Previous Actions – 2025
Previous Actions – 2025
December 15 –
- Rest and recharge
- Listen to Win: Empathetic Conversation Training with Swing Left. https://www.mobilize.us/swingleft/?q=listen%20to%20winSome of the trainings are in person (in Philly) and some over Zoom.
- In light of the measles outbreak and quarantines in South Carolina, call your representative to impeach RFK, Jr.
December 8 –
Two more 15 Minutes calls in 2025! Then, it starts to become all about the midterms. This week?
- Register for All In Call and to hear Heather Cox Richardson: 12/10 at 7:00 https://thirdact.org/events/third-act-all-in-call-december-2025/
- Call your Representatives to urge them to impeach Pete Hegseth and/or to stop the extrajudicial killings and military escalation with Venezuela
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- Suggested script
- Hi, I’m a constituent calling from [zip]. My name is ______.
- Suggested script
- First, I’m calling to say that Secretary Hegseth needs to be impeached and removed from office. It’s absolutely unacceptable to have a Secretary of Defense who rejects the Geneva Conventions and orders war crimes. Will the Senator/Rep immediately call for impeachment proceedings to begin?
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- Book recommendation: “Why Civil Resistance Works”
December 1 –
- Support Ukraine: https://5calls.org/issue/ukraine-russia-zelinsky/
- Sign up to call voters and get out votes for Aftyn Behn — a former Indivisible running to flip a red House seat! Our next chance to stomp the regime at the ballot box is in Tennessee, where Aftyn Behn can flip a deep-red Trump district in a special election. You can call voters from anywhere. All you need is a phone and computer, and we offer live training before the shift.
- Start attending the Indivisible “What’s the Plan” meetings again-every Thursday, 3-4 PM as we start to plan for the mid-term primaries https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/773746/
- Run For Something — helps young, progressive people run for office.
- In the last year more than 72,000 young people have signed up through Run for Something’s recruitment pipeline.
- They’re a huge part of the reason we saw school boards, town councils, boards of supervisors, city councils, and more flipping blue.
- Between the polls closing on November 4 and the morning of November 6, RFS had more than 5,000 new young people sign up to run for office.
- CWCW reader offering a matching campaign. Any donations made before the end of the year using this link will be matched by her up to $300,000!
November 24 –
- Spotify is running ads recruiting agents for ICE. They are helping build a secret police force! So Indivisible national has joined a campaign asking us all to cancel our Spotify subscriptions–until Spotify stops running those ads.
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- Indivisible makes it easy. Here’s information on their demands, how to cancel your premium subscription, what happens when you do that, how to transfer your playlist to another platform, and even a social media toolkit to help publicize the campaign (or brag that you canceled!) They published a video tutorial for canceling a Spotify premium account. Let’s do it!
- Continue boycott of Home Depot, Amazon, Target
- Express thanks to Senators and Reps who have been targeted by Trump because they urged service people to uphold their vows to protect the Constitution. Call one (or all) of the six lawmakers he’s targeting and tell them we have their backs. They are:
- Senator Elissa Slotkin 202-224-4822 or 313-961-4330
- Senator Mark Kelly (202) 224-2235 or (520) 475-5177
- Representative Jason Crow (202) 225-7882 or (720) 748-7514
- Representative Chris Deluzio (202) 225-2301 or (724) 206-4860
- Representative Chrissy Houlahan (202) 225-4315 or (610) 883-5050
- Representative Maggie Goodlander 202-225-5206 or (603) 444-7700
- Suggested script:
- I’m calling to thank the Representative/Senator for standing up for our Constitution and calling out Trump’s lawless behavior. I know Trump is targeting him/her right now and s/he’s getting a lot of hate, so I want to make sure s/he’s also hearing from those of us who are grateful to him/her for what s/he said and for all s/he is doing to save democracy. Believe me, the majority of the country is with him/her. Thank you!
