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  • Action Thursday, July 17th: For the Heart + Join a “Good Trouble Action” Today -From Mid Maine Indivisible

    Action Thursday, July 17th: For the Heart + Join a “Good Trouble Action” Today -From Mid Maine Indivisible

    From our friends at Mid Maine Indivisible (and don’t forget to check out the weekly to-do list, link on the bottom):

    Hi Folks,

    Good morning everyone, Susan Collins voted against the Rescission Bill  last night. However it passed with an AIDs related program spared.

    Today is “Good Trouble” Action day throughout Maine. Grab some water, a piece of blue clothing, a sign, and head to the streets near you. Solidarity and action will give us heart and  and build the resistance. The rally in Augusta is designed to encircle the State House. Join us. There are rallies all over the state see below.

    For the Heart
    For Your Heart this Fourth Week of Summer: (while we stand in our rallies today)Standing centered in life, I feel my posture, my breath breathing itself. What sounds are being received? What sights? I welcome in and get to know the feeling of unpleasant in the body. The more I open to the feeling of unpleasant, not the thinking that goes around in the gerbel cage, but the feeling, the more centered I am. The more centered I am, the more I can respond with clarity.
    -Nancy Hathaway  Center for Studying Mindfulness 

    Mysteries, Yes

    Truly, we live with mysteries too marvelous
    to be understood.

    How grass can be nourishing in the
    mouths of the lambs.
    How rivers and stones are forever
    in allegiance with gravity
    while we ourselves dream of rising.
    How two hands touch and the bonds will
    never be broken.
    How people come, from delight or the
    scars of damage,
    to the comfort of a poem.

    Let me keep my distance, always, from those
    who think they have the answers.

    Let me keep company always with those who say
    “Look!” and laugh in astonishment,
    and bow their heads.      

    Mary Oliver

    TODAY’S ACTION (s)

    • Prepare to join “Good Trouble” Actions throughout Maine TODAY Thursday, July 17th:  Activate Maine has 18 events listed for that day! Here is a map of where events are taking place tomorrow.
    • Join Indivisible today for their One Million Rising Training: Go here to register for this training that will be happening over the next two weeks. Strategies for demasking ICE locally, bringing friends into the resistance, fighting authoritarianism and more – see details in attachment below. 

    From Last Week

    • If you live in Mid Maine contact the Somerset County Commissioners: Ask them not to oppose LD 1971. For talking points go to the Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project. Contact the current board chair, Robert Sezak, who is a Democrat and reachable at: robert.sezak@somersetcounty-me.org; if you live in Somerset County find your Commissioner here and contact them. For the full article on this in Friday’s Morning Sentinel go here.
    • Build the Resistance: Make a list of friends you think have not engaged yet. Pick one to talk with. Let them know how important public resistance is to dictatorship. Invite them to join you in whatever way they can. Indivisible Attachment Below has a toolkit for this.

    Statewide Actions This Week:

    • Get in touch with your Maine Representative and Senator and ask them 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.
    • PROTECT THE PENOBSCOT RIVER TOMORROW:Rally for Environmental Justice and the River and in Opposition to Juniper Ridge Landfill Expansion at 12 Noon, before the hearing, in Bangor, 78 Exchange Street, WEAR BLUE, NO SHORTS, For more information, please visit Sunlight Media Collective,
    • Indivisible Actions – Register Here
    • Prepare for a “Good Trouble” Action in Augusta Tomorrow July 17th! See Local Actions below for details. Go to Mobilize to find Good Trouble Actions near you! Activate Maine has 18 events listed for that day check their calendar out! Here is a map of where events will take place.
    • Join the Maine League of Women Voters in opposing the GOP voter suppression referendum this fall. They will be canvassing in Brunswick and Portland this Saturday, July 19th. There will be coffee, donuts, and door knocking training. Register here. 
    • Buy some American Flags for your next Demo (Reny’s in Bangor has a good selection of American-made flags at affordable prices – Dave).

    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: Here – (by name), 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. 

    Thursday, July 17th: 4 – 5 pm, Fairfield/Benton Bridge,  Stop the Coup + Save Democracy. 

    Thursday, July 17th National Good Trouble Demonstration: 12 – 1:30, Augusta; We are going to encircle the State House on the streets around it. Sign up for this event at Mobilize. 

    On July 17, Indivisible Mid Maine, Capitol Area Indivisible, and other partners, in honor of John Lewis, will have a SILENT/Quiet sign rally on the sidewalks around the Maine State House building and property in Augusta. Participants will–to the extent possible based on how many people join us–line the perimeter, beginning on the State Street side and extending around the corner to 

    Sewall Street, and down Sewall as far as Capitol Street, left on Capitol, and then left  through the State House Parking Lot back to State Street. 

