Good morning. This newsletter will be sporadic for the next few weeks, so be sure to check out our Blue Sky and Instagram accounts for current info.
Following this newsletter is today’s 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 Top Action repeats the request that we call our representatives in the House to tell them to approve the senate package with DHS funding stripped from it when it arrives today and to also ask them to oppose the “MEGA” (Make Elections Great Again) bill.
Three new actions from Hancock County Democrats:
Action 203: Your party needs you! (1/31)
Action 204. Protect the Vote (1/31)
Action 205 Maine Legislation 2/2 – 2/6 (1/31)
More Hancock County Democrats actions are found here.
Also, a new action from the Bold Coast Civic Alliance, (1/29) on discussing denying funding for ICE, impeaching Pam Bondi, and other items.
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 in the
Bangor Area
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TOMORROW!
Tuesdays
Weekly Vigil at the Federal Building in Bangor, 11:00 am
Also Tomorrow:
Overpass Sign Brigade Action
Hammond Street
Bangor, 2:30 pm
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Wednesdays
Weekly Orono Vigil in the town center,
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm.
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NEW WEEKLY THURSDAY VIGIL
At the Federal Building in Bangor
3:00 p.m.
Based on the success of the recent protest, this is now a regular vigil every Thursday to keep Trump’s lawlessness and outrages before the public.
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Fridays
Bangor Visibility Brigade
POSTPONED FOR SAFETY
The Essex Street Bangor Visibility Brigade will not be holding their action due to snow and ice on the overpass. Stay tuned for the announcement of their return!
ICE IN MAINE RESOURCES
The ICE resources that have been listed in previous newsletters can be found here.
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Upcoming Events:
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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
AND URGENT ACTION
TODAY
Monday 2/2/2026
From the MPA: The Bangor City Council has shared that they intend to review an ordinance at the GovOps meeting TODAY, MONDAY, 2/2 at 5:30 to officially DISBAND the Bangor City Council Advisory Committee on Racial Equity, Inclusion, and Human Rights (ACREIHR).
We need to FLOOD them with emails in support of the committee and their work, and against this dangerous ordinance and what it could mean for our community. Even if you don’t live in Bangor, please send an email and share with those you know. Bangor is the largest city in our region and if the council pursues this disbandment it will have repercussions in our surrounding communities too.
BELOW IS A LINK TO A PDF WITH TALKING POINTS. Sometimes we may lean towards anger – we need to not do that right now. Please review this as you write and share with others. We’re going to need everyone to defeat this because there’s no guarantee it would fail in Council.
Email Recommendations In Support of ACRE to City Council – PDF download from a Proton drive.
The list of the nine Bangor City Councilors is here. THANK YOU!
NEXT NO KINGS PROTEST
MARCH 28, 2026
In 2025, millions of Americans came together in nonviolent protest to oppose the growing authoritarian actions of the Trump administration and affirm that this nation belongs to its people, not to kings. Since then, people have continued to rise up nonviolently against the Trump administration’s ongoing brutality and abuses of power, including the latest escalation in Minnesota. The No Kings Coalition is activating an immediate and ongoing nationwide digital organizing effort leading up to our next mass mobilization on March 28, including a flagship event in the Twin Cities.
Other News:
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BLACK HISTORY MONTH
In celebration of Black History Month, we will be sharing local Black History and Black Community resources throughout the month.
Atlantic Black Box, based in Portland, Maine, empowers communities throughout the Northeast to take up the critical work of researching and reckoning with our region’s role in colonization, the slave trade, and the global economy of enslavement. This grassroots historical recovery movement is powered by community historians and guided by a broad coalition of scholars, community leaders, educators, archivists, museum professionals, antiracism activists, and artists.
Write a letter to the editor!
Letters to the editor are published regularly in the local newspapers from Mainers who support the brutal tactics of the authoritarian Trump regime. Write a letter to set the record straight. Click the button to go to the Bangor Daily News “Submit a letter or column” page, the Portland Press Herald “Letters to the editor” page, and the “Letter to the Editor” page at the Ellsworth American.
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 visibilty actions or be a peacekeeper? Or do you just want to keep up with what we’re doing? Sign up to volunteer with Indivisible Bangor! Your level of involvement is up to you!
Weekly member meetings are on Zoom with in-person meetings on the first Wednesday of the month. Please click the link below 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, which will resume after the holidays!
Donate to a Food Bank or Pantry
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!
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!
Please donate! 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
Emanuel’s Daily Call to Action:
Action Monday February 2nd: Ask Pingree and Golden to Support HR 7148 – Federal Funding Package + Ask Them + Our Senators to Oppose “Make Elections Great Again” MEGA
Good Morning Folks, it’s Groundhog Day and our first Monday in February. A big win in Texas where a Democrat beat the Republican by 14 points in a state Senate race in a district Trump won by 17 points! It’s been 50 years since a Democrat won that district.
Top Action to Take Today:
This week the House will be voting on H.R. 7148 , the funding package without DHS included.Contact Representatives Pingree and Golden to ask them to approve this package with funding for DHS to be acted on separately.
If you have done the above, let’s take contact our Congressional Representatives to ask them to oppose the “Make Elections Great Again” (MEGA) This act would require voter ID, ban mail in ballots, and use the Republican lies about widespread fraud in elections to allow the Federal Government to supersede state’s rights in voting procedures. Go to 5calls.org for more information and a script for this call/contact. (“Proving Voter Fraud” is what the Federal raid on Fulton County Ballots with Tulsi Gabard?? in the lead, from 2020 is all about.)
For “More Actions Today if You Have the Bandwidth” from Emanuel’s Daily Call to Action (2/2), 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!
