For the Week of September 1, 2025

🎙️Sep 1, 2025 Weekly Actions Audio – available for when you’re on the go

🔷 We hope you are reading this early and are able to join one of the local “Workers Over Billionaires” Labor Day rallies being held in Seattle and Bothell TODAY, Sept 1. People will be turning out once more in hundreds of events across the country to speak up for working people. Each time that we turn out, in events large and small, we build on the power of peaceful protest, make clear that huge numbers of voters are against the dismantling of democracy, and inspire others to speak up.

🔷 Join Indivisible Eastside at our next general meeting on Sat Sept 13, 3-4:30 pm. New member welcome starts at 2:30, then at 3 pm we will feature a presentation about what local police can and cannot do with regard to the federal regimes’ immigration crackdown and abductions, and ways you can help our local immigrant community. Please register to attend using the access code ‘indivisible.’

Here are your 2 Actions and Bright Spots.

✊ Action 1 – Distribute Signs of Solidarity to your area businesses to support immigrants and thwart ICE

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers are indiscriminately rounding up and detaining immigrants, including those here legally, and sowing fear among residents and workers. This is true across the country in places from New Jersey to Southern California, and includes the recent arrests of firefighters in Washington state.

The No Kings organization has created Signs of Solidarity, a toolkit for local activists to build visible, united resistance in their communities. By visiting businesses and providing signs and information, we can create safe places for immigrants and community awareness.

The toolkit provides downloadable signs to print and distribute to local businesses. Solidarity signs include messages such as “Immigrants Are Welcome Here,” and “We Stand With Immigrant Families.” The signs communicate that the community opposes the Trump administration’s authoritarian actions. Shelter signs allow business owners to protect their workers by creating a private area that is designated as employee-only and does not allow ICE to enter without a warrant.

The toolkit also provides scripts, printing information, and a tool to report back after visiting businesses. Grab a friend (or many!) and join the Signs of Solidarity effort in your community.

✊ Action 2 – Lock down your credit and accounts to avoid DOGE-enabled identity theft

Confirming our ongoing concerns, a Social Security Administration whistle-blower – a chief data officer – filed a complaint that DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) has failed to take basic security precautions with our data. The complaint says that the data (full names, addresses, birth dates, and Social Security numbers) of hundreds of millions of Americans was uploaded to an insecure cloud server in June, leaving it vulnerable to hackers. “Should bad actors gain access to this cloud environment, Americans may be susceptible to widespread identity theft, may lose vital health care and food benefits, and the government may be responsible for reissuing every American a new Social Security number at great cost,” says the complaint. It is a prudent precaution for individuals, including minors, to freeze their credit with all three credit bureaus to prevent future identity theft.

Place a credit freeze for free with Equifax, Experian and TransUnion online, by phone, or by mail. Each agency also offers one free credit report per year to allow individuals to review their personal credit history and check for issues or errors.
Changing passwords and adding two-factor authentication are also wise precautions to avoid fraud.

Candidate Corner: Kurt Dresner for Kirkland City Council Pos. 7

From IE member Jennie Jaeger

Flip a seat by canvassing for Kurt Dresner in Kirkland!

The fight for a compassionate community begins in our local government. We can flip a Kirkland City Council seat by electing Kurt Dresner, a candidate who’s genuinely committed to housing affordability, transit, and the vital services that strengthen our Eastside community.

Kurt’s endorsements:

5 of 7 Kirkland City Council Members, including Kirkland’s Mayor and Deputy Mayor, and more than 38 legislative and regional elected leaders.
All the local and regional Democratic organizations.
Sierra Club of WA, National Organization of Women of WA, numerous labor unions, and Progressive Voters Guide.

Action: Join us for canvassing!

Talking to voters works! We saw voter turnout for Kurt surge in neighborhoods where we knocked on doors before the primary – but we need your help to win.

Even introverts like me can be great canvassers. It’s all about listening to concerns – it’s not about memorizing anything. Kurt will train you, and you can work in pairs until you are comfortable. Aside from making donations, canvassing is the most important way to help Kurt reach voters and to beat the incumbent!

Tuesday, September 2nd starting at 5 pm, meeting at Edith Moulton Park (map)
Thursday, September 4th starting at 5 pm, meeting at Rose Hill Meadows Park (map)
Friday, September 5th starting at 5 pm, meeting at Edith Moulton Park (map)

Bonus actions:

Tell five Kirkland friends to vote for Kurt! KurtforKirkland.com
Postcard Writing – Thursday, Sept 4, 5-7 pm, Chainline Tap Room at Kirkland Urban. No RSVP needed.
Sign up to wave Kurt signs on busy corners in Kirkland during morning and/or evening rush hours on Nov 3 & 4 before ballots are due.

For more info about Kurt Dresner, go to KurtforKirkland.com.

