INDIVIDUALS TAKING POLITICAL ACTION - WORKING TOWARD A BETTER TOMORROW
Our next meeting is Wednesday, April 9, 2025 at 6:30 pm via Zoom. Email us at valleyactiongroup@gmail.com for 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
At the moment, we do not have any postcards or addresses to provide. If you want, you can fill out this form and we will get you what you need once we are able to get postcards on important upcoming races.
Rally and Protest
Saturday, March 29 • Tesla Takedown event in Hadley. Click here for more details and to register.
Tuesdays until April 1 at the Holyoke overpass. Register HERE.
Saturday, April 5 • Nationwide protest • Trump and Musk are taking everything they can get their hands on, and daring the world to stop them. We'll take to the streets with a clear message: Hands off! Click here for more details and to register to attend rallies in D.C., Boston, and other locations.
Looking for a bus to DC? Although we were not able to organize a bus to DC from Hadley/Amherst there are buses available from other locations. Click here to see what’s available.
Looking for a bus to the Boston rally? A chartered bus will be leaving from Sheldon Field, Northampton, at 8:30am sharp, returning at 4:30 for those who would like a ride. The cost will be $35/person. Click here to register.
Demand access to your personal data obtained by DOGE and Elon Musk. Click HERE to get the details.
Phone bank
Check back later. At the moment, we do not have any phone banks that we are directing people to.
Call your Representatives about the following (CLICK HERE FOR SCRIPTS AND FULL DETAILS)
Protect Free Speech– Demand the release of Mahmoud Khalil
Demand that the State Fully Fund HIP!
Reject Cuts to Medicare and Medicaid to Fund Billionaire Tax Giveaways
Ask Rep. Richie Neal to advocate to curtail Medicare Advantage abuses
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.