Federal Call to Action: 

Call or Email our MD Senator Van Hollen, who is on the budget committee, or any other member listed below and ask them to protect Medicaid and funding for the government, and to tax the wealthy appropriately.

 State Call to Action:

Oppose Republican cuts to Medicaid and protect access to essential health care for vulnerable populations and preserve the integrity of the healthcare safety net: Focus on Maryland

Local Call to Action:

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Federal Call to Action: 

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State Call to Action:

Ask Governor Moore to do more to fight the chaos of the Trump regime.

Local Call to Action:

From our friends at Shadow Cat TNR, comes the following request:  To all of our animal loving friends, please plan to attend the County Council meeting Tuesday, 5/27 at 7:30 p.m. at 212 S. Bond Street, Bel Air to show your support for animal welfare in Harford. 

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Federal Call to Action: 

The administration illegally cut $1.9 billion of National Institute of Health (NIH) funding.  Only Congress can cut funding. Call and email your USA Senators/Congressperson regarding the defunding that has halted researchand negatively affected the lives of students, scholars, and staff.  See the joint letter from the American Association of Colleges and Universities and the American Council on Education (https://www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-call-for-constructive-engagement).  

DOGE and the Privacy Act  – Answer Jamie Raskin’s call to file a Freedom of Information (FOIA) or Privacy Act request with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Take steps to protect your own private data. Whistleblowers allege this an attempt by DOGE to build a “master database” on American citizens that can be used for improper reasons or repressive goals and to weaponize the information to use against people they dislike, dissidents, surveil immigrants or other target groups.

State Call to Action:

Call Attorney General Anthony Brown and urge him to fight against ICE overreach.

Local Call to Action:

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Federal Call to Action: 

Refer to last week’s Call to Action on the Abrego Garcia case for background. Sign up for a petition, send letters to the Trump administration, thank some Democrats, support the ACLU, and make demands from Republicans at the federal and state level to address last week’s events related to the Kilmar Abrego Garcia disappearance. 

State Call to Action:

Contact the U.S. and State legislators from your district to request a Town Hall meeting with residents. The town hall should include a legislative update – successes and disappointments – from the recent session, an opportunity for legislators to answer questions, and an opportunity for residents to share issues of importance to them

Local Call to Action:

Ask County Executive Cassilly to increase funding to Harford County Community College (HCC) and our public libraries

This week~~

April 26th 12:00pm – 1:30 Join Progressive Harford for a rally outside of Congressperson Harris’s office: Speak out to save Medicaid funding and other vital health care programs!
April 27th 3:30 – 5:00 Together We Will MONTHLY MEETING Via zoom this month!
April 28th Board Of Education Meeting 6:00 – 7:30pm
May 1st May Day Strong! Mobilization – more information coming!

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Federal Call to Action: 

Call and email your Congressperson/Senator, and we are also asking that you include your Maryland Senators/Delegates,in this Call to Action and ask them to pressure the Trump administration to follow the order of U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland dad who was wrongly deported to the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) in El Salvador.

State Call to Action:

The Maryland State Legislative Session is over. What happened to the bills we advocated for? And what can we do now?   Find out the fate of the State Legislative Calls to Action.

Local Call to Action:

COMPREHENSIVE REZONING ENTERS FINAL OPPORTUNITIES TO EFFECT CHANGE.

Harford County Zoning – Bill 25-002

We are asking supporters across the County to send emails and call the County Executive, Council President Vincente and Council members Bennett and Roberts in reference to Harford County’s 2025 Comprehensive Zoning legislation, known as Bill 25-002.

What’s up this week?

NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR RALLY AND FOOD DRIVE  Follow up to our April 5th Hands Off! Mobilization

April 19th 12:00 – 2:00 pm at Shamrock Park in Bel Air Maryland

Help our Democracy and help our Neighbors!

TOGETHER WE WILL MONTHLY MEETING! 

April 27th 3:30 – 5:00 pm  this will be a ZOOM MEETING!

