New actions this week: Stop Cop City

Updated Actions for Week of March 6

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY - NATIONAL

THURSDAY, MARCH 9
STOP COP CITY - NYC
WHERE: ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL (50TH AND 5TH)
WHEN: 4 PM - 6 PM
BACKGROUND: January's police killing of an environmental protester known as Tortuguita drew attention to the nearly two-year-long sit-in/occupation of the environmentally important forest outskirts of Atlanta. The area is set to be razed and replaced with a privately financed $90 million police training facility nicknamed “Cop City.” Activists launched a local week of action last Saturday, which included a family friendly music festival that was raided by heavily armed cops. According to the StopCopCity Instagram account, one officer pointed a gun inside a bouncy house, while concert-goers were violently arrested and charged with domestic terrorism. (The domestic terrorism charged has been laid on previously arrested forest activists, who were denied bail.)

NYC IN-PERSON ACTION: Join Extinction Rebellion NYC at St. Patrick's Cathedral on Thursday at 4 PM for a march. Click here for more information and to register.

NATIONAL PHONE ALTERNATIVE: Make calls to Georgia officials demanding that domestic terrorism charges by dropped for a total of 42 activists. Click through these Instagram slides for the phone numbers and a call script.

FRIDAY, MARCH 10
PHONE CALLS - NYC AND NATIONAL

NYC: Sunday's edition of this newsletter included instructions for NYC residents to contact their city council members about the violent NYPD unit known as the Strategic Response Group. Make that call today! The only new information is that all city council members except speaker Adrienne E. Adams left the March 1 hearing on the SRG before witness testimony was finished, so you can ask your city council member about how much they heard.

NATIONAL: Walgreens has backpedaled somewhat after getting a negative response to its announcement that it would no longer sell an abortion pill in Republican-controlled states where abortion is still legal. Call Walgreens at 1–800–925–4733 anyway. Keep in mind that the chain has previously denied birth control to customers, so any promises made can't be trusted.

SATURDAY, MARCH 11
(1) WOMEN'S MARCH FOR IRAN - NYC
WHERE: FOLEY SQUARE
WHEN: 12 PM
In recent weeks, hundreds of school girls across Iran have been deliberately poisoned by the government in mass-coordinated attacks in an attempt to silence them. Join this protest in solidarity with the brave women and girls and allies in Iran who continue to risk their lives in their fight for freedom.

See Instagram for more information.

(2) WOMEN'S STRIKE NYC FEST - NYC
WHERE: WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK
WHEN: 1 PM - 4 PM

-- Indivisible Activate NYC 2023 newsletter #10.5, curated by Wendy Brandes. Click here to see the previous newsletter.

Disclaimer: By choosing to attend any events listed herein, I acknowledge the risks involved, and that I agree to participate non-violently and in accordance with the law. During some events, acts of civil disobedience may be initiated by individual participants. I acknowledge and agree neither Indivisible Activate NYC nor the newsletter writer can be held responsible for any such acts of individual participants which are unlawful, nor are Indivisible Activate NYC or the newsletter writer soliciting my participation in any such activity. I agree that I am solely responsible for any decision to participate in any acts of civil disobedience and any consequences, legal or otherwise, that may result from that decision.