Good morning! Here is today’s newsletter from Indivisible Bangor.
Following this newsletter is Emanuel’s Daily Action Email from Augusta; the daily action along with a link to his great list of important actions and information. Today’s action asks us to ask our Representative and Senator to support LD 1383, a bill to end our complicity in all genocides.
Also, an action from Hancock County Democrats: Action 187–Michigan leads? (12/11), that discusses articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that have been filed. More HCD actions here.
Also, check out the latest from the Bold Coast Civic Alliance (12/15) with information about the ACA premium tax bill and some Maine specific actions. More BCCA actions here.
A lot of research goes into these additional actions, so be sure to read them!
And THANK YOU to supporters who have been donating to our ActBlue fund! Planning events and maintaining the website and email list take money, so these donations are appreciated!
Current News:
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Weekly vigils are happening here in the Bangor area!
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Tuesdays
Weekly Vigil at the Federal Building in Bangor – 11:00 am
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Wednesdays
Weekly Orono Vigil in the town center,
noon to 1:00 pm.
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Fridays
Bangor Visibility Brigade
The week finishes with the Visibility Brigade on Fridays. Join the brigade on the Essex Street overpass at the new time of 3:00 p.m. as we hold letters to spell out messages for the drivers on I-95! Learn more here. Tell them you read about it here!
1 More Home Depot Saturday:
12/20
For the one more Saturday, 12/20, we will be out on Stillwater Ave at noon for one hour, across from the entrance to the Home Depot shopping center. It’s cold, it’s important, and it’s fun! Can you think of a better way to spend an hour on a Saturday in Maine in the winter???
Contact George for more info!
Upcoming Events:
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Maine People’s Alliance Town Hall with Graham Platner
Wednesday, 12/17
Have you been following Graham Platner’s campaign for US Senate?
We sure have, and for the past several weeks, MPA’s board (which is led by our members) has been discussing whether to endorse Graham in the primary—and before they make their decision, they want to hear from you!
Join the MPA for a virtual town hall with US Senate candidate Graham Platner, all questions welcome
Wednesday, December 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
Event Type: Virtual
A virtual link will be communicated before the event.
Register here for the town hall on Wednesday, 12/17/2025.
Home Depot Picketing
Saturday, 12/20
NOON in Bangor
We will be across from the entrance to Home Depot in Bangor on Stillwater Avenue at noon for the next two Saturdays with our signs for an hour to inform people about Home Depot’s complicity with and support of the Trump administration.
The shopping boycott weekend is over, but if you can, continue to focus on local businesses and others that are not collaborating with the Trump administration.
Effective boycotts take time and sacrifice and we CAN do it!
Home Depot has allowed its parking lots to become ground zero for ICE raids on immigrant day laborers, and its billionaire co-founder Bernie Marcus has funneled millions into Trump’s campaigns.
Target, which once branded itself as the friendly, inclusive big-box store, has now scrapped its DEI goals and scaled back LGBTQ+ offerings to avoid angering the regime.
Amazon didn’t just shower Trump’s inauguration with cash — Jeff Bezos’ company pitched facial-recognition tools to ICE and powers the Palantir systems ICE uses to track and deport immigrants, making Amazon a core contractor for the regime’s deportation machine.
Amazon owns Audible.com, Whole Foods Market, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Studios, Ring doorbell cameras, Goodreads, IMDB, zappos.com, Zoox self-driving subsidiary, and other companies, so keep those in mind, too. -George.
If you have any suggestions or ideas for alternatives to these stores, drop me a line here!
Other News:
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Holiday Gift Drive for The Shaw House in Bangor
Ends Wednesday, 12/17!!
*****UPDATE 12/15/25*****
This gift and supply drive ends on Wednesday, 12/17, and there are still some kids who don’t have their wish list fulfilled! Please check the list of items page for the update!
Meanwhile, if it’s not convenient to drop them off in Bangor, contact George to make arrangements for pick up in Bangor. Or, if a monetary donation is easier, please donate here, and we’ll get that donation to the Shaw House!
The Shaw House in Bangor provides preventative and emergency services to youth between the ages of 10 and 24 who are at risk of, or who are currently experiencing, homelessness.
