Indivisible updates + actions: Reining in ICE, solidarity with Minneapolis, protecting voting rights and more
JUST DO IT!
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Hey DU'er,
Welcome to a special Tuesday newsletter! We don't usually do newsletters after long weekends, but there's lots to do and plenty to share, so we wanted to check in.
But first: Yesterday, our co-founder and co-executive director, Leah Greenberg, wrote an email considering the celebration of Dr. King's life in what is one of the ugliest periods of American racism, xenophobia, and division since Jim Crow.
Trump's attempts to re-entrench white supremacy fit into a long pattern of American history: Advances are achieved, then met with backlash; rinse, repeat, time and again -- but we progress a little more with each cycle thanks to those who refuse to accept injustice as inevitable.
Lurking just ahead in the coming days is a Supreme Court decision that threatens to set back the voting rights that Dr. King and so many others fought to secure. But this movement will not accept that injustice as inevitable; we’ll continue to fight for an end to racist gerrymandering and voter suppression, and work toward a future where our hard-won right to equal representation is secure.
In this week's to-dos, you'll find an educational call about the 21st century fight for voting rights and how you can act when SCOTUS issues its ruling. You’ll also find many other ways to fight for a country where each one of us is safe and able to thrive in a true democracy where all our rights are respected.
Without further delay, here are your to-dos.
In solidarity,
Indivisible Team
Your weekly to-dos
1 Tell your senators to rein in ICE right now. Congress has to pass an appropriations bill by January 30 to keep the Department of Homeland Security funded, which means Dems have a lot of leverage to include provisions that rein in ICE and freeze its budget. Call your senators now and demand they use the appropriations bill to protect our communities from ICE. (More info here)
2 Then, tell all your Members of Congress: No votes for an appropriations bill that doesn’t rein in ICE. After you’ve called your senators, please use our email tool to demand your senators and representative withhold their votes from any DHS budget that hands ICE more funding or fails to end border patrol deployments in our cities.
3 Build even more pressure on Congress with our ICE Out for Good phonebank. Keep the ICE Out for Good momentum rolling by joining us tomorrow, Weds, Jan 21 at 1pm ET / 10am PT, to call voters in key states and encourage them to call their senators about reining in ICE.
4 Keep an eye on your inboxes for news about Minnesota solidarity actions this Friday. Minnesota activists are holding a day of action this Friday, and are asking allies across the country to hold solidarity actions to keep the focus on ICE’s brutality in the state and advance the call to get ICE out of our cities now. We’ll be in touch soon with ways you can get involved in your area.
5 Join an important call on the upcoming Supreme Court decision that threatens to gut what’s left of the Voting Rights Act. Any day now, the Supreme Court could issue a ruling in Louisiana v. Callais that could invalidate minority-majority districts and greenlight far more aggressively racist gerrymanders across the South. We’re partnering on a call tomorrow, Weds, Jan 21 at 8pm ET / 5pm PT, that will provide more info on the stakes of the case and how we can respond to a bad decision.
6 Email your senators and demand they act to restore ACA subsidies NOW. Two weeks ago, seventeen House Republicans understood that skyrocketing insurance costs threaten their political futures and voted with Democrats to pass a bill restoring healthcare subsidies. Now we need the Senate to get on board, too.
P.S. With the regime’s attacks on our communities and rights coming at an ever escalating pace, it’s never been more important to support grassroots organizations that are keeping up the fight for our democracy. If you can, we encourage you to support your local mutual aid networks, or chip in to power your friendly pro-democracy organizers at Indivisible.
What's the Plan - now in podcast form!
On Thursdays, Indivisible co-founders and co-executive directors Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin host a weekly grassroots conversation, What's the Plan, with movement updates and a live Q&A featuring the community's top voted questions -- but, unsurprisingly, not everyone can make it on a workday afternoon!
We have good news for those folks, though, and for anyone who just wants to tune in again: Starting January 30, you'll be able to catch that week's call on our new What's the Plan podcast, every Friday (watch the trailer here).
We're producing the podcast with Lemonada Media, and, in keeping with Indivisible’s core values, it'll have no sponsors or paid ads. Just a weekly look at what's happening in our country, collective calls to action that you can take to fight back, and, of course, the Q&A.
We hope you'll continue to join us on Thursdays, because nothing can take the place of organizing with community in real time. But now you can also subscribe to the What’s the Plan podcast, on all major platforms, and invite your friends, family, neighbors, pet sitters, favorite barista, and fantasy football league to subscribe too.
Register for the live Zooms here.
Subscribe to the podcast here.
Upcoming Events for you
These nationwide events, calls, and training sessions are coming up soon. For even more Indivisible happenings, check our national calendar and get in touch with Indivisible groups near you!
Happening This Week
Wednesday: ICE Out for Good phone bank (1-2:30pm ET)
Ask voters to tell their electeds to rein ICE in.
Wednesday: "Callais and the VRA: The Fight for Voting Rights" (8pm ET)
Grassroots call about SCOTUS and voting rights activism.
Thursday: “What’s the Plan?” with Leah + Ezra (3pm ET)
Our weekly interactive Q&A with our co-founders and executive directors Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin.
Friday: Minnesota Truth and Freedom Solidarity Events
Details to come.
On the Horizon
Events taking place the week of January 26
Tuesday (1/27): Fight Back With Friends to Rein in ICE
Thursday (1/29): “What’s the Plan?” with Leah + Ezra
USONIAN HIGHLY RECOMMENDS
check our national calendar
Fight Back With Friends to Rein in ICE