MEDIA ADVISORY: Dorchester County Joins National “Healthcare Not Authoritarianism” Shutdown Showdown

Written By Michelle Fowle

Community Joins National Action to Demand Congress Protect Healthcare and Reject Trump’s Shutdown Scheme

Hurlock, MD — On Saturday, October 4, community members in Dorchester County will join Americans at hundreds of events nationwide in the fight to protect healthcare access as Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans in Congress push our country into a government shutdown rather than lower healthcare costs for families.

Cambridge Indivisible and the Dorchester Democratic Central Committee will march together in the Hurlock Fall Fest Parade to demonstrate that our communities will always fight for affordable healthcare and against authoritarian power grabs.

Participants will call on Congressional Democrats to hold their ground — demanding any funding deal must protect healthcare for millions of families, extend Affordable Care Act subsidies, and reverse cruel Medicaid cuts.

Local organizers invite press to attend, capture, and uplift the voices of those taking peaceful action to stop Congress from bowing down to Trump’s demands.

WHO:

  • Cambridge Indivisible

  • Dorchester Democratic Central Committee

  • Community members, healthcare advocates, and local leaders

WHAT:

  • Marching in the Hurlock Fall Fest Parade

  • Part of the national Healthcare Not Authoritarianism: Shutdown Showdown

WHEN:

  • Saturday, October 4, 2025

  • Meet at 9:00 AM at Hurlock Elementary School

  • Parade formation begins at 9:30 AM

WHERE:

 Hurlock Elementary School (staging location)
301 Charles St.
Hurlock, MD 21643

VISUALS:

  • Marchers with homemade signs, banners, and flags

  • Large inflatable displays

  • Children, families, and local leaders marching together

  • Public display of solidarity in a community parade setting

For more information, or to arrange interviews with organizers or participants, please contact:
Michelle Fowle | (410) 571-4862‬ | info@cambridgeindivisible.org or Sydney Bradner-Jacobs | (443)-521-1913 | sydjacobs17@gmail.com or Sarah Gavian | (202)-374-7400 | sarah.gavian@gmail.com  


Michelle Fowle

“The real revolutionist is the one who is most concerned with the least glamorous stuff.” (paraphrased by Alice Walker)

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