Quick Reminders

Happy Friday, Activists!

We hope you're having a good week and surviving the cold weather.  Today we have a couple of new items for protests you can consider.  And a big reminder to join our Citizens Bank protests tomorrow.  You have two options for locations. 

 PROTEST AT CITIZENS BANK

Citizens Bank has long financed private prison and detention facility companies even though there have been years of allegations of forced labor, healthcare neglect, and other abuses. Citizens is a lender to companies like CoreCivic and GEO Group, which have caused widespread, documented harm to people in their facilities.

In Pennsylvania, GEO operates the Moshannon Valley Processing Center, the largest ICE detention facility in the Northeast.  It is where most of our neighbors are taken after ICE abducts them off the street.

Join us at our protests outside Citizen branches - this Saturday at the two listed below.  We'll have handouts for you to give people walking by and you can bring your signs!

When:  TOMORROW, December 6th, 10:00AM to 11:30AM

Where: Two locations for you to choose from - 

1515 Market Street - Sign up here

900 South Street (near Whole Foods) - Sign up here

NEW:  Our friends at the new group Indivisible Mt. Airy are holding a protest at the Citizens branch at 8623 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia next Monday.  Details below:

Where:  8623 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia

When: Monday, December 8, 3:00 - 4:00 PM

Sign up here.

SUPPORT THE NEW WAR POWERS RESOLUTION

Keep calling!

Senator Tim Kaine plans to introduce a new resolution for Congress to finally do its job and require Congressional authorization for war (the link works now) before Trump just decides on his own to take our country into war in Venezuela.  "We think the escalating pace and . . . for example, the recent revelation about the 'kill everyone' order apparently dictated by Secretary Hegseth. We do believe that we will get more support for these motions when they are refiled." 

You may know that Senator Kaine has filed these resolutions before but has never quite gotten enough votes.  Call our senators and tell them you expect them to sign on to this resolution and require the authorization of military force by Congress. 

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.

WRITE LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

The team is getting rave reviews!

"I'm grateful for the work you do and this letter-writing community you've created. Having this support certainly got me going on letter writing, something I might not have done on my own, and your emails remind me to keep doing it."  

These are the words of one of our letter writers to Meg Berlin, our LTE Team lead.  We couldn't be more proud of this team for all its work getting the word out. And another letter, written by team member Maria, was just published!  That's in addition to the many others already published.

Join this fantastic team and learn the best techniques for getting your views published.  We'll give you 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. 

JOIN OUR LEAFLET PHILLY TEAM!

Join this exciting team and hang door hangers once a month. It's easy and effective!  

Here's how it works. You'll receive 100 door hangers to hang on door knobs up and down the block. We'll give you the specific blocks near your home for you to go to. 

We're currently dropping 54,000 door hangers around the city right now - that's 10% of the city's reachable doors!  We're reminding people that those higher food prices for their holiday meals are not in their imagination - plus who is causing it and who to call about it.  

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. NOTE: Fitz Saturday on the first Saturday of each month at noon.  

 -- 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. NEW LOCATION & TIME: 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.  Bring your flashlights!

6. 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.

7. 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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