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Sunday, June 14, 2026, 10:30 -12 noon
Location: Gateway Plaza, El Camino & Castro, 790 W El Camino Real, Mountain View, CA 94040
This Flag Day, we reclaim our flag by standing for the values it is meant to represent: freedom, diversity, justice, dignity, equality, civil rights, social progress, and solidarity.
Monday, May 25, 2026, 3-7pm
Indivisible friends —
IPV (Indivisible Portola Valley) is hosting its first-ever official social celebration, and neighbors from fellow Indivisible chapters are warmly invited too!
On Memorial Day, IPV’s Democracy Defenders’ Workshop (aka Cindi’s house) is officially becoming a party space. No work. No announcements. No agonizing. Just good old-fashioned camaraderie with the people who’ve made thousands of know-your-rights kits, mountains of No Kings zines, stacks of protest signs, and even JoAnn’s grumpy trump heads.
RSVP with and emai to cindisearsipv@gmail.com for the location in Portola Valley.
Drop in for a few minutes or stay the whole time. Friends and families welcome! Bring a dish, bring a drink, or just bring yourself — all are welcome. RSVPs appreciated for planning purposes, but this is a decidedly low-pressure democracy.
Hope to see you on Memorial Day!
Save the date: Saturday, July 4, 2026, 10AM
Details for our group will be added here as we get closer to the date.
The annual Fourth of July Parade in downtown Redwood City, the largest Independence Day parade in Northern California, attracts thousands of spectators. It brings entries from across the state. Most of the budget for the Parade is used for cash awards to participants, of which many winners are from Redwood City.
The parade starts promptly at 10 a.m. on Saturday, July 4, 2026. You will know it’s time when you hear the cannon!
Community Briefing: Friday, May 22, 2026, 11 AM – 12pm
ICE is trying to move to build a facility in South County — and our community is fighting back.
Although there is no definitive information about the future use of this land, our community will be vigilant and organized to ensure ICE can not expand deportation operations in the Bay at this site.
On May 22, join us for a community briefing to get the full picture: what we know, what’s at stake, and how we stop it. This is your chance to hear directly from community leaders, ask questions, and plug into the campaign.
This facility would threaten the safety and well-being of immigrant families across the entire region. Research has consistently shown that communities located near ICE detention centers experience increased enforcement activity and higher rates of arrests—a pattern that puts immigrant families, mixed-status households, and entire neighborhoods at greater risk.
Santa Clara County is home to one of the largest immigrant populations in California. For years, county leaders and community organizations have fought to pass and defend strong sanctuary protections because they know that the safety of immigrant residents is inseparable from the safety and well-being of the whole county. A new ICE detention center in Gilroy would be a direct threat to everything those protections stand for.
Sponsored by: Bay Resistance
Wednesday, June 10 from 7-8:30pm
Location: probably Zoom
Early voting starts May 4th, when ballots are delivered… please consider waiting until the last debate to make your decision…
Recommended by JoAnn L.
Former Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell dropped out of the race and resigned from Congress.
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Sundays, May 17 & May 31, 2026
11:00 a.m.–12:00 noon
Ladera Community Church, 3300 Alpine Rd., Portola Valley Sanctuary
Explore the myths that fuel division and outrage, and how we can come together.
Join a two‑part conversation on Outraged: Why We Fight About Morality and Politics and How to Find Common Ground, by social psychologist Kurt Gray, whose work examines how our perceptions of harm influence our reactions. Learn why we sometimes overreact to minor irritations or perceived threats, and why our country is so polarized.
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For the latest information about No Kings events, go to this website: https://www.nokings.org
In June, we did what many claimed was impossible: peacefully mobilized millions of people to take to the streets and declare with one voice — America has No Kings. And it mattered. The world saw the power of the people. President Trump’s birthday parade was drowned out by protests in every state and across the globe. His attempt to turn June 14 into a coronation collapsed, and the story became the strength of a movement rising against his authoritarian power grabs.
Four months later, that movement roared back even stronger. On October 18, over seven million Americans joined 2,700+ events in all 50 states — a nationwide uprising 14 times larger than both of Trump’s inaugurations combined. What began in June as a single day of defiance has become a sustained national resistance to tyranny, spreading from small towns to city centers and across every community determined to defend democracy.
Now, President Trump has doubled down. His administration is sending masked agents into our streets, terrorizing our communities. They are targeting immigrant families, profiling, arresting, and detaining people without warrants. Threatening to overtake elections. Gutting healthcare, environmental protections, and education when families need them most. Rigging maps to silence voters. Ignoring mass shootings at our schools and in our communities. Driving up the cost of living while handing out massive giveaways to billionaire allies, as families struggle.
The president thinks his rule is absolute. But in America, we don’t have kings — and we won’t back down against chaos, corruption, and cruelty.
Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger. “No Kings” is more than just a slogan; it is the foundation our nation was built upon. Born in the streets, shouted by millions, carried on posters and chants, it echoes from city blocks to rural town squares, uniting people across this country to fight dictatorship together.
Because this country does not belong to kings, dictators, or tyrants. It belongs to We the People — the people who care, who show up, and who fight for dignity, a life we can afford, and real opportunity. No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings.
Signal and Whatsapp as Organizing Tools – Google Doc
Build Power Locally – Google Doc
Sustained Action Between & Beyond No Kings – Google Doc
