INDIVIDUALS TAKING POLITICAL ACTION - WORKING TOWARD A BETTER TOMORROW

Our next meeting is Wednesday, July 25, 2025 at 6:30 pm - our plan is to once again meet in person and via Zoom. Email us at valleyactiongroup@gmail.com for the address or 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

    • Thursday, June 26, Northampton City Hall, noon to 2 pm - Silent protest to bear witness to those taken by ICE. Organizers will carry pictures of people who have been "disappeared" in Massachusetts — 1,500 to date! To attend, sign up HERE.

    • Tuesdays • 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. Click here for details.

    • Sundays • I-91 overpass, 9 Mount. Park Rd., Holyoke, 4 - 6 pm. Click here for details.

    • Thursdays, until June 26 • I-91 overpass, Longmeadow, 7 - 8:45 am. Click here for details.

    • Friday, June 27 • Hands Off Our Lives, Kendrick Park, East Pleasant St, Amherst, 4 pm. Click here for details.

    • Friday, June 27 • I-91 overpass, Greenfield, 4 - 5:30 pm. Click here for details.

  • Phone bank

    Wednesday, June 25 & Thursday, June, 26, 11:00 am to -12:30 pm. Sign up here to all voters and connect them directly to their Republican Senator to urge Republicans to oppose the Trump Tax Scam. Republicans in Congress are trying to ram this through using budget reconciliation, bypassing bipartisan support to give trillions in tax breaks to the ultra-wealthy. How? Slash Medicaid, SNAP, and early education programs—so billionaires can hoard more wealth.

  • This month’s CALLS to Action… call (or write) your Representatives about the following

“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

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.