📢 Resist & Rising Together: Weekly Good News & Progress
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Resist & Rising Together Weekly: Good News and Progress from the Resistance
Each week, Resist & Rising Together Weekly by People Power United shares stories of courage, creativity, and collective power from people pushing back against fascism and building a better future. While authoritarians try to divide and silence us, we rise—community by community, action by action—to defend democracy, demand justice, and celebrate progress. From victories in the courts and wins for workers to breakthroughs in climate action and moments of solidarity, this movement reminds the world that power in America belongs to the people, not to kings, billionaires, or authoritarians.
Because resistance isn’t just about fighting back—it’s about moving forward. Together, we are writing the story of progress, one act of people power at a time.
Today, we honor the strength, resilience, and courage of the American people—those rising together to reject tyranny and defend our democracy.
✊ Rallies & Protests Highlights
🙏 Bishop of Providence Leads Public Rosary for Migrants at Wyatt Detention Center
What does peaceful protest look like in an age of mass detention? The Bishop of Providence led a public rosary outside the Wyatt Detention Center, calling attention to the humanity of detained migrants. Faith leaders and advocates joined to pray and demand compassion over punishment. The action highlights the growing role of moral witness in immigration debates. — GoLocalProv
🚓 Brandeis professor, Unitarian minister among four arrested outside Burlington ICE facility
Police in Burlington arrested four people Tuesday after they refused to move from the entrance of an ICE facility while attempting to deliver care packages to detainees, according to police and witnesses. Those arrested—ages 58 to 75—were charged with trespassing and disturbing the peace; they included a climate justice minister and a university center director. Supporters said the group was trying to personally deliver food, hats, and bedrolls in response to reports that people inside the facility are often denied basic necessities like bedding, water, and feminine products.— The Boston Globe
🕊️Rule of Law: Human and Civil Rights Wins
🆓Judge extends prohibition on Kilmar Abrego García’s re-detainment
A federal judge kept in place a temporary order barring the Trump administration from re-detaining Kilmar Abrego García while she considers how to rule, citing concerns he could again be illegally deported. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis said she does not trust the administration’s assurances and fears officials could try to take him into custody “in the middle of the night.” She also sharply criticized a Justice Department lawyer for repeated misrepresentations made by the U.S. government. — The Washington Post
🌎People Power in Action: Holding ICE Accountable
✝️ Florida bishops urge Trump to halt immigration enforcement for Christmas holidays
What happens when faith leaders confront state power? “Florida’s Catholic bishops are calling on US President Donald Trump to halt immigration enforcement activities until after the Christmas holidays.. .‘Such a pause would show a decent regard for the humanity of these families. Now is not the time to be callous toward the suffering caused by immigration enforcement,” the bishops wrote.’ ” The movement reflects growing tension between faith-based advocacy and hardline enforcement policies. It also shows how religion is being mobilized in defense of human dignity. — The Jerusalem Post
⚖️ Congressional Resistance to Executive Branch Abuse
🎭 Lawmaker Sues to Remove Trump’s Name From the Kennedy Center
A new lawsuit challenges Donald Trump’s effort to add his name to the Kennedy Center, arguing the move violates established governance rules. “Representative Joyce Beatty, Democrat of Ohio, argues that only Congress is authorized to rename the D.C. performing arts institution.” Critics say the action reflects a pattern of politicizing cultural spaces. The case raises broader questions about power, legacy, and public institutions. — The New York Times Democracy Defenders Action
⚕️ Healthcare for All
🧑🏽⚕️ Nation’s Pediatricians Go to Court Over Unlawful Health Funding Cuts
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the nation’s leading organization of primary care pediatricians, pediatric medical subspecialists, and pediatric surgical specialists with 67,000 members, is suing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The AAP is doing so after HHS abruptly cut nearly $12 million in federal public health funding in retaliation because AAP has spoken out against the administration’s actions that have threatened children’s health. “The Department of Health and Human Services is using federal funding as a political weapon to punish protected speech, trying to silence one of the nation’s most trusted voices for children’s well-being by cutting off critical public-health funding in retaliation for speaking the truth,” said Skye Perryman, President and CEO of Democracy Forward. “The Constitution does not allow the government to punish organizations for defending science, medicine, and children’s lives. This unlawful retaliation puts kids at risk, undermines public health, and threatens free speech itself—and we are going to court to stop them.” — Democracy Forward
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