Welcome to all the new members on our mailing list! 

Here is today’s Call to Action from Mid Maine Indivisible. But first, Indivisible Bangor announcements:

Weekly vigils are happening here in the Bangor area! There is the Tuesday Weekly Vigil at the Federal Building in Bangor, the Wednesday Weekly Orono Vigil, followed by the Thursday Weekly Vigil at the Bangor City Hall with a NEW TIME at 5:00 pm! This is a new vigil and they need more participants!

Do you want to become more involved? Would you like to help with the website and communications? How about helping to organize events, such as rallies and overpass actions or be a peacekeeper? Volunteer with Indivisible Bangor! We have had a huge influx of new members these past few months and to keep up, YOUR skills, connections, and input are needed! Weekly meetings on Zoom and monthly in-person.  Click here to sign up to join us!

The Mi’kmaq Nation’s Annual Mawiomi of Tribes starts today!!  August 15-17 in Caribou!  Click here for more information!

We’re having a Postcard Party! Thursday, August 21, at Food AND Medicine• 20 Ivers Street, Brewer, ME 04412, from 5:30 – 7:30. Details and sign up here!

Save Maine Absentee Voting Canvass, Bangor/Brewer, Sunday August 24, 2025! We need to educate Maine voters that Question 1 on November’s ballot is about a whole lot more than just “Voter I.D.,” but also includes many voter suppression provisions. Click here for more details and to sign up.

The AFL-CIO Bus Tour Stops in Brewer! Tuesday, August 26, 2025•11:00 AM at the Eastern Maine Labor Council• 20 Ivers Street, Brewer, ME 04412.  Click here for more details!

Indivisible Bangor “Workers Over Billionaires Rally”
Labor Day, September 1, 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in downtown Bangor. Click here for more information and to sign up! Bring signs and American flags! (Reny’s has a boatload of flags!)

Later on Labor Day, the Eastern Maine Labor Council AFL-CIO & Food AND Medicine’s 22nd Annual Labor Day Celebration at 4:00 pm.  Click here for more details. Or just RSVP HERE!

We have another easy way to donate to Indivisible Bangor. Drop off your returnable bottles and cans to Ohio Street Redemption in Bangor and tell them to put it on the account of Dave Cox. They’ll add the money to our kitty, mail out a regular check, and the money goes to our bank account to help with our expenses! You can find them here! Thank you!

And please check out the latest Action from Hancock County Democrats, Action 157. “Do something Sept. 1.” Past actions are listed here.

Lastly, our friends at the Bold Coast Civic Alliance have drawn up a super handy list of items we can address (8/15). Check it out here!

Thank you for all you do! – Dave from Indivisible Bangor

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Hi Folks, it’s Friday, and we’ve made it to the end of the week.

Maine All Care has alerted us that there will be a chance to speak out today at the Maine Bureau of Insurance virtual forum from 9 am to review the proposals to raise insurance by 32.7%. Maine Superintendent of Insurance, Bob Casey will be there and reps of Insurance companies as well. You can send comments to them on this rate hike request at: insurance.pfr@maine.gov. You can also attend the forum by registering here. Thanks to Beth for bringing this to our attention.

From earlier this week:

There are lots of creative resistance acts going on throughout Maine. In the Camden/Rockland area the Audacity group is featuring several actions. 

Consider putting up posters in your neck of the woods.  I have attached ideas for them from Jennifer, Cumberland Indivisible below.  If you don’t want to use paper, consider the Chalking Project proposed by Audacity. Chalk “Truth Matters” on public roads and sidewalks. 

Texas Dems are in New York, Illinois and elsewhere and  are calling for national demonstration on  Saturday to bring light to the Texas attempt to steal the 2026 mid terms by gerrymandering 5 new Republican Districts.  Look for an event near you or create one!

Oppose the nomination of EJ Antoni for Commissioner of Labor Statistics, Support DC Statehood, Set up a meeting in August with your Congressional Representatives, Call the Turnpike Authority to say No to Chick-Fil-A, Prepare for Mass Demonstrations Labor Day – September 1st.