Is there a candidate you’re supporting you’d like us to elevate? Send a submission to be included in a future newsletter to hello@indivisibleeastside.com, and please include: candidate name, position, and website, as well as why you’re supporting them.

⛅ Bright Spots

Reprinted from Chop Wood, Carry Water

A plan to reshape California’s congressional districts to counter Texas’s new maps will appear before voters this November after passing in the CA legislature by wide margins this week.
Seattle voters renewed the city’s democracy vouchers program, which provides each adult Seattle resident with four $25 vouchers they can donate to local candidates of their choice.
Republican electeds are getting an earful: Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) was booed and picketed during a district event, with protesters calling her “a Nazi” and “a bully;” Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-WY) was ruthlessly booed at a town hall as she doubled down on backing Trump; and Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) had to cancel a speech in her home state after only 8 people showed up to hear her.
Egregious lies about the 2020 presidential election are going to cost Newsmax $67 million.
A federal appeals court struck down the Trump tariffs, saying the president overstepped his authority. The tariffs will stay in place to allow time for an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Calendar of Events

Protests: See Eastside and Seattle Protests 2025 for up-to-date opportunities.
- NEW – Wednesdays, 4-5 pm – weekly Eastside Rising Bellevue – Main St overpass action, I-405 overpass at Main St in Bellevue
- NEW – Wednesdays, 4-5 pm – weekly Eastside Rising Kirkland 128th St overpass action, I-405 overpass at 128th St in Totem Lake.
Postcards – In person or Zoom:
- Tuesdays, 10-11:30 am. In person Postcard writing at Crossroads Mall (near Half Price Books), Bellevue. All supplies are provided. No registration required.
- Tuesdays, 10-11:30 am. Join Regina for in person Postcard writing at Mercer Island Met Market. Supplies provided. No registration required.
- NEW – Thursdays, 10-11:30 am – In person Postcard writing at Town Center, Lake Forest Park (near Third Place Books). All supplies are provided. No registration required.
- Sun 9/7, 9/21, 7-8 pm (every two weeks) – Postcard and Letter Writing Zoom Get Together. Register to attend.
TODAY! Mon Sept 1, 11 am-1 pm – Seattle Solidarity September Labor Day Rally, Cascade Playground, 333 Pontius Ave N, Seattle. (The multi-group Indivisible rally on Sept 1 (Labor Day) was canceled due to logistical obstacles.)
TODAY! Mon Sept 1, 11 am – 12:30 pm – Bothell Workers over Billionaires Labor Day Rally, Hwy 522 north of the Park at Bothell Landing, 9919 NE 180th St, Bothell.
Tue Sept 2, 7 pm – Workers Town Hall with Attorney General Nick Brown, 4500 Steilacoom Boulevard Southwest, Lakewood. Space is limited; register to attend.
Thur Sept 4, 4:30-7:30 pm – Great Neighborhoods program kickoff for Factoria and Eastgate. Open House to provide input, South Bellevue Community Center, 14509 SE Newport Way. Drop-in event; come any time and stay as long as you like.
Sept 6 – Nov 9, multiple days/times available – Yes on Prop 50 Phonebank, virtual. Call California voters to pass the Prop 50 redistricting plan. Hosted by the California Democratic Party; short training is provided prior to each shift.
Sat Sept 13, 10 am – 1 pm – Community Resource Extravaganza, featuring resource providers, entertainment and free food! Together Center, 16305 NE 87th St, Redmond. Eastside Indivisible’s Voter Registration Team will be there to help visitors register to vote before the general election.
Sat Sept 13, 3-4:30 pm – Indivisible Eastside Group Meeting In Person – Kirkland. New member welcome starts at 2:30. Please register to attend using the access code ‘indivisible.’ Agenda and donation link in the signup.
Wed Sept 17, 7-8:30 pm – Climate and Environment Forum for Bellevue City Council Candidates. Presented by local group People for Climate Action, East Shore Unitarian Church Hall, 12700 SE 32nd St, Bellevue.
Thurs Sept 18, 12 pm – How advocates can shape news coverage of the criminal legal system – media relations webinar for criminal justice issues by Prison Policy Initiative and the Center for Just Journalism. Register to attend online.

Save the Date

City council candidate forums on housing:
- Redmond: Wed Oct 1, 6 pm, Together Center
- Kirkland: Wed Oct 8, 6 pm, TBD
- Bellevue: Mon Oct 13, 6 pm, TBD
Tues Oct 14, 7 – 9 pm – Kirkland City Council Candidate Forum – Lake Washington United Methodist Church, 7525 132nd Ave NE, Kirkland. Register to attend, or watch on YouTube.

Recorded events to check out:

Indivisible’s One Million Rising recordings – Session 1 (July 16), Session 2 (July 30). Session 3 (August 13). One Million Rising is a call to all of us to invite new people into the movement. We need to expand our reach beyond and pull in the people we are already connected to — friends, family, neighbors — who are not yet activated. Session 3 offers action items.
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: 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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