IMCPA&F Weekly Newsletter 4.17.25

Hello Indivisibles,

Free Abrego Garcia. Just when the overreach of power can’t get any more egregious, Felon 47 has stunned us again. We salute our senators for flying to El Salvador to push for Garcia’s release from CECOT after his wrongful imprisonment. We watch now as our system of checks and balances battles this constitutional crisis. It is difficult to process, but our members are passionate about human rights, and we will prevail. We will keep working and standing up for immigrants’ rights. Stay connected as we share upcoming actions to take. 

We can relish in the fact that Harvard has refused to kiss the ring and meet the fascist demands of the Trump regime. While this has resulted in a loss of funding for now, we hope this sends a powerful message that our rights and freedoms cannot be taken from us. Let’s hope others follow suit! Stay strong, lean on each other, and resist.

📌Overall Update📌

• T-shirts for sale! $15 each. You may email IMCPANF@gmail.com with your size (S-2x) to arrange an order. An online purchase option will be coming soon.

• Do you dream of a more united and inclusive political party? Are you curious about what our voters are truly striving for? Introducing The Finding Common Ground Movement! This project, taken on by two of our members, is calling on you to take a survey to better understand voters’ satisfaction levels on a number of topics. Check it out and share with friends!

• We are pumped for our Where’s Dave McCormick Town Hall! Our official lineup includes Jay Yoder, Michael Pollack, Conor Lamb, Malcolm Kenyatta, and Katie Muth. Our evening will balance light-hearted political comedy (in the form of a “roast of Dave”) with real discussions on important topics. We will also facilitate a Q&A for “Dave” that our panelists will answer in his absence. 

  • We are in need of volunteers to make sure the evening goes smoothly– sign up here! 

  • Also, donations are helpful to ensure this event has the proper resources. Please consider making a donation to our Act Blue account! 

  • In the meantime, click here to tell us where you think Dave is. Is he in PA or CT, or in the bathroom? Where's Dave?

• Looking to get more involved? We have several projects in the works and are looking for folks to take on active leadership roles. Some areas involve voter registration, and outreach to partnering organizations. Please email imcpanf@gmail.com if interested.

• If you are a new member, please take some time to get acquainted with our website– it is the best way to get started and includes a page for new members. We also have a Take Action page that houses our rapidly-evolving Calls to Actions (CTAs). Please check this regularly to stay in the loop.

• Stay connected and active. As we transition away from Facebook, we have introduced multiple ways to collaborate:

  • Join our Signal group: Email imcpanf@gmail.com with “Signal” in the subject line. (Please note: this is a large-scale, rapidly-moving group chat with varying topics and channels. If this is not your communication style, please check the website regularly).

  • Website focus groups: Check our New Member Page for directions on how to join. This is where the active collaboration, brainstorming, and action-planning begins. 

  • Check our Take Action page to complete daily, weekly, and monthly Calls to Action. 

  • Check out Resistbot and use it daily.

  • Check out 5 Calls and use it daily.

📌Events📌

Please be sure to check our Meetings and Events page for a calendar view.

• SATURDAY, 4/19, 1-5pm: Norristown. The People’s Party: The People’s Party is a celebration as a form of resistance—a powerful gathering that fuses art, performance, movement-building, and direct action. On the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, we reclaim the spirit of collective power and reimagine revolution as joyful, communal, and transformative. This is a space for connection, creativity, resistance, and action. Whether you're coming to be inspired, to dance, to build with others, or to take direct action, your presence is part of the movement. Resistance is not just struggle—it’s also joy, community, and the power we create together.

• MONDAY, 4/21, 12-1:30pm: Philadelphia. Mondays at McCormicks.Senate Protest Event in Philadelphia Continues This Week and For the Foreseeable Future. Now called "Monday's at McCormick's" each Monday at noon - rain or shine - Here's why: We are living in a MAGA-republican Coup. We were warned. Now it's here!

• WEDNESDAY, 4/23, 5:30-8:30pm: Lansdale. Register here: Where’s Dave McCormick Town Hall! Our official lineup includes comedian, Jay Yoder; Rabbi and activist, Michael Pollack; attorney and former US representative, Conor Lamb; PA State Representative, Malcolm Kenyatta; and PA State Senator, Katie Muth. Our evening will balance light-hearted political comedy (in the form of a “roast of Dave”) with real discussions on important topics. We will also facilitate a Q&A for “Dave” that our panelists will answer in his absence.

• FRIDAY, 4/25, 4-5pm: Philadelphia. Face the Facts with Fetterman. Join us for a rally and march every Friday. We'll start at Independence Mall, 5th and Market Streets, for the rally. Then we'll march to Senator Fetterman's office at 2nd and Chestnut Streets.

• SATURDAY, 4/26, 12-2pm: Warminster. Join us for our next Musk or Us Tesla protest. We had approximately 600 participants at our March rally– can we beat this record? 

• SATURDAY, 4/26, 1-2pm: King of Prussia. If you’re going to be closer to King of Prussia on the 26th, consider meeting at the Tesla Collision Center in KOP for Indivisible Upper Merion’s Musk or Us protest. This is a peaceful event to stop Musk’s seize of the US Government. 

• SUNDAY, 4/27, 9:30-11:30am: King of Prussia. Join us for our next IMCPANF Coffee Chat (Family Friendly). We need to take time for fun so we don't burn out over the next 4 years. We are in this for the long haul. We have a tough fight ahead of us, so we will all need each other, because together we are stronger! Date: Sunday, April 27th, 2025 at 9:30am at King of Prussia Bridge Club.215 W Church Rd #100, King of Prussia, PA. This is a family-friendly event, but please ensure that you’re able to keep an eye on little ones. 

• THURSDAY, 5/1, 4pm: Philadelphia. Register here: May Day: Workers Over Billionaires. Join labor, immigrant, and community organizations united to say invest in people, not the billionaires. We are united and rising up for a world that works for all of us, not just Elon Musk and his cronies. The rally will be followed by a march.

 Indivisible National Calls to Action To-Do List:

• Organize in your community against Trump’s reconciliation plan that fleeces working people to make billionaires even richer. Another congressional recess has begun -- just as Republicans are crafting a massively unpopular bill that guts Medicaid and SNAP to fund tax cuts for billionaires. We’re hoping to see hundreds of events across the country to put pressure on congressional Republicans. You can use our toolkit to plan an event or check our map to see if there’s something already planned near you.

• Call your senators and urge them to vote against H.R. 22 -- the MAGA bill that would disenfranchise tens of millions of voters. Last week, House Republicans passed one of the most extreme voter suppression bills we’ve seen, and we need to make sure it dies in the Senate. We have a lot more to say on this heinous bill below, but if you’re short on reading time, make sure you make this call and/or send an email.

• Hear the latest on Trump’s reconciliation plan, our strategy to fight it, and other events of the day from Indivisible’s co-founders this Thursday, 3pm ET / 12pm PT. Every Thursday afternoon, we take a step back to absorb the news, draw inspiration from the work Indivisibles and our allies are doing, and talk about how we fight back. This week, Leah and Ezra will break down what we know about Trump’s billionaire-backed, Medicaid-slashing reconciliation plan, with actionable steps to fight it during this April recess.

Thanks for your great efforts. Keep up the great work, and be safe!

Cait, Dean, Karen, and Kelly