Protests & Events February 21-27
Over 100 protests or events are happening nationwide this week
Happy Friday Dissenters!!!
Another week that felt like a year. Whew!
Before we get to actions you can take, may I encourage you to carve out space to ignore the news and breathe. Get into nature, read a novel, meditate, bake, or meet a friend at the pub. Get out. Live life. You deserve it.
It may seem dark, but the pinpricks of light are increasing. We can do this.
K
This was the end of my original newsletter before I listed the information. Then, at 3:00 AM, my daughter woke me, and I checked my phone to learn that the Senate had passed a budget chopping her and my other children’s Medicaid. I cried.
Since we are new friends, I should share a few things. My daughters are adopted. One of them needs extensive support, as do many foster and adoptive children. Her wellness hangs by a thread. Without Medicaid, we would be unable to access the weekly services she needs to function. I fear we would lose her. We’ve been close before.
So in addition to all I have listed below, may I, on behalf of every parent with a child with a disability, every foster child, as well as every family and adult receiving Medicaid, ask that we do three things:
Make 5 calls daily, to your reps. Be forceful, but respectful. Why are we giving cuts to billionaires at the expense of the healthcare of half of American children and to the detriment of the healthcare industry? Go to 5 Calls or
for guidance.Invite 3 friends to call their reps, especially in red states or districts. A tip: share why you’re concerned. Make it personal. Then, send them the numbers and a script. Maybe even offer to buddy call.
Alert the media. Every media outlet, from your local paper to NPR, has a tip line. If this impacts you, your business, or your family, send them a tip. Keep it factual without focusing on bashing our reps (tempting, I know). Share how it will harm you.
CONTENTS
Nationwide Events
Info on flipping the House
A great article by NPR on DOGE
Two substacks sharing the news that will give you hope
Events listed by state
NATIONWIDE EVENTS
National Blackout Day | February 28 🗓️
Organized by a few groups, but The People’s Union has a page on it
State of the Union Protest | March 4 🗓️
Organized by 50501 and American Opposition
Nationwide Protest | March 15 🗓️
More info coming this week
FLIP THE HOUSE
Two house seats are up for special election. Winning both would narrow the margin to 218 to 217. National Ground Game has ways we can all get involved.
THIS WEEK is essential as it is the last week for voters to register.
REBUTTALS
Is DOGE actually finding fraud? A resounding “Nope.”
Read this article by NPR for the facts and share it with your friends and family.
WORDS OF HOPE
Here are two Substacks offering hope while sharing the news:
Good News for Us series by
has encouraged me recently.- V Spehar - V’s recent live with senators was encouraging. Check it out.
FEBRUARY 21-27 EVENTS
🗒️ Disclaimer: While I do my best to vet organizations, several protests are grassroots and organized by volunteers. It rests upon you to do your research, take precautions, and make informed choices.
Protest peacefully.
Bring water and a snack.
Build community.
And read these posts 👉 PROTEST TIPS & KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
LEGEND
📞= Phone Banking
🚗 = Tesla Protest
✉️ = Post Card Writing
🤝 = Meetings/Gatherings
✊ = Protest
💻 = Virtual
NATIONWIDE EVENTS OR TRAININGS
Women’s Protection Teams by Women’s March
Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI) 💻
Josh Weil for Congress ✉️
Showing Up for Racial Justice 🤝💻
DNC | Digital Organizing Call 🤝💻
Public Citizen
ALABAMA
EVENTS & PROTESTS listed on Mobilize | Birmingham
ALASKA
ARIZONA
EVENTS & PROTESTS listed on Mobilize | Statewide • Casa Grande • Maricopa • Mesa • Nogales • Parks • Payson • Phoenix • Prescott • San Luis • Scottsdale • Tempe • Tuscon
ARKANSAS
EVENTS & PROTESTS listed on Mobilize | Jonesboro • Little Rock • North Little Rock
CALIFORNIA
