Portland Rally

Date: Thursday

Time: 7:30 am - 8:30 am

Place: Intersection of Main Street and Route 66 in Portland

Public parking is available on Main Street. Also at Portland Public Library on Freestone Avenue, and at a public parking lot behind Melilli’s Cafe at 264 Main Street.

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Hartford Bridge Brigade -

Date: Friday

Time: 4 pm - 5 pm

Place: Hartford: 370 Market Street, Hartford, which is a Candlewood Inn. You will turn into the driveway between the Candlewood and Citgo gas station and drive as far down the small road as possible. You will see a fenced in lot right beside the overpass. There is a QR code to scan and pay to park. It is $5 for 12 hours. It is monitored and we recommend paying. This is the Riverside Park Pedestrian Overpass in Hartford. We have visibility to folks going North and South. There is also an off-ramp to 84 in this spot, so huge potential for the message to be seen. Note: When last there, there was not QR code and the gate was open.

You can park at Riverside Park which offers free parking and bathrooms, and is a 5 minute walk to the overpass. That address is 20 Leibert Rd Hartford. It is basically the Jennings Rd Exit off I-91.

Carpooling is preferable as it limits the number of cars.

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Glastonbury, CT, Saturday, Weekly Rally

Time: 10 - 11 am

Place: Main and Hebron by Daybreak Coffee* -

• Please do not stand in front of Daybreak Coffee or use their patio while protesting

• Do not engage with counter-protesters

• Bring water to drink. It's getting warm out there

• We are not allowed to block sidewalks

* I am advising all CTRH members not to stand in front of Day Break.

Rationale: It is not worth the space when we have other options just a few feet away.

• It just takes one customer complaining to Day Break that they are not comfortable on the patio anymore. I thought about it as if I were not in the resistance, would I want to sit and have a coffee and a chat with a friend there. Maybe not.

• The corner to the right of DB is available and we can also line Main St if the numbers get too large. Also, we can walk across at the crosswalk and use the sidewalk to go back and forth, but standing in front of the store has downsides. Yes, we have the right to be there as that section is public, but we also want to be good neighbors.

At the end of the day, this is a movement and not a moment, CTRHs reputation as a non-violent messenger of pro-democracy also means we are thoughtful of others and good neighbors. There may be others who have a relationship with the owner and have permission to protest there and that is awesome! We will leave that space for them.

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A Few Reasons Weekly Protests Are Important:

1. People realize that they are not alone

2. By protesting, we alter the agenda and break through stove pipe messaging

3. Our voice is our power

4. They are fun! We help build community - x Friends Everywhere

Sign Making and Ideas

Bring your signs and American flag:

Good Trouble - Lives On

Messaging Focus: Anti- Bad Billionaire Budget Bill

HORRIBLE TERRIBLE BUDGET BILL HURTS WORKING FAMILIES

• Taxes for Billionaires Paid for with cuts to Medicaid

• Cuts to Medicaid close Nursing Homes and Hospitals

• Save SNAP benefits - No Hungry Kids

• Tax Billionaires, Not Me

• Billionaires want to cut your Social Security

Tips for making great signs

1. Letter size: This is CRUCIAL. Make sure your letters are at least 4 inches tall—anything smaller will be too hard to read. Use a ruler and a pencil to draw faint guidelines on your poster so you know how tall to make your letters. and more HERE: Also - Have Fun!

2. Sign Ideas:

   ICE Brutality and Military use in our streets

   • No Military In Our Streets

   • Unmask ICE

   Climate Concerns

   • Mother Earth Needs Us

   Authoritarian Rule

   • We The People

   • Due Process -

   • No Kings

   • Good Trouble

   Budget Concerns:

   • Show the Epstein Files

   • Taking away Medicaid hurts ________ ( families, Nanna, all of us)

   • Save SNAP - No Hungry Kids

   • Tax Billionaires

Legislative Advocacy

• Call and write your senators and Representatives

• call and write Your state legislators

• Attend town halls, visit local elected offices

• write letters to the editor

• Write postcards to voters to help get out the vote on critical elections

CT Legislative Offices

HOW TO FIND MY CONGRESSPERSON

https://www.congress.gov/members/find-your-member

SENATORS

Richard Blumenthal - (202) 224-2823

Chris Murphy (202) 224-4041

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Glastonbury- Southington, District 1

John Larson - (860) 278-8888 (local)

(202) 225-2265 (DC)

Glastonbury- Hebron, District 2,

Joe Courtney - 860-886-0139 (local)

(202) 225-2076 (DC)

Southington - District 5

Johana Hayes - (860) 223-8412 (local)

(202) 225-4476 (DC)

CT STATE LEGISLATORS

https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/menu/cgafindleg.asp

Glastonbury

Senator MD Rahman, 860 240-5302

District 31, Representative Jill Barry 860 240-8585

District 13, Representative Jason Doucette 860 240-8585

Hebron

Senator Cathy Osten, (860) 240-0579

District 55, Rep.Steve Weir (860) 240-8700

Colchester

District S33, Senator Mark DeCaprio 860-240-8700

District 048 , Representative Norman Needleman

(860) 240-8700

Governor Lamont (860) 566-4840

AG Tong (860)808-5318

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https://portal.ct.gov/dss/common-elements/register-online-to-vote