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Federal Call to Action: 

Call and email your Congressperson/Senator and ask them to vote NO to H.R. 22 Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act which will disenfranchise countless voters, especially women, seniors, transgender and low-income citizens.

State Call to Action:

Contact Senate President Bill and your State Senators to urge support for SB828 The Maryland Values Act with amendments 

Update: The amended bill covers both guidance on immigration in sensitive locations as well as key components of HB1222 (The Maryland Values Act) in establishing procedures for interactions with federal immigration authorities and ending certain immigration enforcement agreements.

Local Call to Action:

THIS CALL TO ACTION HAS A DEADLINE – TUESDAY APRIL 8^TH. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR NEIGHBORS IN PERRYMAN AND BETTER MANAGEMENT OF OUR LAND RESOURCES THROUGH APPROPRIATE ZONING 

We are asking everyone to oppose the proposed upzoning of Parcel F-002 in District F (from AG/B1 to Commercial Industrial).

We are also calling on the Council to amend the bill to rezone the Mitchell Farm and nearby Light Industrial parcels to Agricultural (AG).

What’s up this week?

Please note our April Meeting is rescheduled to April 27th at 3:30 via ZOOM, due to the holidays.

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 Federal Call to Action: 

Call and email your Federal elected officials to demand an investigation into the breach of security by the Secretary of Defense, the Vice President, the Secretary of State, Director of Intelligence and many others.

State Call to Action:

Call and email the Delegates and Senators considering legislation that would protect immigrants from ICE at sensitive locations, like schools and hospitals and to ban the use of 287g in our State.

Local Call to Action:

Call and email our County Council members and ask them NOT to support the proposed Resolution in support of 287g, which will be offered at the next County Council meeting.

What’s up this week?

GET STUFF DONE GROUP Tuesday, April 1 

10:30 – 12:00 at 127 Old Fallston Road (UU of Fallston). Work on Postcards, CTA’s and help make signs for the April 5^th mobilization.

HANDS OFF! Our government, our bodies, our civil liberties! Join us on April 5^th 

12-2pm

15 East Churchville Road (Andy Harris’s office)

We will gather across the street and send the message HANDS OFF! Sign up if you plan to attend: https://mobilize.us/s/fbZeO6    Please note that parking is strongly encouraged at 6 S. Hickory Ave, Bel Air, MD. This is a free parking garage on Saturday and is only a half a block from the Mobilization. Please park there as we are expecting a large crowd!

There are 2 other events on April 5^th that we wanted to mention. Harford County Climate Action is sponsoring an Invasive Vine removal near Liriodendron Mansion in Bel Air from 10-12. Go remove some invasive vines and then come help us remove some invasive politicians! https://hcclimateaction.org/invasive-vine-removal/

On the Night of April 5^th is a Women’s Poetry event at the STAR Center in Havre de Grace, get your tickets if you haven’t! https://starcentremd.com/event/the-havre-de-grace-arts-collective-presents-there-may-be-a-reason-why-womens-voices-in-american-poetry/

Take the day off on Sunday!!

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 Federal Call to Action: 

PROTECT TRANS RIGHTS

State Call to Action:

1.     Email the Ways and Means Committee TODAY to ask them to pass a ranked choice voting bill for Montgomery County out of committee

2.     Email the Education, Energy and Environment Committee Bill HB0161 Primary and Secondary Education – Comprehensive Health Education Framework

Local Call to Action:

Email or call the County Executive to demand increased funding for our schools. Losing summer school for a second year in a row shows the devastating effects of the County Executive’s failure to fund education.

ALSO!

Wave Signs in Support of Federal Employees

Our last event garnered a lot of support and touched a lot of people leaving APG. Join us on Monday and Tuesday afternoon (17-18 March) near the Edgewood gate. Register at https://mobilize.us/s/cEg1g5 to find more details, particularly on how to park and get to the site.

