SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26 |
Rally with TSA Workers
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DATE |
TIME | ITEM | PLACE |
| Th Oct 23 |
Noon |
What's the Plan? |
Online |
| Th Oct 23 |
4pm | Banner Drop | SM |
| Th Oct 23 |
4pm | Remembering the Free Speech Movement | Online |
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Sat Oct 25 |
2pm | Tom Lehrer Tribute Show | Nipomo |
| Sun Oct 26 |
1pm |
Rally with TSA Workers |
SB |
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Articles about local No Kings events |
Online |
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CALL TO ACTION: |
Online |
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CALL TO ACTION: Help support Eastside |
Petition |
Items in bold are new since our last action alert.
Items in blue are SBCAN items.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23 |

What's the Plan?
Thursday, October 23 at noon
Online
The onslaught of news, the chaos coming out of the White House – it’s all meant to overwhelm us. It’s a deliberate strategy to sow confusion and make us believe we are powerless to fight back.
The antidote: Coming together in community to process what’s happening, to sift through what’s important and what’s just noise, and coalesce around strategies for fighting back.
Join Indivisible co-founders Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin each week, as we carve out an hour to discuss what’s happening and – more importantly – what’s the plan.
https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/773746/

MESSAGE FROM INDIVISIBLE SANTA MARIA
Overpass Banner Drop & Protest
Thursday, October 23
4pm-530pm
Meet us on either side of Stowell Rd overpass. Bring your signs & join the Banner Brigade! Yes On Prop 50, or whatever you want to protest!
Joanne & Susan
Leadership Team
[email protected]
DICK FLACKS
Culture of Protest
Thursday, October 23 at 4 p.m.
Remembering the Free Speech Movement
October 1964: Students at UC Berkeley establish the Free Speech Movement, beginning weeks of strikes, occupations and confrontations that eventually succeeded in winning Cal students the elementary right to engage in political advocacy on campus--and in the process helping birth a worldwide student movement opposing war and empire, envisioning democracy. This week's episode revisits a Culture of Protest episode from a year ago commemorating FSM's 60th anniversary with some up to date additions. It's largely based on audio documentary captured by Pacifica radio in the midst of the protest. We hear students finding their public voice--including Mario Savio's remarkable impromptu speech advocating the necessity for civil disobedience.
You can download and listen to (and keep and share) this episode right now with this link . And/or tune in on the radio and on demand.
Culture of Protest on KCSB radio: Thursday, 11/23/25, at 4pm PDT www.kcsb.org (91.9 FM in SB)
On demand at https://spinitron.com/KCSB/show/169092/Culture-of-Protest
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25 |
Musical Showman Gale McNeeley Presents
Tom Lehrer Tribute Show
2pm Saturday, October 25
The Kandel's Backyard
776 Inga Road, Nipomo

Tom Lehrer left the planet July 26th, but his inspired music and lyrics live on.
In the 50s and 60s, Tom was a hit on college campuses with outrageous songs like Poisoning Pigeons in the Park, The Vatican Rag and So Long Mom, I’m Off to Drop the Bomb. He pushed the envelope with his take on religion, politics and war, taking jabs at the Boy Scouts, the Marines and Wernher von Braun.
Gale McNeeley’s Irish tenor vocals and wide musical and performance range make Lehrer’s satirical lyrics shine. And his performance background of unique material makes him ideal for bringing out the best of Lehrer’s work.
A former Broadway singer-actor, he’s a European trained instructor of Commedia Dell ‘Arte (Italian masked comedy) teaching nationally. Work like his ongoing touring show Archy and Mehitabel, allows for a rich interpretation of Lehrer zany words ands music. McNeeley says, “At my Jesuit college, The Vatican Rag was the naughtiest song I had ever heard. Tom inspired my career as a song parodist.”
Mr. McNeeley will be accompanied on the piano by Paul Marszalkowski from the Pacific Conservatory Theatre. There will be a suggested donation of $15 at the door. For more information text or call 805 406 4997.
THIS PROGRAM IS SPONSORED BY SANTA BARBARA COUNTY ACTION NETWORK
MONDAY, OCTOBER 27 |
Support the Palestinians
MESSAGE FROM SANTA MARIA RESIDENT GALE MCNEELEY
ARTICLES ON LOCAL NO KINGS EVENTS |
News coverage of local No Kings events


CALL TO ACTIONNeighbor to Neighbor re Prop 50 |
MESSAGE FROM INDIVISIBLE (NATIONAL)
Neighbor2Neighbor re Prop 50
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CALL TO ACTIONHelp Promote Eastside Santa Barbara's Businesses & Resources |

Last year, Eastside residents approached SBCAN for help to promote Eastside businesses and resources. Residents consider Milpas Street Santa Barbara's "second State Street," but do not feel like there is enough investment in the Eastside to help boost its economy. Long-standing businesses are struggling due to various factors including lack of visitation from tourists staying on Cabrillo and from locals.
Thank you to our volunteer Abigail Lindros for helping create this petition to urge the City of Santa Barbara to help promote social and economic justice in Santa Barbara's Eastside. The Eastside is a community rich with diversity and resources and should be treated as such.
"To revitalize the Eastside, a community of Eastside residents alongside SBCAN and other organizations, propose creating a dedicated Eastside Resources/Businesses page on the official City of Santa Barbara website. This page would include hyperlinks to local business websites and contact information, enhancing visibility and accessibility for residents and visitors alike. Additionally, this page would promote Eastside resources such as libraries, community centers, and services for families to bolster community resilience and increase use of existing services.
To elevate Eastside’s online presence, we call for the hiring of City staff or the designation of funds towards a local nonprofit to manage social media accounts that uplift our Milpas restaurants to attract more visitors and invigorate our community’s economy."
Please sign this petition to urge the City of Santa Barbara to create an Eastside businesses and resources tab on the official City website and designate funds to promoting Milpas restaurants on social media.
| ELECTED OFFICIALS CONTACT INFORMATION |
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U.S. CONGRESS Senator Adam Schiff Washington, DC: (202) 224-3553 Fresno (559) 497–5109 San Francisco (415) 981–9369 Sacramento (916) 448–2787 Los Angeles (310) 231–4494 San Diego (619) 239–3884 Congressman Salud Carbajal Santa Barbara: (805) 730-1710 San Luis Obispo: (805) 546-8348 Washington, DC: (202) 225-3601 |
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE Senator Monique Limón
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COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS 1st District Supervisor Roy Lee 2nd District Supervisor Laura Capps 3rd District Supervisor Joan Hartmann |
4th District Supervisor Bob Nelson 5th District Supervisor Steve Lavagnino
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