Friday, July 4th, 2025, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm, at the Eastern Maine Labor Council Solidarity Center located at 20 Ivers St., Brewer, Maine, 04412.

Independence Day is about the fight for freedom. The American Revolution was a stand against tyranny and kings. That same spirit has lived on—from the Boston Tea Party to the Underground Railroad, from Stonewall to the Civil Rights Movement.

America is in crisis. Real democracy feels out of reach. Freedom is in trouble.

This July 4th, while the U.S. marks Independence Day, we’ll gather at the Eastern Maine Labor Council Solidarity Center to talk, listen, and learn from one other.   Join Food AND Medicine, the Eastern Maine Labor Council and Indivisible Bangor in a community building event designed to bring us together to meet, eat, unite, and strategize to protect the freedoms that the American colonists fought hard for to free us from a tyrannical government. 

We’ll have hotdogs and hamburgers, speakers, and an opportunity for anyone who wants to share on uniting together to continue the work protecting our democracy; time limit is 3 minutes each. 

The event starts at 6pm and will end at 8pm.   Everyone is welcome to stay afterwards to watch the Bangor fireworks from atop the hill, one of the best viewing spots in the City of Brewer.  

They want us scared, divided, and alone. They don’t want us to dream about freedom, but that’s exactly what we must do.

This Fourth of July, we will come together with words of freedom and joy. The dream of American freedom belongs to all of us, and we will not stop in our pursuit of its promise, now or ever. 

Food & Medicine is a grassroots member-based organization in Brewer, ME that aims to address the root causes of poverty by empowering and involving those directly affected. They prioritize people’s ability to form a union, have access to affordable healthy food, utilize public transportation, and earn a living wage through a combination of direct service and grassroots organizing.

With over 500 annual members, Food & Medicine is a diverse coalition of union members, workers, farmers, low-income community members, and individuals from various faith and political beliefs. Their mission is to build a multiracial, multiethnic movement that transcends class lines and works towards creating a community where no one has to choose between food, medicine, and other basic necessities.

The EASTERN MAINE LABOR COUNCIL, AFL-CIO is one of nearly 500 state and local labor councils of the AFL-CIO and are the heart of the labor movement. We are democratically elected bodies dedicated to represent the interests of working people at the state and local level. We mobilize our members and community partners to advocate for social and economic justice and we strive daily to vanquish oppression and make our communities better for all people—regardless of race, color, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, or ethnic or national origin.

Indivisible Bangor informs, encourages, and organizes our members and community to take regular actions to resist the GOP’s extremist agenda, elect Democrats, and fight for progressive policies and voting rights.

Our actions include legislative advocacy, electoral politics and voter outreach and advocacy.  We always strive to educate our members and voters on critical issues.

Join us by signing up to volunteer and to join our mailing list for more info. You’ll be first to know when we announce meetings and put out calls to action!