Fighting for Democracy

AT&T has a lucrative contract with ICE to provide communication services to help them in their abduction and deportation efforts.

To show AT&T, and other companies, that many people disapprove of this cooperation with an authoritarian regime, there will be a demonstration on November 16 at 1 pm outside of the AT&T retail location at 305 N Veterans Parkway in Bloomington to educate the public about the ICE contract.

To register to attend the demonstration, click here.

The demonstration will take place on the grassy section of land between the AT&T office (between Chipotle and Jersey Mike’s) and Veterans Parkway. Parking can be had in the Fresh Thyme lot, away from the stores. Do not park in the lot directly in front of the AT&T office - we do not want to interfere with local businesses.

The goal of course is to get AT&T to cancel their contract with ICE, and to not enter into any new ones. But even if that goal is not met, just showing other companies that assisting this regime has negative consequences will be a positive outcome.

We are not targeting AT&T itself, only its contract with ICE. Store owners and workers are not the target. Customers are not the target. ICE is the target.

50501/ The Immigration Project Rapid Response Training

ICE has come to our area. We have had our first confirmed arrest.

We are not powerless to protect our community. Come join a training session on November 20, 6:00 - 7:30 pm hosted virtually and also screened in person at the Unitarian Universalist Church (UUBN),1613 E Emerson St, Bloomington.

Register and join here virtually https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/wxfGsRjZQJGUotJQ5Sc29Q or see you at UUBN where we will screen this presentation if that works better for you. You can bring snacks but nothing too loud please.

A part 2 follow-up will be held in person at UUBN hosted by Bloomington-Normal 50501 and The Immigration Project on December 1 at the same time. More info to come.

Find more details on this and 50501 events in town please see our site https://linktr.ee/blono50501

For more information, please contact Brad Bell at 347-687-4531

Help Your Neighbors !

If you want to help your neighbors in McLean County experiencing food insecurity, here is a site to find all the food pantries in the Bloomington/Normal area: | Eat. Move. Save. | UIUC (run by the University of Illinois Extension), or you can participate in this food drive, which aims to feed anyone who needs it, regardless of ID:

LET'S PACK THE PANTRIES FOR Mc LEAN COUNTY!

The McLean County Democrats are collecting canned goods and nonperishable food items for our neighbors. Help us stock the shelves at our pantries across the county because none of our neighbors — regardless of who they are, where they were born, or how much money they earn — should go hungry.

You can drop off items at our headquarters at 422 N. Main St. in downtown Bloomington:

• Tuesdays: 10 am – 2 pm

• Wednesdays: 2 – 5 pm

• Thursdays: 2 – 5 pm

• Fridays: 10 am – 2 pm

• Saturdays: 9 am – 2 pm

You can also bring items to our monthly meetings the second Wednesday of every month at 6 pm. Help us build a better, fairer, brighter future for everyone in McLean County!

BIG NO KINGS RALLY DAY ON OCTOBER 18 - GREAT TURNOUT!!

Reports have total turnouts for the No Kings Rallies around the country at anywhere from 4 - 6 million people. Turnout in Bloomington is estimated to be between 3500 - 4000. This is a great show of strength and solidarity. Strength in Numbers, a newsletter that tracks polling and other numerical data from numerous providers, says that the October 18 protests were “likely the largest single day political demonstration since 1970.”

We hear a lot about what kind of country this is, or should be.

This is the kind of America I want to live in: No Worries, Kindness Delivered