TODAY’S NEWSLETTER INCLUDES:

1. NORTH BAY UNITES NON COOPERATION TRAINING
2. SALLY KOHN - COMBATTING BIAS ONE TALK AT A TIME
3. RESISTANCE THROUGH SONG - COME PRACTICE
4. NO KINGS - SPEAKER AND MUSIC LINE UP ANNOUNCED
5. COMING UP - SAVE THE DATE - TALK BY FRED GLASS ON FASCISM
6. DEMOCRATS CORNER
7. REMINDERS

WE MUST BE PREPARED!
ICE may come to our community at anytime - let’s be prepared with civil disobedience strategies to keep ourselves and our neighbors safe. I am hoping to see many of you in Petaluma this SUNDAY, MARCH 22 at noon at the Petaluma Veteran’s Memorial Building, 1094 Petaluma Blvd S., Petaluma  for “Noncooperation” Training. More details and

RSVP: https://actionnetwork.org/events/north-bay-unites-non-cooperation-training?source=directlink&.

Tables will be there from these sponsoring groups: Cosponsored by Bay Resistance, North Bay Organizing Project, Working Families Party, North Bay Jobs With Justice, North Bay Rapid Response Network, North Bay Labor Council, SEIU Local 1021, Community United to Resist Fascism, Sonoma County Democratic Socialists of America, Centro Laboral de Graton, Indivisible Sonoma County, Sonoma County Conservation Action, Sonoma County Sanctuary Coalition, and Sonoma County Democratic Party.

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BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE NEWLY FORMED SALT AND FIRE CHOIR - A DAY TO GET READY!

Led by the choir leader of Salt and Fire, this gathering will teach resistance songs from Minnesota and more for us to sing together on March 28th No Kings 3 Protest. Songbooks will be provided.

Friday, March 27

5–6 PM

Burlingame Hall - Sonoma Valley

Please RSVP so we can plan: wakeupsonoma@gmail.com

Marching Songs
LEARN THESE SONGS TO SING ALONG AS WE MARCH
Access this link on your phone during the march!

NEWMARCHSONGSWUS.docx - Google Docs

SINGING AND SPEECH LINE UP JUST ANNOUNCED!

REGISTRATION LINK:
NO KINGS Sonoma, CA · No Kings
Register to help us plan

TIME:  11:00 am - 1:00 pm
SING AS WE MARCH

11:00 ROUTE STARTS - From Broadway starting Friedmans area
or, FROM Staples area along Hwy 12
or, JOIN anywhere along the route!
11:45 - 1:00 - PROGRAM JUST ANNOUNCED!

STARTING AT 12:00 NOON
Sing along with Bobby Edmundson
Reverand Curran Reichert Grounding Address
County Supervisor Rebecca Hermosillo
Message from Mike Thompson’s office
Choir sing along with Salt and Fire
Youth Speaker for SVHS GSA - Melinda Edwards
Choir Sing along with Cynthia Tarr and the Free Spirits
Combined Sing along with both Choirs!

Keep this link Handy for the words to the songs
NEWMARCHSONGSWUS.docx - Google Docs

MONITORS NEEDED TO KEEP OUR PROTEST SAFE.
Training provided - Sign up here
https://www.wakeupsonoma.org/monitors

Friday, April 24
5:30 PM–7:00 PM

Doors open at 5:00 PM

Sebastiani Theatre - Sonoma Valley

Wake UP Sonoma’s April Community Conversation

TICKET LINK: Fireside Chat with Sally Kohn - No Hate | Press Democrat News Group

Sally Kohn, author of The Opposite of Hate, is coming to Sonoma for a fireside chat on change, empathy, and confronting hate.

A nationally recognized television commentator, writer, and executive presence coach, Sally brings a message rooted in compassion, honesty, and transformation. Drawing from her own life and from the ideas behind her talk How to Change the World by Being the Change, she explores how personal change and social change are deeply connected.

This is also a conversation about the harder truth: hate is not just out there. It lives in systems, culture, and sometimes in ourselves. Sally brings urgency, intelligence, and humanity to the work of recognizing it, challenging it, and helping heal it.

Moderated by Martín Gobbée, Wake UP Sonoma Board Member.

Take a look at one of Sally’s TED talks!

Sally Kohn: What we can do about the culture of hate | TED Talk

COMING UP - SAVE THE DATE!

American Fascism: What It Is & What To Do About It
Wake UP Sonoma’s Community Conversation with Fred Glass
MAY 2, 2026
11:00 - 1:00
RSVP LINK COMING SOON
Burlingame Hall - Sonoma Valley
Join labor historian Fred Glass for a presentation and discussion about American fascism, including how the US got to the state we are in today and what we can do to fight against it. Get educated and start resisting!
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Neighborhood Pod Point Person Meeting
Monday March 30 - 5:30 - 6:30
Come see what we are up to - fill out this form to join.
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DEMOCRATS CORNER
Is your healthcare is becoming increasingly unaffordable? Fund out why Now is the Time for Single-Payer in CA at the Sonoma Valley Democrats General Meeting this MONDAY, MARCH 23 at 6:30 PM on Zoom. Topics on the agenda include reports on the recent CA Democratic Party’s Convention and a presentation by Terry Winter, R.N., from the the Healthcare for All Working Group. To receive the link, email: bethh@sonic.net 

REMINDERS

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ICE OUT, BE GOOD, ARE YOU OK BUTTONS. FUNDRAISER FOR SONOMA IMMIGRANT SERVICES.
PURCHASE BUTTONS AT OUR STORE WITH THIS LINK
Home | ICE OUT Fundraiser and then pick up at Refill Madness or Valley Swim Club on Arnold Drive by showing your receipt,
OR go to those locations to purchase on site. Don’t forget to check their business hours.
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