    Dress with some blue in your clothing.

    Saturday, July 19th: at 2:30 pm (and every Saturday)-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, July 20th: 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.

    Tuesday, July 22nd: 12:00-1:00 (and every Tuesday)  Stand against Tesla/Musk and the Federal Budget Bill in Waterville    around the Tesla Charging Station Elm Plaza on Main Street, Waterville. 

    Wednesday, July 23d: (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. 

    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 IS STILL THINKING ABOUT THIS! 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! 

    “I believe there’s no such thing as a conflict that can’t be ended. They’re created and sustained by human beings. They can be ended by human beings. No matter how ancient the conflict, no matter how hateful, no matter how hurtful, peace can prevail.” ~ George J. Mitchell

    Indivisible’s Weekly To Do List – July 14th

  • Action Wednesday, July 16th from Mid Maine Indivisible

    Action Wednesday, July 16th from Mid Maine Indivisible

    From our friends at Mid Maine Indivisible:

    Hi Folks, 

    Good morning everyone, Susan Collins voted against moving the Rescission Bill forward last night. A short article on her statements is here . The GOP won the vote with a tiebreaker from Vance.

    Pressure works. If you didn’t manage to do this yesterday, call Collins TODAY, thank her for her no vote and ask her to continue opposing Trump’s request H.R. 4 to cut already awarded funds to PBS, clean technology, foreign aid, global health, international peace keeping. Ask her to submit amendments to restore funding for these initiatives, particularly the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and Global Health initiatives.  These are funds that have already been granted, which the GOP is trying to take away!!!

    Join the Indivisible One Million Rising training today in how to fight authoritarianism by registering below.

    Make a space on your calendar for July 17th “Good Trouble” actions.

    TODAY’S ACTION (s)

    • Prepare to join “Good Trouble” Actions throughout Maine TOMORROW Thursday, July 17th:  Activate Maine has 18 events listed for that day! Here is a map of where events are taking place tomorrow.
    • Join Indivisible today for their One Million Rising Training: Go here to register for this training that will be happening today. Strategies for demasking ICE locally, bringing friends into the resistance, fighting authoritarianism and more – see details in attachment below. 
    • Contact Collins  to thank her for OPPOSING H.R. 4, the Rescission Package to cut funding that Congress has already awarded: Ask her to keep voting no on this bill and to bring 2 colleagues on board with her. This request will defund PBS, Foreign Aid, Global Health, International Peacekeeping, etc. For more details go to 5calls.org. The Senate has until midnight on Friday to bring the rescissions bill up for consideration or else it loses its privileged status under a 1974 budget law and would be subject to normal filibuster rules.
    •                                                             From Last Week
    • Contact our Congressional Delegation and State Representatives to support required identification for ICE agents: Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) has introduced the No Masks for ICE Act to bring “basic transparency and accountability to immigration enforcement” and combat the climate of fear, chaos, and confusion caused by anonymous perpetrators. Go to 5calls.org for more information on this effort. Go to Indivisible’s Blue State Defiance Toolkit to take action.
    • If you live in Mid Maine contact the Somerset County Commissioners: Ask them not to oppose LD 1971. For talking points go to the Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project. Contact the current board chair, Robert Sezak, who is a Democrat and reachable at: robert.sezak@somersetcounty-me.org; if you live in Somerset County find your Commissioner here and contact them. For the full article on this in Friday’s Morning Sentinel go here.
    • Build the Resistance: Make a list of friends you think have not engaged yet. Pick one to talk with. Let them know how important public resistance is to dictatorship. Invite them to join you in whatever way they can. Indivisible Attachment Below has a toolkit for this.

    Statewide Actions This Week:

    • Get in touch with your Maine Representative and Senator and ask them 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.
    • Indivisible Actions – Register Here
    • Prepare for a “Good Trouble” Action in Augusta Tomorrow July 17th! See Local Actions below for details. Go to Mobilize to find Good Trouble Actions near you! Activate Maine has 18 events listed for that day check their calendar out! Here is a map of where events will take place.
    • Join the Maine League of Women Voters in opposing the GOP voter suppression referendum this fall. They will be canvassing in Brunswick and Portland this Saturday, July 19th. There will be coffee, donuts, and door knocking training. Register here. 
    • Buy some American Flags for your next Demo (Reny’s in Bangor has a good selection of American-made flags at affordable prices – Dave).

    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: Here – (by name), 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. 

    Thursday, July 17th: 4 – 5 pm, Fairfield/Benton Bridge,  Stop the Coup + Save Democracy. 

