LGBTQ Rights Rally in Rome Tomorrow!
LGBTQ Rights Rally in Rome Saturday
Please join the weekly Saturday Rally in Rome with a special focus: LGBTQ Rights and Solidarity.
The rally is in honor of Transgender and Intersex Day of Remembrance.
Bring signs supporting LGBTQ+ rights.
As always, signs in support of democracy, affordability of health care, and human rights (and against authoritarianism and fascism) are welcome.
Rally for LGBTQ+ Rights in Rome
Saturday, Nov. 22
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Near Fort Stanwix National Monument
Black River Blvd at E. Dominick St.
A Rally for LGBTQ+ Rights in honor of the Transgender Day of Remembrance
Hosted by: Oneida County Pride Alliance, Rome NY Concerned Citizens, and Indivisible Mohawk Valley
Dress warmly.
BRING: Your favorite signs and noisemakers, bells etc.
Any non-perishable food and hygiene items collected will be donated to community food pantries and nonprofit agencies serving those in need.
Please, do not engage with dissenting voices.
Economic Power - Join The Targeted Boycott: "We Ain't Buying It"
Where we choose to spend our money is one of our greatest collective strengths. Every purchase we make is an opportunity to support companies and products that align with our values and progressive ideals for human rights, labor rights, social justice, and environmental protection.
We believe in the right of all human beings to live in a safe environment with fair access to opportunity within an inclusive economy. Each week we will highlight one company or product that does NOT align with our shared values and ideals.
More Information about "We Ain't Buying It"
Click here to research other companies or brands
Rallies This Week
Even if you can only come for 20 or 30 minutes, put on your boots and coat and join a rally.
Saturday, Nov. 22nd, 12:00-1:30 pm, Black River Boulevard & Erie Blvd. near Fort Stanwix in Rome. Special LGBTQ Rights Rally!
No Rally on Thanksgiving Thursday
Saturday, Nov. 29th, 12:00-1:300 pm, Rome. This group keeps going! Join us anytime! Add this rally to your Small Business Saturday shopping.
Thursday, Dec. 4th Rally, 3-4 pm, Location TBA
Dress for the weather. We continue to build connection and community by showing up together regularly, and we let the public know that there is strong opposition to Trump, MAGA, and Project 2025 authoritarian policies.
NY Health Act: What Will You Do to Win in Albany in 2026?
NYS Indivisibles had a great meeting on Wednesday with Melanie D'Arrigo, the Executive Director of the Campaign for NY Health about the NY Health Act. We learned so much, including about strategy and tactics for moving the bill in 2026. Here's the recording (57 mins). There are actions here for everyone. Please learn more and get involved. Because of the current Republican assault on affordable health care, this may be the year we can finally pass this bill!
Here are valuable links that might interest you from the Campaign for NY Health:
Join a Hub
Email your legislator
Sign Our Petition to leadership
Memo of Support
Join our Newsletter
NYHA FAQs
Letter-to-the-editor toolkit
Website
Climate Crisis Working Group
JOIN US IN ALBANY: DECEMBER 11th
Join us as we join Renewable Heat Now in Albany to lobby Governor Hochul to stop gas expansion in NY by signing the 100-Foot Rule Repeal, the first pillar of the NY HEAT Act.
Maggie Reilly will be speaking on behalf of upstate National Grid customers.
As you know there is strength in numbers…If you are interested in joining us, e-mail Maggie Reilly at margaret_reilly@mac.com If enough people register then we will have a bus. If not we will carpool.
Register Here: Governor Hochul: Don't Move the Goalposts, No Gas Expansion in New York!
WHY IS GOVERNOR HOCHUL ROLLING BACK and DELAYING NY CLIMATE LAW?
Since Governor Hochul came into office, fossil fuel companies and utilities have ramped up efforts to hire lobbyists with ties to her administration and have succeeded in stalling climate and energy affordability policies.
Here in New York, our energy bills are out of control. That’s because the system is based on what’s best for fossil fuel companies, not us, their customers. Fossil fuel companies and utilities are protecting their profits even as prices rise for working people.
NY Renews' latest report with our allies at LittleSis and Strong Economy for All reveals a $15 million fossil-fuel lobbying blitz behind New York’s climate delays and rollbacks. It's time for our leaders to prove that our energy future cannot be bought. Share our report on social media, and then contact your local elected officials to demand that New York protect people, and the planet—not corporate profits.
IS SOLAR RIGHT FOR YOU?
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Phone Bank for Aftyn Behn (TN-7)
Aftyn Behn, a social worker, state House Representative, and former Indivisible organizer, is running in a special election on December 2nd to flip Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District. Aftyn is a smart, clear-eyed, young leader and she's got an incredible grassroots campaign that's energizing disaffected voters across the district. She's running to feed kids, fix roads, and fund hospitals -- Aftyn is exactly the type of fighter TN-07 deserves and a voice we desperately need in Congress.
This won’t be an easy race to win -- Trump won the district by 22 points in 2024 -- but we’ve seen districts swing by that margin just last week and Aftyn has won challenging races before. Please sign up to help--this is a great way to learn and practice critical phonebanking skills we will all need to use in 2026!
Sign Up for Phone Banking
Joint Fundraiser for Mannion and Gendebien
You're invited to a joint house party for Congressman John Mannion (NY-22) and Blake Gendebien, who is running to replace Elise Stefanik in NY-21.
It's critical that we hold John Mannion's seat. We also have a good chance of winning next year in Rome and the North Country: Elise is stepping out to run for Governor and Blake Gendebien is an outstanding candidate. He's a dairy farmer from St. Lawrence County who draws in independent voters as well as Democrats and has already raised $4 million.
Date: Friday, December 5
Time: 5-7pm
Where: Clinton, Location available upon registration
RSVP: http://secure.actblue.com/donate/mannion-gendebien
IMV December Meeting: Put this Zoom Link on Your Calendar
Mark your calendar for our December 2025 IMV Meeting. Tuesday, Dec. 9th, 7-8 pm on Zoom.
Our focus will be on framing and messaging skills that we will all need to use in 2026 as we battle to bring voters to our side, flip Congress, and win more seats at every level of government. This meeting with be a practical training session, well worth your time. Put the Zoom link on your calendar now:
IMV December 9th Meeting Zoom link:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82184376617
Sum Up and Inspiration
As we approach the Thanksgiving Holiday, we want you to know that we are thankful for YOU, our pro-democracy political action community.
Thank you for all that you do to fight autocracy, to protect health care and human rights, to advocate for climate solutions and public education, to show courage by showing up in public for rallies and other events even as neighbors and co-workers mock pro-democracy politics and worship a wannabe fascist authoritarian.
We believe that every day more and more Americans are wondering what is going wrong and are curious about alternatives to Trump and the complicit Republican Congress. When you wear your "Democracy is not a spectator sport" or other political button on your coat to the grocery store, you light the spark in their brain, or you let them know they are not alone in wanting a different, less cruel, more fair world. Keep up the good work.
We are the ones we've been waiting for. And YOU are part of the WE.
No Friday email next week. But we'll be in touch soon about upcoming rallies and events.
Happy Thanksgiving!
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