Welcome to all the new members on our mailing list! Here is today’s call to action from us at Indivisible Bangor, followed by the great list of important actions from our friends at Mid Maine Indivisible. AND new actions from Hancock Country Democrats (Action 164) and Bold Coast Civic Alliance (9/8).
Indivisible Bangor remains committed to free speech and non-violence in all of our actions. Any life lost to gun violence is a tragedy with countless ripples affecting the lives of loved ones and our greater society.
We are horrified to learn of the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk. Political violence has no place in democracy. The foundation of democracy rests on the principle that differences can be debated vigorously, but peacefully, without intimidation or acts of violence. In America, no one should be targeted with violence for their beliefs or political affiliations. Indivisible stands united in absolute opposition to all forms of political violence, without reservation, and condemns this horrific act. We extend our condolences to his family and his loved ones during this difficult time.
***Nationwide No Kings Protest!***
***October 18, 2025***
***Broadway Park, Bangor***
Tell your friends!!!
No Kings is a peaceful movement of millions of Americans from all walks of life rising up to make it clear: We don’t do dictators or kings in America. We never will. We’re organizing and taking action to defend each other and our communities, demand dignity, and say enough to all of the Trump administration’s power grabs.
Millions of us took to the streets in June, and we’re doing it again on Saturday, October 18.
The Indivisible Bangor protest will be at Broadway Park in Bangor at noon!
Please bring non-perishables and personal care items for donations to local food cupboards.
Click the link below for more info!
CARE OVER CUTS: REINING IN THE TRUMP CHAOS
Trump’s authoritarian rise is being funded by our tax dollars. The national Indivisible Project has everything you need to know about passing a federal budget by September 30th; how Republicans and Democrats must rein in Trump’s regime, protect access to healthcare, and take away his slush funds for terrorizing our communities; and what you can do.
One way or another, the Trump regime’s weaponization of federal power – terrorizing communities, ripping away life-saving government services, and showering tax giveaways on the wealthy and well-connected at the expense of people already struggling to get by – must be stopped. Learn more about this fight below and take action to demand your Members of Congress take away Trump’s blank check to visit devastation on our communities, economy, and democracy.
Join Indivisible Bangor!
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 member meetings are on Zoom with in-person meetings on the first Wednesday of the month. Please click the button to sign up and we’ll help you with the process of becoming a member of Indivisible Bangor! New members, and current members, too, are invited to join one of our monthly Zoom informational meetings!
Save Maine Absentee Voting!! There is a LOT of misinformation out there concerning Question 1, the voter suppression question that will be on the ballot THIS November.
Help spread the word about how this is written to make voting more difficult for voters by restricting access to absentee ballots, a method of voting that thousands of us Mainers use every election.
For instance, Question 1 will eliminate ongoing absentee ballots, even though this has been a boon for Maine seniors and Mainers with disabilities.
Visit the Save Maine Absentee Voting site to learn more. Then speak to your friends, your family, your neighbors, and even strangers! And write a letter to the editor-there are letters weekly playing this down, calling it “common sense” legislation! This is part of the MAGA playbook and we can stop it!
Maine Rising Up – TONIGHT, September 16th, 2025, 6:00 pm
Making Good Trouble with Ezra Levin – A Maine Indivisible Fall Kickoff event in Gorham, Maine!! Join Indivisible groups from across Maine to launch a bold new campaign this fall centered around the principle of non-cooperation / non-compliance—a form of lawful, nonviolent resistance that refuses to enable or normalize authoritarian rule.
Graham Platner in Brewer Thursday, October 9th
“We’ll be at the Eastern Maine Labor Council Hall from 6:00pm-7:00pm on. I hope you’ll come and check out this movement we’re building to defeat Susan Collins and her multi-billionaire backers. Come out, ask questions, and bring a friend or three. I’ll see you there.”
Make Some Calls!
