Top 3 Actions
- Attend our In-person meeting on Tuesday May 12th from 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. Join or contact us for location.
- Please vote for who you’d like R1C to endorse for Congress in the Primary
- Save the Date and RSVP for the Next PG COUNTY ICE OUT MASS MEETING on May 24th.
Fight From Your Couch
New Actions
- Organizing to Protect Democracy: The Role of Activists – May 13th at 8:00 p.m.
Recurring Actions
- Urge Democrats to Fiercely Oppose the New GOP Effort to Shovel Billions More Dollars to ICE and Border Patrol
- Tell your Members of Congress to vote NO on any legislation that reauthorizes Section 702 without significant reforms to protect us from the authoritarian Trump regime.
- Tell Congress to Stop the War in Iran
- Working Families Party Mass Call: What’s Next – Mondays and Wednesdays at 8:00 p.m.
- Help FLIP THE HOUSE by phone banking from home! Silver Spring Progressive Action (SSPA) has a Swing Left Ground Truth phone banking session most Wednesdays 6-8 pm.
- Fight Back, Vote YES with Commit to Democracy Phonebank – Mondays and Wednesdays at 3:00 p.m.
- Working Families Party Mass Call: What’s Next – Mondays and Thursdays at 8:00 p.m.
- Check out Resist and Unsubscribe – every dollar lost to a corporation propping up the Trump Administration has an impact
- 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.
Boots on the ground
New Actions
- Stop the Proposed ICE Detention Facility in Washington County – May 12th at 9:00 a.m. – Washington County Administrative Building, 100 W Washington St, Hagerstown, MD
- Knock on doors with Ground Truth in York, PA with SwingLeft – May 16th at 11:00 a.m.
- Deep Canvass Harrisburg—May 16-17 – May 16th at 10:00 a.m.
Recurring Actions
- R1C Honk & Wave May 13th from 4:30 – 6:00. 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
- Fridays: “Greenbelt BW Parkway Pedestrian Overpass Sign Wave” from 3:30 pm until 5:30 pm every Friday (if no rain) at the Spellman Pedestrian Overpass. From Ridge Road, go east on Gardenway for parking, and walk past the playground to the overpass. Flags and big-letter messages are provided to cheerfully encourage Parkway motorists’ awareness. (To minimize driver distraction, extra signage is discouraged)
- 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/Events
- Candidate Karaoke with County Council Candidate Daniel Armando Jones (D2), and Congressional Candidate Jakeya Johnson (D4) – May 15th at 7:00 p.m. – Mixt Food Hall, 3809 Rhode Island Ave, Brentwood MD
- Meet & Greet with MD District 4 Candidate Shavonne Hedgepeth – May 16th at 1:00 p.m. in Hyattsville – RSVP for location
- Bowie Indivisible Meet the Candidates Forum – May 17th at 1:00 p.m. – Kenhill Center, 2614 Kenhill Dr Bowie, MD
Boycotts
- AT&T – Awarded $90M to provide ICE with IT and network projects
- Bezos Bundle – Amazon, Whole Foods, & Washington Post
- Comcast – The company holds an ICE award to provide the agency with broadcast cable at five “regional war rooms”
- Dell – Company’s government contracting arm was awarded $18 million in April 2025
- Enterprise/ National/ Alamo who are renting cars to ICE on our taxpayer dollars!
- FedEx – Mail carrier provides delivery services for ICE through March 2027 in a contract valued at $2.3 million
- Home Depot/ Loews – Using AI powered license plate readers in their parking lots and feeding this data into law enforcement surveillance systems accessible to ICE
- Marriott and Hilton brand hotels where ICE agents are staying on our taxpayer dollars ICE uses Marriott chain to detain immigrants
- McDonald’s
- Starbucks
- Target
- UPS – Small package delivery contract with ICE
- Walmart