EVENTS
MAY 2026

Recurring Activities for SJNOW Indivisible

• Rally every Friday from 4:30 to 5:30 PM at the intersection of Ark Road and Route 38 in Mount Laurel. You can park in the ShopRite parking lot. The past few weeks the support has been amazing! People love to honk at our signs and you can feel the excitement. For more information, email Dave Lipshutz at: delipshutz@comcast.net

• The Cherry Hill Visibility Brigade, Thursdays at 4:30pm, on the overpass over Route 38 next to the Cherry Hill Mall. Check out the  Cherry Hill visibility Facebook page for additional info. Note: If rain is a factor, we cancel; check the Facebook page for details.

• Postcarding - Send postcards to register new Democratic Voters. Currently we are sending Postcards to NJ-07 to flip that Republican Congressional seat to win the house!  We give you postcards and addresses; you provide the postage. Contact Eileen Hill: eileenghill@gmail.com

• Rally to Fight Trump Attacks on Workers and Retirees. Rally is located at the intersection of Rt 73N and Fellowship Rd in Mt Laurel. It occurs during 5-6 PM on the second and fourth Wednesdays of every month. For more information, email Pete Bilazarian at pbilazar@aol.com or Rich Cleaver at richcl205@gmail.com  * changed on 5/27 to  Ark Rd*

• Rally to Demand That Citizens Bank Stop Funding ICE Prison Camps. Rally occurs at a Citizens Bank branch, located at the intersection of Rt 73N and Greentree Rd in Marlton. It occurs during 10:30-11:30 AM on the first and third Saturdays of every month. For more information, email Pete Bilazarian at pbilazar@aol.com or Rich Cleaver at richcl205@gmail.com.

The next monthly meeting is Monday, June 8, at 7 pm at the Mount Laurel Community Center. Doors open at 6:30 pm for coffee, cake and mingling! New people welcome. Please bring a donation for the food bank for our new Mutual Aide group. We are in need of summer snack items such as granola bars, fruit cups, apples, juice boxes, shelf stable milk etc.

Hello SJNOWIndivisibles,

Just a few things.....

Please note that this Call to Action is time sensitive!

CALL TO ACTION: 

President Trump just put right-wing private equity goon Bill Pulte atop the most powerful spy network in the world. 

Trump’s pick for acting director of national intelligence has experience buying up home improvement companies. He definitely knows how to donate big money to the Trump campaign. But he has no experience whatsoever in national security or intelligence. Maybe he’s read a Tom Clancy novel, but we can’t confirm that.  Now Trump has given his political attack dog access to the largest collection of sensitive data on the planet for one reason, and one reason alone: Trump wants Bill Pulte to weaponize our entire intelligence community against political opponents and cultural enemies.​​​​​ 

 This is another step toward authoritarianism in America. But we’re not powerless here. Congress has very little authority when it comes to blocking acting directors, but it does have massive amounts of leverage right now, because an intelligence-gathering law is set to expire in nine days without Congressional reauthorization and the Trump regime is obsessed with getting it passed.      

You’ve heard us talk about Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act before. It allows warrantless surveillance of non-US citizens for national security purposes, but loopholes have been used to spy on US citizens as well. We’re already urging Congress not to pass this law without massive guardrails, but now, given the threat of the Pulte appointment, we’re encouraging Members of Congress to refuse to reauthorize this law -- even with guardrails -- until the Trump regime pulls this dangerous appointment.*

Trump’s appointment of Pulte is dangerous for our national security and our democracy. Demand Congress use all its leverage, including blocking reauthorization of FISA Section 702, until he’s replaced with a qualified intelligence official.

We want to be clear on this: Any Democrat who votes to reauthorize Section 702 right now will be complicit in Trump’s weaponization of intelligence data against Americans. This is one of the most important tests of whether Dems are able to identify the critical fights they need to wage to stem the tide of fascism. 

Demand your Member of Congress use all available leverage -- including blocking reauthorization of surveillance legislation -- until Trump’s dangerous acting intelligence chief is removed.

Herbert Conaway US House of Rep  202-225-4786

Senator Andy Kim  202-224-4744

Senator Cory Booker  202-224-3224

 Want to help the people held at Delaney Hall and their familes? You can donate to any one of these efforts!

Direct to Families- Linktr.ee/SupportOurFamilies

Grocery Store Gift Card Fund- GiveButter.com/GroceryCards

Commissary Fund- GiveButter.com/commissaryfund

Pantry Bags- Food4NJ.org

Things that make you go hmmmmmm...It has been one week since Dump has been seen in public! According to Dr. Luny Bin OZ, the reason he keeps going to Walter Reed is that he "Likes the results. He aces the test every single day." 

Can we please wake up from this nightmare?!?!

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For Members: Recurring Activities for SJNOW Indivisible

• Rally every Friday from 4:30 to 5:30 PM at the intersection of Ark Road and Route 38 in Mount Laurel. You can park in the ShopRite parking lot. The past few weeks the support has been amazing! People love to honk at our signs and you can feel the excitement.

For more information, email Dave Lipshutz at: delipshutz@comcast.net

• The Cherry Hill Visibility Brigade, Thursdays at 4:30 PM, on the overpass over Route 38 next to the Cherry Hill Mall. Check out the Cherry Hill Visibility Facebook page for additional info. Note: If rain is a factor, we cancel; check the Facebook page for details.

• Postcarding - Send postcards to flip and maintain Senate seats in OH, GA, Maine and others. We give you postcards and addresses; you provide the postage. Contact Eileen Hill: eileenghill@gmail.com

• Rally to Fight Trump Attacks on Workers and Retirees. Rally is located at the intersection of Rt 73N and Fellowship Rd in Mt Laurel. It occurs during 5-6 PM on the second and fourth Wednesdays of every month. For more information, email Pete Bilazarian at pbilazar@aol.com or Rich Cleaver at richcl205@gmail.com

• Rally to Demand That Citizens Bank Stop Funding ICE Prison Camps. Rally occurs at a Citizens Bank branch, located at the intersection of Rt 73N and Greentree Rd in Marlton. It occurs during 10:30-11:30 AM on the first and third Saturdays of every month. For more information, email Pete Bilazarian at pbilazar@aol.com or Rich Cleaver at richcl205@gmail.com.

The next monthly meeting is Monday, June 8, at 7 pm at the Mount Laurel Community Center. Doors open at 6:30 pm for coffee, cake and mingling! New people welcome. Please bring a donation for our new Mutual Aide group. We are in need of food, summer snack items such as granola bars, fruit cups, apples, juice boxes, shelf stable milk etc. We could also use kids crafts, toys and books.

Hello SJNOWIndivisibles,

So, Donny Dim Wit and his clown car regime has given us more work this week. Maybe sit down with your favorite beverage as you read this email!

De-ICE Citizens Bank: Our planned rally on June 6, 10:30-11:30 Anti-Citizens Bank Protest in Marlton, will be part of a National Day of Action involving well over 100 sites. Join us to keep the pressure on the bank to stop supporting the companies that maintain ICE facilities under horrendous, inhumane conditions. 

CALL TO ACTION:

Show your solidarity with hunger strikers by demanding Congressional action against Trump's mass detention regime. People detained at Delaney Hall and other detention centers are on a hunger strike to protest their captivity and inhumane treatment by ICE. Call your representative to demand Congress address the captives' demands and stop the Trump regime's inhumane incarceration of our immigrant neighbors.

Please leave your full street address to ensure your call is tallied.

Herb Conaway US House of Rep   202-225-4765

Senator Cory Booker   202-224-3224

Senator Andy Kim   202-224-4744

If you are not happy with how Govenor Mikie Sherril handled the situation at Delaney Hall....CALL HER OFFICE!!! You may not get through the first 1-3 tries but DO NOT give up! Someone will answer.

609-292-6000

Here is yet another eye roll for you: Trump endorsed Tom Kean "GET OUT AND VOTE FOR TOM--HE WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN! News flash Donny...Tom has not shown up for work for the past 3 months missing 104 out of 104 votes during that time period!!

When We Fight, We Win!

For Members: Recurring Activities for SJNOW Indivisible

• Rally every Friday from 4:30 to 5:30 PM at the intersection of Ark Road and Route 38 in Mount Laurel. You can park in the ShopRite parking lot. The past few weeks the support has been amazing! People love to honk at our signs and you can feel the excitement.

For more information, email Dave Lipshutz at: delipshutz@comcast.net

• The Cherry Hill Visibility Brigade, Thursdays at 4:30 PM, on the overpass over Route 38 next to the Cherry Hill Mall. Check out the Cherry Hill Visibility Facebook page for additional info. Note: If rain is a factor, we cancel; check the Facebook page for details.

