Welcome to all the new members on our mailing list! Will we get rain this weekend? We sure need it up here! 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).
***Nationwide No Kings Protest!***
***October 18, 2025***
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 protest will happen at Broadway Park in Bangor at noon! The site will appear soon on the Mobilize site, so stay tuned!!
Accessing Democracy: Film Screening and Panel Discussion
Join Disability Rights Maine and the RevUp Coalition for a film screening, followed by a panel discussion about the importance of voting. This free event is happening THIS Thursday, September 11, from 5:30 – 7pm at the Bangor Public Library.
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!
Stop Avelo Protest – Portland Jetport
On Saturday, September 13 at 1:00 p.m, join Indivisible Greater Portland Maine for their next Stop Avelo Protest at the entrance to the Portland Jetport. They will meet at the intersection of Jetport and Johnson Road. Bring your signs, flags, and voices!
Volunteers are needed
The next Save Maine Absentee Voting Canvass in Brewer, Sunday September 14th, 2025, and we need your help! We need to educate Maine voters that Question 1 on November’s ballot is about a whole lot more than just “Voter I.D.,” but also includes many more voter suppression provisions. And check out the latest Hancock County Action Alert on this!
Speaking of 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.
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 – Tuesday, 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!
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.
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!
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.
And please check out the latest Action from Hancock County Democrats, “Action 164. Vaccines! Comment!” Past actions are listed here.
Lastly, our friends at the Bold Coast Civic Alliance have drawn up a super handy list of items we can address (9/3). Check it out here!
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 Wednesday September 10th: Ask Our Congress People to Vote Against the Appropriations Bill and Shut the Government Down Until Demands are Met
Hi Folks, it’s Wednesday, the middle of the week!
A fight over the new Federal Appropriations Bill is going on now. Government spending must be approved by September 30th for the Government to continue operating. It’s time for the Democrats and other like minded politicians to shut the government down showing that they are not OK with what has been going on Federally. There are many demands that could be made and responded to easily – Release the Epstein Files, US Military out of our cities, Vaccines for all.
Call or write your Congressional Representatives, and ask them to vote against funding the upcoming Appropriations Bill. This is a chance for our politicians to stand strong against the criminality and corruption going on in the Executive Branch, in our names, with our tax dollars.
From Yesterday
Call or write Susan Collins and Angus King asking them to pledge now to vote to force the release of these files when the issue comes to the Senate.
Ask our Congressional representatives to demand that the Bureau of Health and Human Services change its guidance to allow all of us access to Covid 19 vaccines. Currently the access is limited to people 65 and older, and those with immunological conditions.
Ask Governor Mills to join with other New England States to form a health alliance and issue vaccine guidance for our area as California, Oregon and Washington have done.
Our health as individuals and as a community is at stake.
Consider volunteering for Graham Platner’s campaign for US Senate. Go here.
Mark Saturday, October 18th for the next nationwide mass No Kings2 rally. Start talking to a young person you know to get them engaged in the resistance.
TODAY’S ACTION (s)
- Write or call our Congress people and ask them to vote against funding the upcoming appropriations bill: Let’s shut it down and make demands that can be met swiftly by the Executive branch. This could be a tipping point for Congress to use its anti-authoritarian power. For more background go to 5calls.org.
- Write or Call Senators King and Collins and ask them to pledge now to force the release of the Epstein Files: The House should pass this effort at the end of the month and then it will go to the Senate where progressive measures have gone to die. This is an issue that has the administration on its back foot – we need to push on it for moral as well as political reasons. For more info. on releasing the files go to 5calls.org.
- Call our Congress People and ask them to demand that the CDC follow science and change its vaccine guidance: Currently they are only advising that 65+ folks and people with immune compromised conditions get the vaccine. Go to 5calls.org for the details.
- Call or email Governor Mills to form a health alliance with other New England states to give Vaccine Guidance: Washington, California and Oregon have done this; it could help to maintain the health and herd immunity of our populations in the NorthEast. This may be in the works – let’s support it!
- Consider volunteering and/or donating to Graham Platner’s campaign for US Senate: He is the real deal. A progressive Mainer who will take on Susan Collins with no fear. Volunteer/donate here.
- From Earlier
- Call Senators King and Collins and ask them to oppose the nomination of EJ Antoni for Commissioner of Labor Statistics: Why? This position is supposed to be non-partisan so economists can base their plans for the economy on it. Antoni has made it clear he is a Trump loyalist, and will slant the figures he uses to show that Trump and Co. are doing a great job. Go here for the five calls.org piece on this.
- Get a poster/chalking campaign going in your neighborhood – there are telephone poles everywhere: Indivisible Cumberland County has some great ones you can use – click here – this will lead you to an email you can send to Jennifer Morris. We have attached their poster ideas at the bottom of this email. Contact Karen for the Mid Maine Poster Campaign.Design your own signs and/or get an artist to design some for you. Remember poles belong to CMP and overtly political statements may be subject to legal action, however they seem to be ok with lost cats and dogs. Audacity in the Midcoast has called for Chalking “Truth Matters” on every public surface – roads and sidewalks! I would also recommend “Resist”.
- Consider Boycotting American Companies that support the Israeli Military in Gaza and Illegal Israeli Settlements on the West Bank. Go here to get a list of companies to boycott.
- 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.
- Stand Up for Palestinan Rights – support the efforts of Oasis For Peace a Jewish/Palestinian community in Israel, and demand that our Congressional representatives support the ending of US provision of offensive weapons to Israel.
- If you know your Maine Representative or Senator is supportive of making ICE accountable in Maine, ask them to join with Representative Cassie Julia to put in a bill to ensure proper identification of ICE agents acting in Maine. Lawmakers in California have introduced legislation requiring the identity and affiliation of ICE agents to be displayed while interacting with the public.
- Note: September 14th 2 -4pm at the Mount View High School, 577 Mount View Road, Thorndike, ME 04986. ALL FOUR DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR will be on a panel facilitated by Murray Carpenter. To register go here.
- 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
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? 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. You can also Donate to the Capitol Area New Mainers Project’s rapid response fund. CANMP is actively helping those affected by ICE abductions, both with legal funding and other financial support for family members
Wednesday, September 10th: (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, September 11th: 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.
Sunday, September 14th: 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.
Tuesday, September 16th: 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.
Note: Mid Maine Indivisible is interested in focusing the NO KINGS rally Oct. 18th on youth participation. Let Elizabeth Leonard know if you know of a youth group that would like to participate, speak, table for their cause as a part of this rally.
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 asking 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!
-Mid Maine Indivisible
“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it–always.” ― Mahatma Gandhi