- Sign up to write News Boosting postcards with Postcards to Swing States to help combat disinformation and make sure voters in Georgia, Iowa, Maine, Michigan and North Carolina learn how harmful the Trump/GOP agenda is for them. All five states have key elections in 2026.
- What is the goal? New information from credible messengers is what’s proven to persuade voters. These postcards make sure voters hear about the harmful Trump/GOP agenda and know who is to blame. Most importantly, PTSS uses real news headlines and avoids partisan messages so that voters trust the messenger.
- How does it work? They mail you the postcards for free, along with voter lists and instructions with a short script. You will handwrite the message and the voter addresses. Orders of 100-300 postcards may take until early January to deliver — they prioritize orders of 500+ to ship within a few days. You will provide postcard stamps (currently $0.61) and mail the postcards on the instructed date.
- When will you mail the cards to voters? You’re only responsible for one mailing, but there are a total of five mailing dates. If you order now, your mailing date may be as early as February 5, so please order accordingly.
November 17 –
Christmas shopping boycott of Home Depot, Amazon, and Target
https://weaintbuyingit.com/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Call for the release of the Epstein files
https://5calls.org/issue/release-epstein-files/
In preparation for the midterms, familiarize yourself with flippable Republican House seats. In PA, this includes:
- Scott Perry (PA-10)
- Ryan MacKenzie (PA-07) and,
- Rob Bresnahan (PA-08).
Then, pick a district you’d like to focus on and think about joining Swing Left’s Action Hub, a virtual field office where you’ll be given high-impact actions you can take to win your chosen district in 2026. https://swingleft.org/p/vol-slack-guide?utm_source=homepage&utm_medium=website
November 10 –
- Celebrate our hard work and election victories and take a little break – schedule something restorative – don’t think about politics for a whole day–hang out with a friend, go into the city and try a new restaurant, go for a hike, visit a museum you haven’t visited in a while. Listen to some great music or PLAY some great music.
- Call Senators and Representatives to register outrage about SNAP payments being withheld
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Volunteer at a Food Bank | Feeding America
Help provide meals to communities and find a volunteer opportunity near you.
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- Sign up for the next Indivisible What’s the Plan call (Thursday, November 13, 3-4) to start thinking about the midterms and our next steps https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/773746/
- Donate to flip the House through Oath–a site that uses an algorithm to help donors direct their money to the Democratic races where it would have the greatest impact. Money goes directly to candidates–they don’t keep a cut.https://app.oath.vote/donate
•Nathaniel Sennett of the EVP will be doing “The No Hot Takes” election seminar on Nov. 19, from 1-2 p.m. ET.
November 3 –
Continue with ballot curing for those involved – possible follow up work for the week after elections.
- Phone bank opportunities from the Environmental Voter Project. https://www.environmentalvoter.org/get-involved
Counter Republican cruelty by donating to a food bank–list of suggested items here. https://www.feedingamerica.org/hunger-blog/what-donate-food-bank-and-what-avoid
Call your Senators and ask them to Roll back Trump’s terrible, illegal tariffs that are re-igniting inflation, driving up prices, shifting the tax burden from the wealthy to working people, hurting small businesses and farmers, reviving tyrannical “taxation without representation,” and alienating governments and people throughout the world.
October 28 –
Sticking with PA !
Phonebank for Judicial Retention on Oct. 28.
https://www.mobilize.us/padems/event/842041/
Donate to the judges retention campaigns directly:
- Christine Donahue: https://donohue2025.com/
- Kevin M. Dougherty: https://retaindougherty.com/
- David Wecht: https://davidwecht.com/
More phone calling before the November 4 PA election–from Turn PA Blue.
Shutdown: priority is to reach out to our representatives and tell them to HANG TIGHT and not to cave on the shut down.
The Stop the Trump Shutdown toolkit has everything you need to take action – including new printable signs! Register your event here to demand Republicans protect healthcare and end the shutdown, and urge Democrats to hold the line. We need our neighbors to know who is responsible for the chaos–every action and every phone call you make counts!
