Freedom Writers 3/22/2025
Everyone is Welcome Here (including betrayed Trump voters)
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Everyone is Welcome Here (including betrayed Trump voters)
Today’s Actions > > >
INFO SHEETS - For Your Information
Everyone is Welcome Here T-Shirts
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Everyone is Welcome Here (including betrayed Trump voters)
Teachers like Sarah Inama, a 6th grade teacher in Idaho, are the foundation of our democracy. She takes the saying “Be the change you want to see” very seriously. When she was told by her school board to remove a sign in her classroom that said, "Everyone is welcome here," simply because it included hands of different skin tones, she refused. Every child should be welcome in our schools. That’s what public education is about. This is not, and should not be, a controversial question.
Chris Hayes of MSNBC did a beautiful job covering this story:
On Monday, March 24, people all over the country will be wearing t-shirts with “Everyone is Welcome Here” in support of Sarah Inama. It’s kind of late to get your t-shirt by Monday, but the need to show your support will continue. You can get your “Everyone Is Welcome” t-shirts through our partner, YellowDoveStore.com.
Sarah Inama’s simple act of courage accomplished two things: It showed her students that she had their back, and it inspired others to step up and be courageous themselves. Some of those others were Trump voters.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. But how’s that going to save our Country?
Here’s how: Right now, Trump and Musk are chainsawing their way through Social Security, Veteran’s benefits, science, libraries, healthcare, the Rule of Law, and the DOE while Republican Congress People cower in Washington.
They are afraid to face their constituents because they know, ‘The People’ are pissed. Mightily.
When the people get pissed, the politicians get nervous. There’s only one thing that Republican Congress People want more than the power and money that Trump promises them: They want to get re-elected. As long as they believe that kissing Trump’s ring will get them re-elected, the kissing will continue!
But, the minute they understand that their constituents WON’T re-elect them BECAUSE they’ve cowed to Trump’s … Whoa! That’s a different situation!
We need do everything we can to make that minute happen soon. It starts with welcoming all the Trump voters who feel betrayed by Trump and Musk and thanking them for their help. Everyone is welcome here.
And it continues with keeping the pressure ON Congress in three ways:
Call your Congress People everyday!
Require them to hold town halls, and if they refuse, hold town halls without them. Check out the creative ways Tim Walz, AOC and Bernie are doing town halls in Republican districts.
And coming out into the streets in large numbers as often as possible. - See our INFO SHEET: Get Started - Taking Action with Indivisible to find a group to work with near you.
All of us need to be dead serious about being the change we want to see. So, let’s get to work and do the actions below today!
In solidarity, hope and action,
EBFreed
Today’s Actions > > >
Actions 1-4: On Five Calls - When you open your 5 Calls app, you should see these 4 actions, plus many more. Take as many actions as you wish.
Protect the Department of Education: Trump EO Signed
Attend a March Recess Town Hall THIS WEEK
Protect the CDC’s HIV Prevention Division
Save the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences
Action 5: Find a Demonstration/Stand Out Near You - Mobilize has tons of rallies and demonstrations going on. It’s kind of a bear to navigate, but if you keep your calm, you can find out about a lot of great events going on in your area.
Click this link: Mobilize
Sign in with your Google email address or another way.
Click the “Filter” button,
set ‘Type’ = Rallies, Meetings, Community events, Visibility events
Set ‘Near’ = [your zip code]
INFO SHEETS - For Your Information
If you’re new to the Freedom Writers, WELCOME! Check out these INFO SHEETS with lots of great background information:
INFO SHEET: Get Started - Taking Action with Indivisible - Get the most up-to-date information about what is happening in your area through a local Indivisible group!
INFO SHEET: Keeping Your Cool Under the Trump Regime - Access reliable, free news when it counts the most!
INFO SHEET: How to Contact Your Elected Officials - Find out why we act the way we act.
Three AOC Videos About the Importance of Phone Calls Now - Don’t let the MAGAts win the calling our elected officials game.
5 Calls App - Set Up Instructions - This beautiful instruction sheet was written by 3 people who are all over 70 years old. If they can do it, you can do it.
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