Join US Senate Candidate Jordan Wood for a community conversation in Bangor. Bring questions and engage directly with Jordan.
No recording without prior approval from the campaign.
Address of event will be supplied closer to the event.
4:30 – 5:30pm EDT
Welcome to all the new members on our mailing list!
Here is today’s Call to Action from Mid Maine Indivisible. Also, remember our weekly vigils here in the Bangor area! We have 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!
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!
Seats are filling up fast! Join U.S. Senate Candidate Jordan Wood for a community conversation in Bangor. Bring questions and engage directly with Jordan! Event will be on August 14th in Bangor. Click here for more info and to sign up!
The Mi’kmaq Nation’s Annual Mawiomi of Tribes is happening this coming weekend!! August 15-17 in Caribou! Click here for more information!
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! Final details coming! 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.
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 new (7/31) super handy list of items we can address. Check it out here!
Thank you for all you do! – Dave from Indivisible Bangor
~~
Good Monday Morning to everyone,
Some actions to be aware of this week – in Bangor a meet and greet with Senate Candidate Jordan Wood, gathering your group and meeting with a member of our Congressional Delegation while they are on recess, and taking part in Friends Across the Border Rallies this Saturday August 16th. (Maine has a 611 mile border with Canada!)
Linda suggests we all take action to let the Maine Turnpike Authority (877) 682-9433–dial 0 or stay on the line) that Mainers do not want a Chick-Fil-A vendor on the Maine Turnpike. This outfit is openly anti LGBQT+ and rooted in white, right wing, evangelical philosophy. They are early in the process at this point so this is a great time to voice your opinion.
From Last Week:
Taking art and action to the Streets. Indivisible Cumberland County has created posters which can be put up on telephone poles – “Healthcare Shouldn’t Bankrupt Us” “Child Care Must be Affordable” “We Need Homes Not Palaces”. You can create your own – such as a favorite sign spotted recently: “Fight Truth Decay”, and “All Are Welcome Here” If we can put lost cats and dogs on telephone polls we can also put up messages – everywhere.
Note: I have been alerted that overtly political messages could be deemed illegal as the poles belong to CMP, so think carefully about the message before you plaster!
TODAY’S ACTION (s)
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? CANMP has a volunteer update you can join here on Tuesday August 12th, 6 – 7 pm at Bricks Coworking in Waterville. 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.
Tuesday, August 12th: 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 13th: (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.
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 10th: 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.
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). The event will be a fundraiser for the CANMP rapid response fund.
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
“Who knows better than artists how much ugliness there is on the way to beauty, how many ghastly, mortifying missteps, how many days of granitic blockheadedness and dismaying ineptitude there is on the way to accomplishment, how partial all accomplishment is, how incomplete?” ~ Tony Kushner
“Keep on Trucking” – R. Crumb
Join co-hosts Eastern Maine Labor Council, AFL-CIO and Food AND Medicine to celebrate Labor’s holiday. The 22nd Annual Labor Day Celebration is always a fun time.
We’ll grill local burgers, red hot dogs and have corn on the cob from a local farm.
Bring your favorite potluck side, salad or dessert to share.
Come help us make this our largest Labor Day Celebration in 22 years! Everyone is invited!!
Speakers will be announced from local unions with updates on their recent successes and challenges; EMLC and FAM will present some awards. This is the place to be on Labor Day to celebrate Maine’s labor movement and union solidarity!
