Springville Action - 6/30/25 #26

Who paid off Kavanaughty's debts?

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Springville Action
June 30, 2025

Things are getting grim. No apologies for the brief hiatus in publishing this email newsletter. We all have priorities. This is one of a very long list of priorities.

🦄 Inspiration

Jess Piper is Doing The Work in rural Missouri. I don't love linking to substack, because they do provide a platform for literal Nazis, but this is good content and this piece demonstrates the value of organizing in rural spaces, like ours. Just don't give substack your money.

🧟‍♂️ Nightmare Fuel

Smells like fascism.

The spectre of these four massively unqualified sociopathic monsters - yeah, nightmare fuel.

To do ✅ 

📚 Something to read: Field Notes from a very thoughtful Buffalo-area writer.

🎉 Something to cheer: Providence Farm is suing the federal government for its illegal termination of grant funding.

🗳️ Something to do: cross your fingers and hope you or someone you know doesn't get denaturalized, re-migrated or deported. What was it that Maya Angelou said? When someone shows you who they are, believe them. Personalities in the federal government are floating the idea of doing this to naturalized citizens, including a NYC mayoral candidate. It ain't funny. They already made at least one person stateless by the power of the state. Dude was born to a US parent on a military base; now he's a man without a country. We're in danger.

A big 👏 to: future Buffalo Mayor Sean Ryan. Surely there are dirty tricks ready to be sprung on his campaign, but let's take the W for now. Runner-up for this category is the winner of the NYC mayoral primary, Zohran Mamdani. A better future is possible for our big cities.

A big 🖕 to: Elder (old) “statesman” Bill Clinton, for endorsing apex predator Cuomo in the NYC Mayor’s race.

And 2 big 🖕 🖕 to: the Supreme Court. Assuming there is any truth in future history, those six opportunists will go down in history as craven, traitorous, corrupt villains. The right wing majority is decisioning itself into irrelevance.

📅 Events

🧶 Crafters/Fiber Artists - lots of opportunities to come together! Concord Library, first Sat. of the month, 1-3; Concord Mercantile, second Sat. of the month, 10-1; Art’s Cafe, Wednesdays, 5:30pm. You’ll see your people.

7/4/25: Fourth of July. Our nation still has a lot to celebrate - just look at the things our current president is trying to erase.

7/5/25: An international day of action to show our friendship and solidarity with Canada. There are 20 Elbows Up for Canada rallies planned across the US/Canada border from Alaska to Maine! Local rallies will be held on Saturday July 5 from 11am-1pm in Freedom Park in Buffalo (RSVP) and from 8pm til after sunset at Terrapin Point on Goat Island in Niagara Falls (RSVP). Come to one or both if you can!

From Good Neighbors Getting Things Done: We invite you to join us on Wednesday July 9 at 3:30pm in peacefully protesting Representative Nick Langworthy at Sunset Bay Beach in Irving, NY (RSVP). Rep. Langworthy will be attending the CAWTILE (Citizens Against Wind Turbines In Lake Erie) rally. CAWTILE is a fossil fuel backed organization spreading misinformation about climate change. Rep. Langworthy has demonstrated that he is beholden to CAWTILE and its Big Oil backers by voting for the elimination of tax credits for Clean Energy including Wind Turbines.

Save the dates! The next Overpass Protest will be at 3:30pm on Friday July 11.

7/11-12 - East Concord Tractor P3:30pmull. Something to look forward to. The usual place and activities.

[remainder of content repeats (mostly) from last email]

To Do ✅

😷 Medical checkups. Get a printout of your vaccination record and check with your doctor about recommended vaccines, including MMR, based on your age and other risk factors.

🐝 Citizen Scientists, Unite! Download the Inaturalist app on your phone; upload pictures of nature (animals, plants, trees) for identification and help out the environmental community.

📰 Letter to the Editor. Pick a topic, drill down to 1 key message and write your heart out. There are local people who will help zazz up your letter and get it ready for publication. Email [email protected].

📱 5 Calls - Download the app to your phone; enter your ZIP code; follow the prompts to call U.S. Senators and your local Congressional rep. EXTRA CREDIT - ask your local elected officials what the impact of general federal nonsense will have on local projects, and what they are doing to protect your community.

📮 Postcards - Explore the Postcards for Democrats web site and support Democratic candidates in swing states. Organize for Action is local, find them on Facebook.

😊 Meet a Neighbor: How well do you know your neighbors? Start small but make a point to find one new acquaintance in your area this week!

🗳️ Go to a government meeting. These are open to the public and people rarely attend. See your government at work and pay attention to the decisions they’re making.

At a loss for what to do?

Are you sick of hearing “there’s nothing I can do about everything that’s happening”? There’s plenty you can do - big or small, just try to do SOMETHING each day.

  • Public Displays of Connection

    • Guerilla Gardening and Yarn Bombs! There is a slightly subversive and very fun tactic of guerilla gardening and placing handmade knit pieces in public places. Be creative.

    • Plant a garden or support a local CSA

    • Plant a homemade lawn sign - it doesn’t have to be political - paint a one word message like “Hope", ”Love,” “Peace.”

    • Maintain little free libraries or start your own

  • Basic Needs

    • Donate blood

    • Learn first aid and basic medical skills

    • Participate in local Buy Nothing groups

    • Donate to Little Free Pantries or your local food pantry

    • Participate in a seed exchange, like the one at Hulbert Library in the Town of Concord

  • Organized Volunteering

  • Neighbor Support

    • Help people with phone calls and forms - like Social Security, health appointments and insurance paperwork

    • Give neighbors rides, assist with basic needs

    • Provide a meal to a struggling family or neighbor - see lasagnalove

    • Offer babysitting or respite care - especially during meetings

    • Teach a skill or coordinate a training - sewing, gardening, cooking, car repair, how to fix a toilet or bike.

Misc.

Content welcome: Initially this newsletter was going to be sent weekly. Now it's sending as soon as it feels like there is enough content to let it fly - probably 2x/week. Your contributions are welcome. Email [email protected].

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