EVENTS & PROTESTS listed on Mobilize | Statewide Virual • Aliso Viejo • Auburn • Berkley • Burbank • Campbell • Cloverdale • Coachella • Culver City • Escandido • Fountain Valley • Fresno • Fullerton • Fulsom • Glendale • Grass Valley • Healdsburg • Irvine • Lakewood • Larkspur • Los Angeles • Malibu • Marino del Rey • Modesto • Mountain View • Oakland • Orange • Pacific Grove • Riverside • Rocklin • Roseville • Sacramento • Sabastopol • Salinas • San Carlos • San Francisco • Santa Cruz • Santa Rose • Sunnyvale • Tustin • West Hollywood
ADDITIONAL EVENTS & PROTESTS
Modesto (24th) ✊ • Orange County (23rd) ✊
COLORADO
EVENTS & PROTESTS listed on Mobilize | Statewide Virtual • Denver • Glenwood Springs • Grand Junction
CONNECTICUT
EVENTS & PROTESTS listed on Mobilize | Groton • Newtown • Old Saybrook • Stratford
DELAWARE
EVENTS & PROTESTS listed on Mobilize | Claymont • Dover • Georgetown • Milford • New Castle • Wilmington
FLORIDA
EVENTS & PROTESTS listed on Mobilize | Cocoa Beach • Crestview • Fort Lauderdale • Fort Meade • Fort Myers • Fort Walter Beach • Gainesville • Lake Mary • Jacksonville • Mary Esther • Mount Dora • Ocala • Ocoee • Orange City • Orlando • Ormondo Beach• Palatka • Palm Coast • Panama City • Pensacola • Pine Crest • Port Saint • Sanford • Sarasota • Satelite Beach • St. Augustine • St. Petersburg • Tallahassee • Tampa • Temple Terrace • West Palm Beach • Winter Haven • Ybore • Yulee
GEORGIA
EVENTS & PROTESTS listed on Mobilize | Virtual Events • Atlanta • Augusta • Catersville • Cumming • Decatur • DeKalb • Duluth • Fayetteville • Forest Park • Gainesville • Holly Springs • Kennesaw • Richmond Hill • Savannah • Smyrna • Summerville • Tifton • Trenton • Wrens
HAWAII
EVENTS & PROTESTS listed on Mobilize | Hilo
IDAHO
EVENTS & PROTESTS listed on Mobilize | Bonneville • Canyon County
ILLINOIS
EVENTS & PROTESTS listed on Mobilize | Virtual Events • Belvidere • Champaign • Chicago • Crystal Lake • Englewood • Huntley • Jacksonville • Kankakee • Lake in the Hills • Murphyboro • Normal • Oswego • Rochelle • Rockford • Rockton • Rolling Meadows • Springfield • Urbana
INDIANA
EVENTS & PROTESTS listed on Mobilize | Danville • Fort Wayne • Georgetown • Huntington • Indianapolis • Logansport • Merriville • Muncie • Westfield
KANSAS
EVENTS & PROTESTS listed on Mobilize | Topeka
KENTUCKY
EVENTS & PROTESTS listed on Mobilize | Virtual Events • Berea • Brandenburg • Bowling Green • Burkesville • Burlington • Elsmere • Florence • Fort Mitchell • Highland Heights • Lawerenceburg • Lexington • Louisville • Munfordville • Paducah • Prospect
LOUISIANNA
EVENTS & PROTESTS listed on Mobilize | Virtual Events • Ruston
MAINE
EVENTS & PROTESTS listed on Mobilize | Virtual Events • Newcastle • Portland • Rockland
MARYLAND
EVENTS & PROTESTS listed on Mobilize | Virtual Events • Annapolis • Baltimore • Bladensburg • Cambridge • Chesapeake • Clinton • Columbia • Cottage City • Landover • Oxon Hill • Prince George County • Silver Springs • Upper Marlboro
MARYLAND
EVENTS & PROTESTS listed on Mobilize | Virtual Events • Annapolis • Baltimore • Bladensburg • Cambridge • Chesapeake • Clinton • Columbia • Cottage City • Landover • Oxon Hill • Prince George County • Silver Springs • Upper Marlboro
MASSACHUSETTS
EVENTS & PROTESTS listed on Mobilize | Virtual Events • Beverly • Boston • Cambridge • Central Mass • Concord • Farmingham • Marshfield • Merrimac • Middlesex County • Norwell
MICHIGAN
EVENTS & PROTESTS listed on Mobilize | Virtual Events • Beverly • Boston • Cambridge • Central Mass • Concord • Framingham • Marshfield • Merrimac • Middlesex County • Norwell
MINNESOTA
EVENTS & PROTESTS listed on Mobilize | Virtual Events • Apple Valley • Farmington • Golden Valley • Marshall • Melrose • Minneapolis • Moorhead • Otsego • Savage • St. Cloud • Saint Paul • Winona
MISSISSIPPI
MISSOURI
EVENTS & PROTESTS listed on Mobilize | Virtual Events • Columbia • Kansas City • St. Louis
MONTANA
EVENTS & PROTESTS listed on Mobilize | Billings • Missoula
NEBRASKA
EVENTS & PROTESTS listed on Mobilize | Virtual Events • La Vista • Omaha
NEVADA
EVENTS & PROTESTS listed on Mobilize | Carson City • Las Vegas
NEW HAMPSHIRE
EVENTS & PROTESTS listed on Mobilize | Durnham • Francestown • Henniker • Litchfield • Portsmouth
