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Excerpts from "Hands Off" Gallup's April 5, 2025 rally

Audio of a few voices from the April 5, 2025 "Hands Off" rally in Gallup, NM, part of a national day of action.

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Indivisibles,

It’s Sarah Dohl -- one of Indivisible’s co-founders and Chief Campaigns Officer.

It’s been 66 days since Trump was sworn in again. And already, we’re further down the road to authoritarianism than we could have imagined.

Federal agencies gutted. Thousands of public servants purged. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wiped out. Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” burrowed into Treasury and Social Security, raiding programs and trying to seize control. ICE allegedly snatching permanent legal residents off the street and deporting people without due process, in open defiance of court orders.

And while they consolidate power, we’re watching something just as dangerous: Obedience. Silence. Compliance.

✔️ Republicans in Congress are tying themselves into knots to excuse lawlessness and gross incompetence (like sharing war plans on Signal).
✔️ Law firms are dropping civil rights cases, fearing political retaliation.
✔️ Media outlets are pulling punches under threat of lawsuits and Musk’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
✔️ Universities are canceling protests and suspending faculty to avoid federal blowback.
✔️ Judges are going quiet in the shadow of a Supreme Court that handed Trump criminal immunity.
✔️ And yes -- even some Democrats are telling themselves it’s safer to stay silent (or, you know, voting to confirm a Trump State Department nominee hours after a major national security incident).

That’s not caution. That’s complicity.

Real-talk: This is how authoritarianism takes hold -- through silence, normalization, and a political class hoping someone else will go first.

April 5: We Go Loud

That’s why on Saturday, April 5, we’re taking to the streets.

To say:
✋ Hands off our healthcare.
✋ Hands off our Social Security.
✋ Hands off our schools, our data, our rights, our bodies, our democracy.

We believe peaceful, non-violent resistance works -- because we’ve seen it.

From Anchorage to Atlanta, you’ve hosted town halls, confronted MAGA politicians, filled empty chairs, donned chicken suits, and called out Democrats trying to duck the fight. Thousands of you have shown up at 50501 protests across the nation. Historic crowds have joined the Fighting Oligarchy rallies with Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. 

It’s Working -- And They Know It

We know we’re having an impact because Elon Musk is attacking us by name. Because what we’re building together is loud, visible, and threatening to those in power.

They see this movement rising. And they’re scared.

That means it’s time to go bigger.

April 5 isn’t just a protest -- it’s a recruitment drive. There are millions of people watching this crisis unfold, waiting for a reason to jump in. We need to show them the resistance is real.

We’re not just showing up for ourselves -- we’re showing up for:
→ The judges afraid for their safety
→ The journalists getting threats
→ The federal staffers and university leaders under pressure
→ And yes -- the Democrats who’ve lost their nerve

We’re proving they won’t be alone if they choose to fight. That courage is contagious -- and public, peaceful resistance is how it spreads.

We Need Your Help to Pull This Off

This kind of mobilization takes real resources to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars (really):
🗺️ Maps and tools to connect event hosts and attendees
🌐 Websites, graphics, and toolkits to help us spread the word
💪 Host recruitment, training, and support
📦 Signs, supplies, tech platforms, and staff

Here’s how to help right now:
👉 Donate now to power this movement
👉 Find an April 5 event near you
👉 Help us spread the word about Hands Off! with our social toolkit

As of today, we’ve got 129 organizational partners -- including MoveOn, the Working Families Party, 50501, and more. We’ve got 600+ events in all 50 states -- and even one in London.

This is the kind of power they’re scared of. 

So on April 5, let’s declare:
We will not go quietly.
We will not obey in advance.
And we will not be ruled by kings.

In this fight with you,

Sarah Dohl
Indivisible Co-Founder & Chief Campaigns Officer"

Gallup Rio West Mall 4/3/25 opening of Social Justice Equity Institute

KGLP Station Manager Rachel Kaub speaks with Anna Rondon, Project Director for the New Mexico Social Justice & Equity Institute, which opened in Gallup's Rio West Mall on April 3, 2025.

More information is available at:

https://www.nmsocialjustice.org/ and at

https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/648e40c3-d44c-47f5-bec6-8a52b8595c41/NM%20Social%20Justice%20Equity%20Tri-Fold%20and%20Flyer%2020.pdf

 

Gallup's Virtual New Deal Art Museum launches on March 29, 2025

KGLP Station Manager Rachel Kaub speaks with gallupARTS Executive Director Rose Eason about the coming March 29, 2025 launch of Gallup's Virtual New Deal Art Museum.

Celebrate the launch of the Gallup New Deal Art Virtual Museum on Saturday March 29, 2025, from 9:00am – 8:00pm with a full day of drop-in events that will include:

-New Deal Tea party

-Self guided tours of the New Deal Art in the Library, Courthouse Mural and the First Floor mosaic tile and tin lamps

-New Deal Artists talks

-Hands-On Paper Crafts

-Up close look at the New Deal Furniture in the Courthouse Rotunda

-Raffles & more

For more information visit www.galluparts.org/newdeal

 

Hozho Recovery Home grand opening planned for March 03 2025 - preview on KGLP

KGLP Station Manager Rachel Kaub speaks with Ken Collins, Executive Director of Gallup's Hozho Center for Personal Enhancement (https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/648e40c3-d44c-47f5-bec6-8a52b8595c41/HozhoCtrHousing2024wTriFold.pdf) and two clients now living at the new Hozho Recovery Home in Gamerco, the latter holding a Grand Opening on March 3, 2025 - the Flyer is available at:

https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/648e40c3-d44c-47f5-bec6-8a52b8595c41/HozhoResidency030325grandOpening.png/:/

Gallup Community Health preview of Dec. 14, 2024 PAP/Mammogram/VAX/test Day

KGLP Station Manager Rachel Kaub speaks with Val Wenglar, Executive Director of Gallup Community Health, about the upcoming December 14, 2024 day of Cervical and Breast cancer screenings, STI and HIV testing, plus COVID and FLU vaccines.

