What you can do this week ...
📕 Read this: A Ticking Clock on American Freedom by Adrienne LaFrance in The Atlantic. A“Today, right now — and I mean right this second — you have the most power you’ll ever have in the current fight against authoritarianism in America.” It’s not an overstatement to say that time is running out. We must take action NOW.
Mark your calendar to attend one or more of these upcoming events. Protest gatherings are picking up steam, and you can help the numbers grow!
🗓️ Defend first Amendment Rights: Thursday, May 8th, 4:00pm at the Federal Courthouse Plaza, 4th St. in downtown Minneapolis. From demanding institutions of higher education to dissolve their DEI programs, to banning books, to abducting immigrants and students, to arresting judges and more … the Trump administration has staged an all-out assault on our first amendment rights. Join your neighbors in protest!
🗓️ Protect Public Lands – Rally for the Boundary Waters: Thursday, May 8, 3:00–5:00pm at the State Capitol. Organized by the MN chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, Sportsmen for the Boundary Waters, and Save the Boundary Waters, along with a coalition of conservation groups
🗓️ Hands Off! Working People’s Rally to Stop the Billionaire Takeover: Tuesday, May 13th, 5:00pm at the State Capitol. Working people from across the state are saying “Hands Off!” our critical services, from Medicaid to our environment to public schools. We are standing up to stop attacks on workers and to protect ALL our communities, including our immigrant neighbors.
☎️ Commit to calling your Members of Congress EVERY DAY this week. Time is running out! Be sure to give your full name, location, and zip code every time you call.
• Amy Klobuchar – DC: (202) 224-3244, MN: (612) 727-5220
Ask Amy to stop voting for Trump’s nominees and acting like we are living in “normal times”! As recently as last week and AFTER Trump openly defined the Supreme Court, Amy voted for several of Trump’s nominees. Every single vote in favor of any of any of his agenda legitimizes his administration.
• Tina Smith – DC: (202) 224-5641, MN: (651) 221-1016
• Betty McCollum – (202) 225-6631, St. Paul: (651) 224-9191
Thank Tina and Betty for more consistently opposing all of Trump’s agenda. 🙌
➡️ For more ideas, resources, opportunities, and explainers, visit our website.
Until next week!
– SAP for Democracy
“Some believe that it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. It is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay”. – J.R.R. Tolkien