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 asks us to work to help keep the Maine House Democratic.
Two new actions from Hancock County Democrats:
Action 206 – Coming up Feb 8 (2/3)
Action 207 – Keep Maine Blue! (2/4)
More Hancock County Democrats actions are found here.
Also, a new action from the Bold Coast Civic Alliance, (2/3), discussing MEGA (Make Elections Great Again) Act and the Save America Act (a more extreme version of the SAVE Act, opposing the targeting of journalists by the Trump administration, 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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Tuesdays
Weekly Vigil at the Federal Building in Bangor, 11:00 am
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Wednesdays
Weekly Orono Vigil in the town center,
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm.
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TODAY
THURSDAY VIGIL
At the Federal Building in Bangor
3:00 p.m.
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Fridays
Bangor Visibility Brigade
POSTPONED
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:
Update
Bangor councilors kill proposal to eliminate equity and inclusion committee
From the Bangor Daily News:
Bangor city councilors voted not to move forward with a proposal to eliminate the Advisory Committee on Racial Equity, Inclusion, and Human Rights in a Government Operations Committee meeting Monday night.
The decision follows what councilors described as a flood of emails this weekend from community members who opposed the committee’s elimination. City Councilor Susan Faloon estimated she received between 75 and 100 emails since the agenda was released Friday from community members urging councilors not to disband the committee.
Read the full Bangor Daily News article here.
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.
Indivisible Bangor is actively working on these plans, so stay tuned!
Other News:
A new PAC called American Sovereignty has produced two propaganda commercials that distort, mislead, and lie about ICE and what they are doing. One of these commercials has been seen on MS Now (formerly MSNBC). The Daily Kos has an article about it here: “Shady new ad campaign paints ICE thugs as ‘friends and neighbors’ (2/2/26).” The article states that they are running in states with “crucial Senate elections this year,” and Maine is certainly one of those states.
These commercials, along with the “win” that has been assigned to Senator Collins for getting the ICE “surge” to end in Maine, are all part of the effort to get her re-elected this November. We won’t let that happen. Write letters to the editors of your newspapers (go here for more info), keep reminding your friends what Senator Collins has done to hurt her fellow Mainers, volunteer or donate (or both!) to a campaign for her Democratic opposition.
If anyone is fooled by these commercials, they need only read about the recent Capitol Hill forum sponsored by Rep. Robert Garcia (D-California) and other Democrats, which was not attended by any Republicans. Marimar Martinez and Aliya Rahman, both Americans who were brutalized by ICE agents, with Ms. Martinez actually being shot five times, testified, along with Luke and Brent Ganger, the brothers of Renée Good.
Renée Good’s brothers, others describe assaults, shootings at hearing (2/3/26) Gift article from the Washington Post.
See some of the testimony from MS NOW on YouTube here. It is shocking and horrific.
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 Thursday February 5th: For the Heart Thursday + Help Scott Harriman Get Elected in Lewiston Special Election
Good Morning Folks, it’s a For the Heart Thursday. I am always torn about whether this day should have any recommended action at all. For now I will suggest one – but the idea is that it is a middle-of-the-week pause to be compassionate with yourself! Make sure to do something that sustains you today.
Top Action to Take Today:
As Hancock County points out in Action 207, “Keep Maine Blue”, post (attached) there is a special election in Lewiston coming up February 24. Democrat Scott Harriman is running for the House. His campaign needs donations, time, and energy to beat a challenging MAGA-aligned candidate. Find out more about Scott hereand here (Maine Beacon Article). You can help by making a donation, joining a canvassing effort on a Saturday morning: 2/7, 2/14 or 2/21, and joining a phone bank on a Monday evening 2/9, 2/1, or 2/23. The balance of power in Maine is very close in the House – Dems 74, Republicans 72, Independents 3.
For “More Actions Today if You Have the Bandwidth” and “From the Heart” from Emanuel’s Daily Call to Action (2/5), click here.
For the full text of the last two Daily Actions, click here: Tuesday 2/3 and Wednesday 2/4.
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!