There are currently seven teens living at the Shaw House, ages 16 to 18 – four boys and three girls. Help make this Holiday season special for them by donating items from this list from the kids.
Go here for the list of items these kids are requesting for Christmas, as well as a list of general goods the Shaw House needs.
Please drop off gifts at the Food and Medicine building in Brewer by December 17th. All details are here.
Thank you very much!!!!
***UPDATE***
TENTATIVE AGREEMENT REACHED!
A message from the UMaine Graduate Workers Union:
“On 12/14/2025, we reached a Tentative Agreement for our first contract with the UMS administration. We are very proud to have won many critical and substantive improvements in every area that we collectively identified as priorities in our 2023 bargaining survey. These gains are the direct result of tireless organizing, over two years of bargaining, and our unstoppable solidarity. Together, we fought, and together, we won.
“The ratification vote will begin on Tuesday December 16th at 9:00 am (Eastern Time) and will conclude on Wednesday December 17th at 5:00pm (Eastern Time). If a majority votes “yes”, the Tentative Agreement will go into effect.”
You can read a comprehensive summary here.
Rally Behind Our Somali Community
Rally organizer and former Lewiston city councilor Safiya Khalid leads a march from Kennedy Park to a nearby church on Saturday, Dec. 13th, 2025.
The rally on Saturday, December 13th, in Lewiston was a success! Hundreds showed up to support our fellow Mainers who are from Somalia and to let them know they are not what the president says they are, but they are valued members of our community.
Read more here in this Maine Public Broadcasting Network article by Ari Snider: Hundreds rally in Lewiston in solidarity with Somali community
Ask Governor Mills to NOT VETO LD 1971
From the Maine People’s Alliance:
“Governor Mills refused to sign this bill into law in the last legislative session and will have just 3 days in the new legislative session starting January 7, 2026, to either veto the bill or allow it to become law without her signature.
“The immoral and illegal actions of ICE throughout the United States and in Maine including arresting parents outside of schools, terrorizing immigrant communities, and attempting to intimidate and assault lawful protestors and those who would document their actions must be resisted. Maine law enforcement should be free to focus on their jobs in keeping the people of Maine safe from crime and not compelled to support immigration enforcement outside of criminal investigations.
Maine has a vibrant Somali community and we need to stand with them, not only because it’s the right thing to do, but also because we know that the ICE terror campaign will not stop with immigrants. Please call Governor Janet Mills and ask her to allow LD 1971 to become law and please contact your senators and congressional representatives and let them know you object to Donald Trump’s use of DHS agencies to terrorize people in our cities. There is a handy list of links at the bottom of this email, tap the link below.
Cancel Spotify Until They Stop Collaborating with ICE
From Indivisible Project:
Today, social media feeds are full of people sharing their Spotify Wrapped results, while Spotify is full of … ICE recruitment ads.
Here are a few things you can do right now:
- If you’re still paying for Spotify premium, cancel your subscription. We’ve got instructions (and some suggestions on alternatives) here.
- (I have found a fun streaming site alternative, Soma.FM, based in San Francisco. They are listener supported and feature an eclectic selection of channels, including holiday, soul, and groovy pop! And another fun and quirky alternative, also based in California, is Luxuriamusic.com. Any other suggestions, just let me know! -George).
- Don’t use Spotify’s free version either. You don’t need to delete your account. Just close out your apps and don’t open them again until Spotify stops forcing ICE ads into people’s feeds.
- Instead of sharing your Spotify Wrapped this year, share our Wrapped-themed posts calling on others to cancel Spotify. As long as Spotify is willing to take money from ICE, they don’t need (and don’t deserve) free advertising on our social feeds. And there’s no reason you can’t post your own list of top songs/artists on social — maybe alongside a message about why you chose not to stream them on Spotify.
- Use this social media moment to have GENTLE, NON-SHAMING conversations with friends about the Spotify boycott. Seriously, no one is going to respond well to judgy DMs when they’re just trying to post something fun about the music they like. So approach with kindness, maybe compliment their music tastes, and then talk about why you’ve decided to stream from other platforms for the time being (one point you can make: Those platforms probably treat their favorite artists much, much better than Spotify does).
- Help us track the growth of this economic campaign by taking our one-question survey.
Join Indivisible Bangor!
