|
|
Tuesday Tips - Summer Edition
August 4, 2026 |
|
|
The Indivisible Election Protection Program - Hands Off Our Vote is Indivisible's national program to ensure all eligible voters can cast their ballot, and have their votes counted. Indivisible National will help respond to attacks, and reveal the bad actors threatening our constitutional rights. You can sign up to be notified of voting deadlines in your state, get updates on threats to your voting rights and how to counter them, and be ready to mobilize to defend your vote. You’ll play an important role in rapid response moments whenever they try dirty tricks. We have the power to protect our elections in 2026.
Sign up HERE to get started and join the Hands Off Our Vote movement.
You can get the Hands off our Vote! Election Protection Toolkit as a PDF HERE or a Google Doc HERE.
Watch the recording of the July 30 national webinar HERE and see the slides HERE.
Sign up for the next election protection trainings HERE
Use our social media toolkit to spread the word about Hands Off Our Vote in just a few clicks HERE
Join the organizing that’s already happening in all 50 states HERE |
|
Save the Date: Indivisible Mass Coalition Statewide Call on Defending the Election 2026
On Tuesday, August 11, at 7 PM join the IMC call with Rebecca Riccio, a social change educator, strategic advisor, and community safety coordinator for a presentation: “Election 2026: Ours to Defend!” RSVP HERE. |
|
Act Free to Be Free
A critical memo has just emerged from Minnesota outlining a framework for preventing Donald Trump from disrupting or sabotaging the 2026 midterm elections. It presents a strategic analysis — not a program — for preparing and mobilizing a civil‑society response to potential election interference. It explains the nature of the threat and the structure of an effective response, offering guidance meant to support operational playbooks developed by in‑state organizers and pro‑democracy networks.
We will all need to build this framework before the crisis hits, rather than scrambling to react once it inevitably does. Read and download the memo " Act Free to Be Free".
This is an excellent article in the Minnesota Reformer, which is part of State Newsroom, a nonprofit news network in the US that has news rooms in all 50 state capitols. Here are 4 links to new Google documents related to the Act Free to Be Free memo.
Many, many thanks to a key author of the memo, Doran Schrantz, the former executive director of the Minnesota ecumenical progressive group ISAIAH. And thanks to Lisa Ferino (MT-01, Butte) and Micah Sifry (NY-16, Winchester) for bringing this to our attention.
|
|
Immigrant Justice Summer
Join Indivisible National on Thursday, August 6, at 8 PM for a training about a rapid response plan with coordinated actions your community can do in real time when ICE comes, so you have a plan in advance. Learn the roles people can play within that plan, and hear directly from local groups that have responded to a surge. You'll leave with the knowledge to make a plan adapted to your own community so that when a rapid response is necessary you are ready. This is the third call in the 5-part Immigrant Justice Summer training, open to all Indivisibles. |
|
John Lewis Day - Good Trouble Lives On
John Lewis Day is a project hosted by Transformative Justice Coalition, Black Voters Matter, Indivisible, Declaration For American Democracy and Public Citizen. Good Trouble Lives On is a non-partisan weekend of action.
Here are some ways you can take action, hosted by the American Civil Liberties Union. (All times Eastern) |
|
Stop the Freedom 250 truck from coming to the Big E!
The Freedom 250 truck is a project of Trump's partisan initiative, and not of
"America 250," the bi-partisan committee authorized by Congress in 2016.
It is a product of PraegerU and Hillsdale College, two organizations that promote and teach Christian Nationalist revisionist versions of American history in their for-profit curricula. Pushback from freedom-loving citizens has gotten this truck canceled at other locations including recently in Westfield. We can do it again! Please join us in expressing your opposition to the Freedom250 truck being part of the Big E this year by contacting the Big E at 413-737-2443 or info@TheBigE.comThis is a small but important battle we can win. Please spread the word and keep our cherished Big E free from propaganda and welcoming to all. |
|
Senator Markey Responds to Our Questionnaire
|
|
Results of our Candidate Endorsement Poll The voting has closed.Thanks to all who voted for the Democrats you want our group to endorse in the September 1st primary election.
The results are clear. Based on your votes -
We will endorse Senator Ed Markey for the Senate, and Jeromie Whalen for the House from CD-1.
We received 107 responses to our poll, and here are the results of your endorsement voting:
U.S. Senate: Senator Ed Markey 78.5% Congressman Seth Moulton 16.8% Do not endorse 4.7%
U.S. House of Representatives - CD-1: Congressman Richard Neal 7.5% Jeromie Whalen 88.8% Do not endorse 3.7%
We appreciate your participation in this democratic vote for Democratic candidates. We will send our endorsements to Indivisible National, Indivisible Mass. Coalition, the candidates themselves, and the press. Thanks for being engaged voters.
Plan to cast your votes in the primary and the critical mid-term elections in November.
THANK YOU. The Steering Committee of Indivisible Northampton |
|
|
COMMON CAUSE -
For past election cycles, Common Cause has collaborated with Lawyers for Civil Rights, ACLU Massachusetts, and other organizations to run the Massachusetts Election Protection program. Every election year, this program trained and deployed non-partisan poll monitors on Election Day to observe high-priority polling locations, assist voters, and identify any recurring issues across the state.
