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Rapid Response Training // Entrenamiento en Respuesta Rapida | Borderlands

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AZ Advocacy Hub @azadvocacyhub.bsky.social · 3d

Learn how to protect your community from unjust immigration enforcement. The Borderlands Resource Initiative hosts a bilingual Rapid Response Training in Phoenix on Oct. 15.
#Arizona #ImmigrationJustice
www.borderlandsinitiative.org/event-detail...

Learn how to show up, stand up, and keep our communities safe from unjust immigration enforcement. Aprenda cómo presentarse, defenderse y mantener a nuestras comunidades a salvo de la aplicación inju...

www.borderlandsinitiative.org

Banned Books for Secular AZ

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AZ Advocacy Hub @azadvocacyhub.bsky.social · 3d

Help @secularaz.bsky.social build their banned books library for the Tucson Festival of Books. Every purchase supports free expression and the fight against censorship!!
#BannedBooksWeek #Arizona
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Bookshop.org Custom Registry

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AZ Advocacy Hub @azadvocacyhub.bsky.social · 3d

AZ Advocacy Hub connects Arizonans to real ways to take action—sharing local events, trainings & civic resources daily. I’m raising $1,500 to keep it going for 3 more months! Every bit helps. 🌞
👉 gofund.me/be2d5b67a

#Arizona #CivicEngagement #Democracy

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Get your hands dirty for a good cause! Join Local First AZ at the El Rancho Del Sol Community Garden in Mesa on Oct. 16 to help prep 28 beds for the growing season.
#Arizona #CommunityGarden
localfirstaz.com/events/el-ra...

El Rancho Del Sol Community Garden Volunteer Day — Local First Arizona

Join the Local First Arizona team at our Mesa Community Garden to help prepare 28 garden beds for the upcoming growing season .

Volunteer Opportunity: Choice Food Pantry- Mesa Community Kitchen — Local First Arizona

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AZ Advocacy Hub @azadvocacyhub.bsky.social · 2d

Local First AZ’s Mesa pantry gives families the power to choose their own food. Volunteer spots for Oct. 16 are waitlisted, but interested community members can still reach out to help.
#FoodSecurity #Arizona
localfirstaz.com/events/choic...

Join us for our bi-monthly food pantry, hosted every first and third Thursday. Our pantry serves residents of a low-income housing community. Help serve your community and volunteer at the food pantry...

DVUSD Override Standout - Happy Valley · Arizona Education Association

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AZ Advocacy Hub @azadvocacyhub.bsky.social · 1d

Show up for public schools! Join neighbors along Happy Valley Rd on Oct. 8 from 4–6 p.m. to support the DVUSD override and remind voters to back local education.
#AZSchools #Education
mobilize.us/s/kJd7ra

Ballots drop on Wednesday, so we need all hands on deck to spread the word to voters about our override. Line up and down Happy Valley Road (67th ave to 19th Ave. or beyond) with educators and other...

Stop the Trump Shutdown! · Northwest Valley Indivisible

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AZ Advocacy Hub @azadvocacyhub.bsky.social · 1d

Join neighbors in Phoenix Oct. 7–12 to demand an end to the Trump shutdown. Rally for a clean funding bill that protects healthcare and keeps government working for the people.
#AZPolitics #Democracy
mobilize.us/s/h7Sgts

# Stop the Trump Shutdown 📍 **2501 W Happy Valley Rd, at the Shops at Norterra** 🅿️ *Park between Red Robin and Olive Garden* 📅 **M-F, 8:00-9:00 AM // S-S, 9:00-10:30 AM** Join neighbors from ac...

Tell Congress: No Troops on Our Streets

AZ Advocacy Hub @azadvocacyhub.bsky.social · 1d

The ACLU is urging Congress to stop the use of military troops in our cities. Armed forces have no place policing civilians — tell Congress to uphold constitutional rights.
#CivilRights #Democracy
action.aclu.org/send-message...

President Trump has deployed thousands of National Guard and federal troops into our communities. Tell Congress: No troops on our streets.

action.aclu.org

Groups Sue E.P.A. Over Canceled $7 Billion for Solar Energy

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Arizona Indivisible 🇺🇸🌵💪 ❌👑 @azindivisible.bsky.social · 2d

Excellent 👍 👇

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 2d

Yesssss www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/c...

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Arizona Mirror @azmirror.com · 2d

OPINION | The math is simple: Arizona doesn’t provide enough funding to adequately fund one school system, much less two — a public system open to all and a selective private system

Neighborhood schools are closing across Arizona. It's because of vouchers.

OPINION: Arizona's $1 billion voucher program is forcing public school closures while subsidizing wealthy families

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AZ Advocacy Hub @azadvocacyhub.bsky.social · 2d

Local First AZ’s Mesa pantry gives families the power to choose their own food. Volunteer spots for Oct. 16 are waitlisted, but interested community members can still reach out to help.
#FoodSecurity #Arizona
localfirstaz.com/events/choic...

Volunteer Opportunity: Choice Food Pantry- Mesa Community Kitchen — Local First Arizona

Join us for our bi-monthly food pantry, hosted every first and third Thursday. Our pantry serves residents of a low-income housing community. Help serve your community and volunteer at the food pantry...

El Rancho Del Sol Community Garden Volunteer Day — Local First Arizona

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LD27 Democrats - Glendale, Peoria and NW Phoenix AZ @ld27democrats.bsky.social · 2d

Go to nokings.org, plug in your zip code and find an event near you. If you can, please join one to the Bell Rd events.

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AZ Advocacy Hub @azadvocacyhub.bsky.social · 2d

Get your hands dirty for a good cause! Join Local First AZ at the El Rancho Del Sol Community Garden in Mesa on Oct. 16 to help prep 28 beds for the growing season.
#Arizona #CommunityGarden
localfirstaz.com/events/el-ra...

Join the Local First Arizona team at our Mesa Community Garden to help prepare 28 garden beds for the upcoming growing season .

National parks caught in the crosshairs of government shutdown

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KJZZ Phoenix @kjzz.org · 3d

National parks across the country face conflicting demands and uncertainty as a result of the ongoing federal funding dispute.

National parks across the country face conflicting demands and uncertainty as a result of the ongoing federal funding dispute.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 3d

Campaign Stream #6 is happening in 30 min!

Heater (the cat) and I are playing Stray + answering your questions.

Help us prove that campaign fundraising can be fun and transparent by tuning in 7-9 PM CT on Twitch or YouTube! 🐈🎮✨

Heater, a little orange cat, looks at the camera mid-biscuit.

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GONZO the ca'at @gonzo.bsky.social · 3d

YEZ i am comfortble yez i fits!

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AZ Advocacy Hub @azadvocacyhub.bsky.social · 5d

Good Trouble Lives On is calling for volunteers for the No Kings Day march in Phoenix on Oct 18 @ 7:30 AM. Help distribute water & support marchers during the two-mile event. #Volunteer #Phoenix
RSVP: mobilize.us/s/w6Jpb7

No Kings Day Volunteers · Tempe Rising Indivisible

March for a Cause Join us for a two-mile march as the weather cools down! We need your help to make this event a success. We're looking for volunteers to assist on the day of the march. You can eithe...