More Actions For You

Welp, it's Tuesday, Dear Activists, and we don't slow down.  We keep moving forward together.  Thank you for being in this with us!

We hope you're all weathering the storms, both literal and figurative.  Below are a couple of new things you can do to take action. 

EMAIL OR CALL OUR SENATORS TODAY

KEEP CALLING AND EMAILING THEM

There is some word that the vote on this funding bill won't happen until Friday.  So we need to keep calling every day.  See yesterday's email at this link for why we are asking for their NO votes. 

Here is a script you can shorten to fit: 

Dear Senator,

I urge you to vote NO for any appropriations bill for the Department of Homeland Security that fails to rein in ICE and Border Patrol and protect our communities.

The killing of Renee Good on January 7 and Alex Pretti on January 24 are devastating examples of what happens when federal immigration enforcement operates without meaningful restrictions. Their deaths are a result of unchecked violence, impunity, and abuse carried out by federal immigration enforcement agencies that put everyday people at risk.

I ask you to us your vote to limit the administration's abuse of power by:

🔵  Refusing to vote for any FY2026 appropriations bill that includes increased funding for ICE or Border Patrol, including funds for detention. 

🔵  Refusing to vote for any appropriations bill for DHS unless it: 

    Strengthens restrictions on ICE and Border Patrol’s ability to conduct dragnet arrest operations and target people based on their race, language or accent, etc.

     Ends Border Patrol deployment to our cities.

     Limits DHS's reprogramming and transfer authority.

You must insist on real limits and accountability before any funding is approved. I hope to see you standing up for the safety, dignity, and rights of all people in our communities.

Here are the contacts to call and write:

Sen. McCormick – Phila office 215-405-9660; D.C. office 202-224-6324; email link

Sen. Fetterman – Phila office 215-241-1090; D.C. 202-224-4254; email link

For outside PA:  Find your senators’ phone numbers and emails at this link.

ACTIONS 

Today - We will be protesting outside Senator Fetterman's office with our friends at Indivisible MontCo and Friends and several immigration rights group.  Sign up here. It'll be at 2nd and Chestnut Streets at noon. 

Do you want to write a letter to him telling him how he must vote NO and how you feel about these murders? Bring it!  We'll hand them in to the office after the rally.

Sign up here.

Saturday - This rally has been postponed due to the weather.  

TODAY

TARGET TARGET STORES

In-store Salt-ICE action

In solidarity with Unidos Minnesota, at noon today and every Tuesday going forward, No Ice Philly is going to Target stores to buy ice melt and scrapers and then returning them to cause a disruption in the processes at the store.  See the details at this link - see to the In-Store Salt-ICE action section.

Leader-led groups will be at each store to give you instructions.  Go to the Target near you and join in at Noon. 

BECOME A PEACEKEEPER - HERE'S A TRAINING

It's important we train to de-escalate during our rallies, marches and any outdoor actions. In these days of  heightened tensions, it's key to know the steps to keep people calm so we can move our mission forward and not become the issue that media and others will focus on instead of the regime's violence.  

So learn the techniques to do just this!  You'll be with like-minded folks who want to do take the right actions at the right time.  

Where:  Unides para Servir Norristown, 335, W. Marshall Street.  Carpooling offered.

When: Sunday, February 1, 1:00 PM

You can sign up here if you are on Signal.  If not on Signal, send an email here to join in. 

MORE YOU CAN DO

WRITE LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Join this team and learn the best techniques for getting your views published.  Three more of our LTE writers just had their letters published.  We've had many, many letters published recently and we can do more!  Thank you to the team for your letters!

You can write that it's time for everyone to get engaged after we see what the regime is doing.  We'll give you a lot of topical ideas and tips to effectively send your thoughts to folks willing to consider another point of view. 

Even if you're just not sure if you want to join, you can sign up and find out more to make your decision.  Sign up here.  

Or just get answers to your questions by emailing us here. 

MORE PROTESTS YOU CAN JOIN

1.  Springfield protest - Every Saturday, 1:00 - 2:00 at the intersection of Baltimore Pike and PA Route 320.  Bring your signs on your favorite topic!  

2. Tesla Takedown Protest - Every Saturday - 11:00 - Noon

Tesla Takedown Devon - At the Tesla showroom, 470 Lancaster Ave, Devon, PA 

3. 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  

4.  Fitz Friday - 4:00 - 5:00 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!

5. Every Wednesday 5:30 - 6:30 pm -- Join this resistance group at #WeThePeopleWednesdays for Singing for Sanity at Unitarian Universalist Church, 6900 Stenton Avenue.  More information is here.

6.  Every Wednesday at noon - Outside the Philadelphia ICE Office, 114 N. 8th Street.   Sponsored by New Sanctuary Movement.  This is a 40-week series of Interfaith Prayer Vigils.  

7. Every Monday at Noon - Monday at McCormick's -- 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.

8.  Every Monday at 11:00 AM - Vigil outside the ICE office, 114 North 8th Street, Phila. sponsored by State Senator Art Haywood and led by local clergy.

9. Are you outside the Philadelphia area?  You can see all the protests planned by Indivisibles in your area at this link. 

And One More Thing:

We can send you our No Kings t-shirt!  First, make a donation of $35 . Then, check out the t-shirts, sign up for your choice and we'll send it to you to wear any time! 

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