    Thursday, July 17th National Good Trouble Demonstration: 12 – 1:30, Augusta; We are going to encircle the State House on the streets around it. Sign up for this event at Mobilize. 

    On July 17, Indivisible Mid Maine, Capitol Area Indivisible, and other partners, in honor of John Lewis, will have a SILENT/Quiet sign rally on the sidewalks around the Maine State House building and property in Augusta. Participants will–to the extent possible based on how many people join us–line the perimeter, beginning on the State Street side and extending around the corner to 

    Sewall Street, and down Sewall as far as Capitol Street, left on Capitol, and then left  through the State House Parking Lot back to State Street. 

    Dress with some blue in your clothing.

    Saturday, July 19th: at 2:30 pm (and every Saturday)-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, July 20th: 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.

    Tuesday, July 22nd: 12:00-1:00 (and every Tuesday)  Stand against Tesla/Musk and the Federal Budget Bill in Waterville    around the Tesla Charging Station Elm Plaza on Main Street, Waterville. 

    Wednesday, July 23d: (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. 

    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 IS STILL THINKING ABOUT THIS! 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

    “The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders…tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger.” ~ Hermann Goering (Nazi Mastermind)

  • Weekly Orono Vigil- Wednesdays at Noon

    Weekly Orono Vigil- Wednesdays at Noon

    Come join us for our weekly protest on the corner of Main Street and Bennoch in Orono.  Drop in anytime between 12 pm and 1 pm.  Bring signs!  Bring flags!

    THEME OF THE WEEK:

    “LAW, NOT LIES!!”

    OR

    WHICHEVER ASSAULT ON DEMOCRACY OUTRAGES YOU MOST THIS WEEK!

    Donations of nonperishables or cash for local food cupboards are gratefully accepted each week!

    Hosted by M.D.F. Knitters and Orono Democrats

  • Action Tuesday July 15th from Mid Maine Indivisible

    Action Tuesday July 15th from Mid Maine Indivisible

    From our friends at Mid Maine Indivisible:

    Hi Folks, 

    Good morning everyone, if you didn’t manage to do this yesterday, call our Senators TODAY and ask them to oppose Trump’s request H.R. 4 to cut already awarded funds to PBS, clean technology, foreign aid, global health, international peace keeping etc. through a process called Rescission. (A vote on this is likely today or tomorrow in the Senate.)

    Make a space on your calendar for July 17th “Good Trouble” actions.

    TODAY’S ACTION (s)

    • Prepare to join “Good Trouble” Actions throughout Maine on Thursday, July 17th:  Activate Maine has 18 events listed for that day!
    • Contact our Senators to ask them to OPPOSE H.R. 4, a Rescission Package to cut funding that Congress has already awarded: This request will defund PBS, Foreign Aid, Global Health, International Peacekeeping, etc. For more detail go to 5calls.org and/or read Abbie Mcmillen’s post attached below. The Senate has until midnight on Friday to bring the rescissions bill up for consideration or else it loses its privileged status under a 1974 budget law and would be subject to normal filibuster rules.
    • Indivisible has a number of trainings you can sign up for: Strategies for demasking ICE locally, bringing friends into the resistance, fighting authoritarianism – join their one million rising trainings, and more – see details in attachment below. Sign up for them here.
    •                                                             From Last Week
    • Contact our Congressional Delegation and State Representatives to support required identification for ICE agents: Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) has introduced the No Masks for ICE Act to bring “basic transparency and accountability to immigration enforcement” and combat the climate of fear, chaos, and confusion caused by anonymous perpetrators. Go to 5calls.org for more information on this effort. Go to Indivisible’s Blue State Defiance Toolkit to take action.
    • Contact our Congress People to Oppose HR 875: The National Immigration Law Center suggests these talking points to oppose the bill. This bill would allow ICE to go through all arrests for DUI nationally and deport immigrants for previous violations. The National Institute on Drug Abuse says that seeking punishment above treatment doesn’t work. The science and morality say this bill is wrong on the face of it; another way to terrorize  immigrant communities in Maine and throughout our country.
    • If you live in Mid Maine contact the Somerset County Commissioners: Ask them not to oppose LD 1971. For talking points go to the Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project. Contact the current board chair, Robert Sezak, who is a Democrat and reachable at: robert.sezak@somersetcounty-me.org; if you live in Somerset County find your Commissioner here and contact them. For the full article on this in Friday’s Morning Sentinel go here.
    • Build the Resistance: Make a list of friends you think have not engaged yet. Pick one to talk with. Let them know how important public resistance is to dictatorship. Invite them to join you in whatever way they can. Indivisible Attachment Below has a toolkit for this.

