Big Weekend and Week Ahead!
- indivisible
- Sep 12
- 6 min read
Happy Friday, Activists!
We hope you're having a fantastic week. We have a lot happening these days - this weekend two big voter registration drives and two protest locations. And this coming week we have our exciting meeting with professor Timothy Snyder and another One Million Rising meeting. We hope you can make it to some of them!
In case you missed it, check out Tuesday's newsletter at this link for more information about the important Call to Action and events. Yesterday's newsletter is at this link.
VIDEO FROM THE PA JUSTICES MEETING!
Below is the link to the video from last week's meeting with the PA Supreme Court justices. Thank you all for coming to this extremely interesting and illuminating meeting. So many of you told us afterward how much you learned and appreciated about what this court does. And of the importance of voting YES on November 4!
Here is the link. Please share it far and wide so that many voters understand that they must be a voter in this election. There are no off-year elections!
 DETENTION CAMP LABOR PROJECT
If you saw Monday's special newsletter, you know we are starting a new project. All the details are in that newsletter and you should read it at this link. In short, our project is about writing the letters to companies to ask them to pledge not to use detention camp labor. We'll be starting that part of it soon. Again, please read Monday's newsletter to see what it's all about, with links to more information.
This is the part of this project we are starting now. Two major companies with government contracts to run private prisons and detention centers are GEO Group and CoreCivic. The largest lender to companies like GEO and CoreCivic is Citizens Bank. In 2019 most lenders backed out of these relationships but not Citizens. So we will protest outside the Citizens branches in our area – there are 32 branches in Philadelphia alone. In fact, we have a statewide initiative started among Indivisible groups to have our first protest across the state this coming Saturday, September 13th. In Philadelphia we will protest at two locations – 1700 Walnut Street and 1515 Market Street, from 10:00 to 11:30 AM. We'll add other locations in the weeks to come.
We will educate passersby about this relationship with handouts and also ask Citizens to end their relationship with these companies that cause the cruelty. Sign up here for the 1515 Market St location Sign up here for the 1700 Walnut St location
Here is the best part! We invited Professor Snyder to speak to our group to describe the importance of this project and he said yes! He is thrilled we are doing it and he will be on a zoom meeting with us on September 17th at noon. We will record it in case you can’t make it but if you come, you can ask questions.
 NO KINGS 2.0!
Yes, it's coming! It's time for us to raise our voices again against the autocracy forming in front of us. That means it's time for another No Kings protest to show we will do all we can to ensure that it fails.
The next No Kings protest will be on Saturday, October 18th. Our plan is for a rally and march from City Hall to Independence Mall where we'll have music and hear from some exciting speakers.
We're starting to make our plans for a meaningful and exciting event -- we're planning to have a few exciting musical groups now! Sign up now so you get all the updates.
When: Saturday, October 18, Noon - 3:00 Where: North apron of City Hall with a march to Independence Mall
 Two New One Million Rising Meetings
We had a fantastic meeting on Monday and we have at least two more in-person meetings as part of the One Million Rising project. We hope you can come to one of them if you haven't made it to the other ones.
At the meeting, we'll have a quick review of why we are doing this and how this strategy works in breaking down the pillars of the autocracy's support. Then we'll meet in small groups to discuss what part of a pillar each of us is involved in. Are we in an alumni association, a professional association, a faith group, are you just a consumer? This is where your power lies and that's what we'll talk about. This is your power! Please invite a couple of friends and neighbors too and they can join your small group. And we'll have pizza and beverages!
For those of you who have already come to one of the others, we will have follow-up meetings on zoom. Stay tuned for those.
Here is our Northeast Philly meeting When: Thursday, September 18th at 6:00 PM Where: American Legion Post 366, 7976 Oxford Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19111
Here is our second Northwest Philly Meeting When: Monday, September 22, 6:00 - 7:30 PM Where: First United Methodist Church of Germantown; 6001 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia |
 VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVES! TOMORROW -- REGISTER VOTERS AT THE ALWAYS FUN PHILLY AIDS TRIFT BLOCK PARTY!
It's Philly AIDS Thrift's 20th Anniversary and they're celebrating with this year's block party. And we'll be part of it, registering voters. Join us to make sure people are ready to vote on November 4!
PLEASE REMEMBER - IF YOU SIGNED UP AND CANNOT MAKE IT please, please, please reply to this email and tell us so others can sign up.
Where: 710 S 5th St, Philadelphia, PA 19147. When: This Saturday, September 13 - three shifts, Noon - 2:00; 2:00 - 4:00; 4:00 - 6:00 AND MORE VOTER REGISTRATION EVENTS HERE! PLEASE REMEMBER - IF YOU SIGNED UP AND CANNOT MAKE IT please, please, please reply to this email and tell us so others can sign up.
TOMORROW -- Mural Arts Fest! Where: Eakins Oval, 2451 Benjamin Franklin Parkway When: TOMORROW, September 13th, three shifts 2:00 - 7:00 PM
Other events for National Voter Registration Day -- Where: The Sterling Apartments, 1815 John F Kennedy Blvd When: Tuesday, September 16, 5:00 - 7:00 PM
Where: South Philadelphia Library 1700 S Broad Street When: Tuesday, September 16, 2:00 - 6:00 PM, 2 shifts
Where: Congressman Brendan Boyle's office, 1318 West Girard Avenue When: Tuesday, September 16, 1:30 - 4:30, 2 shifts
WEEKLY PROTESTS
1. Avelo protests! Bring your signs and tell Wilmington to stop hosting Avelo when it flies our neighbors to detention camps for ICE. Where: Wilmington Airport, 151 N Dupont Hwy (near the intersection of Rt. 13 and School Lane), New Castle, DE 19720 When: TOMORROW, September 13th and September 27th, 11:00 am to Noon.
2. Springfield protest - Bring your signs on your favorite topic! Every Saturday 1:00 - 2:00 protest in Springfield at the intersection of Baltimore Pike and PA Route 320.
3. Tesla Takedown Protest Every Saturday - 11:00 - Noon Tesla Takedown Devon - At the Tesla showroom, 470 Lancaster Ave, Devon, PA
4. Every Friday -- 11:15 am - Join Fridays@Fetterman's for the weekly Friday vigil for peace in Gaza/Palestine outside of Senator John Fetterman's office at 200 Chestnut Street from 11:15 am to 12:15 pm. Register here
5. Every Friday, 5:00 - 6:00 pm -- Protest at Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick's office at One Summit Square, Langhorne, PA. Bring signs about whatever you want. There's a lot to complain about!
6. Every Wednesday 4:00 pm -- Join this resistance group at #WeThePeopleWednesdays for Singing for Sanity at Richard Allen Lane train station, Cresheim and Allen Lanes.
7. Every Monday at Noon -- Join our friends at Peace, Justice, Sustainability NOW for Monday's at McCormick's, in front of Senator McCormick's office at 20th and Market Streets.
Are you outside the Philadelphia area? You can see all the protests planned by Indivisibles in your area at this link.
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