Our non-partisan poll monitors are volunteers who work on the front lines to protect democracy by providing guidance and support to voters across the state, ensuring that all eligible voters have an opportunity to participate. Our volunteers work in 3 hour shifts on Election Day, monitoring a high-priority polling location, assisting voters facing obstacles when trying to cast their ballots, and providing voting information to the community. All volunteers will attend a training session, ensuring they have the information and skills to feel ready for their shift.
Are you looking for an opportunity to help defend democracy? SIGN UP HERE to be a non-partisan poll monitor for the 2026 election!
In Common Cause, Geoff Foster, Executive Director, Common Cause Massachusetts |
|
In case you missed it - The IMC Statewide Call on Maximizing the Impact of Election Donations was excellent.
IMC hosted a call with speakers from FORCE MULTIPLIER, the MOVEMENT VOTER PROJECT and FOCUS for DEMOCRACY who shared ways to maximize the impact of your election donations. It discussed how to be sure that our donated dollars are effective during this critical election by directing them to viable candidates and successful voter-empowerment groups.
|
|
Celebrating The Power of the People The De-ICE Coalition against Citizens Bank funding of ICE prison companies succeeded!
Many Western Mass Indivisibles participated in the coalition that forced Citizens Bank to De-ICE earlier this month. This Rachel Maddow video highlights the efforts across the region and links it to the multiple protests being held against ICE prisons, ICE airports and ICE plans to use warehouses for more prisons. Watch for the clips of MA Indivisible activists! |
|
Hi Democracy Warriors, Let's kick those fascists out! How? By flipping the U.S. House & Senate and retaking control of state legislatures (where they regulate elections, our bodies(!), and more) We can do exactly this in Georgia! Join us to help re-elect Senator Jon Ossoff, flip the GA governorship and gain seats and possibly flip the State Legislature (yes, we can!) in the incredibly important state of Georgia!
Here's some info about the candidates, the script, and voting in GA if you want to prep ahead of time (not necessary, since we'll be doing a full training to start!): We'll be using the very user-friendly platform Scale to Win, have a full training to begin and lots of support throughout - all are welcome and needed!
Phonebank for a Bluer GA! Thursday, August 6th, 5:30-7:30pmET Register in advance for this meeting: After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
See you Thursday! In community, Beth & Peggy |
|
Ben Wikler - To Save Democracy in 2028, We Need a State-Level Strategy Now. A critical election is coming. MAGA has a plan - it’s to create chaos.
We need our own plan, and former Wisconsin Democratic Party chair Ben Wikler has it. For local and state elections, for the House, the Senate, the presidency and the Supreme Court. He also takes us well into the future.
It’s all in his new book - “This Is the Plan: How to End America's Meltdown and Save Democracy.”
This IMC IndivisiBlog summarizes his key points, flavored by entertaining quotes. He explains how the Wisconsin Democratic Party (under his leadership) pulled the state back from Republican takeover. Wisconsin was “a democracy desert,” but in a few years, the Dems leveled the playing field. Wisconsin is purple, like much of America. Wikler argues that what Democrats did there, activists can do across the country. Check it out!
|
|
Announcing Our New (old) Name
We are completing the incorporation of our group as a 501C4 non-profit organization. For the past year we have been operating as a 501C3 under the sponsorship of the Peace Development Fund. Prior to that, we did not have any formal legal status. The legal non-profit status provides protection from personal liability arising from our activities. Our new 501C4 status will enable us to use resources for activities such as support of partisan campaigns, and other political activity that’s not permitted as a 501C3. We took this opportunity to revert to our previous, shorter name of Indivisible Northampton. We maintain our affiliation with Swing Left. We’re just sparing everyone all the extra syllables. You may have noticed our revised logo on our email messages. It will take a little while to get our name changed on social media, but everything other than the name will remain the same. As always, we’re grateful for this strong and vibrant community of activists that we have created together. -- The Indivisible Northampton Steering Committee |
|
Indivisible is matching donations to our group up to $500 during the month of August. You can Donate Here. |
|
Note to Comcast email users -
Several people who receive email through Comcast have reported delays in receiving our emails. Others have not reported such delays, so we think the problem lies with Comcast.
For this reason and for more secure communication, we recommend getting a free Proton mail account, even if you only use it to receive private messages from us.
|
|
LINKS, INFORMATION & RESOURCES -
ICE Reporting Portal - Massachusetts Attorney General - If federal agents operate unlawfully in Massachusetts, we will hold them accountable. Submit reports of potentially unlawful activity or misconduct by ICE agents HERE or
Hotline phone number: 617 370-5023.
Copyright (c) 2026 Indivisible Northampton. All rights reserved. |
|
Scott Nakagawa - The Anti-Authoritarian Playbook |
10-Class series Background about the Course
|
|
|
|
You received this email because you subscribed to our list. You can unsubscribe at any time. PO Box 60022 Florence, Massachusetts 01062-9998 USA |
|
|
|