    Statewide Actions This Week:

    • Get in touch with your Maine Representative and Senator and ask them 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.
    • Indivisible Actions – Register Here
    • Prepare for a “Good Trouble” Action in Augusta on July 17th! See Local Actions below for details. Go to Mobilize to find Good Trouble Actions near you! Activate Maine has 18 events listed for that day!
    • Be prepared for an August session of the legislature to deal with a predicted 190 million dollar shortfall in the Budget. This could also be a time to push Mills to sign LD 1971.
    • Buy some American Flags for your next Demo (Reny’s in Bangor has a good selection of American-made flags at affordable prices – Dave).

    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: Here – (by name), 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. 

    Tuesday, July 15th: 12:00-1:00 (and every Tuesday)  Stand against Tesla/Musk and the Federal Budget Bill in Waterville    around the Tesla Charging Station Elm Plaza on Main Street, Waterville. 

    Wednesday, July 16th: (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, July 17th: 4 – 5 pm, Fairfield/Benton Bridge,  Stop the Coup + Save Democracy. 

    Thursday, July 17th National Good Trouble Demonstration: 12 – 1:30, Augusta; We are going to encircle the State House on the streets around it. Sign up for this event at Mobilize. 

    On July 17, Indivisible Mid Maine, Capitol Area Indivisible, and other partners, in honor of John Lewis, will have a SILENT/Quiet sign rally on the sidewalks around the Maine State House building and property in Augusta. Participants will–to the extent possible based on how many people join us–line the perimeter, beginning on the State Street side and extending around the corner to Sewall Street, and down Sewall as far as Capitol Street, left on Capitol, and then left  through the State House Parking Lot back to State Street. 

    Dress with some blue in your clothing.

    Saturday, July 19th: at 2:30 pm (and every Saturday)-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, July 20th: 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.

    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 IS STILL THINKING ABOUT THIS! 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

    We have come a long way in America because of Martin Luther King, Jr.  He led a disciplined, nonviolent revolution under the rule of law, a revolution of values, a revolution of ideas.  We’ve come a long way, but we still have a distance to go before all of our citizens embrace the idea of a truly interracial democracy, what I like to call the Beloved Community, a nation at peace with itself.  John Lewis

  • Action 151 Stop the Recission

    Action 151 Stop the Recission

    From our friends at Hancock County Democrats:

    Background:  Rescissions are a special budgetary procedure, initiated by a request from the White House’s Office of Management and Budget, that essentially cancels funds previously approved by Congress. This rescissions package requested by the Trump administration aims to codify DOGE’s cuts to public broadcasting, global health programs, and foreign aid funds totaling $9.4 billion. These cuts include:

    ●$1.1 billion in funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting which disburses funds to NPR and PBS, two media organizations commonly targeted by Trump for being “radical, woke propaganda.”

    ●$1.25 billion in funding to the Clean Technology Fund, which supports the development of low-carbon technologies in middle-income and developing countries.

    ●$900 million in funding to global health programs like the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), which has been credited for saving millions of lives around the world.

    ●$200 million in contributions to international organizations like USAID. According to a UCLA analysis, USAID cuts may lead to more than 14 million deaths globally, including 4.5 million children under 5 by 2030.

    ●Billions more in U.S. foreign aid for international disasters, migration and refugee assistance, democracy, international peacekeeping, and economic development programs. These critical, life-saving programs for millions around the globe must be preserved.

    Action: The Trump administration’s rescission package, H.R. 4, has passed in the House and now awaits a vote in the Senate where it will only need 50 votes to pass. Susan Collins is on the fence in voting to stop the Rescission Package.  Her vote will be critical.  As Chair of the Appropriations Committee, she spent time researching and approving these funds. It’s why we elected her. Why would she negate all her work and all our trust in her? Demand that Susan Collins refuse the Trump administration’s request to claw back these congressionally approved funds to codify ill-conceived DOGE cuts.   Call Senator Susan Collins and urge her to oppose H.R. 4, the Rescissions Act of 2025.  She has 6 offices – you and friends/family can call them all, one per day, starting now.

    Contact: Senator Susan Collins: Email: www.collins.senate.gov/contact/email-senator-collins/form

                (207) 622-8414 (Augusta office) 
                (207) 945-0417 (Bangor office)

                (207) 493-7873 (Caribou office)
                (207) 784-6969 (Lewiston office)
                (207) 618-5560 (Portland office)

                (202) 224-2523 (Washington DC office)

    Urgency: H.R. 4 must pass both chambers by July 18th (Friday); if it fails, Trump cannot request these same rescissions again.  Call every day this week. 