Suggested $5/person, $12/family or kids under 12 free
Date & Time: Monday, September 1, 2025, from 4:30 to 7:00 pm
Location: Solidarity Center, 20 Ivers St., Brewer, Maine, 04412
Map: Here WeGo Map
From our friends at Hancock County Democrats:
Background. This year Labor Day falls on September 1, just three weeks away. Every day it becomes more obvious that the Trump regime is working overtime to destroy our representative democracy and the rule of law, all in the service of a narcissistic sociopath and a cadre of the obscenely rich, the cowards, and the sycophants. As the national economy degrades, along with the government services on which workers and the middle class have come to rely, one would think that the people who will be the most adversely impacted would be up in arms and eager to protest. But so far, planning for a big Labor Day nationwide demonstration seems to be proceeding in a sluggish fashion, if at all. Maybe because it’s so darn hot. Maybe because people are trying to enjoy the last morsels of summer fun before we knuckle down to serious business as kids go back to school and we gear up for November elections (and to defeat Question 1 on the Maine ballot!). Maybe it’s because Maine people are, as usual, looking forward to Labor Day as marking our relief from all the tourists and visitors. One can only hope that we haven’t “thrown in the towel”! To inspire you, please read Robert Reich’s piece from this morning. It’s brief, just a bit over 500 words, and worth a couple of minutes. https://open.substack.com/pub/robertreich/p/seeking-the-good
On Labor Day (thus far) in Maine:
Activate Maine shows protests on Sept. 1 in Freeport, Wells, Presque Isle, and Auburn. Details at https://www.activatemaine.com/calendar. Click the forward arrow > next to “TODAY”
and keep scrolling to get to Sept. 1. Details on each event are found by clicking on the name of the town: a dropdown box will appear.
The national fiftyfiftyone organization (https://www.fiftyfifty.one/) shows many events across the country. So far, their map shows Labor Day events only in Machias and Auburn, and no other towns. The map says “may day” but the entries on the map are for Sept. 1. If you have friends living elsewhere, send them a link for an event in their area. https://www.mobilize.us/mayday/map/.
Even though the national AFL-CIO announced in a press release (1) that there would be a week of action, the MAINE AFL-CIO shows no protests on their website. Instead, the organization seems to be holding at least three normal, annual Labor Day social events. These are not protests. But if you have connections with union members, or would like to make those connections, attending in solidarity might be a good idea, especially if you can make a donation to support their work (and pay for your food!). The following website has contact info:
https://maineaflcio.org/news/mark-your-calendars-labor-day-events-portland-skowhegan-brewer
Pre-labor day protests in Maine:
There ARE regular protest events happening before Labor Day. In fact, there is something going on somewhere in Maine on every single day between now and Sept. 1. Attend an event closest to you, if you can. Bring your summer visitors! Indivisible’s list is at https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/ Once again, Activate Maine’s list is at https://www.activatemaine.com/calendar Click the forward arrow to find the town and date that interests you.
And/or, if possible, gather a few friends, call the local office of Senator King or Senator Collins or Jared Golden, and arrange to pay a visit. Congress is in recess. Great time to go thank them, or give them a piece of your mind!
Extra Credit:
(1) https://aflcio.org/press/releases/afl-cio-announces-workers-labor-day-workers-deserve-week-action
Across the country, authoritarian forces are getting bolder and more dangerous. Trump and his allies are not hiding their agenda: mass deportations, rollbacks of civil rights, weaponized courts, and full-scale attacks on our democracy. We don’t have to wait until it’s too late. We can stop this. But it’ll take all of us—not just on single days of mass action, but through sustained organizing in our communities.
That’s why this summer, we’re launching One Million Rising—a national effort to train one million people in the strategic logic and practice of non-cooperation, as well as the basics of community organizing and campaign design. This is how we build people power that can’t be ignored. You’re invited to join us—and lead.
Let’s build a force bigger than fear and louder than hate. Let’s get ready. Let’s get organized. Let’s stop Trump.
Visit the Mobilize.us site for more information and to sign up!
Session 1: The Moment & Your Mission – July 16, 8:00pm–9:30pm
Get oriented to making meaning of this moment and the role you can play in coordinated strategic action. (View Session 1 recording HERE).
Session 2: How to Make it Happen – July 30, 8:00pm–9:30pm
This train-the-trainer session is how we get to one million. Learn not just our strategy, but how you can train others and get them on board. You’ll host your first community resistance gathering after this session. (View Session 2 recording HERE).
