Top 3 Actions
- Attend our In-person meeting on Tuesday February 17th – 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. – Join or contact us for location. Agenda: New Member Welcome, Updates from Leadership Team, Working Group Meetings, and Member Announcements. This meeting will be preceded by a potluck at 6:00 p.m. You are welcome even if you can’t bring a dish. Non-alcoholic drinks and paper products are also needed.
- Tell your state representatives NO Concentration Camps in Maryland
- Do a little shopping at our store! Or a lot…
Fight From Your Couch
New Actions
- ICE Out for Good: Week of Calls
- Submit Testimony 2/16 for HB630 hearing on 2/18, a ban against the Department of Homeland Security from buying warehouses and other facilities to convert into concentration camps – Guide on how to submit testimony
- Submit testimony by 2/17 for HB639, the Aviation Health and Safety Act, This bill would put an end to trafficking people in shackles, or without necessary medical records, accommodations, or caretakers. It would also require something ICE never bothers to get: judicial warrants – Guide on how to submit testimony
- Attend CASA Bystander Training – Feb. 17th at 6:00 p.m.
- Check out Resist and Unsubscribe – every dollar lost to a corporation propping up the Trump Administration has an impact
Recurring Actions
- Save the date for Democracy Fest – Feb. 21st at 2:00 p.m. – Maryland Meadworks
- Tell Your Senators, Vote NO on Voter Suppression
- Our colleagues at PG Immigrant Rights Collective are asking to spread the word that the families they are helping need additional financial support – if you’re willing please go to their Go Fund Me Page:
- Set up a recurring donation ($5 a month as a suggestion) to our fundraising account
- Indivisible Bowie & Beyond 5Calls Storm Team weekly call to legislators – Wednesdays All Day
- Weekly call with Indivisible Founders – Thursdays at 3:00 p.m.
- Evergreen Organizing Skills The Hard 1:1 – Sundays at 2:00 p.m.
- ResistTrump Orientation (Virtual) – Sundays at 6:30 p.m.
- 5 Calls – you can download the app and do this at any time on your own.
- Let Resistbot help you – sign up for actions via text and they’ll send emails/ letters for you
- Indivisible List of Actions
- Call your Elected Officials – keep it to an issue and keep it concise
- Shop Democratic! Avoid businesses on Public Square
Boots on the ground
New Actions
Recurring Actions
- R1C Honk & Wave Feb. 18th from 3:30 – 5:00. NE corner of Route 1 and East West Hwy. Be sure to bring water, sunglasses, and a hat! Bring your own signs or borrow one!
- Support the ongoing Rt 1 Food Drive to feed our immigrant neighbors by volunteering or donating at another time/place that’s convenient. Visit http://rt1mutualaid.org to learn more. Food donations and grocery store gift cards are most welcome.
- Report Ice Sightings – 202-335-1183
- FLARE visits to Congressional Offices – Mondays at 10:00 a.m.
- FLARE protests at the Heritage Foundation – Mondays at 6:00 p.m.
- Silence Gives Consent – Tuesdays at 4:00 p.m. – Gorman Rd. I-95 Overpass
- Vigil for Palestine at the White House – Tuesdays at 5:30 p.m.
- “Fridays: “Greenbelt BW Parkway Pedestrian Overpass Sign Wave” from 3:30 pm until dark every Friday (if no rain, snow, or ice) at the Spellman Pedestrian Overpass on the BW Parkway. From Ridge Road, go east on Gardenway for parking and walk down path to the overpass. Please join us with your goodwill, signs, a banner, music, or just yourself as we usually have extra to share!
- Protest DOGE/Elon, Support Fed Workers & Ukraine – Fridays at 4:15 p.m.- Gorman Rd. I-95 Overpass
- FLARE Fox Takedown – Fridays at 4:00 p.m.
- Tesla Takedown Silver Spring – Saturdays at 11:00 a.m.
- Georgetown Tesla Takedown Dance Party – Saturdays at 11:00 a.m.
- FLARE TrumpStein Takedown – Saturdays at 2:00
- Vigil for Palestine at the White House – Saturdays 3:00 p.m.
- VisBrigade on Pedestrian Bridge over Route 50 in Bowie – Fridays at 2:00 and Sundays at 1:00 p.m. You can park at this location and it’s a short walk: 15202 Major Lansdale BlvdBowie, MD 20716
Education
Boycotts
- Bezos Bundle – Amazon, Whole Foods, & Washington Post
- Target – Ongoing
- Enterprise/ National/ Alamo who are renting cars to ICE on our taxpayer dollars!
- Marriott and Hilton brand hotels where ICE agents are staying on our taxpayer dollars!
- Walmart
- McDonald’s
- Home Depot
- Starbucks