NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION - STOP ICE WAREHOUSE DETENTION
This Saturday, April 25th, we will be joining other groups around the country in a National Day of Action to Stop ICE Warehouse Detention. At the Standout, look for tables with information about the rapid expansion of detention warehouses around the country and the need to stop them.
Ruth Suyenaga, a member of the INQ Steering Committee, wrote an article about ICE Warehouse Detention with historical ties to her family: “My grandfather was incarcerated in remote detention camps with 120,000 Japanese Americans without due process for years for no reason other than his race…" https://recorder.com/2026/04/21/my-turn-stopping-ice-warehouse-detention/
We will also have postcard packets to register voters in Georgia and INQ t-shirts at tables at the Stand Out. If you would like to make a new sign to bring, here are some ideas that go with this important theme that we will be emphasizing throughout this year:
--No ICE warehouses
--Shut down detention warehouses
--No kids in cages
--Warehouses are for packages, not people
--Cages are not for people
--Prison without due process is a concentration camp
Volunteers have made around 20 signs with this theme that you can
borrow for the standout that will be on the orange bench facing South Main Street.
For more information on ICE Warehouse Detention, follow these link
MAY DAY-- NO SHOPPING, NO WORK, NO SCHOOL MAKE
LIFE AFFORDABLE AND JUST FOR ALL
Join May Day Actions on Friday, May 1st. Take a Pledge to do what you can to support
May Day Strong in 2026. In this area you can join one of the larger actions in Greenfield, Holyoke, or Worcester. Meanwhile Indivisible North Quabbin will have their regular Saturday Stand Out on Sat., May 2 from 11-12 noon. We continue to have 60-70 people at Memorial Park in Orange every Saturday and have been doing this for over a year.
In several cities, labor unions are taking the lead with events along with teacher unions, associations, and students doing actions at some schools. Below are times and locations for several large May Day gatherings on Fri., May 1st in Massachusetts (see HERE). You can check out Mobilize.org for others and more details on ones listed below. - Greenfield - May Day Rally on Friday from 12-1 p.m. on Common
- Holyoke (Heritage & Dwight St.) on Friday from 4:30-6:30. March with Labor Council and others. People from Northampton & other towns will be joining.
- UMass - Amherst -- Students Rise Up starting at 10 a.m.
- Worcester City Hall (455 Main St.) -- 4-6 p.m.
OTHER NEWS AND PLANNING
The Steering Committee of Indivisible No. Quabbin is working to plan activities for May including continuing the weekly Stand Outs and planning for a general member meeting/social gathering to help plan our work in coming months. We are also working to increase the number of people involved with working groups such as those concerned with voting issues, mutual aid, and planning special events. If you are interested in working on any of these or other issues or in joining the Steering Committee, please send an email to indivisiblenorthquabbin@gmail.com.
In April letter writing to both the U. S. Congress and the MA State Legislature happened. Several people helped get signatures on letters to leaders of the MA Legislature to ask that Bills regarding Immigration Issues that pertain to more protection for immigrants come to a vote as soon as possible. The letter to our elected officials in Congress asked that Democrats work to get bolder leadership so we have a better chance to win elections and get progressive leadership in Congress. We hope to continue this and other work in the coming months.
Watch for late Spring and Summer activities related to the Nov., 2026 elections and work in our own communities with mutual aid, voter registration, educational programs and other activities.
MAY DAY-- NO SHOPPING, NO WORK, NO SCHOOL 
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