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You’re Invited: No Kings Ridgecrest
No Kings 2.0: March and Protest Saturday, October 18th starting at 9amFreedom Park, 100 W California Ave. Ridgecrest, CA đ¨Trump is pouring public money into his authoritarian takeovers of citiesâdeploying federal forces, seizing local police departments, and funding mass detention and deportation operationsâall while cutting services that working families rely on every single day. đĄTheyâve…
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Rights & Safety Training ahead of No Kings
đ Reminder that there is an opportunity for a Safety Training webinar tonight at 5pm, The class same class is also available on 10/9 at 6pm, click here to sign up for one. This webinar is geared towards volunteers for the No Kings event. đ The ACLU will also be hosting a Protest Safety, Know…
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Peace & Prop 50
âŽď¸Both Indivisible and 50501 stand for non-violent legal resistance. I would like to share a statement from Ezra Levin, co-founder of Indivisible, â…at Indivisible weâre very clear: political violence is a cancer on democracy. It doesnât matter if you disagree politically — and we strongly disagreed with Charlie Kirk on basically everything. But weâre clear…
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10/18 “No Kings 2.0” march in Ridgecrest: Join the Safety Training Webinar
September 25th or October 9thIn preparation for our big event on October 18th for No Kings 2.0, I would like to ask everyone to try and attend the online webinar. Even if you don’t want to volunteer as a marshall for the event, it’s important that we have as many people trained on safety and…
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We say, “No Kings!”
For those who read all the way to the bottom of the newsletters, you got the Easter Egg to Save-the-date of 10/18. Official announcement has been released and it is the next mass protest! “We Say No Kings.” I have come to understand the turn out difference in the mass protests over the regular consistent…
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Non-violence as a Strategy
đłď¸There have been more survey responses and important topics that I feel we need to address. I protested during BLM and my sign said, “Demilitarize, Deescalate.” I stand by that today for both sides. We may be bringing a strongly worded letter to a knife fight, but any step taken from our side that could…
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September & October
“Workers over Billionaires” 9/1 Labor Day 5pm-7pm, Tehachapi Blvd & Tucker Rd.. Tehachapi, CA “Tit for Tat” Vote Yes on Prop509/6, 9/20, 10/49-11 AMRidgecrest & China Lake BLVD đGov. Newsom has entered the ring to fight against the executive overreach. Trump told Texas to redraw the map because they’re entitled 5 more seats. Apparently it’s…
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Hiatus
We will not be hosting a protest this Saturday, but if you feel the need to get out there- do it. Keep in mind that there is a heatwave and humidity is “high” for the desert- so there may be some rain. We will have important information to share when we return and will be…
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Friday in Bakersfield update
Due to the heat wave, the afternoon shift for Bakersfield has been canceled. We will still be heading out there in the morning to protest in front of Fong’s office concerning the ICE detention center in Cal-City, how he failed us by voting for the big ugly bill, lack of checks and balances, and Trump’s…
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“First they came for” updated
A revision to Martin NiemĂśllerâs âFirst they came for,â poem for today. First they came for the Separation of Church and StateAnd I did not speak outBecause I was a not an atheist Then they came for evolution And I did not speak outBecause I was not an archeologist Then they came for climate changeAnd I…
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