Call representatives to make sure they don’t waver on the shutdown/budget
https://5calls.org/issue/federal-budget-government-shutdown/
East Wing teardown – example script:
I address Senator McCormick directly, quoting Senator Chris Murphy because he says it better than I can: “We are not living in a functional democracy any longer. It’s not too late to save it, but it is just important to acknowledge that we aren’t on the precipice of losing our democracy. We are losing it every single day. We are not a functional nation with a rule of law any longer, and those toppled walls in the East Wing are a pretty stark reminder of that.” Senator McCormick, when are you and your fellow Republicans in the Senate and House going to push back and help save our democracy? It is heartbreaking to see the destruction being wreaked on the White House, and, as Senator Murphy, suggests, it is a symbol of the destruction being wreaked on our nation. It is too late to save “The People’s House,” but I urge you to please support your oath to the Constitution and help save our democracy.
October 13 –
Vermonters, thank Phil Scott for this: Yesterday a second Republican governor, Phil Scott of Vermont, opposed the administration’s deployment of federalized National Guard troops to Chicago and to Portland, Oregon. “I don’t think our guard should be used against our own people. I don’t think the military should be used against our own people. In fact, it’s unconstitutional,” Scott said. “Unless, of course, there’s an insurrection, much like we saw January 6 a few years ago.”
Virtual work on behalf of California’s Prop 50on Tuesday, October 14th—this is the effort to match Texas’s redistricting plan in the Golden State.
Friday, October 17th, it’s Volunteer Blue, Zoom call with Heather Cox Richardson, Rep. Gallego and Bill McKibben.
Phonebank for Judicial Retention on Oct. 28.
https://www.mobilize.us/padems/event/842041/
Donate to the judges retention campaigns directly:
- Christine Donahue: https://donohue2025.com/
- Kevin M. Dougherty: https://retaindougherty.com/
- David Wecht: https://davidwecht.com/
October 6 –
- Ballot Curing begins this week – still time to get involved!
- October 18 – No Kings Day2 – reminder. Find an event here
- Phone Banks – ongoing: Join phone banks to Pennsylvania voters Mondays, Tuesdays or Thursdays with Promote the Vote PA or Sundays and Tuesdays with Turn PA Blue.
- Judicial Retention Phone Bank – October 16th action (Comm Workers of America – https://action.cwa.org/events/oct16papb/
- Judicial Retention Phone Bank – October 25th action (Mobilize) –https://www.mobilize.us/bluevote/event/844512/
September 29 –
- CALL NOW: Tell Your Democratic Senator(s) to Make Sure Schumer Doesn’t Hand Trump a Blank Check
- I want the Senator to refuse to vote for – and do everything they can to block – funding for Trump’s unconstitutional power grabs—even if it means a government shutdown. No Republican poison pills, no funds for ICE kidnappings, international renditions, or domestic concentration-camps. No funds for military occupation of Blue cities. A restoration of all funds cut from Medicare, Medicaid, and the ACA. Those things should be the bare minimum. Otherwise vote no. Thanks.