Session 3: What Now? – August 13, 8:00pm–9:30pm
You’ll be onboarded to basic campaign design and learn how to implement it locally as well as get plugged into our next national campaign work. Your second community resistance gathering will move this action forward.
Sign up for all 3 sessions to get the most out of this experience. Watch it live with a friend in person, and get ready now to host your own community resistance gatherings after the second and third sessions. This is how we get to 1 million!
We hope you’re having a nice Sunday before the heatwave comes. We have a few items we’d like to share today:
On Labor Day, Monday September 1st, Indivisible Bangor is holding a “Workers Over Billionaires” rally!
Volunteers are need to help organize this event that will be in downtown Bangor at 10:00 am for 1-1/2 hours.
We’ll be hosting a Postcard Party next Thursday, 8/21/2025, so stay tuned for more information!
Senate candidate Jordan Wood is hosting a community conversation in Bangor this Thursday, 8/14/2025. Sign up for more info and to attend!
That’s all for now! Thank you for all of your work!
-Dave
Welcome to all the new members on our mailing list!
Here is today’s Call to Action from Mid Maine Indivisible. Also, remember our weekly vigils here in the Bangor area! We have the Tuesday Weekly Vigil at the Federal Building in Bangor, then the Wednesday Weekly Orono Vigil, followed by the Thursday Weekly Vigil at the Bangor City Hall.
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!
Seats are filling up fast! Join U.S. Senate Candidate Jordan Wood for a community conversation in Bangor. Bring questions and engage directly with Jordan! Event will be on August 14th in Bangor. Click here for more info and to sign up!
The Mi’kmaq Nation’s Annual Mawiomi of Tribes is happening NEXT WEEKEND!! August 15-17 in Caribou! Click here for more information!
Plans are in the works for an Invisible Bangor Labor Day action, so stay tuned!
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 155: “Stop the genocide.” Past actions are listed here.
Lastly, our friends at the Bold Coast Civic Alliance have drawn up a new (7/31) super handy list of items we can address. Check it out here!
Thank you for all you do! – Dave from Indivisible Bangor
~~
Good Friday Morning Folks,
As they say all politics is local. If you are interested in creating a larger and larger resistance to the destruction of our democracy, think of 3 friends you could contact today and this weekend. Chat with them about their level of discomfort with what’s going on, and ask them if they would be interested in getting more involved. For those who answer yes, let them know that you will invite them to events and actions you are involved in. Even if you only get one taker, you have just doubled your effort!
Linda suggests we all take action to let the Maine Turnpike Authority (877) 682-9433–dial 0 or stay on the line) that Mainers do not want a Chick-Fil-A vendor on the Maine Turnpike. This outfit is openly anti LGBQT+ and rooted in white, right wing, evangelical philosophy.
From Yesterday:
Taking art and action to the Streets. Indivisible Cumberland County has created posters which can be put up on telephone poles – “Healthcare Shouldn’t Bankrupt Us” “Child Care Must be Affordable” “We Need Homes Not Palaces”. You can create your own – such as a favorite sign spotted recently: “Fight Truth Decay”, and “All Are Welcome Here” If we can put lost cats and dogs on telephone polls we can also put up messages – everywhere.
Note: I have been alerted that overtly political messages could be deemed illegal as the poles belong to CMP, so think carefully about the message before you plaster!
TODAY’S ACTION (s)
Statewide Actions This Week:
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.
Help Support the Winslow Community Cubbard Food Bank at the Winslow Blueberry Festival, Friday and Saturday: Friday 3 – 6, free live music, BBQ ($15) ; Saturday 8 – 1 – live music, rummage sale, auction, all at the Winslow Congregational Church, 12 Lithgow Street,
Watch “The Last Lesson” a moving documentary about Robert Reich’s last class: 1:00 on Saturday and Sunday only this weekend at the Maine Film Center, Main Street Waterville. The trailer is here.
Are you interested in helping New Mainers learn/improve their English? CANMP has a volunteer update you can join here on Tuesday August 12th, 6 – 7 pm at Bricks Coworking in Waterville. 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.
