INDIVIDUALS TAKING POLITICAL ACTION - WORKING TOWARD A BETTER TOMORROW
Our next meeting is Wednesday, August 27, 2025 at 6:30 pm (location TBD, check back here soon for more details) AND via Zoom. Note: this is a follow up to our meeting held 8/11 where we were part of Indivisible’s “One Million Rising Resistance Gathering.” Email us at valleyactiongroup@gmail.com with questions or for the Zoom link.
Action is The Antidote to Anxiety
Help your friends and neighbors who are concerned but overwhelmed figure out how to fight the authoritarian takeover of our country. CLICK THIS LINK to get a flyer you can print out and distribute. It gives basic information and step by step instructions on what steps people can take right now.
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
Please do 1 or all 3 of these 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. Avelo airlines is the first airline to sign a deportation contract with ICE--deporting people for profit! Make them pay! Click here to see the many actions you can take to help ground Avelo.
Fight Trump's redistricting coup. Texas has followed Trump's order to redistrict the state in advance of the mid-term election. In response Texas Democratic legislators have left the state. Texas For All have set up a National Day of Action for SATURDAY, August 16. Click here to find an event near you!
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.
Rally and Protest! Right now all around us and every day of the week there are rallies and protests (including I91 overpass protests) that you can attend. Go to https://www.mobilize.us/ and find one that fits your time.
Phone bank
No phone banks at this time. Check back later.
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.