• Postcarding - Send postcards to flip and maintain Senate seats in OH, GA, Maine and others. We give you postcards and addresses; you provide the postage. Contact Eileen Hill: eileenghill@gmail.com

• Rally to Fight Trump Attacks on Workers and Retirees. Rally is located at the intersection of Rt 73N and Fellowship Rd in Mt Laurel. It occurs during 5-6 PM on the second and fourth Wednesdays of every month. For more information, email Pete Bilazarian at pbilazar@aol.com or Rich Cleaver at richcl205@gmail.com

• Rally to Demand That Citizens Bank Stop Funding ICE Prison Camps. Rally occurs at a Citizens Bank branch, located at the intersection of Rt 73N and Greentree Rd in Marlton. It occurs during 10:30-11:30 AM on the first and third Saturdays of every month. For more information, email Pete Bilazarian at pbilazar@aol.com or Rich Cleaver at richcl205@gmail.com.

Hello SJNOWIndivisibles,

Come to Trenton tomorrow, 6/1 at 2pm for a rally at the Governor’s office to demand that Gov. Sherrill answer for the mess that she has made!

We need to let her know she must START protecting the people detained inside this concentration camp – she must START taking action, immediately – she must start enforcing NJ laws that will SHUT DOWN DELANEY HALL!

We need to let her know she must STOP spreading the MAGA lies about protesters being the agitators – she must STOP deploying NJ state and local police to do ICE’s work of terrorizing peaceful protesters – she must STOP sitting on her hands and doing nothing to stop the horror inside and outside Delaney Hall!

SHE MUST PUT AN END TO THE HORROR AT DELANEY HALL!

Sign up here to join us in Treton: https://www.mobilize.us/cooperriverindivisible/event/964206/

The next monthly meeting is Monday, June 8, at 7 pm at the Mount Laurel Community Center. Doors open at 6:30 pm for coffee, cake and mingling! New people welcome. Please bring a donation for the food bank for our new Mutual Aide group.

Hello SJNOW Indivisibles,

1. Carpool/caravan to Delaney Hall: Lonaconing Indivisible is coordinating a trip to Delaney Hall tomorrow, May 30. They will meet at a Wawa in Belmawr at 9:00 and travel up to Newark together. Link to sign up: here. In light of recent violence and arrests made at the site, please consider the potential risk and your particular situation. There are risks involved with everything we do, but this situation is more volatile than some. Whatever you decide, be safe!

2. Want to help the people held at Delaney Hall and their familes? You can donate to any one of these efforts!
   Direct to Families- Linktr.ee/SupportOurFamilies
   Grocery Store Gift Card Fund- GiveButter.com/GroceryCards
   Commissary Fund- GiveButter.com/commissaryfund
   Pantry Bags- Food4NJ.org

3. De-ICE Citizens Bank: Our planned rally on June 6, 10:30-11:30 Anti-Citizens Bank Protest in Marlton, will be part of a National Day of Action involving well over 100 sites. Join us to keep the pressure on the bank to stop supporting the companies that maintain ICE facilities under horrendous, inhumane conditions. More information and registration: here

4. Rise Up - Sing Out: On June 14, the Committee for the First Amendment will be hosting Rise Up, Sing Out: A Concert for the First Amendment, an uplifting evening of song, solidarity, and action. Featuring an all-star line-up of performers, this 90-minute concert event will celebrate the freedoms guaranteed by our First Amendment—of speech, religion, press, assembly, and protest—and the people power that both fuels these rights and is essential to guarantee them. More information here: Rise Up Sing Out — A Concert for the First Amendment

5. Anti-ICE Rally in Philadelphia: - Saturday, June 27, 2:30-4 PM "Project World Cup Spotlight" Anti-ICE Protest at 1100 Pattison Ave in Philly, sponsored by Indivisible Philadelphia. This International Protest is one many protests that will occur in 8 World Cup Cities in the US, Canada, and Mexico to force the issue of ICE's human rights abuses onto the global stage (with media coverage present from across the globe). More details here.

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For Members: Recurring Activities for SJNOW Indivisible

• Rally every Friday from 4:30 to 5:30 PM at the intersection of Ark Road and Route 38 in Mount Laurel. You can park in the ShopRite parking lot. The past few weeks the support has been amazing! People love to honk at our signs and you can feel the excitement. For more information, email Dave Lipshutz at: delipshutz@comcast.net

• The Cherry Hill Visibility Brigade, Thursdays at 4:30 PM, on the overpass over Route 38 next to the Cherry Hill Mall. Check out the Cherry Hill Visibility Facebook page for additional info. Note: If rain is a factor, we cancel; check the Facebook page for details.

• Postcarding - Send postcards to flip and maintain Senate seats in OH, GA, Maine and others. We give you postcards and addresses; you provide the postage. Contact Eileen Hill: eileenghill@gmail.com

• Rally to Fight Trump Attacks on Workers and Retirees. Rally is located at the intersection of Rt 73N and Fellowship Rd in Mt Laurel. It occurs during 5-6 PM on the second and fourth Wednesdays of every month. For more information, email Pete Bilazarian at pbilazar@aol.com or Rich Cleaver at richcl205@gmail.com

• Rally to Demand That Citizens Bank Stop Funding ICE Prison Camps. Rally occurs at a Citizens Bank branch, located at the intersection of Rt 73N and Greentree Rd in Marlton. It occurs during 10:30-11:30 AM on the first and third Saturdays of every month. For more information, email Pete Bilazarian at pbilazar@aol.com or Rich Cleaver at richcl205@gmail.com.

The next monthly meeting is Monday, June 8, at 7 pm at the Mount Laurel Community Center. Doors open at 6:30 pm for coffee, cake and mingling! New people welcome. Please bring a donation for the food bank for our new Mutual Aide group.

Hello SJNOWIndivisibles,

Delaney Hall ICE Detention Facility: Severe problems persist at Delaney Hall — including brutal living conditions, a hunger strike, and ongoing protests — all of which the current regime has either denied outright or tried to discredit. Many of our elected officials have been there, including Senator Andy Kim and Governor Mikie Sherrill, but the problems persist. There are several charities that are directly supporting people affected by the situation at Delaney Hall, following are links (note the first 3 are Facebook pages):
Direct to Families- Linktr.ee/SupportOurFamilies
Grocery Store Gift Card Fund- GiveButter.com/GroceryCards
Commissary Fund- GiveButter.com/commissaryfund
Pantry Bags- Food4NJ.org

NJ Utility Rate Study - Let Your Voice Be Heard: NJ’s utility rates have skyrocketed. Rates rose by 20% last summer making it the highest electricity rate hike of any state in the country. Governor Sherrill issued an Executive Order (EO1) that froze utility rates and calls for a comprehensive study or our how our utility companies do business. The public can play a role in influencing this study to ensure they prioritize lowering costs for NJ residents. We urge NJ residents to submit a public comment on this study to bring attention to two specific concerns: executive pay of utility companies and the allowable profit margins. Written public comments must be submitted by 5pm on Friday, May 29th. Link to leave your comments: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jJJcTTXqQnI2iW2KlAlMPUg1JN1cB18K143f1STPwio/edit?tab=t.0

Tell NOAA: Protect Right Whales from Deadly Ship Strikes: Re: Docket ID NOAA-NMFS-2026-0364
With fewer than 400 North Atlantic Right whales left on the planet, we need to do everything we can to protect the whales we have left. Right now, 23 new baby whales are following their mothers to their northeastern feeding grounds. A baby whale doesn't stand a chance against a speeding ship. Their migratory path takes them directly through some of the Atlantic's busiest shipping lanes -- and any whale that collides with a ship can be injured or killed. Ship strikes are a deadly threat to migrating Right whales— and the seasonal ship speed limit imposed by NOAA since 2008 is one of the best tools we have to prevent them. The limits have reduced the likelihood of whale injury or death from vehicle strikes by slowing ships down in critical areas, giving whales and ships alike the chance to avoid one another. Contact your representatives to encourage them to prevent changes to speed limits.
Script:
Hi, my name is (  ) and I’m a constituent from (  ).
I am concerned about the proposed changes to the speed limits in the North Atlantic shipping lanes and the threat this poses to the Right Whale population. For a species so close to extinction, every individual matters, and we should be doing more to protect their lives, not less.
Please keep Right Whales safe by keeping the 2008 North Atlantic Right Whale vessel speed regulations in place.