  • Action Monday July 14th from Mid Maine Indivisible

    Action Monday July 14th from Mid Maine Indivisible

    From our friends at Mid Maine Indivisible:

    Hi Folks, 

    Good morning everyone, call our Senators TODAY and ask them to oppose Trump’s request H.R. 4 to cut already awarded funds to PBS, clean technology, foreign aid, global health, international peace keeping etc. through a process called Rescission. (A vote on this is likely today or tomorrow in the Senate.)

    Ask our Congress people (Pingree and Golden) to support US Weather Prediction and Science funding. The lack of coordinated warnings in the flooding disaster in Texas is directly connected to cuts made to the National Weather Service. This is a huge issue heading our way each time Climate Change enhanced storms hit.

    From Last Week: (You can add these into the phone calls you make above)

    There is now a Federal Bill submitted by Rep. Nydia Velázquez demanding the Unmasking of ICE Agents. Incidents around the country of people impersonating ICE and Police Officers terrorizing immigrants have increased the need for clear and accountable ways to identify official personnel. Support this Bill

    Oppose HR 875 – a bill to allow a previous or current arrest for Driving Under the Influence to result in deportation for immigrant populations.

    Finally here in the Mid Maine area our Somerset County Commissioners are considering opposing LD 1971 which keeps Maine Police from doing ICE’s work. Ask them not to oppose this bill.

    Make a space on your calendar for July 17th “Good Trouble” actions.

    TODAY’S ACTION (s)

    • Contact our Senators to ask them to OPPOSE H.R. 4, a Rescission Package to cut funding that Congress has already awarded: This request will defund PBS, Foreign Aid, Global Health, International Peacekeeping, etc. For more detail go to 5calls.org.
    • Contact our Congressional Delegation to ask them to support restoration of funding for the National Weather Service: This is clearly a life or death matter for people around the United States.  Go to 5calls.org for more information and talking points.
    • From Last Week
    • Contact our Congressional Delegation and State Representatives to support required identification for ICE agents: Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) has introduced the No Masks for ICE Act to bring “basic transparency and accountability to immigration enforcement” and combat the climate of fear, chaos, and confusion caused by anonymous perpetrators. Go to 5calls.org for more information on this effort.
    • Contact our Senators to oppose cuts to PBS and NPR: The Senate is getting ready to finalize these cuts. Contact your Senator and sign up for alerts at ProtectMyPublicMedia.org. 
    • Contact our Congress People to Oppose HR 875: The National Immigration Law Center suggests these talking points to oppose the bill. This bill would allow ICE to go through all arrests for DUI nationally and deport immigrants for previous violations. The National Institute on Drug Abuse says that seeking punishment above treatment doesn’t work. The science and morality say this bill is wrong on the face of it; another way to terrorize  immigrant communities in Maine and throughout our country.
    • If you live in Mid Maine contact the Somerset County Commissioners: Ask them not to oppose LD 1971. For talking points go to the Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project. Contact the current board chair, Robert Sezak, who is a Democrat and reachable at: robert.sezak@somersetcounty-me.org; if you live in Somerset County find your Commissioner here and contact them. For the full article on this in Friday’s Morning Sentinel go here.
    • Build the Resistance: Make a list of friends you think have not engaged yet. Pick one to talk with. Let them know how important public resistance is to dictatorship. Invite them to join you in whatever way they can.

    Statewide Actions This Week:

    • Get in touch with your Maine Representative and Senator and ask them 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.
    • Indivisible Actions – Register Here
    • Prepare for a “Good Trouble” Action in Augusta on July 17th! See Local Actions below for details. Go to Mobilize to find Good Trouble Actions near you! Activate Maine has 18 events listed for that day!
    • Buy some American Flags for your next Demo (Reny’s in Bangor has a good selection of American-made flags at affordable prices – Dave).

    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: Here – (by name), 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. 

    Tuesday, July 15th: 12:00-1:00 (and every Tuesday)  Stand against Tesla/Musk and the Federal Budget Bill in Waterville    around the Tesla Charging Station Elm Plaza on Main Street, Waterville. 

    Wednesday, July 16th: (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, July 17th: 4 – 5 pm, Fairfield/Benton Bridge,  Stop the Coup + Save Democracy. 

    Thursday, July 17th National Good Trouble Demonstration: 12 – 1:30, Augusta; We are going to encircle the State House on the streets around it. Sign up for this event at 

    Mobilize. On July 17, Indivisible Mid Maine, Capitol Area Indivisible, and other partners, will have a SILENT sign rally on the sidewalks around the Maine State House building and property in Augusta. Participants will–to the extent possible based on how many people join us–line the perimeter, beginning on the State Street side and extending south to the State House parking lot entrance at Union Street and north to Capitol St., around to Sewall Street, and down Sewall as far as we can go. Dress with some blue in your clothing.

