No Kings Day
is
Saturday, October 18
with marches from around town meeting up at City Hall Park. See below. But first, we gotta make some cool signs.
Poster Party
Tuesday, October 7 | 5:30 PM | Queen City Brewery, 703 Pine Street
This month's Indivisible Meet-up will feature:
- Poster making for the marches - get our message across. We'll bring supplies, you bring words!
- Orientation for Marshalls (no experience required) - help us march smoothly and safely. We'll show you how.
- Postcard writing - reach out to elected officials. We'll bring supplies, you bring your handwriting!
- New idea development. Get your own pro-Democracy action up and going. You bring ideas and we'll bring advice, support and resources!
- Food and drink are available from Pizza 44 and Queen City Brewery.
Help Wanted
Can you help? Contact:
maryann-queencityindivisible@proton.me
Marshalls
needed for No Kings Day. No experience necessary. H
elp us march smoothly and safely. Get to w
ear a cool Marshall's vest. Have fun! Training available at our October 7 meeting or on the day of the march.
Leafleteers
needed to spread the word about the marches along their routes the week of October 12. We supply the leaflets, you supply the shoe leather.
Local action: Urge Governor Scott to save Basic Food Assistance for Afghan allies
In July, Congress enacted H.R.1, the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA), which - for the first time in history - excluded refugees and other humanitarian entrants from eligibility to receive food and nutrition assistance under SNAP. In Vermont, the state government is considering going beyond the statutory language in H.R.1 by also excluding Afghan allies. H.R.1 does not change eligibility requirements for Afghan Special Immigrant Visa holders (SIVs), who assisted the U.S. mission and arrived as lawful permanent residents. And yet, Vermont could wrongfully cut off their access to SNAP, inappropriately referring to H.R.1 for justification.
Click here
to tell Governor Scott and Lt. Governor Rodgers to ensure our Afghan neighbors who stood with America — translators, human rights defenders, women and girls — receive basic food support.
ACLU Vermont
Advocacy Academy
Thursdays October 30 - November 20 | 5:30-6:30 PM
Via telephone
The good folks at ACLU are offering a four-part virtual training series, the Advocacy Academy. You'll learn how to make a difference in the fight for our freedoms here in Vermont. Starting on Thursday, October 30, they'll host a weekly call on Thursdays from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. for ACLU supporters who are interested in policy initiatives that will help to defend Vermonters from federal attacks on our most basic freedoms. Sign up
here
.
How the autocrats do it
Last month, President Trump saw a Fox News story about Portland, Oregon that included misleading video of protests from 2020. Since then, he has asserted that Portland in under attack by terrorists and has called out National Guard units from Texas and California to secure the ICE facility there. In fact, there have been about 20 peaceful demonstrators
“ICE fishing” with donuts on fishing poles. No significant threat to ICE personnel or anyone else. The Mayor and the Governor pushed back and a federal judge issued a restraining order on the use of federal troops, writing
“[T]his is a nation of Constitutional law, not martial law.”
Will Trump obey a legally-valid order from a federal judge? Will the Generals accede to his unconstitutional demands? Will the troops fire on peaceful citizens? Will they incite violence to create an excuse for martial law? See
here
for more details.
