For the Week of July 14, 2025

🎙️July 14, 2025 Weekly Actions Audio – available for when you’re on the go

🔷 Join us to make good trouble! On Thursday, July 17th, the 5th Anniversary of the Civil Rights leader Rep. John Lewis’ passing, in alignment with Good Trouble Lives On, Indivisible Eastside is hosting a multi-location visibility event from 4:30 – 5:30 pm on highway overpasses on the Eastside. See all the details and sign up for a location of your choice HERE.

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🔷 Be a part of Indivisible’s One Million Rising – a national effort to train one million people in the strategic logic and practice of non-cooperation, along with the basics of community organizing and campaign design. Help us build People Power to fight mass deportations, rollbacks of civil rights, a weaponized judicial system, and other attacks on our democracy! Let’s build a force bigger than fear and louder than hate. Learn more and register here.

Session 1: The Moment & Your Mission – July 16, 5-6:30 pm PDT
Session 2: How to Make it Happen – July 30, 5-6:30 pm PDT
Session 3: What Now? – August 13, 5-6:30 pm PDT

Here are your 2 Actions and Bright Spots.

✊ Action 1 – Tell your city and King County councilmembers: No Secret Police

From Indivisible’s Blue State Defiance

It may not be much longer until the rise of masked law enforcement and ICE overreach is an Eastside emergency, not just a Seattle or federal one. Masked, unidentifiable officers have no place in our communities. City and county officials have the power to act—by banning secret police tactics, cutting off ICE cooperation, and strengthening sanctuary protections. Use the script and email below to demand your local leaders step up and protect your community.

Action A: Contact your city council members and King County council member.

City council contacts:

Bellevue City Council Email & City Manager
Issaquah City Council Email & Mayor
Kirkland City Council Email (Mayor is included in council)
Redmond City Council & Mayor Email

Eastside King County Councilmembers: district map

District 1 – Rod Dembowski 206-477-1001 | rod.dembowski@kingcounty.gov
District 6 – Claudia Balducci, Council Chair 206-477-1006 | claudia.balducci@kingcounty.gov
District 9 – Reagan Dunn, Council Vice Chair 206-477-1009 | reagan.dunn@kingcounty.gov

☎ Sample Script: provided by Indivisible’s Blue State Defiance

Subject: Take Local Action to Stop Secret Police Tactics and Protect Immigrant Communities

Dear [Council-member or Mayor/Manager] [Last Name],

I’m reaching out because our city/county must take urgent steps to respond to the rise in masked law enforcement, ICE overreach, and the targeting of immigrants and political dissenters, including students and lawful residents.

As a local official, you have real power to protect our communities. I’m urging you to:

Pass a city ordinance requiring visible identification for all law enforcement operating within city limits, including federal agents.
Prohibit local police from cooperating with or facilitating ICE operations, especially those that occur without warrants or clear justification.
Work with school districts, universities, and hospitals to establish and/or double down on local sanctuary policies and rapid response systems when federal agents attempt enforcement actions.

The rise of secret policing and disappearances is not just a federal issue; it’s a local emergency. Our city should be a place of safety, not surveillance and fear.

Sincerely,

[Your Name]

Action B: At our No Kings event we highlighted local immigrant support organizations that are doing the hard work with limited resources. Thanks to the generous members who have donated to IE, we have decided to donate to those organizations. You can continue to support them financially as well! Donation links are HERE.

✊ Action 2 – Don’t wait, get your paperwork and communities ready for voting now!

We can expect the Trump administration to throw up as many voting obstacles as possible, starting with the Executive Order on voting rights and the introduction of the SAVE (Safeguard American Voter Eligibility) Act in Congress, and many states are revising their own requirements. Let’s ensure now that as many people as possible a) are registered to vote, and b) have their identification documents in order so that they can vote in future elections, no matter what changes federal laws may impose on state election processes.

Spread the word to all eligible voters in your networks and communities to be sure they have at least one of the following documents proving U. S. citizenship before/if it becomes necessary, even if they are already registered to vote:

A state-issued Real ID-compliant driver’s license or identification card, such as an enhanced driver’s license
A valid U.S. passport
A Certificate of Citizenship (for those born outside the U.S. to a U.S. citizen)
A Naturalization Certificate
A U.S. birth certificate as long as it bears your same full name or is accompanied by current secondary documentation, such as a marriage certificate (a birth certificate will not work for those who have changed their birth name, such as many married women) or other name-change certificate
Certain tribal cards/Bureau of Indian Affairs Card Numbers

We recommend that you do not postpone the process of applying for or correcting any form of identification, as burdened government services may be flooded leading up to election periods. Having the above documentation at the ready and reviewed for accuracy ensures we are all ready to vote!

⛅ Bright Spots

from Chop Wood, Carry Water

A coalition of 20 states has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for sharing personal health data with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Tesla’s new delivery numbers are in, and they’re worse than expected.
National parks were recently told of a new Interior Department policy requiring them to post signs asking visitors to report any employees teaching “negative” history. The vast majority of visitors are instead using the feedback forms to praise park programs, rangers, tour guides, and more.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court formally struck down an abortion ban from 1849 that had technically taken effect after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe.
….And a judge ruled for the class action challenge to Trump’s birthright citizenship order and said the ruling applies nationwide.