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 10th: 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.
Wednesday, August 13th: (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.
Tuesday, August 12th: 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.
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 rallywith speakers, music and snacks. Pay attention to this space for more info.
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
Each year, on the third weekend in August, the Mi’kmaq Nation celebrates the Mawiomi of Tribes which is dedicated to all people of Mother Earth. The word “Mawiomi” is derived from the Mi’kmaq language meaning “Gathering.” The event is intended to showcase the beauty, strength, spirit and endurance of the Mi’kmaq culture and tradition.
Pow-wows have changed over the years; In the early times, hunters would invite their friends and relatives to share their good fortune. As time went on, while the meal was being prepared, relatives would dance to honor their host. Eventually, dancing became the main focus of the event. Participants began to use this time to display their weaving, craft-work, and other finery. Pow-wows also had religious significance; they were an opportunity for families to hold naming and honor ceremonies.
COME JOIN US FOR:
DRUMS
MUSIC
DANCING
CRAFTS
VENDORS
AND MORE
Next weekend! Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, August 15-17.
Located at Spruce Haven, 214 Doyle Rd, Caribou, Maine 04736.
Visit the Mi’kmaq Nation website for more information.
Welcome to all the new members on our mailing list!
Here is today’s Call to Action from Mid Maine Indivisible. Also, remember our weekly vigils here in the Bangor area! We have the Tuesday Weekly Vigil at the Federal Building in Bangor, then the Wednesday Weekly Orono Vigil, and TODAY is Thursday Weekly Vigil at the Bangor City Hall.
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!
Seats are filling up fast! Join U.S. Senate Candidate Jordan Wood for a community conversation in Bangor. Bring questions and engage directly with Jordan! Event will be on August 14th in Bangor. Click here for more info and to sign up!
And please check out the latest Action from Hancock County Democrats, Action 155: “Stop the genocide.” Past actions are listed here.
Lastly, our friends at the Bold Coast Civic Alliance have drawn up a new (7/31) super handy list of items we can address. Check it out here!
Thank you for all you do! – Dave from Indivisible Bangor
~~
Hi Folks,
Good morning everyone it’s a Thursday for the Heart!
Taking art and action to the Streets. Indivisible Cumberland County has created posters which can be put up on telephone poles – “Healthcare Shouldn’t Bankrupt Us” “Child Care Must be Affordable” “We Need Homes Not Palaces”. You can create your own – such as a favorite sign spotted recently: “Fight Truth Decay”, and “All Are Welcome Here” If we can put lost cats and dogs on telephone polls we can also put up messages – everywhere.
Consult with your favorite artist to design something. Let’s plaster our towns and neighborhoods with messages that make us think, and then act! One local community resistance group is going to work on putting “All Are Welcome Here” posters in businesses throughout Waterville. What can you do along the same lines?
From Yesterday:
Call our Congressional Delegation and demand the release of the Epstein files. Indivisible has an “Epstein Tool Kit” to help fan the flames of this “crisis” for our corrupt administration. (Details Below)
Consider joining Indivisible’s One Million Rising Effort by taking their trainings (3) about an hour each, and inviting a group of like-minded friends to discuss what can be done in this moment to build a mass movement.
Trump is pulling out all the stops and we need to match and exceed his momentum.
Pressure our Congressional Delegation to end the humanitarian crisis and war in Gaza. A joint resolution of disapproval to block the sale of offensive weapons to Israel has been introduced in the house.
For the HeartFor Your Heart this Seventh Week of Summer:
We are happier and have less suffering when we can stand centered in the middle of life, with either the pleasant or unpleasant. Feel and not push away. Then respond.
–Nancy Hathaway Center for Studying Mindfulness
LOST
Stand still.
The trees ahead and bushes beside you
Are not lost.
Wherever you are is called
Here, And you must treat it as a powerful stranger,
Must ask permission to know it and be known.
The forest breathes. Listen.
It answers,
I have made this place around you.
