4.27.2026: Strike it like it’s hot, this May Day

Good afternoon, IW team. We’ve been busy bees this April preparing for the May Day strike. There are so many ways to participate, and we hope to see you putting your money where your mouth is at least.

Immigration Corner

Esquina de Immigracion 

Why We Need to Start Calling Tr*mp’s Concentration Camps What They Are

Listen to this interview with an author who has done an exhaustive historical analysis of concentration camps and describes their characteristics and why the immigrant detention facilities in the US likely fit within that definition.

Continue to Oppose All Colorado Detention Facilities 

Actions being taken to protect our immigrants include:

• Protests are being held this morning at the Denver (Centennial) ICE Hold Room, the Alamosa Hold Room, at the Frederick Hold Room, in Glenwood Springs, in Colorado Springs and in Pueblo. 

• Testimony at the Centennial City Council is scheduled for May 5 at 7:00.   Please spread the word among Centennial friends and family 

• Contact Senator Hickenlooper and Senator Bennet (and your US House member) to ask them to conduct thorough oversight, to demand ICE classify these as detention facilities, to demand ICE follow their own policies, to demand an IG investigate them. We must raise the level of alarm about these facilities. If your Senator or House rep has not released a statement denouncing them, please ask them to do so. Here is an example of the one recently released by Rep Pettersen. 

• Write Letters to the Editor. One idea is to submit the letter from the Interfaith Immigration Network to your local paper. Go to City Council meetings and ask them to take a firm stand that ICE is not welcome. Ask them about any zoning questions you have.

• Work with local faith communities to hold vigils, press conferences and write letters in opposition. 

• Pressure property owners to terminate their leases.

• Contact the building, fire and safety inspectors in the jurisdictions that contain these ICE hold rooms. There is good reason to suspect they are not being operated in accordance with codes and there are ongoing safety violations.

• On April 28, there will be a special public hearing at the Glenwood Springs Planning and Zoning Board to discuss whether or not the Special Use Permit should be revoked. 

Our Indivisible Westminster postcards are now in Spanish:

Mental Health Support

Join Us at the Bolder Boulder - Monday, 5/25

Don’t let the 6.5 miles scare you, as I bet on a regular basis many of your put in those miles chasing kiddos, walking your dog, grocery shop, shopping, and more.  Here is a chance to do with a community of new and established friends.  It’s great for our mental health, lifts your spirits and will make sure you sleep well at the end of the day.  You don’t need to be an Indivisible member to join this event, as it’s all about community, health and wellness. 

How to join us:

1. First, register using this link: https://www.bolderboulder.com/

2. After you complete your registration a final page will pop us for groups.  Enter “Indivisible”

3. Email me at team@indivisiblewestminster.org and I’ll make sure you know when and I’ll provide you with a location to meet up for walking.

4. Then pat yourself on the back for a job well done.

More details:

• We’ll be having a t-shirt night to design our t-shirt with “Unpaid Protester #1", #2, etc.

• Most likely, we’ll be using the special Bolder Boulder bus for transportation that day.

• After we’ve completed the event we can assemble for a group picture.

Mark Your Calendar!

May events:

• Street Medic Trainings, by PULSE. 20-25 total hours of training, for 5 hours every Saturday this month.

  • Saturdays, May 9, 16, 23, 30. Varying times between 12pm and 7pm (5 hour blocks for each class)

  • Link to sign up

• 5/1, 4 - 6PM: May Day Strike and Protests - Workers Over Billionaires

  • On May 1st, we are asking everyone not to spend money, and use cash only if you have to. (We’ll provide more tips in the next newsletter!) Demonstrations will be taking place all over.

  • Locations:

    • Grandview Bridge Overpass, at Ralston & Wadsworth, Arvada, CO

    • West 92nd Avenue & Sheridan Boulevard, Westminster, CO

• 5/16, 1 - 4 PM: Louisville Spring Get-Together

  • Activities, exhibitors, & demonstrations to help you connect with neighbors, resources, information, people who can help you and people you can talk to about your ideas and concerns, and, to connect

  • Location: Memory Square Park, Louisville

• 5/25: Run or walk Bolder Boulder with Indivisible! 

  • After you register, you can sign up to join group “Indivisible” - that’s us! We’ll be doing practice walks - stay tuned!

June events:

• Just a quick note: the primaries are coming, the primaries are coming! June 22-30. Time to start getting informed and involved if you so choose!