TODAY’S ACTION (s)

• Speak out against brutal health insurance rate hikes today:  The Maine Bureau of Insurance is holding a virtual public forum at 9:00  to discuss the rate hikes of 32.7% requested by a number of health insurers. You can participate live, by registering here; or send comments to this email – insurance.pfr@maine.gov. Alert on this came from Maine All Care.
• Call Senators King and Collins and ask them to oppose the nomination of EJ Antoni for Commissioner of Labor Statistics:  Why? This position is supposed to be non-partisan so economists can base their plans for the economy on it. EJ has made it clear he is a Trump loyalist, and will slant the figures he uses to show that Trump and Co. are doing a great job. The Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Committee, John Larsen has opposed this nomination. Our Senators should do the same. This action is direct from the authoritarian leader’s playbook – don’t like the stats? suppress them or manufacture better sounding ones. To learn more about Antoni go here.
• Find or create an event this Saturday, August 16th to support the Texas Democrats who have left the State:  They are doing this to save our Democracy, and not allow the State of Texas to help Republicans steal the 2026 election.  Register your event here.
• Set up a meeting with one member of our Congressional Delegation: I know it feels like it’s futile with some of them, but you never know where the tipping point is on any of these issues.Here are some of the guidelines that Indivisible Mid Maine uses for our meetings, and here is a list of some meetings we have organized and topics covered. Please contact Bonnie if you are interested in hearing more. 
• Get a poster/chalking campaign going in your neighborhood – there are telephone poles everywhere:  Indivisible Cumberland County has some great ones you can use – click here – this will lead you to an email you can send to Jennifer Morris. We have attached their poster ideas at the bottom of this email. Contact Karen for the Mid Maine Poster Campaign.Design your own signs and/or get an artist to design some for you. Remember poles belong to CMP and overtly political statements may be subject to legal action, however they seem to be ok with lost cats and dogs. Audacity in the Midcoast has called for Chalking “Truth Matters” on every public surface – roads and sidewalks!
• Statewide Actions This Week:

• Join the Insurance Rate Hike meeting today at 9:00, info above.
• Go to the Activate Maine Calendar for statewide resistance events to find one near you.
• Meet Jordan Wood and Troy Jackson at the Waterville Dems BBQ on August 16th.
• Call the Maine Turnpike Authority to say NO to Chick-Fil-A as a vendor.
• Start a Poster/Chalking Campaign in Your Neighborhood! Go here for ideas and check in with Karen about a postering campaign in Mid Maine or elsewhere! Poster ideas also attached below.
• If you are in the Mid Coast area consider joining Audacity – learn more here.
• Stand Up for Palestinan Rights:  For events going on around the state in support of the Palestinian people go to Maine Voices for Palestinian Rights here.
• If you know your Maine Representative or Senator is supportive of making ICE accountable in Maine,  ask them to join with Representative Cassie Julia 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, For the One Million Rising action – register here  and watch the first session here. Watch the second session here.  Consider hosting a Community Resistance meeting using Indivisible outline and guidelines.
• Keep your calendar open for Labor Day Mass Action September 1st!

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: 
By name: Here
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. An English Learning option at the Waterville library at 1:00 on Mondays is also an option for volunteers. Contact CANMP for the details.

Saturday August 16th at North Street Playground, Waterville 12 – 2:00 – Waterville Democrats Summer BBQ, there is the possibility that Jordan Wood (candidate for Senate) and Troy Jackson (candidate for governor) will be there as well as local Democrat Representatives. A great opportunity to ask them questions and support the local Dems! See the poster below!

First Saturday of each Month at 2:30: 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. Next one is September 6th, 2:30

Sunday, August 17th: 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, August 19th: 12:00-1:00 (and every Tuesday)  Stand against Tesla/Musk and the rising authoritarian state: around the Tesla Charging Station Elm Plaza on Main Street, Waterville. 

Wednesday, August 20th: (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, August 14th: 4 – 5 pm, Fairfield/Benton Bridge,  Stop the Coup + Save Democracy. 

Monday, September 1st: 10 to 12:00 noon:  Indivisible Mid Maine is planning a short march and rally in Watervillewith speakers, music and snacks. We have several speakers lined up, including Jon Godbout (CANMP), Jesse Hargrove (Maine Ed Assoc), and Andy O’Brien (Maine AFL-CIO). We are hoping to help CANMP with donations from folks at the rally who can afford to give.

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 HAS NOT YET RULED THIS OUT! 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! 

-Mid Maine Indivisible