Schedule Update

• Meetings: Nov. 17, Dec. 1, 8, 15

• No Activist Evenings: Nov. 10, Nov. 24, Dec. 15, Dec. 22

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We stayed up and woke early to be sure we weren’t dreaming. Hard work pays off! Celebrate the election results with us. You worked hard, wrote until your hand cramped, made calls, donated money; take an evening to celebrate and make new friends.  Regardless of what happens between Election Day and November 17 (and much will), we still can and must savor our triumphs.  Let;s raise a toast (with sparkling cider) to each other for what we collectively achieved on November 4.  Click here to let us know you will join us so we have enough bubbly for everyone!

• Thursday, November 13, Corporate Fairshare Town Hall, 7:00 pm, location sent upon registration.
• Monday, November 17, Hard work pays off: Celebrate the Election Results with Us! 6:45pm–8:45pm United Parish Church, Brookline.
• Sunday, November 23, Caravan to Stop Avelo at Manchester-Boston Airport. 12:30pm–7:00pm Firm departure, return time approximate. Let us know if you need a ride or can offer one.
• Monday, December 8, Resolutions Project 6:45pm–8:45pm Inspired by the resolutions of condemnation against King George’s rule, these have been passed in Brookline and 23 other municipalities with many more in the pipeline.  Come find out how you can aid this national campaign as we Americans enter our 250th year fighting tyranny once again.
• Our four action teams continue to meet.  If you’d like to connect with Breaking ICE, Supporting Caregivers, Workplace Outreach Group or our Visibility Brigade. Respond to this email and we’ll get you connected.

PROTEST

No Kings was an enormous success.  The largest peaceful protest in history paved the way for the turnout on Election Day.  Now the work is both continuing to grow our movement and to stand up to the adminstration’s threats.

• Every Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday Bearing Witness at ICE, 11am–1pm 100 Division Ave. Burlington, MA
• Every Friday, De-Ice Hanscom,1:30pm–3:00pm Hanscom Rotary.
• Every Saturday,  Brookline Rally for Democracy, 1:00pm-2:00pm stand up in Coolidge Corner, Brookline, MA
• Friday, November 7 Students Rise Up Students and education workers across the US are organizing their schools towards mass non-cooperation.   Find an action or host one on your campus.
• Tuesday, November 11, Veteran’s Day Vets Say No 3:00pm–4:00pm World War II Memorial, 100 Park Drive, Boston

BOYCOTT

While there is along list of businesses we wish we could impact – Amazon we see you.- strategic and impactful boycotts are targeted and winnable. Paramount reversed the decision to cancel Jimmy Kimmel because over a million people cancelled Disney and Hulu.

Avelo Airlines is an example of a targeted boycott. They have a contract to operate deportation flights, aiding in the illegal removal of individuals without their right to a fair hearing or due process.  Besides not flying in seats recently occupied by these people, you can join us the Sunday before Thanksgiving to inform travelers about the airline.

Don’t stream facism. cancel Spotify. They are airing ICE recruitment ads. There are other streaming services that are not profiting from the war on immigrants.

Letters to the editor are an excellent way to get elected officials to pay attention to what matters to you.  Indivisble offers guidance here.

SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits will not reach the families that rely on them starting on Saturday thanks to the GOP government shutdown.  Food pantries are scrambling to try to meet our communities needs.  La Collaborativa distributes food in Chelsea and the Brookline Food Pantry serves over 600 families right in our neighborhood.

• “Americans voted for democracy, decency, the rule of law, and people before party and profits. They voted against Kings, creeping authoritarianism, corruption, and deceit.” Read more from Robert Hubbell
• “The GOP mounted an unusual push to oust three supreme court justices and erase Democrats’ majority on the court. All three prevailed easily in Tuesday’s retention elections.” Read about it here.

• Mamdani’s victory speech is worth 23 minutes of your life.
• What’s the Plan.  Every Thursday the founders of Indivisible answer questions from thousands of people.  The conversation is then posted on YouTube and always helps us understand the strategy of resistance, which then gives us hope.

• Who, what, when, where and why of phone calls: Infographic
• Download and USE 5 calls.  and then tell everyone you know about it(especially the ones with Republican representatives in Congress).  Encourage them to ask their Representatives to get back to work and demand Mike Johnson open the House.

Together for Democracy,

Marjorie Siegel, Laura Walters, Barbara Weiffenbach, Suzette Abbott

volunteer co-leaders

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