It’s mentioned a few times in these newsletters about calling your representatives in Washington, D.C. It’s one of the most important things we can do and it’s so easy! The telephone numbers to the four Maine representatives in Washington are always listed in this newsletter, but for those of you reading this who live in another state, the site 5calls.org is the best way to find the contact info for your reps. AND, they have a list of the important issues to discuss when calling. It’s a super source and it’s easy to remember! Call early and often!
Write Some Emails!
If you are more comfortable with sending emails to our Maine Congressional delegation in Washington, visit our Direct Action page for the links that go right to their email option.
California Redistricting Question-they need your help!
The California redistricting question, Proposition 50, will be on their ballot this November. This is intended to be a voter-approved plan to counter the Trump-directed gerrymandering that Gov. Abbot enacted in Texas to give Republicans five more seats in the House. Missouri legislators are looking to do a similar action.
If you’d like to help, there are phone banking opportunities! Help out our fellow Americans in California with their “Yes on 50” campaign from the comfort of your home here in beautiful Maine!
One of our members has started a letter/petition to the President of the University of Maine at Orono to preserve their DEI policies.
“As students, faculty, staff, and alumni of The University of Maine at Orono, and people who support universities maintaining their DEI policies, we urge you to do your utmost to preserve the DEI policies at the University of Maine at Orono. We understand the complications and dangers involved in doing so, and we also appreciate your efforts to continue these policies while changing DEI names to avoid negative consequences from the Trump administration. However, we are concerned that as pressures mount there may be more motivation to agree to changes in DEI policies in addition to name changes, and we are concerned that this would compromise the basic values that are at the foundations of this university. We appreciate the statements of Interim Dean of Students Andrea Gifford in her reassurance that the university’s DEI policies are not changing in spite of the name changes, and it is our hope that this continues.”
The petition is open to signatures from anyone supportve of maintaining DEI policies at the university, regardless of whether or not you are affiliated with the school. Please sign! And please sign the second petition that applies to all universities in the U.S.
We are on Blue Sky!
Check us out on this social media site that is similar to that other one that has changed hands recently, but with less nonsense! Follow us! Invite your friends! You’ll be glad you did!
The ACLU Maine has a “Know Your Rights” plan for students going back to school. “Politicians are attacking students’ and teachers’ rights throughout the country, including here in Maine – but as the Supreme Court ruled in 1969, students do not ‘shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.’” Click the button for these important details.
We have an 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!
****Be sure the attendant writes down “Dave Cox” or “Indivisible Bangor” because several donations have not been credited. Thank you!****
And you can donate here, too! Donations help pay for supplies, website, outreach, and to fund the many upcoming actions in Maine.
Thank you for all you do! – Dave from Indivisible Bangor
And now to the Mid Maine Indivisible morning Call to Action!
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Action Tuesday September 16th: To Our Congress People – Make Demands to Place “Care Over Cuts” or Shut the Government Down + Sign the Keep DEI at UMO Petition
Hi Folks, it’s another Tesla Tuesday. If you live in the Waterville area come join our resistance effort at the Tesla Charging Stations at the Elm Street Plaza at noon. Our demonstration has been protesting there weekly since the late Winter.
By the end of the month Congress must approve the continuing resolution funding bill to keep the Government funded. For a comprehensive run down on what to say to your Democratic or Republican Congressperson go to the “Care Over Cuts” website produced by Indivisible.
One member of Bangor Indivisible has started a petition to the President of the University of Maine at Orono to maintain their DEI policies. Anyone can sign it who cares about this issue. Go here to sign.
Act Locally
Support the effort to defeat the Voter ID law which takes away our right as Mainers to use absentee ballots. We can donate, and canvass to defeat this voter suppression initiative. Go to SaveAbsenteeMe to pledge to vote no, and sign up for canvassing in early October. This initiative will have significant opposition as it is paired with the Red Flag initiative cited below.
