Weekly Update 5/13/25
School Board Elections Today! Next meeting this Sunday!
TODAY, MAY 13TH, IS SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION DAY!
Please make a plan to vote. Polls are open until 8PM.
The state Elections Site includes maps, eligibility requirements, and polling locations. If you live in the district, you can vote.
Find candidate responses to ACLU questionnaire HERE. Candidate responses to First State Educate’s survey are here.
At our April meeting, Dr. Joyce Denman of the CR school board spoke with us regarding this election. Her challenger, Amy Spampinato, is well known in the district, and did run as a GOP for Kerri Evelyn Harris’ seat in 2024. You can find Dr. Denman’s response to the ACLU questionnaire at the link above. Ms. Spampinato refused to respond.
Free Bus Trip to DC Rally
Next Wednesday, May 21st! Seats are available on a first come/ first served basis. Sign up HERE.
Call! Call! Call!
Keep calling! Set an alarm to call your members of Congress daily. The app/ website 5calls.org can help with contact information and issue information/ call scripts.
Members of Congress DC Phone Numbers
Senator Blunt Rochester – 202-224-2441
Senator Coons – 202-224-5042
Rep McBride – 202-225-4165
Rally 6/14
Our next BIG rally will be June 14th. Mark your calendars, and please contact us if you would like to help plan!
Weekly Sign Wave
Please join our weekly sign wave at N Dover Lowe’s on Saturdays from noon to 2. Bring signs and your enthusiasm! Please remember to keep bus stop area clear and not engage with drive-by Trump supporters.
From Our Sister Indivisible Groups
UD action in support of international students
Tues. May 13, 2PM
On Tuesday, join the sit-in and demonstration at the UD Board of Trustees meeting to ask the University to protect its international students. Participants will meet up at 2 PM on the South Green behind Memorial Hall, and then walk together to STAR tower where the meeting will take place. NO SIGNS, but please wear red as a sign of solidarity.
Write to UD administrators to express your support for the demands of this action. For instructions and template wording, click HERE.
Avelo Protests - Wilmington Airport
Thurs May 22 and 29, 4:30 - 5:30
May 22 Register HERE
May 29th Register HERE
Food Bank
Thank you for your generous donations to the food bank at the last meeting! We will again be collecting at our monthly meeting this Sunday.
Due to a loss of federal funding, the Food Bank of Delaware needs more help to support our neighbors. To further support the Food Bank, please also consider volunteering, making a monetary donation, and/or starting your own fundraising drive to share on social media.
FOOD DONATION: Shopping List
VOLUNTEER: Sign Up Here
MONETARY DONATION: Donate Online Here
FUNDRAISE: https://www.fbd.org/fundraise/
Upcoming Events
Tue 5/13 School Board Elections: All district residents are eligible to vote!
Tue 5/13 Support International Students at UD; 2PM. See above.
Sun 5/18 Indivisible Central Delaware Monthly Meeting @ 2PM: Quaker Friends Meeting, Camden, DE. We will be collecting canned goods and donations for Food Bank of DE.
Wed 5/21 Bus to protest in DC with OKDELAWARE! Free! Sign up HERE
Thu 5/22 Avelo Protest, Wilmington Airport: 4:30-5:30
Thu 5/29 Avelo Protest, Wilmington Airport: 4:30-5:30
Sat 6/7 Delaware Pride Day 10-5; We will have a table and need volunteers!
Sat 6/14 No King’s Day Protest, Time TBD
School Board Meeting Calendar
Tue 5/13 Appoquinimink School Board @ 7PM, Marion Proffitt Training Center
Mon 5/19 Milford School Board @ 6PM, Benjamin Banneker Elem School
Tue 5/20 CR School Board @ 6PM, McIlvaine ECC
Thu 5/22 Lake Forest School Board @ 7PM, District Office