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New members, and current members, too, are invited to join one of our monthly Zoom informational meetings, which will resume after the holidays!
Donate to a Food Bank or Pantry
The shutdown is over, but the need is not. There are still cuts to programs that help people with food and other needs.
Please DONATE to a local food pantry- food, personal items, and even cash. Faith Linking in Action maintains a database of all food pantries and free meals– organized by both location and day of the week– in the Bangor area. Check it out here.
Also, ActivateMaine has created a site, SNAP Into Action: “a statewide effort to help those who are affected by the freezing of benefits due to the Government shut down.” If you know of any food drives that are happening, please visit this site to add it to the database!
The Maine ICE Watch Hotline
The purpose of the hotline is to protect immigrant families by providing accurate, real-time information about ICE and Border Patrol activity and connect Maine families to resources and support services during a time of heightened enforcement and targeting of immigrants and refugees.
Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition ICE Watch Resource Hub.
Read more about it here in this Newscenter Maine article.
| Other Ways to Take Action (Courtesy of Indivisible Cumberland County: Maine’s ICE Watch Hotline Training: Get trained to field, verify, and document potential community ICE sightings and provide trusted, reliable information on ICE activity to immigrant communities. Action Alert on LD 1917: Contact Governor Mills and tell her to sign into law this bill to protect Maine’s immigrant communities, workforce, public safety, and future! Donate to the Maine Solidarity Fund: Fund pools resources from across communities into a shared fund we can draw from immediately when urgent needs arise. NO I.C.E. for Maine: Learn more about this effort to reign in ICE. |
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!
Write Some Emails!
If you are more comfortable with sending emails to our Maine congressional delegation in Washington, click the links/buttons. This is a good option if you have lengthy comments or questions.
We are on Blue Sky, Instagram, and Facebook!
Follow us! Invite your friends! Comment! You’ll be glad you did!
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 Indivisible Bangor. 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!
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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! – George and Indivisible Bangor
And now to the Emanuel’s Daily Call to Action:
Action Monday December 15th: Boycott Spotify, Pandora, Home Depot + Support LD 1383 Aligning Maine Investments With Our Values
Good Morning Folks, it’s Monday and we are closing in on the end of one hell of a year! In the words of Kaira Lingo, let’s take time each day to “look for what’s not wrong” as we continue to resist and build community. The Lewiston rally of “hundreds of people” this Saturday in support of our Somali neighbors. Our favorite sign at the rally: “Not one Somali in the Epstein Files”
Top Action to Take Today:
Probably one of the most powerful actions we can take in today’s United States relate to economic actions. Reading further down, as a consumer, you can read about actions to drop Spotify and Pandora, and boycott Home Depot. We now have a chance also to put our consumer power to work as voters in Maine. Please consider asking your State Representative and Senator to support LD 1383, a bill to end our complicity in all genocides and the persecution and detention of our neighbors by keeping our state’s investments aligned with our values. You can learn all about the campaign in this one page toolkit from theThe Maine Coalition for Peace and Human Rights with easy links to background info on LD 1383 and where folks can write their own letters to reps in just minutes.
For “More Actions Today if You Have the Bandwidth” from Emanuel’s Daily Call to Action (12/15), click here.
With great appreciation for all the engagement everywhere!
As always, throw a little sand in their gears!
~~Emanuel
It’s a piece of cake to email or call with these links!
The names of our senators and representatives listed below are links that go right to their official congressional contact form pages. The telephone numbers are links that should open your phone app to call that number. It’s that easy!
Senator Angus King
DC: (202) 224-5344
Augusta: (207) 622-8292
Senator Susan Collins
DC: (202) 224-2523
Augusta: (207) 622-8414
Bangor: (207) 945-0417
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree
DC: (202) 225-6116
Portland: (207) 774-5019
Waterville: (207) 873-5713
Congressman 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
Find your State Senator:
By name: Here
By district: Here
Our government in Augusta:
Governor Janet Mills
Email Governor Mills
Call (207) 287-3531
Secretary of State Shenna Bellows
Contact Secretary Bellows
Call (207)626-8400
Attorney General Aaron M. Frey
Contact Mr. Frey
Call (207) 626-8800
Questions or comments? Contact George!