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 Federal Call to Action: 

Call your Congressperson/Senators and demand that they support the Department of Education.

State Call to Action:

Call or email Maryland State Senators and ask them to OPPOSE Senate Bill 0588 the Predator Empower Act aka Fairness in Girls Sports Act

Local Call to Action:

Email Harford County Public Schools Board of Education with concerns about Religious Education in HCPS.

ALSO!

Tuesday, March 11th   TWW Get Stuff Done  10:30 am (please note this time, I incorrectly had 10:00 on FB) meet up to work on Calls to Action and generally vent    1127 Old Fallston Road (UU of Fallston)

SUNDAY MARCH 16th   TWW MONTHLY MEETING- IN PERSON 3:30 pm 2515 Churchville Rd (UU of Harford County) Ranked Choice Voting and How to submit written and in person testimony on State Legislation

Stay tuned for a Divergent Donut meet up!!

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Federal Call to Action: 

Contact your Congressperson/Senator to express your utter disgust at the way in which President Zelenskyy from Ukraine was treated.

Demand that prior commitments to Ukraine be fulfilled and that future commitments of support be immediately forthcoming.

Continue to pressure them on Medicaid cuts and to hold in person Town Halls.

State Call to Action:

Call/write the committee and your representative on the committee to urge them to support the full Maryland Voting Rights Act Package currently in committee review.

Local Call to Action:

Call/write County Exec Cassilly and tell him to increase the percentage of County budget spent on HCPS back to the level is was when he took office.

ALSO!!

THIS WEEK:

March 4^th  America Has No Kings Protest in Annapolis 12-2 Lawyers Mall. sponsored by 50501

March 5^th7 – 8 pm Zoom discussion with Tim Snyder, author of On Tyranny sponsored by Protect Democracy

March 7^th and 8^th 4 – 6 pm the Harford Dem Party is organizing sign waiving outside of APG in support of Federal workers. If you are interested, please sign up here so they can plan locations/ organize: https://mobilize.us/s/DmelgB

Saturday March 8^th  12:00 – 2:00pm INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY AND TELL ANDY HARRIS WHAT WE THINK OF HIM Rally across from Andy Harris’s office This event is being organized by Ashlyn via the Women’s March Platform, but TWW will be there in support! Plan to come. I hear Sandy and the Dems are going to express their frustration in SONG! You do not want to miss this one!  See our Event for more information and also: https://action.womensmarch.com/events/international-women-s-day-unite-resist-in-bel-air-md

Put on your calendar!

March 11^th TWW postcard/email/discussion 10:00 am

SUNDAY MARCH 16^TH GENERAL TWW MEETING IN PERSON AND LIVE! 3:30 – 5:00PM  2515 Churchville Road {Unitarian Universalists of Harford County}

Federal Call to Action: 

Call your Congressperson and Senators: Tell them to extend Telehealth options in Medicaid and Medicare. Tell them to fight any cuts to Medicaid, the President promised Medicaid would not be touched.  

State Call to Action:

Email and call the (1) House Judiciary, (2) Ways & Means committees, and (3)  the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee, especially your representatives, and ask them to support HOUSE BILL 1433 (SB422) CHILDREN ARE REDEEMABLE.  This bill would raise the age at which a juvenile can be tried as an adult from 14 (current law), to 16.

Local Call to Action:

Email and Call the County Executive first and then your County Council rep. Tell the County Executive that increased funding to Harford County Public Schools is a necessity and is his responsibility. County funding has continued to DECREASE as a portion of the County Budget.

If you have a personal story that relates to these issues, consider including it in your email or in your phone call.

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 GET STUFF DONE MEETUP! TUESDAY 2/25 10:30

To those who need to DO SOMETHING! Join us at 10:30 AM on Tuesday, February 25 to learn and advocate on local, state and federal issues. Meet the best people!

Unitarian Universalists of Fallston

1127 Old Fallston Rd

Fallston, MD 21047

Across from Fallston HS