If you leave it, you may come back again, saying
Here. No trees are the same to Raven.
No two branches are the same to Wren.
If what a tree or a bush does is lost on you,
You are surely lost. Stand still.
The forest knows
Where you are.
You must let it find you.
–David Wagoner
TODAY’S ACTION (s)
Statewide Actions This Week:
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.
Help Support the Winslow Community Cubbard Food Bank at the Winslow Blueberry Festival, Friday and Saturday: Friday 3 – 6, free live music, BBQ ($15) ; Saturday 8 – 1 – live music, rummage sale, auction, all at the Winslow Congregational Church, 12 Lithgow Street,
Are you interested in helping New Mainers learn/improve their English? CANMP has a volunteer update you can join here on Tuesday August 12th, 6 – 7 pm at Bricks Coworking in Waterville. 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.
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 10th: 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.
Wednesday, August 13th: (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.
Tuesday, August 12th: 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.
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 rallywith speakers, music and snacks. Pay attention to this space for more info.
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
Here is today’s Call to Action from Mid Maine Indivisible. Also, remember our weekly vigils here in the Bangor area! We have the Tuesday Weekly Vigil at the Federal Building in Bangor, then TODAY is the Wednesday Weekly Orono Vigil, followed by the Thursday Weekly Vigil at the Bangor City Hall.
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!
Seats are filling up fast! Join U.S. Senate Candidate Jordan Wood for a community conversation in Bangor. Bring questions and engage directly with Jordan! Event will be on August 14th in Bangor. Click here for more info and to sign up!
And please check out the latest Action from Hancock County Democrats, Action 155: “Stop the genocide.” Past actions are listed here.
Lastly, our friends at the Bold Coast Civic Alliance have drawn up a new (7/31) super handy list of items we can address. Check it out here!
Thank you for all you do! – Dave from Indivisible Bangor
~~
Hi Folks,
Good morning everyone it’s a Texas Wednesday!
As you all know, Texas Governor, Greg Abbott, supported by his legislature, is ramming through a re-districting of Texas so that Democrats lose 5 seats there. This potentially would enable Republicans to maintain control of the House and continue their wrecking-ball approach to governing and our welfare.
Call Governor Janet Mills and ask her to speak out against this action publicly as well as to pressure Texas Governor Abbott to cease and desist. To fight back, Governors in Blue states will do the same thing (as they should) and we will lose fairness and representation in our national elections all together.
From Yesterday:
Call our Congressional Delegation and demand the release of the Epstein files. Indivisible has an “Epstein Tool Kit” to help fan the flames of this “crisis” for our corrupt administration. (Details Below)
Consider joining Indivisible’s One Million Rising Effort by taking their trainings (3) about an hour each, and inviting a group of like-minded friends to discuss what can be done in this moment to build a mass movement.
Trump is pulling out all the stops and we need to match and exceed his momentum.
Pressure our Congressional Delegation to end the humanitarian crisis and war in Gaza. A joint resolution of disapproval to block the sale of offensive weapons to Israel has been introduced in the house.
TODAY’S ACTION (s)
Statewide Actions This Week:
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.
Help Support the Winslow Community Cubbard Food Bank at the Winslow Blueberry Festival, Friday and Saturday: Friday 3 – 6, free live music, BBQ ($15) ; Saturday 8 – 1 – live music, rummage sale, auction, all at the Winslow Congregational Church, 12 Lithgow Street,
Are you interested in helping New Mainers learn/improve their English? CANMP has a volunteer update you can join here on Tuesday August 12th, 6 – 7 pm at Bricks Coworking in Waterville. 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.
Thursday, August 7th: 4 – 5 pm, Fairfield/Benton Bridge, Stop the Coup + Save Democracy.
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 10th: 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.
Wednesday, August 13th: (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.
Tuesday, August 12th: 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.
Monday, September 1st: 10 to 12:00 noon: Indivisible Mid Maine is planning a short march and rallywith speakers, music and snacks. Pay attention to this space for more info.
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