    Saturday, July 19th: at 2:30 pm (and every Saturday)-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, July 20th: 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.

    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 IS STILL THINKING ABOUT THIS! 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

    Our social and economic statistics are telling us what we already know in our hearts; we have created a world that works for only a few.  To change this, we must learn to act toward each other and our environment in profoundly different ways.  Vaclav Havel

  • Action July 11th from Mid Maine Indivisible

    Action July 11th from Mid Maine Indivisible

    From our friends at Mid Maine Indivisible:

    Hi Folks, 

    Good morning everyone, one win –A District Court in Maryland has granted a preliminary injunction and ordered that the Trump administration must restore AmeriCorps funding to the broad coalition that sued over illegal cuts to grants. The District Courts and others below the Supremes seem to be operating under the idea of Checks and Balances. this is good. (From the Maine League of Women Voters)

    Ask our Congress people to support US Weather Prediction and Science funding. The lack of coordinated warnings in the flooding disaster in Texas is directly connected to cuts made to the National Weather Service. This is a huge issue heading our way each time Climate Change enhanced storms hit.

    Unplug from all this over the weekend as much as you can.  This is a marathon not a sprint.

    From Earlier this Week:

    There is now a Federal Bill submitted by Rep. Nydia Velázquezdemanding the Unmasking of ICE Agents. Incidents around the country of people impersonating ICE and Police Officers terrorizing immigrants have increased the need for clear and accountable ways to identify official personnel. Support this Bill

    Oppose HR 875 – a bill to allow a previous or current arrest for Driving Under the Influence to result in deportation for immigrant populations.

    PBS and NPR are continuing to fight for funding from the Federal budget, please join that effort to support a reliable and reality based news source.

    Finally here in the Mid Maine area our Somerset County Commissioners are considering opposing LD 1971 which keeps Maine Police from doing ICE’s work. Ask them not to oppose this bill.

    Make a space on your calendar for July 17th “Good Trouble” actions.

    TODAY’S ACTION (s)

    • Contact our Congressional Delegation to ask them to support restoration of funding for the National Weather Service: This is clearly a life or death matter for people around the United States.  Go to 5calls.org for more information and talking points.
      • From Yesterday
    • Contact our Congressional Delegation and State Representatives to support required identification for ICE agents: Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) has introduced the No Masks for ICE Act to bring “basic transparency and accountability to immigration enforcement” and combat the climate of fear, chaos, and confusion caused by anonymous perpetrators. Go to 5calls.org for more information on this effort.
    • Contact our Senators to oppose cuts to PBS and NPR: The Senate is getting ready to finalize these cuts. Contact your Senator and sign up for alerts at ProtectMyPublicMedia.org. 
    • Contact our Congress People to Oppose HR 875: The National Immigration Law Center suggests these talking points to oppose the bill. This bill would allow ICE to go through all arrests for DUI nationally and deport immigrants for previous violations. The National Institute on Drug Abuse says that seeking punishment above treatment doesn’t work. The science and morality say this bill is wrong on the face of it; another way to terrorize  immigrant communities in Maine and throughout our country.
    • If you live in Mid Maine contact the Somerset County Commissioners: Ask them not to oppose LD 1971. For talking points go to the Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project. Contact the current board chair, Robert Sezak, who is a Democrat and reachable at: robert.sezak@somersetcounty-me.org; if you live in Somerset County find your Commissioner here and contact them. For the full article on this in Friday’s Morning Sentinel go here.
    • Build the Resistance: Make a list of friends you think have not engaged yet. Pick one to talk with. Let them know how important public resistance is to dictatorship. Invite them to join you in whatever way they can.

    Statewide Actions This Week:

    • Get in touch with your Maine Representative and Senator and ask them 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.
    • Indivisible Actions – Register Here
    • Prepare for a “Good Trouble” Action in Augusta on July 17th! See below for details. Go to Mobilize to find Good Trouble Actions near you! Activate Maine has 18 events listed for that day!
    • Be prepared for an August session of the legislature to deal with a predicted 190 million dollar shortfall in the Budget. See more details from the Maine Children’s Alliance attached below for our advocacy as budget lines get cut. This could also be a time to push Mills to sign LD 1971.
    • Buy some American Flags for your next Demo (Reny’s in Bangor has a good selection of American-made flags at affordable prices – Dave).

    Angus King             
    DC (202) 224-5344
    Augusta (207) 622-8292 

    Susan Collins         
    DC(202) 2242523
    Augusta(207) 622-8414 (207)
    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: Here – (by name), 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. 

    Saturday, July 12th: at 2:30 pm (and every Saturday)-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, July 13th: 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.

