[GVCP] From Jill Gruber

1. LAST EVENT OF CONGRESSIONAL RECESS – Friday 2/25 – 2pm, RALLY/PROTEST – Collins’s Geneseo office – https://www.resistancerecess.com/event/resist-recess/
 
 2.NEW EVENT – ACLU ACTIViSM WORKSHOP – SUNY GENESEO –  details – FRIDAY 3/3; 3-5pm ROOM – Bailey 103.– RSVP

Iman Abid, ACLU Rochester staff, speaks on ACLU campaigns i.e sanctuary movement, migrant farmers’ rights & civil rights campus organizing. You’ll have the chance to ask questions, to learn about how to get involved in the ACLU’s work, and to network with fellow activists who are interested in similar issues. 
 
The workshop is aimed primarily at students, but community members are welcome. Reserve your spot and register by emailing Prof. Megan Brankley Abbas (abbas@geneseo.edu). Include your name, brief description of your interests, and any relevant past experiences/organizational affiliations. The information is requested only for planning purposes!

Question Contact Prof. Megan Brankley Abbas (abbas@geneseo.edu, Sturges 13K)
 
 3. ACLU/NYCLU DAY OF ACTION – MONDAY 3/13 – Albany Lobby Day – https://www.nyclu.org/en/events/nyclu-day-action buses  leave from Rochester at 6am and return about 9pm – RSVP if you plan to attend and want to take the bus.​  

4. Our stuff re-sent – RALLY #5 – Tuesday, 2/28 – 11:30 – 12:30  Rally outside Collins’ office, Main St, Geneseo.
 
SIGH…keeping this vigil through  mid April, the first 100 days of the new administration

PLEASE PASS ON – linked here but all details below -https://www.resistancerecess.com/event/resist-recess/
 
POST RALLY MEETING at WADSWORTH LIBRARY – 12:30 –2:00 PM – focus – plan future rallies including special dates i.e.
 
3/18 lift up Livingston’s St Patrick’s Day Parade  http://www.liftuplivingston.com/
 
4/15 tax day (in solidarity with http://taxmarch.org/)
 
4/22 – earth day (in solidarity with March for Science  https://www.marchforscience.com/
 
PLEASE SEND ME PICTURES & VIdEOS FROM OUR EVENTS

I am especially handicapped at posting on Facebook so please list this there.
 
special thank yous to :
Raging Grannies who sang at our rally – http://rochester.raginggrannies.org/
Erica Ravenwood for our bridge
Holly Adams for the megaphone whose siren went off when the box fell over in my car and scared the s**t out of me!
 
 CHECK US OUT IN CITY !- http://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/rochester/a-few-words-mr-collins/

PETITION – PLEASE SIGN– 166 SO FAR http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/requesting-town-hall-1?source=c.em&r_by=17948802​

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