- https://indivisible.org/resource/call-now-tell-your-democratic-senators-make-sure-schumer-doesnt-hand-trump-blank-check?akid=120407.100137.ktf3rw&rd=1&source=email_20250915&t=24&utm_source=email
- PA Supreme Court Justice retention and ballot curing
- Shaun, Meg, can offer guidance
- Good training and a useful app make life easier
- Calls start in a week +/-
- Before the training, please watch the video “Voting in PA in 2025”
- https://us06web.zoom.us/rec/share/_MqSvLlJ41X4Pu7zDGy5zYFLZODQwX3R0pXUK7FAJ51BJkinrGnrdyOAL3CM0_ng.2ulG8vVk5UTi9aTo Passcode: 1HY$$@ZY
- Reminder: sign up for No King’s 2 on October 18th – click here
September 22 –
- Cancel Disney, Paramount, ABC, CBS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0AmfrdqC6c
2) Learn more about the justices and the important work they do at their websites:
Christine Donahue: https://donohue2025.com/
Kevin M. Dougherty: https://retaindougherty.com/
David Wecht: https://davidwecht.com/
3) Send postcards encouraging voters to vote in the election (sponsored by Progressive Turnout Project)
A Postcards to Swing States campaign targets Pennsylvania low-propensity voters, who are likely to vote Democrat when they vote. They supply the postcards, addresses, and messaging information. You supply the postage. You might consider hosting a postcard-writing party. Here’s the link to sign up: https://secure.everyaction.com/En7wX4nReEK5r63DQT_AHQ2
4) Write letters encouraging voters to vote in the election (sponsored by Vote Forward)
Two Vote Forward campaign targets Pennsylvania voters: (1) young voters and (2) low-propensity voters, who are likely to vote Democrat when they vote, You download the letters and addresses and then supply the postage. You might consider hosting a letter-writing party. Here’s the link to sign up:
5) Get a yard sign encouraging people to vote for retention
Check with your local Democratic committee to get a yard sign. Encourage your neighbors to vote! (PA residents)
Activate America also has a postcard campaign. They supply a script and addresses, but volunteers must buy postcards and stamps.
https://www.activateamerica.vote/postcards
September 15th –
- Sign up for No King’s 2 on October 18th – click here
- Encourage Dems to be uncooperative vis a vis the budget:Suggested script (courtesy of Jessica Craven):
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- I want the Senator to refuse to vote for – and do everything they can to block – funding for Trump’s unconstitutional power grabs—even if it means a government shutdown. No Republican poison pills, no funds for ICE kidnappings, international renditions, or domestic concentration-camps. No funds for military occupation of Blue cities. A restoration of all funds cut from Medicare, Medicaid, and the ACA. Those things should be the bare minimum. Otherwise vote no. Thanks.
September 8 –
Calls to Senators and Representatives for resignation of RFK, Jr.
Sample script: I am a senior citizen, and I am highly aware of the importance of vaccines for protecting my increasingly less robust health. I am writing to urge (Senator—, Representative —) to call for Robert Kennedy, Jr., to resign or to be impeached. His anti-science stance, opposition to vaccines, and firing of experts who stand up to him has and will result in lost American lives. (Measles outbreak, anyone?) Nine former CDC directors wrote a piece in the New York Times that RFK is endangering Americans’ health. He just removed noted expert Dr. Paul Offt from the vaccine advisory committee. How many people have to die because of RFK’s lack of expertise and crackpot science? Please push for his resignation or call for his impeachment. Thank you.
Ballot Curing
Sign up to join a ballot cure phonebank or canvass today. Thousands of ballots could be rejected because of mistakes, such as missing or mismatched signatures. You can have a major impact on the 2024 Election by helping voters fix — or “cure” — their ballots before the deadline.
August 25 –
Activate America Postcards for PA Supreme Court
Sign up for book reading
Sam Daley-Harris in Reclaiming Our Democracy: Every Citizen’s Guide to Transformational Advocacy (Rivertowns Books 2025, paperback). Daley-Harris will tell us how to get in the game by engaging in transformational advocacy during an online presentation and book discussion on Thursday, Sept. 4, from 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Save Our Signs
- Help to create an archive of the signs and displays the Trump administration seeks to remove from our national historic sites and monuments. Take photos and download to preserve our real history.
- https://sites.google.com/umn.edu/save-our-signs
Print Cards With Immigrant Rights
- The Immigrant Legal Resource Center offers so-called “red cards” outlining every person’s constitutional rights and protections in many languages to print and give to immigrants and others who might be targeted by ICE
- Print some cards in the language of your nearby immigrant communities and keep them in your wallet, or post them at an immigrant community center or business.
