FRIDAY AT NOON: Protesters Stage Sit-In Inside Senator Collins’ Portland Office Demanding the Senator Reject Brett Kavanaugh’s Nomination for the Supreme Court

MEDIA ADVISORY FOR: Friday, September 28th, 2018, 12:00 pm (local time)
CONTACT: Yasmina Dardari | yasmina@unbendablemedia.com | (407) 922-8149

FRIDAY AT NOON: Protesters Stage Sit-In Inside Senator Collins’ Portland Office Demanding the Senator Reject Brett Kavanaugh’s Nomination for the Supreme Court

Advocates Demand Senator Collins ‘Believe Survivors’

PORTLAND, ME — On Friday, September 28th, protestors will stage a sit-in inside Senator Susan Collins’ Portland office, demanding the Senator reject Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination for the Supreme Court.

Members of the women’s rights group UltraViolet Action will urge Collins to believe Christine Blasey Ford, Deborah Ramirez, and Julie Swetnick and reject Kavanaugh, arguing that a sexual predator does not belong in any position of power, let alone on the highest court in the nation.

WHAT: “Believe Survivors!” Sit-in at Sen. Collins’ Portland office
WHEN: Friday, September 28th, 2018, 12:00 pm (local time)
WHERE: Sen. Collins’ Portland office, One Canal Plaza, Portland, ME 04101
LOCAL CONTACT: April Humphrey, Yarmouth Town Council member, 207-200-6810
FOR MORE INFORMATION: https://www.facebook.com/events/2136747043210133/

“We believe Christine Blasey Ford, Deborah Ramirez, and Julie Swetnick. Brett Kavanaugh is a sexual predator, which unquestionably disqualifies him from holding any office in government, let alone the highest court in the country,” explains Karin Roland, Chief Campaigns Officer of UltraViolet Action and Maine resident. ”Dr. Ford has demonstrated tremendous courage in testifying and sharing her story of how Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her. Now is the time for Senator Collins to make it clear that she believes women and finds violence against women wholly unacceptable by publicly announcing her opposition to Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination. Anything less is a betrayal of women—one that voters will remember this November.”

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