    Tuesday, July 15th: 12:00-1:00 (and every Tuesday)  Stand against Tesla/Musk and the Federal Budget Bill in Waterville    around the Tesla Charging Station Elm Plaza on Main Street, Waterville. 

    Wednesday, July 16th: (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, July 17th: 4 – 5 pm, Fairfield/Benton Bridge,  Stop the Coup + Save Democracy. 

    Thursday, July 17th National Good Trouble Demonstration: 12 – 1:30, Augusta; We are going to encircle the State House on the streets around it. Sign up for this event at 

    Mobilize. On July 17, Indivisible Mid Maine, Capitol Area Indivisible, and other partners, will have a SILENT sign rally on the sidewalks around the Maine State House building and property in Augusta. Participants will–to the extent possible based on how many people join us–line the perimeter, beginning on the State Street side and extending south to the State House parking lot entrance at Union Street and north to Capitol St., around to Sewall Street, and down Sewall as far as we can go.

    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 IS STILL THINKING ABOUT THIS! 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 

    “The purpose of art is to stop time.” ~ Bob Dylan

  • All Hands On Deck! Call Collins to Ask Her to Vote NO on the Budget Bill

    All Hands On Deck! Call Collins to Ask Her to Vote NO on the Budget Bill

    Action Tuesday July 1st – Call Collins to Ask Her to Vote NO on the Budget Bill + Email Pingree + Golden to vote No When it Returns to the House

    From our friend, Emanuel Pariser in the Mid- Maine region:

    Hi Folks, 

    Good morning everyone. This truly is an all hands on deck moment. If you have 5 minutes free today, do one thing. Call Senator Collins’ office to tell her you want her to vote NO on this Budget Bill. The Senate has been up all night and apparently the Republicans don’t have the votes locked in yet. Collins is Key to the passage of this bill, if she votes no the chances of it going down go up dramatically.

    The Bill if passed in the Senate goes back to the House, where it has to be reconciled. Ask Pingree and Golden to vote against it. They did last time. If a couple of Republicans defect in the house on the basis of a 3.3 – 5 trillion debt increase price tag, the bill won’t pass in the House if all Dems stick together.

    From Last Week and Still Relevant

    Trump is nominating Emile Bove for a life-time appointment to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. As is almost a pre-requisite these days, the man is corrupt to the core. Read Abbie Mcmillen’s attachment below for details. Call or email Collins and King to vote NO on Bove’s appointment.

    There is talk that Janet Mills will be vetoing LD 1971. Please contact her office to oppose her vetoing this bill. She could just not sign the bill and it would become law, 90 days after the session ends. LD 1971 protects our Law Enforcement from doing ICE work, not getting paid for it, and running the risk of their towns getting sued for incorrect actions on the part of police acting as immigration agents.
    ***(There is an update to this as of July 2, 2025 from WGME: Gov. Mills will delay decision on limiting Maine police cooperation with ICE. “Mills will hold the measure from Rep. Deqa Dhalac, D-South Portland, until the next legislative session, spokesperson Ben Goodman said Tuesday. Under the Maine Constitution, the governor will have three days at the start of the next session expected to start in January to either veto the bill or let it become law without her signature.”)

    TODAY’S ACTION (s)

    • Call or email Susan Collins to Vote NO on the Budget Bill: This is an All Hands on Deck moment. Her contact information is below. The New York Times has a minute by minute update on this bill. Indivisible has a great piece (attached) on actions to take NOW. If you can’t get through on the Phone – Email her Here. If you have the bandwidth volunteer today to phonebook others to call their Senators Here. It DOES NOT MATTER IF YOU HAVE ALREADY CALLED HER ON THIS. PRESSURE NOW MATTERS. (Sorry for shouting, but if you have a moment more call your friends, family, relations to ask them to do the same – Call Collins to vote NO!!)
    • Call or email Pingree and Golden to vote No on the Budget Bill: The cuts in the Senate version are even worse than the House version. They voted NO last time and we need them to vote NO when this bill returns.
    • Write or Call Janet Mills: Ask her not to veto LD 1971, restricting cooperation between Maine Law Enforcement and ICE, and the Ranked Choice Voting- (LD1666) for Maine Elections bills. You can write an email through her website or call her at 207-287-3531, or write her snail mail at 1 State House Station, Augusta, Maine, 04333.
    • Call, or email Collins and King to vote NO on Emile Bove: He Attempted to dismiss the public corruption case of NYC Mayor Eric Adams after Adams agreed to help with mass deportations; Ordered January 6 prosecutors fired and was behind the firing of FBI agents; Signed off on a memo to try to force state and local law enforcement to carry out Trump’s mass deportation plans.  