- https://www.ilrc.org/red-cards-tarjetas-rojas
Cartoons for Democracy has a PA campaign happening.
https://cartoonsfordemocracy.myshopify.com/collections/protect-pennsylvania
August 18 –
1. Call Senators to Oppose the Nomination of E.J. Antoni to Head the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Trump yesterday announced his nominee to replace McEntarfer: E.J. Antoni, the top economist at the Heritage Foundation and yet another Project 2025 contributor. Even conservative economists have dismissed him as “utterly unqualified and as partisan as it gets,” and we should all be extremely concerned that he will manipulate data to make Trump look good – if only to keep his job.
Suggested Scripts
Call Your Senators (find yours here)
Call Your House Rep (find yours here)
Hi, I’m a constituent calling from [zip]. My name is ______.
Trump has announced he is nominating EJ Antoni, the chief economist at the Heritage Foundation, as the next commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. I oppose this nomination. Antoni is not only unqualified for the job, he’s a highly partisan operator who can’t be trusted to report the facts. Getting solid, nonpartisan economic statistics from the government is critical for the economy. Posting inaccurate job numbers will wreck the reputation of an independent agency long seen as the gold standard. The Senator should vote no and demand that Trump reinstate Commissioner McEntarfer, who was doing an excellent job.
2. DC Takeover
Call Your Senators and Representative to Denounce Trump’s Takeover of DC and Demand Statehood
https://5calls.org/issue/dc-statehood-hr51-s51/
3. Sign Letter Urging Harvard Not to Capitulate
Join Crimson Courage in urging the university to stand strong!
4. EPA Endangerment Overturn (possibility) Please use your voice and write a message to the EPA now, sharing why you think overturning the endangerment finding would be a disaster for the planet and all who live on it. You can find some helpful guidelines and talking points from Mom’s Clean Air Force and read comments other concerned Americans have written and submitted here.
August 11 –
Previous Actions –
August 4
VoPro Pros Ballet Curing Suggestions
The PA Team of VoPro Pros will be leading a statewide curing project to ensure that ballots of Democrats and most Independents count in November’s election. We can’t overstate the importance of this election in which three Democratic State Supreme Justices are up for retention (that is, a “yes” or “no” vote). Retaining these judges is essential. Please join us to help voters fix technical errors on their ballots (“Curing”) and to get the ballots they requested but did not receive (“Undeliverables”). Read the Project Brief for more information and to complete a form to express your interest in joining the project.
Release the Epstein files
Most House members are home for August recess after Republicans prematurely fled DC to avoid voting on the Epstein files. But we need to keep the pressure on and demand a vote as soon as they return. And even for our Democratic representatives, call them to make sure they will push hard for the files to be released.
- Releasing all Epstein-related documents and flight logs
- Investigating Pam Bondi’s DOJ review and contradictions
- Accountability for all implicated public officials
- No pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell
Interviewwith Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) on his 3 year investigation into the Epstein case. Wyden explains how America’s biggest banks enabled Epstein’s crimes, and how the Trump Administration helped cover it up. YouTube link is here.
Call Your Senators (find yours here)
Hi, I’m a constituent calling from [zip]. My name is ______.
First, I understand that Senate Democrats are trying to force the Trump administration to release material connected to the Epstein investigation using something called the ‘rule of five.’ I support this move and want the Senator to as well. The American public is not going to forget about this. We want to see those files and we won’t stop asking until they are released.
Also, I know the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee advanced a bill yesterday that would prevent members of Congress, the president and the vice president from stock trading while in office. This bill is a must-pass. I expect the Senator to co-sponsor it. Thanks.
One Million Rising –
National effort to train one million people in strategic logic and practice of non-cooperation, and the basics of community organizing and campaign design.
Session One – The Movement and Your Mission
Session Two – How to Make It Happen
Session Three – Now What?