Support the effort to get a red flag gun law in Maine – this would allow family and household members to petition the court to have guns removed from a loved one who is having a mental health crisis. This is called an Extreme Risk Protection Order. Gun rights advocates will be out in force to defeat this one. For more information go to the Maine Gun Safety Coalition.You can help by canvassing and donating to this cause as well.
TODAY’S ACTION (s)
- Call on Senator King and your Representative to pledge that they will vote against funding the Government until agreed upon demands are met: Go here for a script for this call (Indivisible’s campaign on this) 5calls also has some background on this. For more background information go to “Care Over Cuts”.
- Sign the petition to ask the President of UMO to maintain their DEI policies: Universities are one of the pillars of our democracy and they must not cave to the racist and mysogynist preferences of our current government. State Universities are in the crosshairs. Let’s give Maine’s system the public support for showing a backbone. Go here to sign the petition.
- Thank Governor Mills for making the Covid Vaccine available to everyone in Maine without a prescription: My understanding is that Insurance companies will be required to cover the cost as they have in the past. Contact her through her website.
- Get involved in the referendum questions coming up in Maine on November 4th: Here is the wording of the questions; you can donate and canvass to oppose the voter ID law (Question 1) by going to SaveAbsenteeMe , and you can support the institution of a Red Flag Law (Question 2) by going to the Maine Gun Safety Coalition. You can request your absentee ballot here, now. One yes vote (Red Flag), one no vote (Voter ID). For more information on these referendum questions check out the attached article from the Portland Press Herald.
- Issues From Last Week
- Go to Monday’s Email for the full list!
- Join Cumberland Indivisible and live stream the meeting with Ezra Levin, one of the founders of Indivisible, TODAY 6:30 Here is the link for the livestream. Please do not share this link on social media and share only with people you know.
- Oppose the VoterID/no absentee voting referendum, question 1, and support the Red Flag Gun Law, question 2; get your absentee ballot today, here.
- Start thinking about how we can involve young people in the resistance. High Schoolers, College Age folk have not bought in to the movement in any significant numbers. Bring one young person to No Kings2 mass rally October 18th.
- Ask Janet Mills to join other Blue States to call for a redistricting of Maine so that Democratic candidates have the edge in the second district, if and only if other states join Texas in redistricting to the Republican advantage. For talking points on this go here. For a toolkit on this for red and blue states go here.
- Start a Poster/Chalking Campaign in Your Neighborhood! Go here for ideas and check in with Karen about a postering campaign in Mid Maine.
- If you are in the Mid Coast area consider joining Audacity – learn more here. Indivisible Bangor has a great daily newsletter and actions go here to sign up.
- For statewide NoKings2 Actions go to the Activate Maine calendar, and Mobilize to see if there is an event planned near you for October 18th. If there isn’t one within an hour’s drive plan one for your community!!
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 Representative:
By name: Here
By district: Here
MORE ACTIONS
*Consider supporting Graham Platner who has announced his run against Collins. He is an electrifying speaker, with good positions on the important issues. His entry will force Mills to make a decision on her run. Volunteer here.
*If you prefer, write your letter to Governor Mills thanking her for her stand against Trump, and her opening up Covid Vaccines for all, and ask her to run against Collins. Hand written if possible. Mail to: State House Station 1, Augusta, Maine, 04333. A primary between Mills and Platner would be awesome!
*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
For a full discussion of why it is crucial that the Democrats vote to shut the Government Down at the end of this month go to the Ezra Klein show on this subject here.
“If you don’t stick to your values when they’re being tested, they’re not values: they’re hobbies.”
“Yes, the long war on Christianity. I pray that one day we may live in an America where Christians can
worship freely! In broad daylight! Openly wearing the symbols of their religion… perhaps around their
necks? And maybe — dare I dream it? — maybe one day there can be an openly Christian President. Or,
perhaps, 43 of them. Consecutively.”
― Jon Stewart
