May 11, 2025

Our next meeting is Tuesday, May 13th: Our goal for this meeting is ramping up to organize two distinct groups for actions going forward.  We have received feedback that everyone is excited and anxious to start moving forward with actionable items and events.  That is our goal as well.
There has been a significant increase in ICE activity in the last two weeks.  It’s obvious the administration is pushing forward with activities to chill dissent, oversight and insight fear to the population in general.  We intend to discuss these developments on Tuesday.  
Every action is a building block – success is measured by expanding participation, bringing in new constituencies.  Building widespread popular opposition is essential to pressure institutions: the judiciary, law firms, universities and more.  We are following other Indivisible Facebook Pages, and some of their information has been used within this newsletter. 

BOYCOTTS:

• May 20 -26 Walmart Boycott 2

• June 3-9 Target Boycott 2

• June 24th – 30th McDonalds Boycott

May events & suggested activities: 

• Weekly 10 am Saturday standout: We encourage you to participate in the weekly 10 am standout at the Westborough rotary.  Our goal is to grow this presence. For a town our size, the participation has a lot of room for growth.  There will be several opportunities coming up to participate in other Worcester and Boston activities – NO KINGS.
  
• Weekly 6pm Monday standout: First Parish Church Unitarian Universalist of Northborough will continue to stand in support of democracy on Mondays through May, from 6pm to 7pm. We’ll gather on the church lawn in front of the WWI war memorial at the corner of Church St. and Whitney St. Do join us! And bring your friends! For updates, check out their website (https://www.firstparishnorthboro.org).
  
• Support Congressman Jim McGovern: As you may know, Congressman Jim McGovern’s 23-year-old daughter, Molly, passed away recently.  Her services were held on May 2nd.  The Westborough Democratic Town Committee is establishing a High School Scholarship in Molly’s name. 
  
  Letters or cards of sympathy may be mailed to the Congressman and his family at his Worcester office:
  
  Representative Jim McGovern
  2 East Worcester Street, Suite 1
  Worcester, MA 01604
  
• Protect your social security:  Visit the official Social Security website – https://ssa.gov, create an account or login, and download/print your personal Social Security Account information.  This will show your work history, contributions and your anticipated pay-out schedule based on your retirement age(s).  Downloading/printing will provide you with physical proof, in the event you need it someday.

STAY STRONG, STAY ENGAGED!!  WE KNOW, IT CAN BE EXHAUSTING.  BUT WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS!!!