Calendar of Events

Protests: See Eastside and Seattle Protests 2025 for up-to-date opportunities.
Tuesdays, 10-11:30 am. In person Postcard writing at Crossroads Mall (near Half Price Books), Bellevue. All supplies are provided. No registration required.
Wed July 16, 3:30-7 pm – Free ‘Good Trouble’ Sign Making Workshop – Kingsgate Library Meeting Room, 12315 NE 143rd St, Kirkland.
Wed July 16, 5 pm – Indivisible’s One Million Rising strategic training to turn local action into national impact. First in a series from Indivisible National. Register to attend.
Thurs July 17, 4:30–5:30 pm – Indivisible Eastside and Alphabet Resistance join Good Trouble Lives On, Eastside to host multi-location visibility events on overpasses above Eastside freeways. Details and sign ups here.
Thurs July 17, 6-7:30 pm – Bellevue Housing Equity Candidate Forum for Position 1 Primary. Online.
Fri July 18, 5 pm is the deadline to register for Adam Smith’s town hall on Tues, Aug 5, 5:30-7:30 pm. This is a new type of town hall focused on bringing residents together to facilitate conversation and is lottery-based. If you are randomly selected to participate, you will be notified on July 22. If you are not selected in the lottery, you can still give your input. Call Adam Smith’s office at 425-793-5180 if you need assistance or have any questions.
Mon July 21, 4 pm PDT – Training for Systemic Change and Allyship – Messaging for Solidarity – Race Class Narrative – organized by Indivisible National. Register to attend. Online.
Sat July 26, 10 am-12 pm – Families First rally and march. Victor Steinbrueck Park, Seattle.
Mon July 28, 6-7:30 pm – Kirkland Housing Equity Candidate Forum for Position 3. Online.
Wed July 30, 5-6:30 pm PDT – Indivisible’s One Million Rising Session 2: How to Make it Happen. Online.
Wed Aug 13, 5-6:30 pm PDT – Indivisible’s One Million Rising Session 3: What Now? Online.

Save the Date

Save the date: Sun Aug 17, 3-4:30. Indivisible Eastside Ice Cream Social in Kirkland at a waterfront park. Signups will begin in early August.

Recorded events to check out:

What’s the plan -Thursday Zoom calls with Indivisible co-founders and leaders Ezra and Leah. Watch on YouTube or register to join.
No Kings: What’s Next in the Fight? – Zoom call was held two days after the No Kings protest, with 20,000 people on the call, and others watching through livestream. Lots of inspiration and ideas!
Jimmy Kimmel Guest Host Diego Luna on Trump’s Immigration Policies and the Importance of Immigrants in the U.S. 12 min. Includes organizations linked to Public Counsel and Kids in Need of Defense (KIND).
Democracy Experts Explain the Four Ways Trump Could Break Democracy: Marc Elias from Democracy Docket.
Fight Back with Friends recording – based on a relational organizing app based tool.
The Resistance Lab – organized by Rep. Pramila Jayapal. Includes useful concepts for effective resistance, based on historical movements. You can also sign up for Future Resistance Lab sessions.
How To Beat the Broligarchs
ACLU Townhall Protect People, Not Power with Sen Chris Murphy and Joy Reid (from 3/26/25)

More Resources for Your Activism:

Indivisible.org has specific actions you can take by zip code or topic area search. Sign up to receive emails from them HERE and donate HERE.
5calls.org 5 Calls list calls to make to your congresspeople, organized by topic, including script and phone numbers, and a way to log/track your 5 Calls actions if you choose.
Rogan’s List: Susan Rogan, a retired librarian shares national action items with call/email/resist.bot options.
Chop Wood, Carry Water is a daily political activism newsletter that comes out 6 days a week. Free or paid subscriptions HERE.
Suzi and Eric LeVine are local activists. Their newsletter gives actions and insight that can inspire and keep you motivated. Subscribe to their newsletter HERE.
Okay, But WHY? Explanations to our most common questions such as, Why is ICE detaining children? Why are we defunding NOAA? From Red, Wine and Blue.
Mobilize – Actions in the Seattle area – use filters to narrow the type of activity you’re interested in.
Safety, Security and Digital Preparedness resource from Indivisible.
Donate to Indivisible Eastside through ActBlue.
Sign up for Take Action Network to organize and track your Activism.
Check out the Indivisible Eastside logo wear store at www.cafepress.com/IndivisibleEastside.
Email hello@IndivisibleEastside.com with ideas for the newsletter, questions about how to become involved, and ideas for long-term projects you’d like to be involved in.
Forward this email to a friend!
The National Immigration Law Center is tracking CECOT disappearances and personal stories.

Resources:

Indivisible: A Practical Guide to Democracy on the Brink
Indivisible: Democrats Safeguarding Democracy: A Blueprint for Blue States to Prepare for Trump 2.0
Take Action Network – learn about an easy way to interact with state legislature
Indivisible Eastside’s YouTube Channel
Washington Indivisible Network’s YouTube Channel
https://bit.ly/RunForSchoolBoardGuideWA
https://bit.ly/RunForSchoolBoardAddendum
https://bit.ly/RunForSchoolBoardGuideBlurb
Indivisible Eastside Resources
Washington State District Finder – Congressional and Legislative districts
Who Represents Me – local and county districts
US Senate Calendar, US House Of Representatives Calendar

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