We Keep Up The Fight - And Have Some Joy!

Happy Tuesday, Activists!

We hope you're having a good week. Are you into the World Cup?  We sure are!  I can'get enough of all the matches and especially the videos of folks from other countries glazing the people of the United States!  Here are a few samples.  Do you have more?  Reply to this email and send them along!! 

The joy these games are bringing - here in the U.S. and with all the folks from other countries - is so much more than I anticipated.  And we deserve some joy!

Here are some videos for your viewing pleasure -- Sound on!

Miami and the Scotts!  Have you ever seen a crowd more joyous? 

A World Cup Anthem.  We ARE one!

Those crazy Norwegians are rowing!  

Okay, just enjoy these Aussies!  

The French take on Buc-ee's.  

Impressive Iranian Remembrance. We see their strength.

Okay, time to get back to work.  These are just a few - send us your favorites by replying to this email! 

CALLS TO ACTION

1.  Continue to urge your Members of Congress to demand dignity for detained immigrants at Delaney Hall and detention centers across the US. Just last week, Members of Congress were denied access to immigrants detained at Delaney Hall during an oversight visit after previously being allowed to speak with people inside. We must insist that Members of Congress do everything in their power to escalate their oversight actions and bring attention to the horrifying conditions and human rights abuses at Delaney Hall and Trump’s concentration camps around the country.  They must:

1.  Gain access to people in detention at Delaney Hall.  Call your Rep.  And if you live in Congressman Boyle's district, be sure to call him and ask him to go to Moshannon.  He hasn't gone as far as we know, even though people in his district are there. 

2.  Use their platforms to draw attention to the inhumane conditions at detention centers across the country.

3.  Not approve a single additional dime to the detention machine, ICE, or Border Patrol.

2.  Keep calling our US senators and your US Representative and urge them to oppose AI mass surveillance. FISA, an infamous spying law that opened the door for warrantless surveillance of American citizens, expired earlier this month. Unless our Members of Congress want to be complicit in the continued chilling of our freedom of speech, they must hold the line for our civil liberties.

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

Rep. Evans – D.C. 202-225-4001; Phila. office (215) 276-0340; email link

Rep. Boyle – D.C. office 202-225-6111; Phila office 215-335-3355; email link

Rep. Scanlon -- D.C. office 202-225-2011; Chester office (610) 626-2020; email link

Outside Philadelphia?  Find your Representative here.

JOIN OUR LEAFLET PHILLY PROJECT!

You can take a walk in your neighborhood at the same time!

Join hundreds of your fellow Indivisible Philadelphia activists making a real difference! Just one time every month you’ll hang one hundred eye-catching leaflets on doors in your neighborhood.  We give you your walk list (near your home), the instructions, and our beautiful door hangers!  Sign up here.

These impactful leaflets ensure that every time Philadelphians vote they remember the harmful consequences of MAGA’s actions.

SIGN UP FOR OUR TWO LETTER-WRITING PROJECTS

THEY MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

And don't forget!  Sign up for our two important letter writing campaigns

1) Our Detention Camp Labor Project where you'll join over 860 other letter-writers in pushing companies to commit to not use detention camp labor.  The DCL Team emails volunteers weekly lists of a few corporations or organizations to send letters to. These emails will include details about how to address your letters and key talking points. 

2) Our Citizens Bank Letter Project, where you'll write directly to Citizens Bank and other of their partners, demanding they stop their financial relationship with detention camp companies GEO Group and CoreCivic. These letters are a adjunct to all of our other Citizens Bank protest efforts.  

REGISTER VOTERS TOMORROW!

Come out and register voters with us on Wednesday, June 24 to start to get folks ready to vote in November.  The info is below.

Where:  Park Towne Place, 2200 Ben Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia.  Park Towne Place includes multiple buildings and we'll meet in the South Tower in the vestibule/lobby.

When:  Wednesday, June 24, 5:00 - 7:00 pm 

Sign up here.

YOU CAN BE A PEACEKEEPER AT OUR JUNE 27 ICE OUT PROTEST

You can be a peacekeeper at this non-violent protest and be another visible presence for peace.  Have you never done this before?  No problem!  Training will be provided. 

Sign up below using the QR code or send an email to gsharppk@yahoo.com.

NEXT SATURDAY - TELL THE WORLD WE WANT ICE OUT!

Right now the eyes of the world are on North America - including Philadelphia. We have an historic opportunity to force the issue of ICE’s human rights abuses onto the global stage.  We'll be on Darien Street and Pattison Avenue on June 27th to do just that. 

Project World Cup Spotlight is mobilizing non-violent protests, hosted by a variety of local organizations, in eight World Cup cities in the US, Canada, and Mexico to harness the power of the world’s media.  Our group is hosting this one, on the day of one of the six World Cup games in Philadelphia. 

To be clear, we love the World Cup.  We don't like ICE. 

Media from across the globe will be present and local voices can shape international narratives. This is an opportunity to influence global perception and elevate our community's concerns.

We believe the principles of fair play shouldn’t stop at the stadium walls. A disregard for human rights is unacceptable, and we must make that clear to the world.

Where:  NOTE:  We have a slightly new location - down the block at Darien Street and Pattison Avenue on the sidewalk; across the street from Lincoln Financial Field (now called Philadelphia Stadium) on the side of Citizens Bank Park

When:  This Saturday, June 27, 2:30 - 4:00 (the game begins at 5:00)

Sign up here.

  SIGN UP TO READ THE ORIGINAL PRESIDENT'S HOUSE PANELS! 

You can tell the regime what you think about their pathetic actions by signing up for this project.  Remember when we told you about Sheri Utain, who was featured when Rachel Maddow profiled this project, as Sheri read passages from the President's House panels aloud?  You can sign up to do it too! 

The Old City Remembers project is how you do it.  Volunteers take shifts at the President's House site on Independence Mall, reading the text of the original panels aloud, and inviting passers-by to do the same.  The organizers will continue to need more volunteers as tourist season heats up!  

Check out the project at this link, then click the included link to review the onboarding slides and take the quiz, then tell them you're interested in being a volunteer!  It's all at this link.

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 - 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!

5.  Every Wednesday  4:00 - 5:00 pm -- Join this resistance group at #WeThePeopleWednesdays for Singing for Sanity at High Point Cafe at Allens Lane.  More information is here.

6.  Every Thursday, 4:30 - 6:00 pm.  Join your Northern Liberties neighbors in peaceful protest at the corner of 2nd and Spring Garden Streets. Bring signs or borrow ours! 

7.  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.  

8. 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.

9 - 11.  Vigils outside the ICE office at 114 North 8th Street: 

• Every Monday at 11:00 AM - Sponsored by State Senator Art Haywood and led by local clergy.

• Every Wednesday at noon -  Sponsored by New Sanctuary Movement.  This is a 40-week series of Interfaith Prayer Vigils. 

• Every Friday at 3:00 - Join this vigil

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

And A Few More Things:

We can send you our No Kings t-shirt! We fixed the links, below! 

1.  For the short sleeve shirt, make a donation of $35 and then  sign up for your choice of color.

2.  For the long sleeve shirt, make a donation of $45 and then sign up for your choice of color.

Your shirts will be mailed directly to you. 

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