Senator Cory Booker  202-224-3224  856-338-8922
Senator Andy Kim  202-224-4744  856-757-5353
Representative Herb Conaway  202-225-4765  609-438-6290
Representative Donald Norcross  202-225-6501  856-427-7000
Governor Mikie Sherrill  609-292-6000

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For Members: Recurring Activities for SJNOW Indivisible

• Rally every Friday from 4:30 to 5:30 PM at the intersection of Ark Road and Route 38 in Mount Laurel. You can park in the ShopRite parking lot. The past few weeks the support has been amazing! People love to honk at our signs and you can feel the excitement.  For more information, email Dave Lipshutz at: delipshutz@comcast.net

• The Cherry Hill Visibility Brigade, Thursdays at 4:30 PM, on the overpass over Route 38 next to the Cherry Hill Mall. Check out the Cherry Hill Visibility Facebook page for additional info. Note: If rain is a factor, we cancel; check the Facebook page for details.

• Postcarding - Send postcards to flip and maintain Senate seats in OH, GA, Maine and others. We give you postcards and addresses; you provide the postage. Contact Eileen Hill: eileenghill@gmail.com

• Rally to Fight Trump Attacks on Workers and Retirees. Rally is located at the intersection of Rt 73N and Fellowship Rd in Mt Laurel. It occurs during 5-6 PM on the second and fourth Wednesdays of every month. For more information, email Pete Bilazarian at pbilazar@aol.com or Rich Cleaver at richcl205@gmail.com

• Rally to Demand That Citizens Bank Stop Funding ICE Prison Camps. Rally occurs at a Citizens Bank branch, located at the intersection of Rt 73N and Greentree Rd in Marlton. It occurs during 10:30-11:30 AM on the first and third Saturdays of every month. For more information, email Pete Bilazarian at pbilazar@aol.com or Rich Cleaver at richcl205@gmail.com.

Yesterday, the day after our beloved US Senator was attacked by ICE thugs, a local activist and member of @sjnowindivisible.bsky.social and @atburlco.bsky.social , visited Delaney Hall.

 Here is her first-person account of that visit. 

I've been trying to figure out how I can talk about being at Delaney Hall yesterday, and what I saw. I don't know how to accept this in my head.

This place is located in an industrial area. It looks like what everyone who has never been to NJ thinks all of NJ is. Warehouses, trucks everywhere, barbed wire, nothing green.

The air smells like a combination of cabbage, sewage and garbage that's been left to rot. I thought we'd get used to that after a little while, but no. It's putrid.

The building where they are keeping more people than it can hold, under any reasonable definition of a prison population, is not far from the street. You can walk right up to the fencing

and gate.

There is a WALL of ICE agents, standing shoulder to shoulder, armed to the teeth, in a narrow strip of parking area, about 10 or 12 feet from the road.

The road is two lanes, and the traffic is non stop 18 wheelers. NON STOP. Almost no cars. Just trucks. Largely supportive of the protesters, if the honking is an indication.

Protesters are lined up in front of the ICE guys, IN THE STREET. ICE has pushed them back into the street. Some of them are two feet or less away from this wall of ICE guys.

Protesters are organized. They have walkie talkies, and gas masks and they are at both entrances, and all along the street, and there are a lot of young people. And as of yesterday, a lot of press.

There is a large mutual aid tent, where volunteers are working around the clock to help the families, with food, drinks, diapers I think, sunblock, and respite. They look exhausted. They've been there for a year. They're young. They were really happy to get something other than water to drink.

There is palpable feeling of anger in the air. And there is an undeniable knowing that someone is going to be killed there.

ICE guys are masked up, and they all have dark glasses, but you can smell the hate coming off them. You can see into their souls, that they will shoot you in the face if they decide they've had enough. They're young and they are fearless.

Incredibly, there was a white woman among them.

Almost all the employees we saw coming and going are black. I can't wrap my head around that, nor can I imagine the women we saw, working there, and going home after their shifts, to their families.

There is a bucket of sidewalk chalk in front of one of the gates, where people (kids?) have drawn pictures and written messages. Some of hope, some from anger. It's dystopian to think about children and sidewalk chalk in this place.

We saw babies, in the arms of their mothers, waiting, I guess, for their human on the inside, to be let out, or for them to be let in. Like it's normal to have babies in this foul air, sitting on the pavement all day.

There was a white woman who showed up with her MAGA hat, and she stood in front of those agents and screamed at the protesters. She said foul things. She felt safe. You could see it in her eyes. She thought she had their protection.

And yes, there was an altercation. It was physical. And the only thing that stopped it, I think, was the protester recognizing that if it went farther, that woman might have been shoved into the agents, and then those agents would have unleashed their fury on everyone there. They weren't going to lift a finger for her, but she felt like they would. You could tell. She was one person in a sea of angry people who didn't want her there. Brave? I don't know. Maybe

crazy cult behavior.

I am profoundly disturbed this morning, still. I am hopeful always, about everything, but this has rocked me. I'm not sure that we're coming out of this whole. Because in the middle of all this, I understand more completely today, that none of this is new. We've always had these prisons and concentration camps, and people willing to torture other human beings for a pay check, and this system is huge. And growing every day. As long as there is money to be made by locking up human beings, we will lock up human beings.

Wrap if up, girl.

Go, if you can, to bring supplies (see Invisible or Cosecha for lists) and to bear witness. I do think it helps the people who are there every day to have the support.

But please. DO NOT GO if you are not able to move quickly. You have to able to get out of the way FAST, when those guys move. If you are not fit enough to do that, don't go. Please.

The next monthly meeting is Monday, June 8, at 7 pm at the Mount Laurel Community Center. Doors open at 6:30 pm for coffee, cake and mingling! New people welcome. Please bring a donation for the food bank for our new Mutual Aide group.

Hello SJNOWIndivisibles,

1. Today - Special Rally for Delaney Hall: A special rally in solidarity with prisoners at Delaney Hall at Ark Road has been planned for today at 4:30. As a result, we have cancelled the Workers and Retirees Rally at 5:00 in Mount Laurel. Please join us at Ark Road to show support for the detainees, their families, and our elected officials who are pressing for transparency and improved conditions.

2. Tonight: Virtual Discussion - "Federalism for Anti-Facists: Join author Christopher Armitage at 7:30 for a discussion on how Blue States must use "states rights". “Business as usual politics” fails to defend us against the ongoing aggressive attacks on civil society by those in command of federal power now. It also fails to anticipate possible upcoming attacks with advance protections. Christopher Armitage writes about a framework for states' constitutional authority to oppose federal authoritarianism, with examples of their use drawn from American history. Join us to learn about his intriguing ideas for oppositional federalism that use states’ sovereign rights to fight back and his work to advance action in numerous states. We'll consider some ways that New Jersey can utilize these techniques in defense of our freedoms. Register here

3. NJ Utility Rate Study - Let Your Voice Be Heard: NJ’s utility rates have skyrocketed. Rates rose by 20% last summer making it the highest electricity rate hike of any state in the country. Governor Sherrill issued an Executive Order (EO1) that froze utility rates and calls for a comprehensive study or our how our utility companies do business. The public can play a role in influencing this study to ensure they prioritize lowering costs for NJ residents. We urge NJ residents to submit a public comment on this study to bring attention to two specific concerns: executive pay of utility companies and the allowable profit margins. Written public comments must be submitted by 5pm on Friday, May 29th. Link to leave your comments: here

4. Call to Action - Fight against the Killing of Animals by Cyanide Bombs:
   The Trump Administration lifted a ban on the use of cyanide bombs that kill wildlife on lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management. The M-44 is an ultra-deadly spring-loaded cylinder trap that uses a scented bait attractant to entice its victim to bite or tug at its head. Once triggered, the M-44 shoots a pellet of sodium cyanide into the animal’s mouth—causing terror, pain, distress, suffering, injury and death. Although its primary targets are coyotes and foxes, the M-44 also kills animals it is not intended to harm, including people’s pets—and it has poisoned or killed  endangered wildlife species  including wolves, grizzly bears and California condors. This is a devastating and dangerous reversal that puts wildlife, family pets, and people who use public lands directly at risk. Non-lethal methods for wildlife conflict issues  should be the default, and the use of diabolical killing tools the last resort.  Federal action is the necessary and overdue next step. Contact your representatives to encourage them to condemn the use of M-44s on public lands.

Script:
Hi, My name is ( )and I’m a constituent from ( ). I am concerned about the use of M-44s on Public Lands by the Bureau of Land Management and the USDA. Cyanide bombs are a cruel and indiscriminate device that have proven to be deadly for pets, humans, and wildlife – and they have no business being on our public lands. Please work to end the use of these bombs and re-introduce the ban needed to protect our pets wildlife and children.
Thank you for your time and consideration.

