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WRITE YOUR GOVERNOR!

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Response to Yesterday’s Post:
A friend of mine asked me what we can do as individuals. Here are four things I know every citizen of this state can do right now. Write Governor Polis (NOT EMAIL, AN ACTUAL LETTER) and let him know they should be preparing for any invasion by the masked secret police of the Federal Government, as other blue-state governors are preparing as we speak. Ask Governor Polis to check in with other governors who have created tabletop exercise scenarios, as Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro said when he was on Stephen Colbert. Ask him to be actively prepared to call in the State branch of the National Guard to help protect the people in a peaceful way, as Minnesota Governor Tim Walz did. Or walk the streets and take a tour WITH CAMERAS to show how quiet they were, as Illinois Governor J B Pritzker did when they invaded Chicago. And there’s always Gavin Newsome of California to give him advice on how to sue the Federal government, among other things. https://calmatters.org/politics/2026/01/democrats-immigration-legislation/

Encourage Governor Polis to just network and ask for help. If he has, great! We know we have a governor who cares.

Governor Jared Polis’ Office:
Front Desk: (303) 866-2471
State Capitol Building
200 E. Colfax Ave.,136
Denver, CO 80203
Email the Governor: Governorpolis@state.co.us

Check in with Colorado Rapid Response Network at:
https://coloradorapidresponsenetwork.com/
1-844-864-8341 FOR LIVE UPDATES

DONATE! A quick AI search yielded the following:
Donating to these organizations helps provide legal counsel to those facing deportation who otherwise would not have access to an attorney.
To help with legal fees for immigrants in Colorado facing ICE action, you can donate to the:
Colorado Immigrant Justice Fund, which covers legal representation for detained individuals, or the Denver Immigrant Legal Services Fund. Other key organizations include the Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition (for legal defense and advocacy) and the Justice and Mercy Legal Aid Center. 
Here are specific organizations accepting donations for legal aid:
Colorado Immigrant Justice Fund (CIJF): Focuses on providing legal representation for detained immigrants, significantly increasing their chances of fighting deportation.
Denver Immigrant Legal Services Fund: Managed by The Denver Foundation, this fund provides grants for legal services to immigrants in Denver facing removal proceedings.
Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition (CIRC): Operates the Immigrant Legal Defense Fund to support legal services for Coloradans in deportation proceedings.
Justice and Mercy Legal Aid Center (JAMLAC): Provides legal services to low-income individuals, including immigrants.
Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC): A national organization working with local, Colorado-based groups. 
Additional Support Channels:
Newcomers Fund: Managed by the Rose Community Foundation, this fund supports non-profits helping migrants with various needs, including work authorization fees. 

And finally, get out in the streets and keep doing what you do best! Raise the alarm! Remember, even if we think it is only about immigrants, it’s truly more than that. No one should get killed for standing up for their rights! Love goes out to all of you who are BRAVE!

Light at the End of the Tunnel

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How many of us are moving forward even in this bad news crazed world? How many of us are trying to rectify injustices that keep on happening? How many of us are just about ready to give up? Well, today I’m going to urge you to just keep moving forward, and do the best you can every day that you live. Don’t let your brain rest one bit. If you rest, you die. If a bear or mountain lion is chasing you in the woods (or out in the world such as your back yard – really happened to me), stand up and fight! Stand up and shout them out of your domestic domain! No more zoning out until you die! Blissful moments will come when we finish the fight!

Stand up and make a statement about civility, fairness, equity and inclusion, and loving one another! Stand up for people who just want the same things your family wanted when you came to this country. Fight for them as well as all of the scientific community who are trying to tell you about changes in our environment if we don’t stop those who are destroying it for us. Just keep moving forward no matter what. I know it’s not easy, but if you trust my words and make your own movement count, there is a light at the end of the tunnel. We only move toward that end of the tunnel when we die! Even if we just don’t get there when we expect to, we must stop wasting time on silliness and retribution. We must keep striving for an end to the madness so we can go into the next plane of existence in peace.

Find that one beautiful and meaningful thing you can do every day that you live that will make a difference for future generations. It can be as simple as using less plastic, composting, or recycling. (HELLO! Wake up restaurants! Make it happen!) It can be planting a backyard garden or feeding others with the fruits of you labor when you have extras. Or it can be big such as all the protests we’ve seen of late. Anything is better than ignoring those in power who hurt the little guys in the end.

“If you do not have an absolutely clear vision of something, where you can follow the light to the end of the tunnel, then it doesn’t matter whether you’re bold or cowardly, or whether you’re stupid or intelligent. Doesn’t get you anywhere.”—Werner Herzog
“Sometimes that light at the end of the tunnel is a train.”—Charles Barkley (Good ole’Charles….)

So don’t wait for that train to run you over. Keep on living, keep on doing what’s right. Love the one you love, but love everyone and everything else equally. Enough said. I’m going to make more delicious zucchini recipes to be at peace for the evening.
Zucchini Boats!

I love you all tonight and hope for peace in the valley (and the mountains!) for everyone.
Jim Reeves Peace in the Valley