Your Calls To Action

Happy Tuesday, Activists!

We hope you're having a good week and surviving the cold weather.  Today we have a couple of new Calls To Action and how you can help our immigrant community.  

CALL TO ACTION

INVESTIGATE HEGSETH'S ILLEGAL BOMBINGS

Over the last few months, the Trump regime has orchestrated the bombings of small boats in the Caribbean and Pacific that it claims are trafficking drugs bound for the US. They’ve provided no legal justification for these bombings, which have now killed over 80 people in total.

In at least one of these strikes, Hegseth ordered troops to leave no survivors. Compliance with this order required a special operations commander to launch a second strike on two civilians who survived the initial attack. This command — known as a “no quarter order” — likely constitutes a war crime. 

However, the civilians on those boats were not engaged in any armed conflict with the United States. They posed no imminent threat. As former military lawyer Todd Huntley put it, because there is no legitimate war between the U.S. and these alleged traffickers, killing them literally amounts to murder.

If Congress does not put a check on this regime’s lawless violence, there’s no telling where this will end. Hegseth could label anyone a legitimate target and order the military to carry out strikes without legal justification or even evidence of wrongdoing.

Every Representative and Senator, especially those on the Arms Service committee, must demand an immediate, public investigation into these killings and the orders behind them.  Contact them and demand investigations into Hegseth's extrajudicial strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific.  

Here are the contacts to call and write:

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.

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.

CALL MT AIRY CASINO RESORT AND TELL THEM

YOU DON'T WANT A WANNABE KING THERE

President Trump is holding a rally at the Mt. Airy Casino Resort in Mt. Pocono tonight to spread misinformation about the state of our economy.  You can call the resort and register your displeasure with them for hosting him.

The resort's phone number is 877-682-4791.  Let them know you don't patronize a business that supports a president who unleashes the military on his own people, cuts SNAP benefits, and/or gets rid of ACA subsidies that we need for health insurance [or whatever issue that means the most to you].  

Call and press 1 for reservations.  Tell the agent and ask them to tell their manager about people who may no longer patronize them.  

If you don't want to talk to someone you can leave a message on their website. 

 HERE'S HOW YOU CAN HELP IMMIGRANTS

Here are some ways you can support HIAS in its mission to help to our immigrant community.

• To provide a financial donation, you can go here.

• To learn more about providing In-Kind Donations such as winter coats, you can go here. 

• To learn more about volunteer opportunities, you can go here. 

• To access Know Your Rights resources, translated in multiple languages, you can go here. 

• To sign up for the HIAS PA mailing list, you can go here. 

You can see more about the Prayer Vigils outside of the ICE Office organized by Sen. Art Haywood every Monday at 11 AM at the corner of North 8th Street and Cherry St. Philadelphia. Go here for the info.

You can contact HIAS for any additional questions, contact community@hiaspa.org.

WRITE LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

We have a lot to talk about!

"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.  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. Every Wednesday 5:30 - 6:30 pm (winter hours and location) -- 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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