Senator Cory Booker  202-224-3224  856-338-8922
Senator Andy Kim  202-224-4744  856-757-5353
Representative Herb Conaway  202-225-4765  609-438-6290
Representative Donald Norcross  202-225-6501  856-427-7000
Governor Mikie Sherrill  609-292-6000

Hello SJNOWIndivisibles,

There are 2 things I need (please read the whole email).

1. We still need a few people to sign up to help do Voter Registration and recruit new members on June 13 and June 20. These are Pride events. This is a young Democratic population. They are not all registered to vote and they are not all members of resistance groups. If you are concerned about not knowing how to do voter registration,  I can train anyone who is interested. Contact me directly: eileenghill@gmail.com

One is Collingswood PRIDE Saturday June 13 and the other is Salem County Pridefest Saturday June 20.

These are sponsored by SJNOW-Alice Paul Chapter. We've been asked to help and it's important we support our mother organization. There will be people there from this group. We are helping.

All information is on the Sign up sheets. You can get all materials from me. Slots are limited. If you're interested, sign up NOW.

1)  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0548ACAA29A0FFC07-64084244-collingswood

2) https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0548ACAA29A0FFC07-64084672-salem

2. I need posters made for voter registration. Half poster size. Write:

"Age 18 by Nov 3? You can register to vote TODAY for the midterms"

There are college students who are 17 years old who will be 18 by Nov 3. They don't know they can register while they are 17.

Please let me know you are making a poster. I need 8.

Eileen

The next monthly meeting is Monday, June 8, at 7 pm at the Mount Laurel Community Center. Doors open at 6:30 pm for coffee, cake and mingling! New people welcome. Please bring a donation for the food bank for our new Mutual Aide group.

Hello SJNOWIndivisibles,

Sorry for the multiple emails! 

Dave Lipschutz has scheduled a special rally in solidarity with prisoners at Delaney Hall at Ark Road tomorrow at 4:30. As a result, we are cancelling the Workers and Retirees Rally at 5:00 in Mount Laurel. Please join us instead at Ark Road to show support for the detainees, their families, and our elected officials who are pressing for transparency and improved conditions.

The next monthly meeting is Monday, May 11, at 7 pm at the Mount Laurel Community Center. Doors open at 6:30 pm for coffee, cake and mingling! New people welcome. Please bring a donation for the food bank for our new Mutual Aide group.

Hello SJNOWIndivisibles,

Hopefully you had a restful Memorial Day weekend, and perhaps spent some time reflecting on our brothers and sisters who have sacrificed so much to protect our democracy. Here are some upcoming events and a Call To Action:

1. Wed 5/27- Rally to Support Workers and Retirees: Join us at the corner of Rte 73N and Fellowship Rd from 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm as we rally to support workers and demand the regime reinstate benefits and contracts that have been severely cut. More information and registration here: https://mobilize.us/s/2OwpsS  CANCELLED SEE EMAIL 5/26

2. Wed 5/27: Virtual Discussion - "Federalism for Anti-Facists: Join author Christopher Armitage at 7:30 for a discussion on how Blue States must use "states rights". “Business as usual politics” fails to defend us against the ongoing aggressive attacks on civil society by those in command of federal power now. It also fails to anticipate possible upcoming attacks with advance protections. Christopher Armitage writes about a framework for states' constitutional authority to oppose federal authoritarianism, with examples of their use drawn from American history. Join us to learn about his intriguing ideas for oppositional federalism that use states’ sovereign rights to fight back and his work to advance action in numerous states. We'll consider some ways that New Jersey can utilize these techniques in defense of our freedoms.  Here is one of his posts with an overview of the framework Federalism for Anti-Fascists on his substack The Existentialist Republic. Use this mobilize link to register: https://mobilize.us/s/U6uRcX.

3. CALL TO ACTION: Support Detainees on Hunger Strike at Delaney Hall Ice Facility:
   Delaney Hall is a privately owned 1,000-bed facility ICE uses as a detention center in Newark. Tensions outside the facility escalated over the weekend and politicians called for oversight after months of accusations of inhumane conditions. Other ICE facilities across the country have also faced accusations of subpar conditions as President Donald Trump’s administration continues a massive nationwide deportation campaign. A recent CNN investigation found that nearly 50 ICE detainees have died since Trump’s return to office, the highest death toll in at least two decades. Before clashes between protesters and federal agents took place, more than 300 detainees went on a hunger and labor strike Friday in an effort to draw attention to the inhumane conditions they say they have endured, NJ.com reported.
   US Sen. Andy Kim of New Jersey visited Delaney Hall on Monday along with Governor Mikie Sherrill and others. Andy was even caught in a cloud of pepper spray! Call our Senators and Governor to thank them for their support and ask them to shut down this facility and demand to be allowed to inspect and oversee detainee’s living conditions for themselves.
   
   Script:
   Hi, my name is (  ) and I’m a constituent from (  ).
   I’m calling to ask _____ to force the closure of the Delaney Hall Detention facility and ask that conditions there be inspected by elected officials as soon as possible. I am concerned about those who are on a hunger strike, who are fighting for their human rights.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Senator Cory Booker    202-224-3224    856-338-8922

Senator Andy Kim    202-224-4744    856-757-5353

Governor Mikie Sherrill    609-292-6000

For Members: Recurring Activities for SJNOW Indivisible

• Rally every Friday from 4:30 to 5:30 PM at the intersection of Ark Road and Route 38 in Mount Laurel. You can park in the ShopRite parking lot. The past few weeks the support has been amazing! People love to honk at our signs and you can feel the excitement. For more information, email Dave Lipshutz at: delipshutz@comcast.net

• The Cherry Hill Visibility Brigade, Thursdays at 4:30 PM, on the overpass over Route 38 next to the Cherry Hill Mall. Check out the Cherry Hill Visibility Facebook page for additional info. Note: If rain is a factor, we cancel; check the Facebook page for details.

• Postcarding - Send postcards to register new Democratic Voters. Currently we are sending Postcards to NJ-07 to flip that Republican Congressional seat to win the house! We give you postcards and addresses; you provide the postage. Contact Eileen Hill: eileenghill@gmail.com

• Rally to Fight Trump Attacks on Workers and Retirees. Rally is located at the intersection of Rt 73N and Fellowship Rd in Mt Laurel. It occurs during 5-6 PM on the second and fourth Wednesdays of every month. For more information, email Pete Bilazarian at pbilazar@aol.com or Rich Cleaver at richcl205@gmail.com

• Rally to Demand That Citizens Bank Stop Funding ICE Prison Camps. Rally occurs at a Citizens Bank branch, located at the intersection of Rt 73N and Greentree Rd in Marlton. It occurs during 10:30-11:30 AM on the first and third Saturdays of every month. For more information, email Pete Bilazarian at pbilazar@aol.com or Rich Cleaver at richcl205@gmail.com.

The next monthly meeting is Monday, June 8, at 7 pm at the Mount Laurel Community Center. Doors open at 6:30 pm for coffee, cake and mingling! New people welcome. Please bring a donation for the food bank for our new Mutual Aide group.

Hello SJNOWIndivisibles,

Flood Andy Kim's phone lines! You don't need a script. This incredible man has been at the Delaney Hall Detention Center in Newark today trying to de-escalate a very tense situation with prisoners mounting a hunger strike and protestors at the gates. MoC's, Mikie Sherill and Andy Kim have all been there. Andy was pepper sprayed! There are videos of his eyes being flushed. He reported trouble breathing. 

There has to be an uproar! Please call his office and tell him we are watching and he is a hero.

202-224-4744     856-757-5353  

Eileen

For Members: Recurring Activities for SJNOW Indivisible

• Rally every Friday from 4:30 to 5:30 PM at the intersection of Ark Road and Route 38 in Mount Laurel. You can park in the ShopRite parking lot. The past few weeks the support has been amazing! People love to honk at our signs and you can feel the excitement. For more information, email Dave Lipshutz at: delipshutz@comcast.net

• The Cherry Hill Visibility Brigade, Thursdays at 4:30 PM, on the overpass over Route 38 next to the Cherry Hill Mall. Check out the Cherry Hill Visibility Facebook page for additional info. Note: If rain is a factor, we cancel; check the Facebook page for details.