All materials and links can be found at https://www.nokings.org/rise
Previous Actions
July 28 –
Sign up for ballot curing training by 7/30
- PA election is critical as 3 Democratic State Supreme Court justices are up for retention
- Previous PA curing experience is not necessary.
- If you are interested, please complete this form by July 30: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf-YrfU6NPEqUvZP43iw2X4DDtBi1OxyTyKCwGxeBRSRsFElA/viewform?usp=header
One Million Rising – training and sign up here
- a national effort to train one million people in the strategic logic and practice of non-cooperation, as well as the basics of community organizing and campaign design
- One Million Rising Week One video
July 21 –
2. Subscribe to Meidas Touch Podcasts and Youtube Channel.
July 14 –
- July 17th, mostly end of day timing
> Rescission Vote (rolling back expenditures already approved by Congress) vote expected before July 18 in the Senate. Of course the USAID cuts are appalling, but this also rolls back funding for public broadcasting.
Call Your Senators (find yours here)
Hi, I’m a constituent calling from [zip]. My name is ______.
I want the Senator to vote no on the rescissions package currently before them. Republicans have already taken so much from the American people. We don’t want to lose Public Broadcasting, too. And the cuts to foreign aid are so cruel. We are becoming a vicious country—utterly unChristian. Please ask the Senator to vote against this package. Thanks.
[If GOP add:] And I want to say again how disgusted I am with Republicans for passing Trump’s bill. I will be spreading the word far and wide about how awful it is. Shame on him/her.
In light of the horrible flooding in Texas, how about some support for NOAA, etc.
Support funding US weather prediction and climate science
https://5calls.org/issue/climate-weather-research-funding-cuts/
Similar and perhaps easier link at Activate America.
> Demand the Unmasking of ICE Agents
https://5calls.org/issue/ice-unmasking-identification/
July 7 –
Stop ICE overreach- https://www.bluestatedefiance.org/ice
Get trained to fight Authoritarianism – https://indivisible.org
Protect vital reporting of corporate climate damage.
- The Environmental Protection Agency proposes repealing reporting requirements for greenhouse gas emissions by large industrial facilities and rolling back limits on permissible soot and mercury produced by the country’s dirtiest coal plants. Without these reports, the federal government will lack necessary data to measure and limit sources of pollution heating the planet.
- Submit a comment: Oppose these harmful rule changes before August 4th through regulations.gov referencing Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2004-0489. All comments received will be included in the public docket including personal information if provided.
June 30 –
- PA Judicial elections – Vote Yes to retain key justices. Not too early to begin support of important swing state issues.
June 23 –
- Has Congress abolished itself? Congress take back your war powers. Call your Senators and Representatives. Don’t let Trump bumble into war in the Middle East. He’s doing it for the ratings.
- Public Land Should Stay in Public Hands! Call your senators to oppose potentially selling millions of acres of our land.
June 16 –
- Pennsylvania Supreme Court support
- Condemn Trump’s use of National Guard and Military against Americans
- Support Clean Energy Future – Inflation Reduction Act
Jeremy Friedman; Third Act
This is our absolute best shot to stop Trump’s allies from gutting clean energy investments and raising costs for millions of families.
Third Actors have already made thousands of calls, mailed postcards, and sent emails––and please, please keep calling!––Senators are describing an unusual groundswell of citizen opposition to these rollbacks in Trump’s Big, Bad Budget Bill.
But now we need to do more. We need to show up face-to-face.
Constituent meetings are one of the most effective ways to influence lawmakers. That’s why we’re partnering with Solar United Neighbors to help constituents, like you, request meetings with your Senators and get help to deliver a clear message: Don’t repeal the clean energy credits. Protect the IRA.
Sign Up for a Meeting with Your Senator
You’ll get talking points, a toolkit, and support from organizers in your region.
These next few days are critical—the bill now heads to markup and budget reconciliation in the U.S. Senate, where a few influential Senators could make or break our clean energy future.
