Gather at 443 Camden Road in Hope Maine on Sunday, March 9 for a visual art creation center: make posters, design scarves, and produce buttons to oppose authoritarianism, bigotry, and corruption.

For more information, contact Sydney Hall at hall.sydney@gmail.com.

When: March 8 2025, Noon

Where: Chapman Park in Rockland (at the corner of Park & Main, next to the Walgreens)

We will gather at Chapman Park (Corner of Park and Main Streets, next to the Walgreens) every Saturday at Noon as long as Trump remains in the White House, and all those in peaceful opposition are welcomed to join us. We will sing songs of protest, resistance, freedom, and a better world. Teach a song you learned when you were young, learn a song from social movement veterans, and sing together in community.

Join Lincoln County Indivisible for effective action to promote positive social change in Maine and the nation. The next general meeting of the group is on Saturday March 8 at 10:30 AM at the Second Congregational Church in Newcastle (51 Main Street).

March 7: Democracy, Resistance, and Resilience Reading & Discussion Group

• Camden democracy reading/discussion group forming. If you’d like to come together to talk about what’s happening, come to an organizational meeting on 3.7.25.

• Join other Midcoast residents to explore history, activism, and resilience to better prepare for the moment we’re living in. At the first meeting we’ll set a reading list, decide how frequently to meet, where to meet, and any other ideas for ways to stay informed, engaged, and connected during these challenging times.

Meet at the Maine State House at 2 PM!

Mass Meeting at the First Universalist Church, 345 Broadway, Rockland ME 04841. During the Civil Rights Movement, meetings were held right before actions, and we'll follow that lead. Our in-person mass meetings are essential not only to move people into action, not only to get people connected to planning, but also to get new ideas rolling into the thick of things. Everything that The Audacity is doing happened because somebody said "someone ought to," and then somebody signed up to work on it.  If you've got an idea, bring it to the meeting.  If enough people jump on board to organize your idea and it fits within our mission, it'll happen -- grassroots democracy in action.

Note: this meeting is not sponsored by the First Universalist Church; we have rented the space. Please park your car in the lot behind the church on Court Street, or across Broadway in the MacDougal Park lot. You also can park on Gay Street. Parking spaces for those with limited mobility are available in the back lot. You also can drive up to the front to let people out.

February 28: One Day National Boycott

• Buy Nothing on February 28 to protest corporations who have been falling in line behind the totalitarian Trump.

• The boycott has already gained national media coverage

• Postpone ALL purchases to another day. Demonstrate our collective power by joining in.

Midcoast Solidarity is building the community they envision as they resist the current push toward inhuman extraction. They're hosting an emergency warming shelter fundraiser this Thursday at Pascal Hall at 86 Pascal Avenue, Rockport, ME 04856, with a silent auction and a public meeting. Doors open at 6:30 PM, meeting starts at 7. To donate online: givebutter.com/c/weekofwarmth

Circle for Peace and Resistance, on Wed., Feb 19, 2025 6 pm, in the Abbott Room of the Belfast Free Library. If you are wondering what we can do in this challenging time, come share your ideas and we will share actions that are happening both locally and around the state, as well as inspirational videos of resistance happening around the country.

Free and open to all. Potluck snacks, bring mugs, tea will be provided.

     ~FMI: peace.and.justice.waldo@gmail.com

February 17: No Kings Protest in Augusta

• Part of a national day of protests on Presidents’ Day

• February 17 at Noon

• Maine State House in Augusta

• Masks encouraged

• FB Page for Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1142883684283638/

• Threads Page: https://www.threads.net/@the_maisinator/post/DF_o-7BPRoT

When: Saturday Feb 15 2025, Noon

Where: Chapman Park in Rockland (at the corner of Park & Main, next to the Walgreens)

The Audacity is a creative nonviolent group resisting the bigotry, corruption and fascism of Donald Trump and his supporters in the Midcoast. We continue our weekly community singing protest this upcoming Saturday, February 15 at Noon in Chapman Park (corner of Park & Main) in Rockland, Maine.

We will gather at Chapman Park (Corner of Park and Main Streets, next to the Walgreens) every Saturday at Noon as long as Trump remains in the White House, and all those in peaceful opposition are welcomed to join us. We will sing songs of protest, resistance, freedom, and a better world. Teach a song you learned when you were young, learn a song from social movement veterans, and sing together in community

Connect with people working for liberation and justice and learn about what is happening in Showing Up for Racial Justice chapters around Maine so we can take meaningful action together.

Register for this virtual open house at http://bit.ly/MESURJ2025.

WHO: Congresswoman Chellie Pingree 

WHAT: Telephone Town Hall

WHEN: Tuesday, February 11, 2025, 6 p.m. EST

WHERE: Online — click this link to register

Reversing Falls Sanctuary provides an opportunity to participants to share wisdom, feelings, questions and ideas about our nation's current trajectory. This discussion will be led by Rob Shetterly, past President of the Union of Maine Visual Artists and founder of Americans Who Tell the Truth.

To RSVP for this event, please visit the Reversing Falls Sanctuary web page at https://www.reversingfalls.org/event-details/community-conversation-our-current-times.

Housing Lobby Day with the Maine People’s Alliance

• February 11 @ 8:30 am - 12:00 pm

• Cross Building, Augusta

• RSVP required in advance

American Friends Service Committee, one of the longest-lived social movement organizations in the country, sends its Associate General Secretary Kerri Kennedy to Hyacinth Church in Westbrook Maine on the evening of Monday, February 10. The topic of her talk: “How We Organize under an Authoritarian Presidency.”

Follow @50501movement.bsky.social on BlueSky or r/50501 on Reddit for national updates on the 50/50/1 protests: 50 States, 50 Capitol Buildings, 1 Protest: to Reject Project 2025.

Where in Maine: Gather at the Maine State House in Augusta.

When: February 5, starting at noon.

Support the Diversity Resolution & Asylum in Rockland

• Monday, February 3 at 5:30PM, Rockland City Council Meeting.

• SUPPORT/SPEAK IN FAVOR of REAFFIRMING 2017’s DIVERSITY RESOLUTION AND FOR FURTHER ASYLUM-CITY TYPE POLICIES FOR ROCKLAND (The specific policies have not been proposed YET, but will be soon.)

• Rockland City Hall, 270 Pleasant St, Rockland ME (in the back of the building)

The Audacity is a new group of local folks planning creative action together to resist fascism, bigotry, and violence in the second age of Trump.

Join us as we meet on Saturday, February 1 from 1-3 pm in the Rockland Public Library Common Room. FMI: audacitycat.org