kennebec and Somerset Counties) Please join us if you are in the Mid Maine area. To sign up: go here.
Are you interested in helping New Mainers learn/improve their English? To sign up for English tutoring or any of our other volunteer opportunities, please visit: Capital Area New Mainers Project (CANMP) to fill out a volunteer interest survey.
Saturday, July 19th: at 2:30 pm (and every Saturday)-Somerset Stands Up Rallies-Margaret Chase Smith Bridge, downtown Skowhegan. Bring your signs, American flags, your voice, your friends, families and neighbors for this peaceful gathering of concerned residents of Somerset County.
Sunday, July 20th: at 1:00 (and every Sunday): Stand with us against Trump/Stephen Miller; For Peace in the Middle East, For Ukraine, Stop the War in Iran, etc. on the Bridge by CVS in Waterville.
Tuesday, July 22nd: 12:00-1:00 (and every Tuesday) Stand against Tesla/Musk and the Federal Budget Bill in Waterville around the Tesla Charging Station Elm Plaza on Main Street, Waterville.
Wednesday, July 23d: (and every Wednesday) 12:00-1:00 Waterville, Maine. Corner of Main and Chaplin St. Grandmothers for Reproductive Rights, GRR! demonstrates every Wednesday across from Resolve, the local anti-abortion center. Please join us in assuring all Mainers have access to safe, legal, shame-free reproductive health care including abortions and contraceptive care. For more info please contact Elayne Richard at recordconnection@gmail.com.
Thursday, July 24th: 4 – 5 pm, Fairfield/Benton Bridge, Stop the Coup + Save Democracy.
MORE ACTIONS
*If you haven’t yet, write your letter to Governor Mills thanking her for her stand against Trump, and asking her to run against Collins. SHE IS STILL THINKING ABOUT THIS! Hand written if possible. Mail to: State House Station 1, Augusta, Maine, 04333.
*If you would like to join Maine People’s Alliance Federal Lobby Group, please contact Jim Parakilas at jamesparakilas@gmail.com. We meet Mondays at 2 pm. Consider joining the MPA for trainings in June and July on resistance strategy, lobbying, and other areas. Contact Jim on this.
With great appreciation for all the engagement everywhere!
As always, throw a little sand in their gears!
I think it is a must for young people and generations yet to come, to understand, to feel, to touch, to almost smell the drama of what happened a few short years ago in the civil rights movement. So maybe, just maybe we will never ever repeat this unbelievable time in our history. We have to tell it all and make it plain and make it clear, so people will never ever forget the distance we have come and the progress we have yet to make. John Lewis