June 9 –
- It’s Not Too Early to Start Fighting for the Midterms
- Sign up for postcard training (or upcoming canvassing and phone banking) with the very effective Environmental Voter Project
June 2 –
Take (and publicize) free Harvard course on government. Support the university and expand your knowledge bucket.
https://pll.harvard.edu/catalog?topics%5B712%5D=712&max_price=&start_date=&keywords=&url=
Indivisible suggestions from weekly “What’s the Plan? ” call
- No Kings Day
- We all have responsibility to bring someone(s) else
- Take time to celebrate incremental wins – Musk quits!!
- Add to these ‘No Kings” icons to your social media and email signatures –
Contact Senators to oppose the Reconciliation Bill. https://5calls.org/issue/medicaid-cuts-budget-reconciliation/
Talking points
- Issues of judicial override
- Congress people do not even know what’s in the bill – pressure needs to be applied to SLOW down the process
- Suggested script – “As a senior who depends on Medicare, I am outraged and distressed by the “Big Billionaires’ Bill, which would provide 1.1 trillion in tax cuts for the super-wealthy. At the same time, a $300 billion cut in SNAP would reduce food assistance for over 40 million people, a $715 billion cut to Medicaid would undermine the health coverage of 72 million people, and a $500 billion cut to Medicare, triggered by the PAYGO Act would undermine the health coverage of me and other seniors. This bill is so cruel and so morally repugnant. It will harm many of your own constituents—many of the very people who voted for you! Please please please vote no!”
- Letter writing tips pp.283-284 in “Reclaiming Our Democracy,” our upcoming book discussion w/ Sam Daley-Harris.
- Link to Senator contact information, click here
- An easy action that simply requires you to fill out your details and a letter about the contempt clause goes to your senators, automagically.
May 19th
- PA folks, especially – SupportPA “tariff accountability” campaigns focused on Republicans in districts we might take back in 2026 – (details at Activate America).
- Thank Newark, NJ, Mayor Risking Arrest at ICE Facility. Newark Mayor Ras Bakara got arrested for accompanying lawmakers inspecting an ICE facility in his town. He’s been fighting the opening of this facility for months, doing the right thing at great personal risk. It would be nice to see him rewarded for it.P lease consider either making a donation to his gubernatorial campaign here or sending him a note of thanks here. Or both!
May 12th –
- Save Public Media! The White House’s annual budget request proposes to eliminate federal funding, and Trump has issued an Executive Order to block support for PBS and NPR. These actions would immediately devastate local public radio stations. Write to your congressperson, or call them to demand they push back against this action. If you can, donate any amount to your local….
- Watch this 3-minute videoto learn how Trump’s 2026 budget proposal could affect you and your community. The plan includes a $163 billion cut to non-defense spending, slashing funding for critical services like education, housing, medical research, foreign aid, energy, and environmental protection. It also proposes deep cuts to mental health care, addiction treatment, and utility/heating assistance—services millions rely on. Contact your representatives, and make your voice heard.
- Show Up! Live near a highway overpass? Consider joining or organizing a “Rush Hour Resistance” Visibility Brigade to get your message seen. Visibility Brigade has all kinds of resources for making the most of a rush hour commute audience. Their goal is “providing physical messaging in the real world to connect with and activate voters to demonstrate that resistance is possible”! In Vermont this happens weekly over I-91.
- Sign the AARP’spetition protecting Social Security. https://action.aarp.org/social-security-pledge
May 5th –
- Celebrate block of SAVE Act!
- Support ActBlue
- Join “What’s the Plan?” – Indivisible weekly call
- Support local foodbank with donation
April 28th –
- Join your Local Indivisible Group. Groups are organized at the county, region within a county, and even city/town level. Indivisible is an invaluable source of information on many types of actions and protests, including protests at elected official’s offices and Social Security offices.