NEW JERSEY
EVENTS & PROTESTS listed on Mobilize | Bernardsville • Brick Township • Central Jersey • Chatham Township • Cherry Hill Township • Clinton • Collingswood • Cranbury • Edison • Fair Lawn • Highland Park • Lambertville • Livingston • Long Branch • Maplewood • Montclair • Mount Laurel Township • Paterson • Rockaway • South Orange Village • Tenafly
* Several NJ events appeared under the NY search
NEW MEXICO
EVENTS & PROTESTS listed on Mobilize | Alberquerque • Belen • Las Vegas • Los Alamos • Raton • Santa Fe
NEW YORK
EVENTS & PROTESTS listed on Mobilize | Virtual Events • Albany • Bayonne • Binghamton • Bloomfield • Brooklyn • Bronx • Central Islip • Fort Lee • Garden City • Glen Falls • Hampton Bays • Huntington • Jersey City • Kingston • Middletown • Mount Kisco • Newburgh • Nyack • New York • Poughkeepsie • Staten Island • Teaneck • Queens • Vourhees
NORTH CAROLINA
EVENTS & PROTESTS listed on Mobilize | Asheville • Charlotte • Durham • Fuquay-Varina • Hickory • Lillington • New Bern • Pittsboro
NORTH DAKOTA
EVENTS & PROTESTS listed on Mobilize | Fargo
OHIO
EVENTS & PROTESTS listed on Mobilize | Athens • Canfield • Celina • Cincinnati • Cleveland • Columbus • Dayton • Fairborn • Findlay • Lancaster • Marion • West Chester Township • Wyoming • Xenia
ADDITIONAL EVENTS & PROTESTS
Columbus (28th) 🤝
OKLAHOMA
EVENTS & PROTESTS listed on Mobilize | Midwest City • Oklahoma City • Shawnee
OREGON
EVENTS & PROTESTS listed on Mobilize | Astoria • Beaverton • Eugene • Oregon City • Portland • Rockaway Beach • Salem
PENNSLYVANIA
EVENTS & PROTESTS listed on Mobilize | Interest Forms • Virtual Events • Allentown • Altoona • Ardmore • Beaversprings • Bellefont • Bloomsburg • Coatesville • Columbia • Downington • Easton • East Brandywine • Exton • Franklin County • Hanover • Hellertown • Indiana • Johnstown • Lancaster • Landisville • Lehigh County • Lemoyne • Lititz • Mckeesport • Mechanisburg • Mifflinburg • Narberth • Nazareth • New Berlin • Oxford • Pen Argyl • Philadelphia • Pleasantville • Pittsburgh • Pottsville • Reading • Royersford • Schewnskville • Scranton • Selinsgrove • Shippensburg • Skippack • Somerset • State College • Stroudsburg • Summerdale • Tunhannock • Warminister • Waynesboro • West Chester • West Grove • Wilkes Barre • York
RHODES ISLAND
EVENTS & PROTESTS listed on Mobilize | Providence
SOUTH CAROLINA
EVENTS & PROTESTS listed on Mobilize | Aiken County • Charleston • Columbia • Lancaster • Mount Pleasant • Richland • Saint George • West Columbia
SOUTH DAKOTA
EVENTS & PROTESTS listed on Mobilize | Brookings • Harrisburg • Hot Springs • Souix Falls • Spearfish • Vermillion
TENNESSEE
EVENTS & PROTESTS listed on Mobilize | Chattanooga • Clinton • Knoxville • Murfeesboro • Nashville • Oak Ridge
TEXAS
EVENTS & PROTESTS listed on Mobilize | Virtual Events • Austin • Dallas • El Paso • Fairview • Fort Worth • Angleton • Harris County • Houston • Laredo • Lewisville • Lubbock • Missouri City • New Braunfels • Plano • San Antonio • Socorro • Sunset Valley • Tarrant County
UTAH
VERMONT
VIRGINIA
EVENTS & PROTESTS listed on Mobilize | Arlington • Blacksburg • Chantilly • Charlottesville • Chester • Dumfries • Fairfax • Fredricksburg • Hillsville • Manassas • Martinsville • Midloathian • Norfolk • Richmond • Roanke • Ruther Glen • Spotsy South • Springfield • Staunton • Sterling • Virginia Beach
WASHINGTON
EVENTS & PROTESTS listed on Mobilize | Virtual Events • Covington • Olympia • Omak • Seattle • Tacoma
ADDITIONAL EVENTS & PROTESTS
Tacoma (22nd) ✊
WASHINGTON DC
EVENTS & PROTESTS listed on Mobilize
WEST VIRGINIA
WISCONSIN
EVENTS & PROTESTS listed on Mobilize | Virtual Events • Ashland • Bayside • Burlington • Chippewa Falls • Cottage Grove • Eau Claire • Fitchburg • Fort Atkinson • Grafton • Glendale • Greenbay • Hudson • Kenosha • La Crosse • Madison • Manitowoc • Mazomanie • McFarland • Menasha • Milwaukee • Oakcreek • Oshkosh • Racine • Riverfalls • Rothschild • Salem Lakes • Sheboygan • Shorewood Stevens Point • Sturgeon Bay • Superior • Waunakee • Wausua • Wauwatosa • West Allis
You’re doing a fantastic job! Thank you!
Great thanks!