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“If you claim to be someone’s ally but you aren’t getting hit by the stones thrown at them, you’re not standing close enough.” – Stan Mitchell |
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| Sign Making Party for May Day rallyMonday, 4/28/2025, at 6 pm Organizer: Indivisible Brattleboro with 50501 and BAA Location: Centre Congregational Church, 93 Main Street, Brattleboro
Get ready for May Day Rally and Protests/Events to come with some fresh signage!! Bring supplies if you have them. We will have some boards, paints, and markers available. All ages welcome! Donations to support our gracious host Centre Church!
Contact: indibrattleboro@gmail.com
Website: https://indivisible.org/groups?terms=05301
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| Tuesday, 4/29/2025, at 10:30 amOrganizer: Vera Riley The Commons, Park Place, Brattleboro
Every Tuesday at 10:30 for a half hour join us at the Commons in Brattleboro (which is on Park Place) from Route 30 to Putney Road.
If this time/place is inconvenient for you, consider starting your own protest area/time which works for you!
Contact: vera2847@gmail.com |
| Marshal/De-escalation Training
by Rise & ResistTuesday, 4/29/2025, at 6 pm Organizer: Indivisible Brattleboro Location: online zoom training
This 2 hour long training will give you a basic foundation in de-escalation skills you may need during protests, rallies, or other political actions. Action Guidelines:
– Our attitude will be one of openness and respect towards all people we encounter
– We will not use physical violence or verbal abuse toward any person.
– We will not bring any alcohol or drugs other than for medical purposes.
– We will not bring any alcohol or drugs other than for medical purposes.
– We will not carry weapons.
– We will plan our actions to avoid endangering the safety of other demonstrators & bystanders.
– We will remain accountable to the Group for our actions.
Contact: indibrattleboro@gmail.com
More information here: https://www.riseandresist.org/principles-of-demonstrating/ and https://www.riseandresist.org/
Zoom link: Click here at 6 pm on Tuesday to join with Zoom
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| Thursday, 5/1/2025, at 12 noon every week Organizer: Janet LangdonThe Green, PutneyVigil for Sanity and Compassion in Putney on The Green – Bring signs. Every Thursday from 12-12:30 pm
Contact: jliesl@myfairpoint.net |
| May Day Brattleboro Rally and March |
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| May Day Brattleboro Rally and MarchThursday, 5/1/2025, at 5 pm Organizer: Brattleboro Area Action and others Location: Centre Congregational Church, 193 Main, Bratt
For International Workers Day, we exercise our right of free speech as laborers, parents, community members, students, and families, coming together to raise our voices for better, safer, stronger communities across Vermont and around the country. We deserve places that focus on the needs of working families, neighborhood public schools, affordable housing and access to high-quality healthcare.
Join us on May 1, 2025 to peacefully build a vision that works for the many instead of the billionaires and their corporations. We’ll gather on the lawn at Centre Church, march down to the co-op, return to Centre to collect those who have arrived late or wanted a shorter march, then on to the Common for info and great speakers.
Brattleboro Area Action is spearheading this; Indivisible Brattleboro and 50501VT are providing endorsement and support.
Contact: BrattleboroAreaAction@proton.me
Website: https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/780852/
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| Other May Day events are planned… 5/1, Bennington, VT: https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/777720/ 5/1, Chester, VT: https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/777243/ 5/1, Londonderry, VT: https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/780339/ 5/1, Montpelier, VT: https://act.aflcio.org/events/mayday-workers-fight-back 5/1, Rutland, VT: https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/780389/ 5/1, Williston, VT: https://actionnetwork.org/events/may-day-2025-2/ 5/3, Wilmongton, VT: https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/779352/ |
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| I-91 Overpass ProtestsFriday, 5/2/2025, times and places varyOrganizer: Indivisible Brattleboro 3:30 to 4:30 I-91 Bridge at Exit 23:30 to 5:00 Black Mountain Rd. I-91 bridge overpass3:30 to 4:30 I-91 bridge overpass near Santa’s Land in Putney5:00 to 6:00 I-91 bridge overpass Putney exit 4We are continuing protests every Friday and Saturday. Thanks to all for the amazing turnout ! Let’s keep them growing !
NOW is the time to voice your concern. Join Us in Protest of What’s Happening! Please do not park near the deli or any other business. For example, find parking on Brattle Street and areas east of the overpass on Western Ave.
Contact: indibrattleboro@gmail.com
Website (but it may be out of date): https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/775493
Click here for more detailed information
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| Friday, 5/2/2025, at 4:30 pmOrganizer: Vera Riley The Commons, Park Place, Brattleboro
On every Friday at 4:30 pm for a half hour, there will be people to protest the illegal actions of the Trump administration at the Commons in Brattleboro (which is on Park Place) from Route 30 to Putney Road.
If this time/place is inconvenient for you, consider starting your own protest area/time which works for you!
Contact: vera2847@gmail.com |
| I-91 Overpass ProtestsSaturday, 5/3/2025, at 10 amOrganizer: Indivisible Brattleboro I-91 Bridge at Exit 2 |
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| | Gaza Protest Saturday, 5/3/2025, at 12 noon Organizer: Bert Picard and Nancy Braus Location: in front of Brattleboro post office This has happened every Saturday since November 2023 – and will continue as long as people are being killed.
