#PineTreeActivism Calendar
Scheduled Events

Details confirmed as of Fri, April 25th.

APR 26, Sat 12-1:00PM – #WaldoboroME Rt1 & Main St (Park & Ride lot), Waldoboro, Maine Join Us in Pro-Democracy Protest

APR 26, Sat 12:00-3:00PM (& every Sat) – Blue Hill Town Hall, 18 Union St, #BlueHillME Join in Weekly Peaceful Protest

APR 26, Sat 12:30-1:30PM (& every Fri) – Bucksport Verona Island Bridge, #BucksportME Join in Weekly Peaceful Protest

APR 26, Sat 3:30- ? PM – #PortlandME May Street Arts, 10 Mayo St, Portland, Maine BREAD & PUPPET THEATER – Classic New England puppet troupe with puppets large and small presents “The Obligation to Live: To be alive and act against the actors of death, and to plant garlic in the rubble of the empire.” Not to be missed. www.mvprights.org/events/bread-puppet-spring-tour

APR 27, Sun 12-2:00PM – #WellsME 1563 Post Rd, in front of the Wells Police Department, Wells, Maine Wells Stand Out: Oppose Local Police Working With ICE – Come help send a clear message: We do not want police in Maine acting as ICE. Bring a sign, bring a friend.

APR 27, Sun 1-2PM (& every Sun) – #WatervilleME 1 Kennedy Memorial Dr, Waterville (on the bridge next to CVS) Stand Up to Preserve and Restore Our Country – Demand restoration and preservation of our democracy, support of Ukraine, and opposition to the Musk/Trump administration: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/779042/

APR 27, Sun 4-5PM (& every Sun) – #PortsmouthNH in front of North Church off Market Square, Portsmouth, NH Civil Rights Sundays – take a stand to defend our democracy! Hosted by #OccupySeacoast

@AIF_Massachusetts

#Immigrant coalition raises alarm over #WellsME #police #ICE partnership as state debate looms

April 13, 2025

WELLS, Maine (WGME) -- "The executive director of the #MaineImmigrantRightsCoalition, #MufaloChitam, says her organization is aware of the new agreement that the #WellsPoliceDepartment signed with ICE which allows officers to arrest people based on #immigration #violations.

"Wells is the first town in Maine to take this step, though other towns have applied as well.

"Chitam says, for her organization and the people they represent, the important thing is to bring awareness to what this means.

"Around the country, departments in 37 states have signed on.

" 'It just brings reality to Maine. We’ve been seeing this around the country, and around other states, but not experienced it in Maine. So that’s significant for us. It makes it real, it brings it home,' Chitam said.

"Maine lawmakers may also debate a bill that would ban police departments from this partnership."

Read more:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/immigrant-coalition-raises-alarm-over-wells-police-ice-partnership-as-state-debate-looms/ar-AA1CQ53l

#ACAB #ICEDetention #Deportations
#HumanRightsAbuses #USPol #MainePol #ICEDetentions #ResistICE

Live updates: #Mainers rally across the state to protest #Trump policies

On Saturday, more than a dozen '#HandsOff' rallies were set to be held throughout Maine as part of a national day of action targeting the new Trump administration.

"On Saturday, more than a dozen rallies were set to be held throughout Maine as part of a national day of action to protest the policies of President Donald Trump.
The “Hands Off” rallies were scheduled from #WellsME to as far north as #LubecME. In Portland, protesters gathered in Monument Square at 11 a.m., while one of the day’s first protests began in Freeport just after 8 a.m.

"Portland police said they were aware of the Monument Square demonstration in advance and would 'be giving it special attention as we do all protests that we are aware of within the city,' department spokesperson Brad Nadeau said in an email Friday afternoon.

"Saturday’s protests were focused on President Donald Trump and billionaire adviser #ElonMusk’s efforts to cut the federal workforce through mass firings, rumored threats to safety-net programs like Social Security and Medicaid, and heightened action by immigration officers as part of a massive deportation effort.

"Though Saturday’s demonstrations were expected to be relatively large, Mainers have been taking to the streets for weeks. In addition to those protesting the federal government’s policies, hundreds have also called for Maine Gov. #JanetMills to relent following her high-profile clash with Trump."

Original article:
https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/05/live-updates-mainers-rally-throughout-the-state-to-protest-trump-policies/

Archived version:
https://archive.md/DQ48b
#PortlandME #AugustaME #FreeportME
#SouthPortlandME #SouthParisME #AuburnME #MaineResists #HandsOff2025 #April5th #BadDOGE

#Maine #HandsOff Mass Mobilization Events
handsoff2025.com - #NationalDayofAction as of 3/24/2025 at 7:00AM

#KitteryME, 9:00-11:00am, Memorial Bridge, Rt 1, Maine/NH
#OxfordHillsME, 10:00-12noon, Fair St. & Main St. #SouthParisME
#WellsME, 10:30-12noon, Wells Public Library, 1434 Post Rd
#PortlandME,11:00am-12noon, Monument Square, 456 Congress St
#FarmingtonME, 11:00am-12noon, 196 Main St
#SouthPortlandME, 11:00am-1:00pm, GE Erskine Park, end of bridge
#AuburnME, 12noon-1:00pm, Longley Bridge, Court St
#CherryfieldME, 12noon-2:00pm, Rt 1 Bridge, River Road & Rt 1
#BangorME, 12noon-1:30pm, Bangor Public Library, 145 Harlow St
#AugustaME, 12noon-2:00pm, Maine State House, Capitol & State Streets
#PortsmouthNH, 12noon-2:00pm, Market Square
#SkowheganME, 2:30-4:00pm, US 201 & Water Street Bridge

Source:
https://bsky.app/profile/pinetreeactivism.bsky.social/post/3ll4myt36bs2w
#April5Events #April5th #Maine #MainePol #HandsOff2025 #HandsOff #Antifascism #Events #MaineResists #BadDOGE #ResistAuthoritarianism