• Postcarding - Send postcards to register new Democratic Voters. Currently we are sending Postcards to NJ-07 to flip that Republican Congressional seat to win the house! We give you postcards and addresses; you provide the postage. Contact Eileen Hill: eileenghill@gmail.com

• Rally to Fight Trump Attacks on Workers and Retirees. Rally is located at the intersection of Rt 73N and Fellowship Rd in Mt Laurel. It occurs during 5-6 PM on the second and fourth Wednesdays of every month. For more information, email Pete Bilazarian at pbilazar@aol.com or Rich Cleaver at richcl205@gmail.com

• Rally to Demand That Citizens Bank Stop Funding ICE Prison Camps. Rally occurs at a Citizens Bank branch, located at the intersection of Rt 73N and Greentree Rd in Marlton. It occurs during 10:30-11:30 AM on the first and third Saturdays of every month. For more information, email Pete Bilazarian at pbilazar@aol.com or Rich Cleaver at richcl205@gmail.com.

The next monthly meeting is Monday, June 8 at 7 pm at the Mount Laurel Community Center. Doors open at 6:30 pm for coffee, cake and mingling! New people welcome. Please bring a donation for the food bank for our new Mutual Aide group.

Hello SJNOWIndivisibles,
This week: voter rolls, the Iran war-powers fight, weakened drinking-water rules, and a $1.8 billion settlement fund and the question of accountability running underneath all of them.

  Stop Trump's $1.8B Political Slush Fund

Dodging judicial oversight, the Trump administration has dropped its dubious lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and directed the Department of Justice (DOJ) to create a $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization" compensation fund for so-called political victims of the Biden administration. This pool of money is in fact an illegal and nakedly corrupt slush fund that will funnel taxpayer money to Trump’s political allies, including the violent insurrectionists who assaulted the Capitol on January 6, 2021. Acting Attorney General andenthusiastic Trump lackey Todd Blanche will appoint the five individuals responsible for doling out these stolen funds.

The creation of this slush fund is yet another act of breathtaking corruption to enrich Trump and his supporters amid an ongoing affordability crisis caused by the president’s incompetence and apathy. House Democrats are poised to force a vote on legislation to block the use of the fund, and even some Republicans, including Senate Majority Leader John Thune, have questioned the fund’s legality.

Congress must do everything they can to prevent this blatant theft of taxpayer dollars to pay off Trump’s cronies. Urge your representatives to immediately act to block this unprecedented fraud.

REMEMBER how hard it was for Republicans to fund the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund??? It took them no time to pay off the Jan 6ers who beat cops!  Republicans are despicable !

Script: My name is ( your name)  and I am a resident of (the town you live in) and I want (your Members of Congress ) to Fight and Oppose Trump's $1.8B Political Slush Fund!  Thank you for taking my call.

Hello SJNOWIndivisibles,

Oppose Legal Immunity for Big Oil

After months of fossil fuel industry lobbying, Republican lawmakers have introduced federal legislation to grant oil and gas companies immunity from any laws or lawsuits that could hold them accountable for their role in the climate crisis.

More than one in four Americans live in a community fighting in court to make Big Oil companies pay for lying about how their products fuel climate change. At least a dozen states have passed or proposed climate “superfund” laws to make polluters, not taxpayers, cover the growing bill for climate damages. The fossil fuel industry’s allies in Congress are trying to block these accountability measures by introducing a total liability shield for fossil fuel companies based on the 2005 law protecting gun manufacturers from lawsuits.

No industry should be above the law, especially not Big Oil!

Script: My name is ( your name)  and I am a resident of (the town you live in) and I want (your Members of Congress ) to oppose S. 4340/H.R. 8330, the Stop Climate Shakedowns Act, and condemn the fossil fuel industry’s effort to strip communities of their right to take corporations to court. Thank you for taking my call.

Call:  

Herbert Conaway (D-NJ)  202-225-4765

Cory Booker (D-NJ)  202-224-3224

Andy Kim (D-NJ)  202-224-4744

Hello SJNOWIndivisibles,

NJ is advancing voter protections even as the Supreme Court undermines them.

• On Thursday, at 10am (in Trenton Senate Committee Room 4), the key committee will take up Senate Bill S282, the "John R. Lewis Voter Empowerment Act of New Jersey.”

Key provisions include:

• creating a New Jersey-level “preclearance” system requiring certain jurisdictions with histories of discrimination to obtain approval before changing election procedures,

• prohibiting voter suppression, intimidation, deception, and obstruction,

• expanding multilingual voting assistance and language access,

• allowing courts to block or remedy discriminatory election systems and district maps,

• creating a new state Division of Voting Rights to enforce election protections,

• strengthening protections for racial and language minority voters.

Legislative status as of spring 2026:

• New Jersey Assembly Bill A1715 passed the Assembly in March 2026 by a 54–20 vote.

• New Jersey Senate Bill S282 will be discussed, possibly amended, and the committee will decide whether to send it to the floor for a full vote.

If you care about protecting voting rights, consider a road trip to Trenton to observe the discussion (and influence it by your presence)-  OR--

• Make calls to Troy Singleton's office on Wednesday, to encourage him to support the bill. (He's on the committee). His number: 856-234-2790

Hello SJNOW Indivisibles:

 Call:  Troy Singleton's office today (Wednesday)! His number is (856) 234-2790

Encourage him to support Senate Bill (S282). He's on the committee that on Thursday at 10:00 am (in Trenton Senate Committee Room 4),  will take up Senate Bill S282, the "John R. Lewis Voter Empowerment Act of New Jersey.” Senate Bill S282 will be discussed, possibly amended, and the committee will decide whether to send it to the floor for a full vote.

Key provisions include:

• creating a New Jersey-level “preclearance” system requiring certain jurisdictions with histories of discrimination to obtain approval before changing election procedures,

• prohibiting voter suppression, intimidation, deception, and obstruction,

• expanding multilingual voting assistance and language access,

• allowing courts to block or remedy discriminatory election systems and district maps,

• creating a new state Division of Voting Rights to enforce election protections,

• strengthening protections for racial and language minority voters.

Legislative status as of spring 2026:

• New Jersey Assembly Bill A1715 passed the Assembly in March 2026 by a 54–20 vote.
  
  If you care about protecting voting rights, consider a road trip to Trenton to observe the discussion (and influence it by your presence)-  OR-- Call:  Troy Singleton's office today (Wednesday)! His number is (856) 234-2790.  TODAY
  
  Script: I’m a resident of ( town) and want voting rights protected! Please vote yes to move the "John R. Lewis Voter Empowerment Act of New Jersey out of committee and to the floor for a vote. Thank you for your support on this important issue.

Hello SJNOWIndivisibles,

There are now Sign ups for 2 events where we can do member recruitment and Voter Registration.

One is Collingswood PRIDE Saturday June 13 and the other is Salem County Pridefest Saturday June 20.

These are sponsored by SJNOW-Alice Paul Chapter. We've been asked to help and it's important we support our mother organization.

All information is on the Sign up sheets. You can get all materials from me. Slots are limited. If you're interested, sign up NOW.

Eileen

1)  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0548ACAA29A0FFC07-64084244-collingswood

2) https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0548ACAA29A0FFC07-64084672-salem

Hello SJNOW Indivisibles:

Call Representatives to deny immunity for Big Oil

After months of fossil fuel industry lobbying, Republican lawmakers have introduced federal legislation to grant oil and gas companies immunity from any laws or lawsuits that could hold them accountable for their role in the climate crisis.

More than one in four Americans live in a community fighting in court to make Big Oil companies pay for lying about how their products fuel climate change. At at least a dozen states have passed or proposed climate “superfund” laws to make polluters, not taxpayers, cover the growing bill for climate damages. The fossil fuel industry’s allies in Congress are trying to block these accountability measures by introducing a total liability shield for fossil fuel companies based on the 2005 law protecting gun manufacturers from lawsuits.

No industry should be above the law, especially not Big Oil. Demand that Congress to oppose S. 4340/H.R. 8330, the Stop Climate Shakedowns Act, and condemn the fossil fuel industry’s effort to strip communities of their right to take corporations to court. Call your Members of Congress and tell them: No Immunity for Big Oil.

Andy Kim (D-NJ)   202-224-4744

Cory Booker (D-NJ). 202-224-3224

Herbert Conaway (D-NJ). 202-225-4765

 FORT DIX PROTEST SUNDAY!! REGISTER AT MOBILIZE LINK:

                                       https://mobilize.us/s/Q106h2

SIGN UP FOR MEMBER RECRUITMENT AND VOTER REGISTRATION:

There are now Sign ups for 2 events where we can do member recruitment and Voter Registration.

One is Collingswood PRIDE Saturday June 13 and the other is Salem County Pridefest Saturday June 20.

These are sponsored by SJNOW-Alice Paul Chapter. We've been asked to help and it's important we support our mother organization.

All information is on the Sign up sheets. You can get all materials from me. Slots are limited. If you're interested, sign up NOW.

Eileen

1)  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0548ACAA29A0FFC07-64084244-collingswood

2) https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0548ACAA29A0FFC07-64084672-salem

I will end with this.....