PAP-apalooza Cervical and Breast Cancer Screening Day, plus testing and vaccines.

 

Gallup Community Health is partnering with the Navajo Nation Breast & Cervical Cancer Prevention Program and Assured Imaging Mobile Mammograms for a PAPapalooza and Breast Cancer Screening Day on Saturday, December 14. The screenings will take place at Gallup Community Health, 2111 College Dr in Gallup from 8 am – 5 pm.

 

3D Mammograms will be available to eligible patients. Also available are pap tests, STI and HIV testing, COVID and flu vaccines. No referrals are needed. To make an appointment for 3D Mammograms, call 505-397-5172. Walk-ins are welcome for the other tests and vaccines.

 

For more information, you may call 505-397-5172.

 

Bilingual English-Spanish flyer is available at:

 

https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/648e40c3-d44c-47f5-bec6-8a52b8595c41/PAP%20Breast%20VAX%20121424%20eng%20esp%20FLYER.png/:/

 

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November 21 and 22 2024 Conference on Climate Change Emergency Response

KGLP Station Manager Rachel Kaub speaks with Dr. Christopher Dyer about plans for a Conference on Climate Change Disaster Resilience and Adaptations for the Indigenous and Rural Southwest.

Press Release on November 21 and 22, 2024 Conference on Climate Change Emergency Response planned at UNM-Gallup (New Mexico):

https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/648e40c3-d44c-47f5-bec6-8a52b8595c41/Climate%20Reversed%201121%20to%20112224.pdf

Santa Fe Recovery Center's Gallup NM Walk-in support starts Nov. 7, 2024

KGLP Station Manager Rachel Kaub speaks with representatives of the Santa Fe Recovery Center, which plans to offer walk-in support for patients starting on November 7, 2024.

From their press release, now posted at KGLP.org's "PSA's and Events" page, i.e., 

https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/648e40c3-d44c-47f5-bec6-8a52b8595c41/SF%20Crisis%20Ctr%20DropIn%20starts%20110724.pdf

Gallup, NM – October 23, 2024 - McKinley County residents will have a new place to go for respite
during a mental health or substance use crisis. Santa Fe Recovery Center announced today that it will
begin accepting adult patients ages 18 and older beginning November 7, 2024, at its new building in
Gallup located at 2028 East Aztec Ave. The project is funded through a grant from New Mexico
Human Services Department, Health Care Authority to increase and sustain access to crisis services in
the region.

Tim Walz Navajo Nation dignitaries and Mark Kelly Oct. 26 2024 Rally in Window Rock

Selected Audio recorded October 26, 2024 at Window Rock Tribal Park, in Window Rock, Arizona, the capitol of the Navajo Nation, during a Harris/Walz "Early Vote Celebration" themed campaign rally, focusing on the importance of the Native American vote.

From a Navajo Nation press release:

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation President welcomes Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to the Navajo Nation capital on Saturday, Oct. 26, to present the Harris/Walz platform, and the need for Navajos and Arizona Natives to vote in the most crucial election of a generation.

“Whether you believe it or not, your vote determines who sits in the White House and in Congress,” President Nygren said. “Whoever is in the White House is important because as a sovereign Navajo Nation, we will work with the new leader to serve our Diné people."

According to the Arizona 2020 Census, Native people make up 6% of the state’s population. About 300,000 of Arizona’s Natives are old enough to vote.

New Mexico Secretary of State discusses 2024 Election Integrity

KGLP Station Manager Rachel Kaub speaks with New Mexico's Secretary of State, Maggie Toulouse OIiver, about Election Integrity, AI and Deepfakes, disinformation, and the discerning voter, as we approach the November 5, 2024 election, including State, Federal, and regional or local offices and issues.

A voter toolkit, including tips on recognizing disinformation, AI, deepfakes, and more, may be found at:

https://www.sos.nm.gov/ai/

General election and voting information is available at:

https://www.sos.nm.gov/voting-and-elections/voter-information-portal-nmvote-org/

Ms. Oliver has called New Mexico home since the age of 3 and is New Mexico’s 26th Secretary of State. She has served the people of New Mexico in this role since first being elected in 2016.

 

 

Strong Fathers program and the Hozho Center for Personal Enhancement - Recovery Month event 9/30/24

KGLP Station Manager Rachel Kaub speaks with representatives of several recovery programs in Northwestern New Mexico.  The Strong Fathers program has the goal of increasing the economic stability of fathers and their families, promote positive parenting, and increase healthy relationships and co-parenting in Native communities.  For more information, you may e-mail stronfathers21@gmail.com, or you may call 928-208-7458.

The Hozho Center for Personal Enhacement is planning a Recovery Month Celebration at their Howard Johnson office, in Gallup, New Mexico, on September 30, 2024 - the flyer is available at:

https://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/ip/648e40c3-d44c-47f5-bec6-8a52b8595c41/Hozho%20Center%20Recovery%20Month%20event%20093024.jpg/:/rs=w:1280,h:1657