Your weekly to-dos
- Next Wednesday, September 2, join our GENERAL ELECTION KICKOFF call feat. Ezra Levin to learn how YOU can be part of Indivisible’s plans to flip the House and Senate and hold this corrupt regime accountable (8pm ET/5pm PT). Our primary program comes to a close next Tuesday, and we aren’t wasting any time as we switch gears to organize to win Democratic majorities in Congress. Winning these races — and protecting the results — will take commitment from each and every one of us as we approach Election Day on November 3. While we can’t share all of our general election target races just yet (you’ll have to join us next Wednesday for that!), we promise this is a call you won’t want to miss.
- THIS Wednesday, August 26, join the second Hands Off Our Vote election protection training to learn how to defend the vote and take action to block election interference from Trump and his Big Lie cronies (8pm ET/5pm PT). In this training, we’ll focus on hands-on tools for rapid response and sustained mobilization that you can deploy in your communities when the regime tries their dirty tricks. We’ll be joined by guest speaker Cliff Albright, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Black Voters Matter, and we’ll also carve out dedicated time to discuss Trump’s threat to send ICE to the polls and how we can protect our neighbors and loved ones. Nearly 6,000 Indivisibles joined last week’s training — don’t miss out!
- Join our FINAL Immigrant Justice Summer training call this Thursday, August 27 to learn how to use Signal for rapid response organizing when ICE surges in your community (8pm ET/5pm PT). Together, we’ll explore how to build a nimble communication infrastructure that will enable you to activate on the ground as soon as ICE shows up in our neighborhoods. We’ll discuss what makes Signal the right tool for these moments and examine how organizers used it during Operation Metro Surge in Minneapolis to coordinate in real time.
- This Friday, August 28, join the King family and Rev. Al Sharpton in Washington, DC to defend the sacred right to vote and honor the 63rd anniversary of the March on Washington (the program begins at 9 AM ET at the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, and we recommend arriving at 8 AM). As civil and voting rights erode before our eyes, we are called to carry the torch of justice forward to fight for our vote, our families, and our communities. March on Washington: Defend the Vote is co-convened by our partners at the National Action Network and the Drum Major Institute. (If you plan to attend and want to deepen your involvement with the march, sign up to volunteer here.)
- TODAY, Monday, August 24: With just over a week until his primary, phone bank for Indivisible-endorsed candidate Patrick Roath (MA-08) (5:30pm ET/2:30pm PT). Roath is facing thirteen-term incumbent Stephen Lynch, whose MAGA-aligned voting record (including voting to thank ICE for its service and for the Laken Riley Act, which turbocharged Trump’s detention and deportation machine) is wildly out of step with his constituents in MA-08. In sharp contrast to Lynch, Roath will bring his experience as a pro-democracy lawyer and advocate to Congress to fight for all working families. We need a strong showing of people power to get him across the finish line. Paid for by Indivisible Action. Not authorized by any candidate or candidate committee.
- And speaking of phone banks, sign up to receive our general election volunteer digest for additional opportunities to canvass, phone bank, and more as we approach Election Day in November. Every other week, we’ll send you a roundup of Indivisible’s priority actions to help elect midterm candidates. Whether you have an hour to give or can help out every week, you can play a vital role in securing wins across the country for progressive fighters.
P.S. Six Indivisible-endorsed candidates on the ballot won in August alone — and on September 1, we’re fighting to bring home one more win. Before we turn all of our attention toward the general election, we’re organizing Indivisibles in MA-08 and across the country to get out the vote for Patrick Roath, a pro-democracy lawyer and advocate facing off against a notorious, MAGA-friendly, thirteen-term incumbent. If you can chip in today, your donation will help us organize to get Roath across the finish line and catch up to our August fundraising goal so we can dive headfirst into general election work in September.
Good News for a Change
Last week, thanks to massive public outcry, the Trump regime paused construction on their border wall expansion in Big Bend National Park.
When footage surfaced online showing excavators and bulldozers tearing apart the park — the latest example of Trump’s heinous desecration of public lands in service of anti-immigrant cruelty — a flood of opposition forced CBP’s hand.
Unsurprisingly, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tried to take credit for the pause, but we know this victory belongs to a broad bipartisan coalition of local activists, conservationists, landowners, elected officials, and more.
While this is great news for now, the fight to protect Big Bend isn’t over. CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott paused further construction so he could visit the park and talk to stakeholders himself (seems like that would have been a good idea before destroying public land), but advocates won’t rest until the contracts are canceled and the project is scrapped for good.
Upcoming events + Election shifts
These nationwide events, calls, training sessions, and electoral volunteer opportunities are coming up soon. For even more Indivisible happenings, check our national calendar and get in touch with Indivisible groups near you!
Indivisibles On the GroundSpotlight of the Week: Indivisible Memphis and the Immigrant PantryNearly one year ago, the Trump regime launched a full-fledged federal occupation of Memphis, sending masked ICE agents and National Guard troops to flood the streets. Since that time, organizers on the ground have built mutual aid and support networks, including Indivisible Memphis’ Immigrant Pantry, which delivers food and household supplies to immigrant families facing food insecurity, family separation due to ICE raids and deportation, and other barriers to accessing groceries and essential items. Doubling down on their cruelty, earlier this August, the Department of Justice announced a grant program that would split hundreds of millions of dollars among four cities that follow the “Memphis Safe Task Force” model of aggressive policing. Memphis organizers have built a robust infrastructure that activists in other cities facing federal assaults can adopt and adapt — including Indivisible Memphis’ work to create and sustain the Immigrant Pantry. Here’s what Indivisible Memphis members and pantry volunteers had to say about their work: “What started with a few people, some groceries, and a determination to help has grown into something far bigger than I ever imagined. We’ve now made thousands of deliveries and provided food and basic necessities to thousands of our neighbors. Behind every one of those numbers is a family, a parent trying to keep food on the table, a child who deserves to feel safe, or someone trying to get through an incredibly uncertain moment with a little dignity… Indivisible taught so many of us that democracy isn’t something we simply defend at the ballot box. It is something we build in our communities. To me, this pantry is part of the same work. We are building the kind of community we want to live in, one where fear doesn’t get the final word, where nobody is considered disposable, and where we refuse to abandon one another.” — Jessica Miller “I hoped the effort would show support and solidarity with a community in crisis. What I didn’t know is how deeply it would affect me, or how many people would be moved to volunteer. Mutual aid brought hundreds of new faces into our orbit, giving a productive outlet to our rage by turning it to community-focused love.” — Sandy Edwards Want to get involved in your own community? Find a local Indivisible group here, and join this Thursday’s final installment of our Immigrant Justice Summer virtual training series.
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