Donny DimWit FINALLY said something true!!!  He said..."I don't think about Americans' financial situation, I don't think about anybody."

Hello SJNOWIndivisibles,

The South Jersey Chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America:

In partnership with the Camden County Board of Commissioners, would like to invite SJ Now Indivisible to participate in our 2026 Wear Orange resource fair and concert. The event will take place on Monday, June 8, 2026, at Wiggins Park on the Camden waterfront. This free event is part of the Camden County Board of Commissioners’ Summer Parks Concert Series. The annual Wear Orange campaign raises awareness about gun violence, promotes gun safety, and builds community with those working to end gun violence.

Event Details:

When: Monday, June 8, 2026

Where: Wiggins Park, 2 Riverside Dr, Camden, NJ 08103

Vendor Setup: 5:00 PM (A table, tablecloth, and two chairs will be provided, along with one parking space. Directions to follow.)

Resource Fair: 6:00 PM – 7:45 PM

Program: 7:00 PM – 7:45 PM

Showtime: 8:00 PM featuring Tank and the Bangas

 Call to Action:

Stop this authoritarian regime from conducting mass surveillance, including collecting some of our data, without a warrant.

In April 2024, Congress expanded the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) and redefined the laws that govern how the US can conduct intelligence surveillance. This act extended a controversial 2008 law called Section 702, which allows for certain wiretapping and data collection without a warrant or court order. If not extended by a congressional vote, Section 702 is set to expire in June 2026.

This law has overstepped its bounds because advances in technology, from AI to the explosion of Americans’ data readily available for purchase, have far outpaced the laws protecting Americans’ privacy and civil liberties.

Section 702 has repeatedly been abused in the past, with the FBI using its loopholes to access the communications of peaceful protesters, federal and state lawmakers, Congressional staff, thousands of campaign donors, journalists, and a judge reporting civil rights violations by local police. Over one hundred civil liberties groups have expressed deep concern about the opportunities for abuse of this surveillance law.

Section 702 has long been in need of reform and, if extended as is, will only lead to more sweeping government surveillance. Any representative voting for unfettered spying on US citizens should hear from their constituents. Tell your representatives NOT to extend Section 702 of FISA without significant reform, including requiring a warrant or court order for all surveillance and data collection.

Herbert Conaway US House Rep  202-225-4765

Cory Booker US Senator  202-224-3224

Andy Kim US Senator   202-224-3224

Thought I would share this quote from Ezra Levin: 

 "The Virginia Supreme Court can suck an egg -- democracy is coming."

For Members: Recurring Activities for SJNOW Indivisible

• Rally every Friday from 4:30 to 5:30 PM at the intersection of Ark Road and Route 38 in Mount Laurel. You can park in the ShopRite parking lot. The past few weeks the support has been amazing! People love to honk at our signs and you can feel the excitement.  For more information, email Dave Lipshutz at: delipshutz@comcast.net

• The Cherry Hill Visibility Brigade, Thursdays at 4:30 PM, on the overpass over Route 38 next to the Cherry Hill Mall. Check out the Cherry Hill Visibility Facebook page for additional info. Note: If rain is a factor, we cancel; check the Facebook page for details.

• Postcarding - Send postcards to register new Democratic Voters. Currently we are sending Postcards to NJ-07 to flip that Republican Congressional seat to win the house! We give you postcards and addresses; you provide the postage. Contact Eileen Hill: eileenghill@gmail.com

• Rally to Fight Trump Attacks on Workers and Retirees. Rally is located at the intersection of Rt 73N and Fellowship Rd in Mt Laurel. It occurs during 5-6 PM on the second and fourth Wednesdays of every month. For more information, email Pete Bilazarian at pbilazar@aol.com or Rich Cleaver at richcl205@gmail.com

• Rally to Demand That Citizens Bank Stop Funding ICE Prison Camps. Rally occurs at a Citizens Bank branch, located at the intersection of Rt 73N and Greentree Rd in Marlton. It occurs during 10:30-11:30 AM on the first and third Saturdays of every month. For more information, email Pete Bilazarian at pbilazar@aol.com or Rich Cleaver at richcl205@gmail.com.

The next monthly meeting is Monday, May 11, at 7 pm at the Mount Laurel Community Center. Doors open at 6:30 pm for coffee, cake and mingling! New people welcome. Please bring a donation for the food bank for our new Mutual Aide group.

Hello SJNOWIndivisibles,

Here is an update from Chris Shultz regarding the anti-ICE protests at Jt Base McGuire:

Happy Spring, brigadiers. We hope you are starting to enjoy some outdoor activities.

We are happy to announce the resumption of our monthly anti-ICE protests at Joint base McGuire Dix Lakehurst. We will be back in action on Sunday, May 17, from 2:00 to 4:00.

We will be at our same location, with the same parking and shuttle ride arrangements.

One thing that has changed is that our incompetent regime has now involved us in an actual shooting war. We want to remind you that our protests are not intended to be anti-military or even anti-war. We all have incredibly strong feelings about this, but do not feel that our on base location is the right venue to protest them. Our values have always been that we love our service members, our military families, and our constitution, but we despise ICE and our incompetent and corrupt regime. We urge that you keep your messaging in line with these values.

Further details can be found on our Mobilize sign up form. We hope that you will use this link to sign up.

https://mobilize.us/s/Q106h2

These are peaceful, family friendly events.

So we hope to have you join us in making some Good Trouble.

For Members: Recurring Activities for SJNOW Indivisible

• Rally every Friday from 4:30 to 5:30 PM at the intersection of Ark Road and Route 38 in Mount Laurel. You can park in the ShopRite parking lot. The past few weeks the support has been amazing! People love to honk at our signs and you can feel the excitement.

For more information, email Dave Lipshutz at: delipshutz@comcast.net

• The Cherry Hill Visibility Brigade, Thursdays at 4:30 PM, on the overpass over Route 38 next to the Cherry Hill Mall. Check out the Cherry Hill Visibility Facebook page for additional info. Note: If rain is a factor, we cancel; check the Facebook page for details.

• Postcarding - Send postcards to register new Democratic Voters. Currently we are sending Postcards to NJ-07 to flip that Republican Congressional seat to win the house! We give you postcards and addresses; you provide the postage. Contact Eileen Hill: eileenghill@gmail.com

• Rally to Fight Trump Attacks on Workers and Retirees. Rally is located at the intersection of Rt 73N and Fellowship Rd in Mt Laurel. It occurs during 5-6 PM on the second and fourth Wednesdays of every month. For more information, email Pete Bilazarian at pbilazar@aol.com or Rich Cleaver at richcl205@gmail.com

• Rally to Demand That Citizens Bank Stop Funding ICE Prison Camps. Rally occurs at a Citizens Bank branch, located at the intersection of Rt 73N and Greentree Rd in Marlton. It occurs during 10:30-11:30 AM on the first and third Saturdays of every month. For more information, email Pete Bilazarian at pbilazar@aol.com or Rich Cleaver at richcl205@gmail.com.

Hello SJNOWIndivisibles,

Field Team 6 has just started providing names and addresses for Sherrod Brown to help him win back his OH Senate seat. We need this to flip the Senate.

Here is the Discount Postage site;

https://postagesave.com/shop

If interested, please email me directly at: eileenghill@gmail.com

I am having a joint replacement May 15. I am coming to this meeting for you. Please DO NOT COME IF YOU ARE SICK or have been exposed in the previous 48 hours. Thank you!  Eileen

Hello SJNOWIndivisibles,

Our next meeting is Monday, May 11 at 7pm at Mount Laurel Community Center.  Doors open at 6:30pm for coffee and cake.

           We Support Beacon of Hope Food Pantry

Please remember to bring a donation for the Beacon of Hope Food Pantry. Food items that have a long shelf life, beans, rice, canned tomato products and meals in a can are always needed. Diapers, baby formula and wipes are expensive and are always appreciated. Cash donations  and gift cards for food stores are accepted.

Please note: The repeat of the Call to Action today is to increase calls to Herb Conaway and Donald Norcross to let them know how troubling Section 702 of FISA extension is given Trump's warrantless spying in America 

Call to Action: 

Condemn the FISA Extension Votes of Herb Conaway and Donald Norcross

A vote was taken on FISA (the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act).  Two local House Representatives, Herb Conaway of Delran and Donald Norcross of Camden with 40 other Democrats rubber-stamped President Trump's and Stephen Miller's plan to extend for 3- years a provision for warrantless government spying, supposedly just on foreign nationals.  Conaway's justification was that we are at war and that having warrantless surveillance was better than having nothing in place.  Fortunately, the Senate blocked this Republican plan and only extended Section 702 of FISA for 45 days so as to come up with a bipartisan privacy plan which assures that ICE or any another government agency cannot use warrantless spying against Americans.

