Newsletter, October 3, 2025 (ARCHIVED)

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NO KINGS DAY! 

It’s going to be Bigger and Better this time! You have a choice of going to Boston OR to Newton (or both YES!) ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ  ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ

Saturday, October 18th 2025, 12:00 noon โ€“ 4:00 PM  in Boston

Saturday, October 18th 2025, 12:00 noon – 1:30 PM in Newton Centre


ART BUILD for NoKings Day

Sunday, October 5th from 3:00 – 5:00 PM at the new pilot plaza gathering place in the Newton Centre parking lot next to the green, Make signs, posters & banners for NO KINGS DAY, Oct 18th and for other standouts!Bring art-making materials if you have them but not necessary!


From our LAUGHTIVISM ACTION TEAM

Humor for Halloween! Please, join us on Wednesday, October 8th 5:30 – 6:30 PM on Zoom to cook up a hilarious action event for Halloween with the goal of having fun while recruiting new Indivisible members and connecting with community in a playful way.

Come lift your spirits (so to speak…) and add your ideas!


VIDEOS

Watch these videos about  TRUMP’S NATIONAL “PRESIDENTIAL” SECURITY MEMO recently released which tries to crackdown on “protests and free speech”


From our ELECTIONS ACTION TEAM

PHONE BANKING OPPORTUNITIES โ€” Make calls with MassDems to turn out voters in upcoming US House special elections:

THREE POST-CARDING OPPORTUNITIES โ€” Pick up postcards locally to help Win the VA House of Delegates:

Join a national postcarding organization and do it all without leaving home, here are three options:


OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO GET INVOLVED

Call and email your elected officials, use the Find and contact elected officials to obtain the contact information of your elected officials.

Sign up to be a poll worker by visiting the Election Workers page on the City of Newton website.

Join local civic groups!

On Saturday, October 4, 2025, 4:00pm-6:30pm, League of Women Voters Newton in coordination with the Newton North High School Center for Civic Engagement and Service, will hold its biennial Saturday Afternoon at the Races at the Newton North High School Cafeteria.

RESIST FASCISM ! ou can take easy action to resist fascism by speaking with your Massachusetts elected officials!!!  

This document  identifies exactly who to call, at what phone number,  and what to demand from your elected officials.  

 Christopher Armitage explains how effective this approach can be in his article Blue States Have 90 Days to Kill American Fascism


SEND US YOUR IDEAS!

Please, let us know what would YOU like to see happen at our meetings every two weeks ?( We alternate  Zoom & in-person)

Let’s fight this fight TOGETHER in community and in solidarity!


EVERY SATURDAY IN NEWTON CENTRE

Newton Centre standout

JOIN US FOR OUR 30th STANDOUT IN NEWTON CENTRE! 
Saturday, October 4th at the intersection of Beacon and Center Streets, 12 Noon to 1 pm sharp, rain or shine or wind or hail or snow or heat …


NEWTON BRIDGE BRIGADE

Join Newton Indivisible EVERY Thursday on Kendrick St over Route 128, THURSDAY, October 9th, 7:30โ€“9:30 AM share our message with thousands of your fellow citizens as they drive by!

Visit Local Visibilities to find other bridge standouts all over the Boston area!


BEARING WITNESS TO ICE, BURLINGTON

ICE Burlington Protest Crowd

WEDNESDAYS, 11-1:00 PM, stand in solidarity with Indivisible Waltham and Bearing Witness; It’s an incredible & energizing experience:  approximately 600 protesters, live music, speakers, a march, and more!

We stand outside the ICE enforcement and removal Operations Office in Burlington, MA; Together we show our love and support for immigrants, express our shame at ICE and bear witness to the cruel and unconstitutional actions of our government. Come join!


LUCE HOTLINE: 617-370-5023

The LUCE hotline is a statewide ICE watch hotline that operates from 5am to 9pm every day and is staffed in multiple languages. 

If you suspect you see ICE activity in your neighborhood (or, if you see suspicious activity, and are not sure if it is ICE or not), call the hotline to report it. Trained volunteers will then attempt to verify ICE’s presence and notify the community, learn more by visiting lucemass.org (LUCE is currently in need of hotline operators and verifiers; you’ll find sign-up links on their website).