Contact: nancy: vermontactivist@proton.me |
| Vigil for Sanity and CompassionSaturday, 5/3/2025, at 12 noon Organizer: Janet Langdon Location: On the Green, Putney, VT
Weekly Vigil – bring signs. The plan is to hold this vigil on the second and fourth Saturdays, in addition to the Thursday vigils.
Contact: jliesl@myfairpoint.net |
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| Resistance Power HourSaturdays, 5/10/2025, at 10 am Brooks Memorial Library (Meeting Room B) Organizer: Jennifer JacobsWeekly meet-up to focus your energy and efforts with other Resistors. We gather to exchange resources and ideas, share what we intend to do for the hour, work on our own, then gather to share what we did. This is a choose-your-own-adventure work time for collective action. Meet others, do some resistance work, then go on with your day.
Get on our email list: https://forms.gle/UrRW6V5V8evjiXNq8
Contact: jenniferjacobs14@gmail.com
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| Juneteenth CelebrationThursday, 6/19/2025 (Juneteenth) 5 pmLocation: Brattleboro CommonThe event will be an outdoor family-friendly event with entertainment, the history of Juneteenth, and an overview of the community work of the NAACP. Special Feature: Live music including jazz, blues, and gospel. Families are encouraged to bring picnic meals, and food trucks including soul food will be available.
We’re looking for volunteers and donors to help sponsor the event. Please reach out to me.
Contact: Wichie Artu at president@windhamnaacp.org
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| Vermont Canada DayTuesday, 7/1/2025 (Canada Day)Location: State-wideHow about if (just for one day) Vermont became the 11th Canadian province?
Let’s show our friendship and support for our neighbors to the north and celebrate their independence with them by declaring Vermont (just for one day) to be a province of Canada. Let’s welcome everyone arriving in Vermont that day with signs and flags welcoming them to Canada.
Organizer: Franz Reichsman
To get involved contact: vermontcando@yahoo.com |
| Local Information Sessions |
| | Tuesday, 4/29/2025, at 6 pmLocation: online, weeklyOrganizer: Inclusion Center, online
We can ALL do something.
Together, we sort out what actions we can reasonably, realistically, and comfortably take.
At our Political Action Support Group, we also discuss individual nonviolent actions |
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| | Brattleboro Indivisible monthly meetingSaturday, 5/3/2025, at 10 am Organizer: Brattleboro Indivisible Location: will be shared with members via newsletter — contact us to sign up!
Brattleboro Indivisible is having its next group meeting on Saturday, May 3. Our mission is to protect the most vulnerable in our community, defend democracy, and organize an effective, resilient resistance movement that merges art, mutual aid, and collective action into a powerful force for justice and transformation.
At our May meeting, we are launching Action Groups through which members can lead and contribute to activities that most interest and energize them
Contact: indibrattleboro@gmail.com
Website: https://indivisible.org/groups?terms=05301 |
| | OBJECTOR – Israeli Refuser DocumentarySunday, 4/27/2025, at 12:30 pm Organizer: Action Corps, Windham World Affairs Council Location: The Latchis Theater
OBJECTOR tells the story of a young Israeli woman’s life-changing journey. The winner of twelve documentary festival awards, OBJECTOR follows Atalya Ben Abba to prison and beyond, recounting a story our media doesn’t cover: Israeli War Resistance.
The screening at the Latchis will be followed by a new video statement which Atalya is making especially for this Brattleboro screening, and by a conversation with Shalva Wise (Associate Producer / Impact Coordinator of the film) and Clare Morgana Gillis, PhD. of the Windham World Affairs Council.
At 2:30, the audience will be invited to join a reception with Shalva Wise and Clare Morgana Gillis at the 118 Elliot space, announcing plans for Atalya Ben Abba to visit Brattleboro in September. Entry to the reception by donation.
Contact: Steve Wangh – sw1@nyu.edu
Website: https://latchis.com/events/category/special-events/ |
| Signs availableOrganizer: Indivisible BrattleboroMany have asked for one of the “RESIST” lawn signs that were sold at the Hands Off! Rally. We are putting in an order for 100 signs and will sell them for a suggested donation of $15 a piece ($10 is materials cost, $5 donation to Brattleboro Indivisible).
If you’d like to purchase any, please sign up here so we can reserve one for you. Otherwise first come first serve!
Pre-Order “RESIST” Signs Here
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| | Some generous donations covered our costs for March. We’ll update this in May.
WeCAN CalendarThere have been some requests to see the WeCAN actions on a calendar. Many of the requests also asked that we not use Google Calendar. We are trying an embedded calendar that you can see using this link: https://www.wecantogether.net/calendar/ You can download each event or subscribe to the calendar on that page. |
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| | Local and National Organizations |
| Resist Tyranny 05344A place to share events, actions, gatherings, happenings & information with our Marlboro VT friends & neighbors. Site covers more than local events. Here is the link. |
| Source for posters, signs and ideasJon Sachs, a Swing Blue Alliance member is pouring energy into a Trump Tragedies website that has a page devoted to free, downloadable 8.5 x 11 in. protest-themed posters. These are protest messaging that can be posted on America’s streets and easily shared by a website link could help get much more protest messaging in the public eye. Eighteen posters are now available on the site. There’s also an online suggestion box for additional posters that people think should be added.
Click here to get to the site. |
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