INDIVIDUALS TAKING POLITICAL ACTION - WORKING TOWARD A BETTER TOMORROW

Our next meeting is Monday, Oct. 13, 2025 at 6:30 pm, North Amherst Library, 8 Montague Rd. Email us at valleyactiongroup@gmail.com with 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

In response to I.C.E. actions against farmworkers here in the Valley, ACLU of Western Mass is holding a Know Your Rights training session, Wednesday, October 15th at 5:30pm at the First Congregational Church in Hatfield. Register here.

Rally & Protest!
- October 18th: let’s make this the biggest nationwide No Kings! rally yet! There will be rallies in Amherst, Northampton, Springfield, and across the state. Click on the town name/link to register or go to https://www.mobilize.us/ to find one that fits your time/location. Remember to bring others!!
  Help spread the word about the 10/18 No Kings! rallies. Print out this flyer about the rallies and distribute it widely.
- 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.

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:
- Tell your State Senator to support Massachusetts Data Privacy Act S.2608 (the vote on this will be Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025)
- Tell Fed’l reps to Investigate the Trump Administration’s Extrajudicial Killings
- Ban Elected Officials from Trading Individual Stocks
- Demand the Release of the Epstein Files
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.