Script:

"Hi!  My name is (name).  I am your constituent from (city, state*) and I want to tell Rep. (Conaway or Norcross) that I condemn his vote on the Section 702 FISA Extension. The majority of Democrats realized that warrantless spying could also be used against Americans, such as on Trump's political opponents, journalists, media figures and many others he or his followers deem disloyal.  The Senate got it right.  Having 45 days is enough time to create bipartisan privacy criteria to close dangerous loopholes preventing government abuses by spying without good cause on Americans.  There will be more votes on this topic coming, and I want my Representative to flip his vote.  The failure to stop Trump's warrantless spying in America is very concerning to me considering his authoritarian agenda.  Vote what's best for your constituents, not what's easiest for the present administration who got us into this war in the first place!

*Please use your full address if leaving a voicemail.

Rep. Herb Conaway:  202-225-4765, 609-438-6290

Rep. Donald Norcross:  202-225-6501, 856-427-7000

For Members: Recurring Activities for SJNOW Indivisible

• Rally every Friday from 4:30 to 5:30 PM at the intersection of Ark Road and Route 38 in Mount Laurel. You can park in the ShopRite parking lot. The past few weeks the support has been amazing! People love to honk at our signs and you can feel the excitement.

For more information, email Dave Lipshutz at: delipshutz@comcast.net

• The Cherry Hill Visibility Brigade, Thursdays at 4:30 PM, on the overpass over Route 38 next to the Cherry Hill Mall. Check out the Cherry Hill Visibility Facebook page for additional info. Note: If rain is a factor, we cancel; check the Facebook page for details.

• Postcarding - Send postcards to register new Democratic Voters. Currently we are sending Postcards to NJ-07 to flip that Republican Congressional seat to win the house! We give you postcards and addresses; you provide the postage. Contact Eileen Hill: eileenghill@gmail.com

• Rally to Fight Trump Attacks on Workers and Retirees. Rally is located at the intersection of Rt 73N and Fellowship Rd in Mt Laurel. It occurs during 5-6 PM on the second and fourth Wednesdays of every month. For more information, email Pete Bilazarian at pbilazar@aol.com or Rich Cleaver at richcl205@gmail.com

• Rally to Demand That Citizens Bank Stop Funding ICE Prison Camps. Rally occurs at a Citizens Bank branch, located at the intersection of Rt 73N and Greentree Rd in Marlton. It occurs during 10:30-11:30 AM on the first and third Saturdays of every month. For more information, email Pete Bilazarian at pbilazar@aol.com or Rich Cleaver at richcl205@gmail.com.

Hello SJNOWIndivisibles,

 Our next meeting is Monday, May 11 at 7pm at Mount Laurel Community Center.  Doors open at 6:30pm for coffee and cake.

              We Support Beacon of Hope Food Pantry

Please remember to bring a donation for the Beacon of Hope Food Pantry. Food items that have a long shelf life, beans, rice, canned tomato products and meals in a can are always needed. Diapers, baby formula and wipes are expensive and are always appreciated. Cash donations  and gift cards for food stores are accepted.

Call to Action: 

 Condemn the FISA Extension Votes of Herb Conaway and Donald Norcross

A vote was taken on FISA (the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act).  Two local House Representatives, Herb Conaway of Delran and Donald Norcross of Camden with 40 other Democrats rubber-stamped President Trump's and Stephen Miller's plan to extend for 3- years a provision for warrantless government spying, supposedly just on foreign nationals.  Conaway's justification was that we are at war and that having warrantless surveillance was better than having nothing in place.  Fortunately, the Senate blocked this Republican plan and only extended Section 702 of FISA for 45 days so as to come up with a bipartisan privacy plan which assures that ICE or any another government agency cannot use warrantless spying against Americans.

Script:

"Hi!  My name is (name).  I am your constituent from (city, state*) and I want to tell Rep. (Conaway or Norcross) that I condemn his vote on the Section 702 FISA Extension. The majority of Democrats realized that warrantless spying could also be used against Americans, such as on Trump's political opponents, journalists, media figures and many others he or his followers deem disloyal.  The Senate got it right.  Having 45 days is enough time to create bipartisan privacy criteria to close dangerous loopholes preventing government abuses by spying without good cause on Americans.  There will be more votes on this topic coming, and I want my Representative to flip his vote.  The failure to stop Trump's warrantless spying in America is very concerning to me considering his authoritarian agenda.  Vote what's best for your constituents, not what's easiest for the present administration who got us into this war in the first place!

*Please use your full address if leaving a voicemail.

Rep. Herb Conaway:  202-225-4765, 609-438-6290

Rep. Donald Norcross:  202-225-6501, 856-427-7000

Hello SJNOWIndivisibles,

Our next meeting is Monday, May 11 at 7pm at Mount Laurel Community Center.  Doors open at 6:30pm for coffee and cake.

                                    We Support Beacon of Hope Food Pantry

Please remember to bring a donation for the Beacon of Hope Food Pantry. Food items that have a long shelf life, beans, rice, canned tomato products and meals in a can are always needed. Diapers, baby formula and wipes are expensive and are always appreciated. Cash donations  and gift cards for food stores are accepted.

Call to Action:  

 Stop Trump's Unconstitutional Order on Vote By Mail Deliveries by USPS

President Trump has signed an order directing The Dept of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Social Security Administration (SSA) to compile a federal list of "verified" citizens, and the order requires the United States Postal Service (USPS) to refuse ballot delivery to anyone not on the list.  He also requires unique barcodes be put on ballot envelopes by USPS.  But the power to administer elections belongs to the states, not the President.

Script:

"Hi!  My name is (name).  I am a constituent from (city, zip*).  I am asking my Rep/Sen to reject Trump's unconstitutional order to send Vote by Mail ballots only to people verified by DHS and SSA and to require USPS to add unique barcodes to mail ballots.  Don't let this unconstitutional executive order become the new normal.  Act now to clarify that only states have authority over their voter rules.  Protect the rights of every voter and every ballot in every election!"

*Please use full address for tallying if leaving a voicemail.

Rep. Herb Conoway:  202-225-4765, 609-438-6290

Rep. Donald Norcross:  202-225-6501, 856-427-7000

Sen. Corey Booker:  202-224-3224, 856-338-8922

Sen. Andy Kim:  202-224-4744, 856-757-5353

Our next meeting is Monday, May 11 at 7pm at Mount Laurel Community Center.  Doors open at 6:30pm for coffee and cake.

                                    We Support Beacon of Hope Food Pantry

Please remember to bring a donation for the Beacon of Hope Food Pantry. Food items that have a long shelf life, beans, rice, canned tomato products and meals in a can are always needed. Diapers, baby formula and wipes are expensive and are always appreciated. Cash donations  and gift cards for food stores are accepted.

Call to Action:

More Air Pollution and Higher Energy Costs

According to the Sierra Club, massive data centers are behind soaring electric prices, plus the utilities and tech companies are:

1.  Keeping dirty coal plants running longer

2.  Rushing to build new coal plants and

3.  Turning to thousands of diesel generators to keep up with their needs

One example is Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, which is funding a new natural gas-powered plant for one of its new and largest data centers.  Natural gas is marketed as a "bridge fuel", but it is still a major driver of climate change, releasing carbon pollution and methane, a potent greenhouse gas that accelerates global warming.

Script:

Hi!  My name is (name).  I am a constituent living at (city, zip*).  I am calling to urge my Rep/Sen to author or support environmental legislation that will stop huge data and tech centers like Meta from expanding the use of oil and gas-based power, which is accelerating our climate crisis by fueling more extreme heat and stronger storms, causing rising seas and widespread ecological harm.  We need our leadership to demand that huge businesses like Meta put fossil fuels in their past and move forward with alternative energies that do not cause more global warming.

*Please use full address for tallying if leaving voicemail

Rep. Herb Conoway:  202-225-4765, 609-438-6290

Rep. Donald Norcross:  202-225-6501, 856-427-7000

Sen. Corey Booker:  202-224-3224, 856-338-8922

Sen. Andy Kim:  202-224-4744, 856-757-5353

For Members: Recurring Activities for SJNOW Indivisible

• Rally every Friday from 4:30 to 5:30 PM at the intersection of Ark Road and Route 38 in Mount Laurel. You can park in the ShopRite parking lot. The past few weeks the support has been amazing! People love to honk at our signs and you can feel the excitement. For more information, email Dave Lipshutz at: delipshutz@comcast.net

• The Cherry Hill Visibility Brigade, Thursdays at 4:30pm, on the overpass over Route 38 next to the Cherry Hill Mall. Check out the  Cherry Hill visibility Facebook page for additional info. Note: If rain is a factor, we cancel; check the Facebook page for details.