- Demand Congress Rescind Trump’s Terrible Tariffs
- Call/contact your Senators and House Members and demand they roll back these incredibly dangerous and unconstitutional tariffs immediately. Insist they sign on and advocate for the new bi-partisan resolution that would repeal the tariffs just introduced by Senator Kaine, Paul, Wyden, Shaheen, Welch, Warren and Schumer. It will be coming to a Senate vote in the coming days.
- Attend May Day rallies to support workers. Consult Mobilize for locations.
April 21st –
- Thank Harvard University for standing up to bullies
- Office of the President
Harvard University
Massachusetts Hall
Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
Tel: (617) 495-1502
Fax: (617) 495-8550
president@harvard.edu
- Office of the President
- Support Earth Week – take 15 Minutes (at least) to smell the roses. Then, support our planet – details here.
April 14th –
- Pull out all stops to oppose the SAVE act. Details here – we need 60 votes in the Senate.
- What is the SAVE Act?The SAVE Act would require that anyone registering to vote or changing their registration appear in person at an election office with original or certified documents proving not only identity but also citizenship status. For most Americans, that would mean showing a passport or birth certificate.
- This bill could end voter registration drives, severely limit or eliminate online voter registration (used by 8 million Americans in the 2022 election cycle), limit or end automatic voter registration and eliminate the ability to send in a voter registration application by mail (used by 3 million people in 2022).
- Suggested script:
Hi, I’m a constituent calling from [zip]. My name is ______.
I understand that the House just passed the SAVE Act. I am deeply opposed to this bill. It will disenfranchise tens of millions of American citizens with no access to a birth certificate or passport, and 69 million married women who took their husband’s last names. All to address a problem that doesn’t exist! I demand that the Senator vote no on this bill.
- April 19th protests
- PA – 250 years with no Kings!
- MA – Liberty is Local
- Watch this video – follow the money
April 7th –
- Thank Senator Cory Booker by phone/email
- Call your Reps to oppose efforts to destroy the federal court system–No Rogue Rulings Act up for a vote in the house next week.
- Sign a MoveOn petition against tariffs: https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/trump-s-tariff-tyranny-must-end?source=mo&link_id=1&can_id=01510d03cae9c7c6415554a4f3f0f49a&email_referrer=email_2681514&email_subject=will-you-sign-the-petition-to-stop-trumps-tariff-tyranny&
- Sign up for one of the courses offered by Crossing Party Lines to learn how to talk to the other side, for example: https://www.classy.org/event/workshop-your-brain-on-politics/e676206
- Join us (tonight!!) for the the David Pepper Saving Democracy Zoom talk – register here.
March 31st –
- Florida support
Josh Weil is a single father and public school educator running to flip FL-06 in the upcoming special election (April 1st). Join a daily phonebank or donate to his campaign! These special elections are super important!!
- Watch video – Rumeysa Ozturk abduction
- Invite someone(s) to this call = strength in numbers!
March 24th –
- Join the ACLU (and donate, if possible) – Mahmoud Khalil
- Tell Congress: Stop the Save Act!
- This bill would require every American to show a document proving US citizenship (like a passport or birth certificate) to register to vote. Save would make voter registration much harder for American citizens and mean that millions of eligible voters would be removed from voter rolls. Take ONE MINUTE to send a note to your Representative in Congress NOW because this important vote is coming at the end of March:
- This bill would require every American to show a document proving US citizenship (like a passport or birth certificate) to register to vote. Save would make voter registration much harder for American citizens and mean that millions of eligible voters would be removed from voter rolls. Take ONE MINUTE to send a note to your Representative in Congress NOW because this important vote is coming at the end of March:
- Continue support of Tesla takedown
- Save the Date – April 5th for Hands Off! protests – details here.
March 10th – Protect YOUR Social Security benefits. Work through these sites:
- “Five Calls”
- AARP
- If you happen to have a Republican representative – here is a good Social Security script from Jessica Craven.
- Adopt the boycott lifestyle! Boycott Amazon and push back on Bezos – click here for details.
March 3rd –
