INDIVIDUALS TAKING POLITICAL ACTION - WORKING TOWARD A BETTER TOMORROW
Our next meeting is Wednesday, June 11, 2025 at 6:30 pm IN PERSON and via Zoom. Email us at valleyactiongroup@gmail.com for the address or the Zoom link.
Action is The Antidote to Anxiety
Whether you have been looking for the right way to engage to protect citizens and our nation against the onslaught of harmful policies or it is all too anxiety provoking and you need to avoid the news, this message is for you. This struggle will take time to fix. Here are tips to right size your engagement to fit your life. 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.
ACTIONS
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 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
Saturday, June 14th will be a day of nationwide No Kings! and Kick out the Clowns rallies. Click on the town for details & to register (Amherst, Granby, Springfield, Northampton, Greenfield). Get to one of these rallies with as many friends and family as you can to join you! Email us at valleyactiongroup@gmail.com if you want to meet up with other folks going to one of these events.
Tuesdays, until June 14 • I-91 overpass, 12 Mountain Dr., Hatfield, 4:00 - 5:30 pm. Click here for details.
Tuesdays • I-91 overpass, 9 Mount. Park Rd., Holyoke, 4 - 6 pm.
Thursdays, until June 26 • I-91 overpass, Longmeadow, 7 - 8:45 am. Click here for details.
Fridays • Hands Off Our Students, outside UMass, Kendrick Park on East Pleasant Street, Amherst, 4 pm.
Phone bank
No phone banks currently organized. Check back later.
Call (or write) your Representatives about the following
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
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.