Category: protest

No War on Venezuela, No Troops on Our Streets

Protest in Santa Rosa CA November 23, 2025

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

My neighbor and friend, Laura Doty, created a beautiful deck of artful cards inspired by the 20 lessons from Timothy Snyder’s book. I love the spirit behind them — thoughtful, hopeful, and meant to spark conversation. Laura and I would like to see them shared more widely in our community, so I photographed the cards and am posting them here.Laura was also recently featured on Suzanne Maggio’s podcast, From Sparks to Light — Inspiring Stories for Challenging Times, where she talked about another inspiring community project she led. I’m so proud to know her and happy to help share her work.

No Kings Protest October 18, 2025

We Are Antifa

Thousands Came Out in Santa Rosa CA

Me and my neighbors

A few of the other antifascist resisters

No ICE in Sonoma County

Hundreds Protest Sheriff’s Cooperation

California has a law that requires sheriffs to explain themselves to us citizens. The California TRUTH Act (transparent review of unjust transfers and holds act) mandates a forum to give us details of the sheriff’s relationship with ICE.

Under state law no sheriff is required to cooperate with ICE. Yet Sonoma County sheriff Eddie Engram continues to provide information about individuals in his custody to ICE.

July 22, at our forum, hundreds of citizens showed up to protest that.

The sharing of inmate information with federal immigration officials can change lives instantly. Families split apart, community trust erodes, and neighborhoods feel less safe. About 29,000 undocumented immigrants live in Sonoma County and many families have mixed immigration status. We strive to protect our neighbors from ICE imprisonment and torture.

Making Good Trouble Protest

Santa Rosa CA July 17, 2025

Protesting at the Veterans Administration in Support of Workers

Friday July 11, 2025 Santa Rosa CA

No Kings protest in Jackson WY

Long time community activists in Jackson Wyoming told me that the no Kings protest on June 14 was the biggest protest ever in that town.
Hundreds of people filled the sidewalks around the town Square on a warm sunny day.
My friend Leslie Levy and I were among the many tourists who participated in the rally. We were on our way from the San Francisco Bay Area to Yellowstone National Park and were glad to find a welcoming protest in Jackson.
As we gathered under the antler arches, a speaker related news of the assassinations of lawmakers in Minnesota and said it is clear that the Trump regime has made violence a method in its madness. He admonished protesters not to commit violence and to stay peaceful and safe.
Jackson is the Gateway to the Tetons national Park, and Yellowstone, just to the north. Its economy is dependent on tourism and the parks so people here are concerned about cuts to the National Park Service. NPS workers told me of layoffs and workers not being replaced. At the start of the summer season the system here is looking pretty ragged at the edges.
There were one or two police cars parked near the demonstration, but there was no police action except to remind demonstrators to stay on the sidewalks. 
Two older women sat on horseback at one corner representing the Jackson police. They said they were volunteers and the horses belonged to them. The horses had no job except to allow many hands to pet them.