MEETING TUESDAY
Hello Rise and Resisters –
Join us Tuesday for a general meeting, in person or online, for the next of our hybrid in-person meetings! While we will continue our weekly Zoom meetings, periodic meetings will be a hybrid meeting held in-person at 7 PM at the NYC LGBT Center at 208 W 13th Street. Our regular Zoom link will still give access to view and participate in the meeting online. ➜General meeting Tuesday at 7:00. See you there!In person, or zoom ->
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➜RAR calendar:https://www.riseandresist.org/calendar
To our Deaf and Hard of Hearing membership, we are happy to arrange an ASL interpreter for our meetings and actions. We do need advanced notice in order to provide this accommodation. Please let us know the Friday prior to Tuesday’s meeting if you need assistance. At Rise and Resist, we are committed to equality and accessibility for all. To request an interpreter or discuss accommodations going forward please email us at: media@riseandresist.org
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Good news
● A federal judge in Rhode Island dismissed the DOJ case seeking personal information about voters. Stu is a plaintiff in the case.
●A federal judge in Oregon on Saturday forcefully struck down Health and Human Services Secretary Kennedy’s attempt to impose far-reaching restrictions on gender affirming care for minors, ruling the policy unlawful and blocking its enforcement in the states that challenged it.
●Trump nominated Dr. Erica Schwartz as the new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). She is actually qualified.
●John Eastman, the lawyer who let Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election has been disbarred in California.
●Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is out of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet after multiple allegations of abusing her position.
(15) Recurring actions (reports back and upcoming
combined)
● Immigration Vigil: Thursdays, 12 noon–1pm. 26 Federal Plaza, on Worth St. by
the federal employee entrances.
● Say Their Names: Fridays 5PM-6PM. 96th St. and Broadway (North median
island). Reading the names of people who have died in ICE Custody or been murdered
by ICE.
● Fox Lies (Truth Tuesdays), every Tuesday noon–1pm. 6th Avenue & 48th
Street.
(35) Upcoming actions
● (5) NYCAN action on Sunday April 26th at 10AM, NYPL 5th Ave. and 41st St. Marshals needed.
● (5) NYCAN action Non Proliferation Treaty action on Wednesday April 29 9AM at the US Mission to the UN (1st Ave 45th St.) – (vote to co-sponsor)
● (5) Monday, April 27, Elevator Actions at MTA Committee Mtg. 8:45AM at 2 Broadway
● (5) Friday, May 1, May Day in NYC – Rally/Gathering starts at 4PM. RAR meet-up for the march at 5PM at the SW corner of Mercer and West 4th St. (plaza with benches).