INDIVIDUALS TAKING POLITICAL ACTION - WORKING TOWARD A BETTER TOMORROW
Our next meeting is Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025 at 6:30 pm, via Zoom. Email us at valleyactiongroup@gmail.com to get the Zoom link or with any questions.
Action is The Antidote to Anxiety
Some additional thoughts to keep in mind. This struggle will take time to fix. Do not despair. It is important to understand that the voters, especially in numbers, have enormous power and impact - so it is important to work together. Read more here on how we will defend our democracy. And then do some actions listed below.
ACTIONS
Think You See I.C.E. in your area? Call the LUCE Hotline (Immigrant Justice Network of Massachusetts) CALL: 617-370-5023
Rally & Protest! Protests and rallies are happening all around us and every day of the week. Go to https://www.mobilize.us/ to find one that you can attend.
Visibility Brigade — Valley Action is encouraging folks to join this very effective grassroots form of protest where easy to see LARGE signs are displayed on overpasses. For more information about how to get involved locally, email Rob Robertson at cerobertson@comcast.net.
Phone bank
VIRGINIA! This November we have a chance to flip the governorship and win a slew of critical down ballot races. Sign up to here make calls from 6:30 - 8:00 pm, with many days to choose from now until the election.
Actions to do right now:
Additional Actions from Indivisible’s One Million Rising targeted Resistance campaigns:
Signs of Solidarity. Use this link to sign up to talk to local businesses. Ask them to put up signs of solidarity that show their support for their immigrant neighbors, while also making sure they have designated private areas for employees that ICE can’t enter without a signed judicial warrant.
Ground Avelo Airlines
Join monthly overpass standouts at Bradley Airport(Hartford, CT), posted on Mobilize (the date for next month not yet posted)
Visit groundavelo.org to take the pledge to boycott Avelo, and find out how to call and email Avelo to tell them to stop working with ICE.
Sign the petition to urge UConn to end their partnership with Avelo https://c.org/vYbBH4NXZn
Call the Connecticut Airport Authority CAA at(860) 292-2000 and press 7 to bypass the long message and get to a person, and email them at feedback@bradleyairport.com to tell them to stop doing business with Avelo until it cancels its ICE contract.
Send Postcards
If you want, you can fill out this form and we will get you what you need to get postcards and/or addresses on important upcoming races/issues.
Share your story
If your work is impacted by the Trump/Musk administration’s actions, share your story widely. Post it on social media, email your friends (especially non-Democrats), submit a letter to the editor.
Talk to moderate Republican friends, family and see if they will make calls to their Republican officials about things like cuts to cancer research, Veterans health, aid to Farmers.
Send Gratitude
Express your gratitude to the federal workers in your life, ask how you can support them, and offer to share resources like: What Federal Workers Can Do to Protect Themselves, Democracy Protection Network, Civil Service Strong, and the American Federation of Government Employees labor union.
Donate to one of these organizations that are suing the Trump/Musk administration on behalf of all of us: ACLU, Public Citizen, Center for Constitutional Rights, Southern Poverty Law Center, Citizens for Ethics and Responsibility in Washington. And, NPR is under threat to lose federal funding. Show your support by donating to NEPM.
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.”
--Margaret Mead
Our Work
Read More about Valley Action in the Daily Hampshire Gazette!
Valley Action on CNN
Valley Action members showing up at No Kings Rally reported in MassLive.
Letters to the Editor:
Elaine Fronhofer Medicare Advantage policies put profits over people’s care
Elaine Fronhofer Urges Senate to Vote Against Republican Tax Bill
Kendra Brown Cites Shortcomings of Tax Bill
Annie Fortnow Criticizes "Reckless" Republican Tax Plan
Elliott Crowe: Urges non-violent response to Nazis, Fascists
NY Times Letter: The Fate of the Illegal Immigrants
Op-Eds
Elaine Fronhofer: Real fraud starts with knee-capping watchdogs
Kate Hartford and Elaine Fronhofer: We the People Need the For the People Act
Elaine Fronhofer: Condemn Violence Whatever the Politics
Gloria DiFulvio: Women will Persist in Leading the Resistance
Gloria DiFulvio: Americans have the ability to Effect Change
Our Purpose
Valley Action started out of a living room with a group of friends concerned about important issues facing our world. We continue to be concerned about the state of our democracy. We are people who want a voice in the progress of our community.
We are a registered Indivisible Group.