    Statewide Actions This Week:

    • Buy some American Flags for your next Demo (Reny’s in Bangor has a good selection of affordable flags – Dave).
    • Prepare for July 17th “Good Trouble Lives On” National Protests in honor of John Lewis -signt up for Third Act training on this here.
    • Check the Activate Maine Calendar for events every week, and send them your event if you are designing one.

    Angus King             DC (202) 224-5344 Augusta (207) 622-8292 

    Susan Collins         DC(202) 2242523 Augusta(207) 622-8414 (207) 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: Here – (by name), 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. We are celebrating Juneteenth today at the Pine Grove Cemetery in Waterville.

    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. 

    Tuesday, July 1st: 12:00-1:00 (and every Tuesday)  Stand against Tesla/Musk and the Federal Budget Bill in Waterville    around the Tesla Charging Station Elm Plaza on Main Street, Waterville. 

    Wednesday, July 2nd: (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, 3d: 4 – 5 pm, Fairfield/Benton Bridge,  Stop the Coup + Save Democracy. 

    Thursday, July 3d:  (and every Thursday) Small demonstration at Waterville Farmer’s Market – contact Elizabeth Leonard if you wish to participate (edleonar@colby.edu)

    Thursday, July 3d: One time only!  12-1:30, UU Church Waterville, 69 Silver Street, When in the Course of Human Events…Resisting Tyranny is as American as Apple Pie, a non political (leave your signs home) gathering to celebrate the writings that inspired our revolution and our resistance in the years that followed. Short readings, apples and apple pie and some singing too. Sponsored by Mid Maine Indivisible. (Questions? check with edleonar@colby.edu)

    Register by July 5th  for The Art of Resistance Saturday, July 26, from 4-8pm, at the Winslow Congregational Church; 

    This event is meant to bring us together and remind us of what enlivens us and keeps us moving forward day after day: 

    Reaffirming our connections with one another. 

    Sharing our creative inspiration. 

    Expressing joy and laughter.  Send an email to 

    Lyn Rowden, singhawk26@gmail.com 

    Include the following information in your email: Name, phone number, title of work, brief description, 

    number of performers or artworks. Call Lyn at (207) 314-4730 with questions.

    Saturday, July 5th: at 2:30 pm (and every Saturday)-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, July 6th: 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. 

    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 IS STILL THINKING ABOUT THIS! 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! 

    Emanuel

    ps. Please let me know if you don’t wish to get these Action Alerts, and please feel free to pass all or parts of these alerts on to others you know. 

    “We may not have chosen the time, but the time has chosen us.” ~ John Lewis

  • 🌈 Bangor Pride 2025: Generations of Pride

    🌈 Bangor Pride 2025: Generations of Pride


    📍 Downtown Bangor
    🗓️ Saturday, June 28th
    🕙 Vendors & Resources: 10AM–4PM
    🎉 Parade: 11AM | Festival Kickoff: 12PM

    Join us in celebrating the strength, joy, and history of our LGBTQ+ community at Bangor Pride 2025! This year’s theme, Generations of Pride, honors the legacy and future of queer liberation. The day will feature a vibrant downtown parade, local performers, interactive exhibits, community art, and resource booths.

    📢 Indivisible Bangor will be in attendance registering voters all day long.
    Stop by our booth to learn how you can take action to protect democracy and equality in Maine and beyond.

    Let’s celebrate pride, build power, and make our voices heard—together. ✊🏽🏳️‍🌈

    For More Information Visit Bangor Pride’s Facebook page

  • Good Trouble Lives On

    Good Trouble Lives On

    Thursday, July 17

    Visit the Good Trouble Lives On site here.

    Good Trouble Lives On is a national day of action to respond to the attacks on our civil and human rights by the Trump administration. Together, we’ll remind them that in America, the power lies with the people.

    Coined by civil rights leader Congressman John Lewis, “Good Trouble” is the action of coming together to take peaceful, non-violent action to challenge injustice and create meaningful change.

    The civil rights leaders of the past have shown us the power of collective action. That’s why on July 17, five years since the passing of Congressman John Lewis, communities across the country will take to the streets, courthouses, and community spaces to carry forward his fight for justice, voting rights, and dignity for all.

    A core principle behind all Good Trouble Lives On events is a commitment to nonviolent action. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values and to act lawfully at these events. Weapons of any kind, including those legally permitted, should not be brought to events.

    (There is not a Good Trouble event scheduled for Bangor as of yet, but there is one scheduled in Lewiston on the Longley Bridge. Please stay tuned for word on a Bangor event!)

    Contact

    For general inquiries, please email us at info@goodtroubleliveson.org. Members of the media, please email us at media@goodtroubleliveson.org with inquiries.