• Postcarding - Send postcards to register new Democratic Voters. Currently we are sending Postcards to NJ-07 to flip that Republican Congressional seat to win the house!  We give you postcards and addresses; you provide the postage. Contact Eileen Hill: eileenghill@gmail.com

• Rally to Fight Trump Attacks on Workers and Retirees. Rally is located at the intersection of Rt 73N and Fellowship Rd in Mt Laurel. It occurs during 5-6 PM on the second and fourth Wednesdays of every month. For more information, email Pete Bilazarian at pbilazar@aol.com or Rich Cleaver at richcl205@gmail.com

• Rally to Demand That Citizens Bank Stop Funding ICE Prison Camps. Rally occurs at a Citizens Bank branch, located at the intersection of Rt 73N and Greentree Rd in Marlton. It occurs during 10:30-11:30 AM on the first and third Saturdays of every month. For more information, email Pete Bilazarian at pbilazar@aol.com or Rich Cleaver at richcl205@gmail.com.

Hello SJNOWIndivisibles,

Our next meeting is Monday, May 11 at 7pm at Mount Laurel Community Center.  Doors open at 6:30pm for coffee and cake.

 We Support Beacon of Hope Food Pantry

Please remember to bring a donation for the Beacon of Hope Food Pantry. Food items that have a long shelf life, beans, rice, canned tomato products and meals in a can are always needed. Diapers, baby formula and wipes are expensive and are always appreciated. Cash donations  and gift cards for food stores are accepted.

Call to Action:

Ban Partisan Gerrymandering with the Redistricting Reform Act of 2025     

After the Supreme Court's latest decision on Louisiana's voting districts map, other Southern states like Alabama and Tennessee are rushing to redraw their maps which will dilute the voting power of Black communities, thus handing seats to Republicans and hurting Black candidates.  Without Congressional action, partisan gerrymandering will continue to spread.  Democrat lawmakers Rep. Zoe Lofgren of CA, Sen. Alex Padilla of CA and Sen. Raphael Warnock of GA have reintroduced the Redistricting Reform Act of 2025, legislation to ban partisan gerrymandering and provide clear, enforceable standards for fair maps (including banning mid-decade redistricting, setting strict criteria to prevent partisan committees and mandating public hearings).

Script:  

Hi!  My name is (name).  I am a constituent from (city,zip*).  I urge my (Rep/Sen) to do everything possible to help pass the Redistricting Reform Act of 2025 recently reintroduced by Democrats.  This will provide federal protections to ban partisan gerrymandering and defend the right of free representation for all.

*Please give your full address for tallying if leaving a voicemail.

Rep. Herb Conoway:  202-225-4765, 609-438-6290

Rep. Donald Norcross:  202-225-6501, 856-427-7000

Sen. Corey Booker:  202-224-3224, 856-338-8922

Sen. Andy Kim:  202-224-4744, 856-757-5353

For Members: Recurring Activities for SJNOW Indivisible

• Rally every Friday from 4:30 to 5:30 PM at the intersection of Ark Road and Route 38 in Mount Laurel. You can park in the ShopRite parking lot. The past few weeks the support has been amazing! People love to honk at our signs and you can feel the excitement.

• The Cherry Hill Visibility Brigade, Saturdays at noon, on the overpass over Route 38 next to the Cherry Hill Mall. Check out the Cherry Hill Visibility Facebook page for additional info. Note: If rain is a factor, we cancel; check the Facebook page for details.

• Postcarding - Send postcards to register new Democratic Voters. Currently we are sending Postcards to NJ-07 to flip that Republican Congressional seat to win the house!  We give you postcards and addresses; you provide the postage. Contact Eileen Hill: eileenghill@gmail.com

The next monthly meeting is Monday, May 11, at 7 pm at the Mount Laurel Community Center. Doors open at 6:30 pm for coffee, cake and mingling! New people welcome. Please bring a donation for the food bank for our new Mutual Aide group.

Hello SJNOW Indivisibles,

1. TODAY: MAY DAY (MAY 1), FRI, 4 PM, RALLY IN PHILADELPHIA - WORKERS OVER BILLIONAIRES: Please try to attend this 4 PM Rally at Philadelphia City Hall (1400 John F Kennedy Blvd) in support of all workers and unions (with a march to follow). 

Some "No Work. No School. No Shopping" Demands for the May 1st "Workers Over Billionaires" Philly Rally - Tax the rich so our families, not their fortunes, come first. - No ICE. No war. No private army serving unchecked federal power. - Expand democracy, not corporate power. Hands off our vote (Trump, GOP, and Supreme Court).

For those SJNOW Indivisibles that might want to go to this Rally of unions and supporters, here are 2 suggestions for ways to get there from a location in South Jersey:

-Option 1. Show up at 2:30 PM (NEW) at 468 Pearl St in Camden and join the May Day: Camden to Philly March, sponsored by various SJ unions. The march starts at this location, goes across the Ben Franklin Bridge Walkway, and ends up at the 4 PM Rally at City Hall in Philly (a walk of about 2.2 miles). If people are unable to walk for this event, they are preparing ridesharing options to take people directly to Philly City Hall instead. Here is the Mobilize link: May Day Rally

-Option 2. Show up at 3 PM on May 1 at the Woodcrest Station of the PATCO High Speed Line. Join some of us who will be taking this train to the "15th/16th and Locust" stop in Philly and will be walking a few blocks to attend the 4 PM Rally at Philly City Hall. 

2. MAY 2 CITIZENS BANK RALLIES IN MARLTON & SEWELL: Please attend our next Citizens Bank Rally at 10:30 AM, SAT, May 2. This Rally is demanding that Citizens Bank (CB) Stop Funding ICE Prison Camps. Rally occurs at a Citizens Bank branch, located at the intersection of Rt 73N and Greentree Rd in Marlton. We have plenty of signs that people can use.

We are also encouraging people that live in or near Gloucester County to attend a 10:30 AM, SAT, May 2 Citizens Bank (CB) Rally in Sewell, located at 301 Greentree Rd (in Sewell). 

3. CALL TO ACTION: SUPPORT WAR POWERS RESOLUTION AND REFUSE TO PASS SUPPLEMENTAL SPENDING FOR IRAN WAR

We must continue to pressure Congress to end this war in Iran.  Congress cannot allow Trump to exploit devastating geopolitical conflicts for his own benefit.  We must end this illegal war.  Call our senators to tell them to continue to support a war powers resolution to exert Congress's constitutional authority over conflict AND to REFUSE to pass any supplemental funding for unauthorized military action.

Senator Cory Booker  202-224-3224  856-338-8922

Senator Andy Kim  202-224-4744  856-757-5353   

For Members: Recurring Activities for SJNOW Indivisible

• Postcarding - Send postcards to register new Democratic Voters. Currently we are sending Postcards to help Senator Jon Ossoff of GA keep his seat. We give you postcards and addresses; you provide the postage. Contact Eileen Hill: eileenghill@gmail.com

• The Cherry Hill Visibility Brigade, Thursdays at 4:30 PM, on the overpass over Route 38 next to the Cherry Hill Mall. Check out the Cherry Hill Visibility Brigade Facebook page for additional info. Note: If rain is a factor, we cancel; check the Facebook page for details.

• Rally every Friday from 4:30 to 5:30 PM at the intersection of Ark Road and Route 38 in Mount Laurel. Please park at the ShopRite lot across Ark Road or farther from the Aldi parking and Planet Fitness lot due to lots of shopper complaints. Attendance has steadily grown. People love to honk at our signs and you can feel the excitement. For more information, email Dave Lipshutz at: delipshutz@comcast.net

• Rally to Fight Trump Attacks on Workers and Retirees. Rally is located at the intersection of Rt 73N and Fellowship Rd in Mt Laurel. It occurs during 5-6 PM on the second and fourth Wednesdays of every month. Rallies in May will occur on May 13 and May 27. For more information, email Pete Bilazarian at pbilazar@aol.com or Rich Cleaver at richcl205@gmail.com

• Rally to Demand That Citizens Bank Stop Funding ICE Prison Camps. Rally occurs at a Citizens Bank branch, located at the intersection of Rt 73N and Greentree Rd in Marlton. It occurs 10:30-11:30 AM on the first and third Saturdays of every month. Rallies in May will occur on May 2 and May 16. For more information, email Pete Bilazarian at pbilazar@aol.com or Rich Cleaver at richcl205@gmail.com.