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CALL TO ACTION

Jeanne,

Masked federal agents are terrorizing our communities. They're teargassing babies, kidnapping our neighbors, shooting clergy in the face with chemical projectiles, and killing innocent people.

But right now we have an opportunity to rein in ICE at the federal level.

ICE and Border Patrol are part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which is currently funded only through January 30. The new funding bill that’s currently being written is our opportunity to put significant restrictions on ICE and ensure it doesn’t get a single penny more to enable its brutality.

This is a winnable fight, if we can convince Congressional Democrats to hold firm. So we need to act fast, and we need to be loud.

Congressional Call-in Day

Today, we’re joining the ACLU, MoveOn, and Public Citizen in driving as many calls as we can to Capitol Hill. We want congressional phonelines ringing off the hook with constituents demanding the DHS funding bill include restrictions on ICE and Border Patrol. Ready to take action?

Call Your Senators

Call Your Representative

Need more info? Read on for a deep dive into the fight ahead and more suggestions for ways you can take action.

Click here for more information

THURSDAY, JANUARY 15

Solidarity Concert & March

Thursday, January 15 at 4 PM
625 S. McClelland St, Santa Maria

Featuring LIVE performances by Los Jornaleros del Norte & La Autentica Vallarta!

The Fund for Santa Barbara has invited Los Jornaleros del Norte (The Day Laborer Band) from Los Angles and local group La Autentica Vallarta Band to share their music with the community.

LJDN was formed in 1996 after an ICE raid in Los Angeles at a health clinic. The Band has become a symbol for the most rejected sectors of society by reflecting the festive spirit and struggle of Latin American people. La Autentica Vallarta is a very popular regional band, frequently performing their local Mexican music around Santa Maria venues.

The concert will start at Future Leaders of America (FLA) and will continue with the band on a flatbed truck.

Please join in and march along as it travels around the neighborhood.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 16

People's Hearing on Offshore Oil Drilling

Friday, January 16th
4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
CEC HUB, 1219 State Street, Santa Barbara

RSVP TODAY!

Please join us in Santa Barbara on Friday, January 16th to show your support for protecting California from the federal administration’s plan to open our coast to new offshore oil and gas development. The People's Hearing will include an educational presentation from Maggie Hall at the Environmental Defense Center; comments from local representatives, community leaders, tribal representatives, and industry professionals; and opportunities for public engagement in the federal process.

Local organizations will also be tabling for you to learn more about their work and how you can get involved. And did we mention there will be live music by Brengrass and free pizza and drinks?!

In November, the Department of the Interior announced its draft plan to open up the California Coast, including fragile regions like the Santa Barbara Channel, to new oil and gas development. The 60-day comment period ends on January 23, 2026, and we need your voice. Increased drilling in the ocean not only threatens more oil spill disasters on the California coast. It would also significantly harm air quality, public health, the Earth’s climate, and wildlife in one of the most biodiverse marine areas in the world. Please join us in advocating for the protection of our favorite beaches, local surf spots, wildlife, coastal economy, and a clean energy future.

Speak up to say no new drilling off our coast!

If you can't make the People's Hearing, click here to submit your comments before January 23 to the BOEM online portal.

WILL YOU JOIN US?

SPEAKERS WILL INCLUDE:

Congressman Salud Carbajal
Actor, Advocate, and Oceana Board Member Ted Danson
Assemblymember Gregg Hart
Santa Barbara Supervisor Laura Capps
Chumash Leader Mia Lopez

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JANUARY 16 - JANUARY 19

MLK WEEKEND OF EVENTS 2026

Santa Barbara

Click here for more information

Martin Luther King, Jr. Committee of Santa Barbara
Maureen McFadden
[email protected]

SUNDAY, JANUARY 18

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DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. CELEBRATION

Sunday, January 18 from Noon to 4 p.m.
Allan Hancock College
Boyd Concert Hall & Courtyard
Santa Maria

Stop by the Santa Barbara County Action Network booth to say hi to us!

DONATIONS OF SHOES ARE REQUESTED. Click here for flyer.

Santa Maria Times article here: https://santamariatimes.com/news/local/event-celebrating-martin-luther-king-jr-the-fierce-urgency-of-now-set-for-jan-18/article_30720fb7-084e-45ad-9157-754dddaacff7.html

Info: Lawanda Lyons-Pruitt, 805.488.7869

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 20

Santa Barbara Free America Walkout

	Tuesday, January 20 from 2PM to 5PM
	Superior Court Of California County Of Santa Barbara 1100 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara

One year into Trump’s second regime, we face an escalating fascist threat: raids on our communities, troops occupying our cities, attacks on immigrants, families torn apart, mass surveillance, and terror used to keep us silent. It is time for our communities to escalate as well.

2025 was a year of marches that showed our collective strength. And as the threats grow, our movement must evolve and escalate. This is a protest and a promise. In the face of fascism, we will be ungovernable.

On January 20, we will gather neighbors and classmates, and turn our back and walk out on fascism. Walk out to block the normal routines of power, and make the stakes real.

Bring signs, stand on the corners to voice our rage. March to State St. Share ideas and stories. We each do what we can (and maybe a little more).

Walk out of whatever we would normally be doing, then join us when you can. Let's see how long we can keep our voices raised! Refuse to spend money supporting the current economy. Be aware of how we are monetized on social media, and look away. There is much we can do. Let today be the start of taking back our society, of talking to people, of sharing ideas, of moving forward. (Who knows where we might get to?)

On January 20, we withdraw our labor, our money, and our consent.

See more information and sign up to attend here:
https://action.womensmarch.com/events/santa-barbara-free-america-walkout

Looking forward to seeing you there!
Michal

Women's March Santa Barbara Organizer

[email protected]

Women's March Santa Barbara

@womensmarchsb.bsky.social

TUESDAY, JANUARY 20

Walk Out America

FROM INDIVISIBLE SANTA MARIA:

January 20 (Tuesday) 4-5 PM Walk Out America Protest at SM City Hall, 110 E. Cook Street before the City Council Meeting – On January 20 Walk out from your job, your school, your office, or whatever you are doing! ★ Together we walk away from fascism. ★ We walk towards a Free America. ★ We fight for a future that belongs to us all. ★ Everybody in, nobody out. ★ NEW Sign Up Now

January 20 (Tuesday) 5:30 PM, SM City Council Meeting, SM City Hall, 110 E. Cook Street. After the protest we are asking City Council to step up for our neighbors and protect our Immigrants. We plan to speak out in the open session. Please contact us if you would like to speak. We have farm and ICE statistics to help you frame your message. We will conclude with a mass walkout of the meeting, so please join us to present a full force.

[email protected]

INFO ABOUT NATIONAL WALKOUT MOVEMENT: https://www.freeameri.ca/

NEWS

ICE OUT FOR GOOD

We are heartened by all the people we see turning out to protest the brutal actions of I.C.E.

We displayed our Silent Witnesses at the Santa Maria ICE OUT OF OUR COMMUNITIES protest on Saturday, January 10 organized by Indivisible Santa Maria.

Our Silent Witnesses and community members made the front page of the Santa Maria Times, were highlighted in an email blast by the Fund for Santa Barbara and were seen by about 30,000 people across the nation in our social media posts (29,972 viewers, 62,350 views).

We have gotten significant feedback on the impact they are making. We are glad we can play a small part in bringing attention to the devastation perpetuated by I.C.E.