Time is Getting Short —Only 14 Days To Make a Difference

Actions for Week of October 23, 2022

Here are some ways you can still make a difference

Wednesday, October 26, 5-8pm
Sunday, October 30, 4-7pm
Fair Fight Georgia Election Phonebanks
Virtual
Join Fair Fight Georgia to call the state’s voters and make sure they make a plan to vote, and execute it. Directly contacting voters is the best way to ensure they have the information needed for this election. At the start of this phonebank there will be a quick training and overview of the script to make sure you have all the information you need and feel ready to get on the phone. Then everyone will be on Zoom through the entire phonebank to answer any questions you may have.
Sign up HERE


Phone Bank for Tom Malinowski for Congress, NJ-7
Monday, October 24th, 3-5pm: Sign up HERE
Thursday, October 27th, 3-6pm: Sign up HERE
Sunday, October 30, 12-3pm and 3-6pm: Sign up HERE
Make calls to voters in NJ-7! Every phonebank will begin with a training on how to phonebank and how talk to voters about Tom. The Zoom link will be emailed to you as soon as you sign up.


Write GOTV Postcards
Markers for Democracy and Downtown Nasty Women
Tuesday, OCT 25, 10am-11am ET, with guest speaker NYS Senator James Skoufis (NYS-39)
Thursday, October 27th, 7pm-midnight
Bring your postcards and markers. We are in the homestretch before the midterms and there are lots of GOTV postcards to write. We want to continue to create community and Fight, Write, & Resist to Save Democracy together, and look forward to the opportunity for conversation and answering questions about postcarding and activism.
Sign up HERE

ANYTIME THIS WEEK
Text or phone bank for down-ballot candidates nationwide
Virtual
The Run for Something website has easy ways to text or phonebank for state-level candidates. Scroll down to “Are you looking to volunteer for an RFS candidate?” and follow the signup link OR click on the links for the candidates listed.

ABORTION RIGHTS ACTIVISM
Go to this page for a wide range of resources

Only 16 Days Left to Make a Difference in the Election

Actions for Week of October 16 2022

There’s Still Time!

Tuesday, October 18th, 9:30am -12pm
Postcarding & Politics with Markers For Democracy
Virtual Event
Bring your GOTV postcards, and join Markers For Democracy to meet Jane Lerner of Movement Voter Project. This organization strengthens progressive power by helping donors – big and small – identify and support promising local community-based organizations in key battleground states, with a focus on youth and communities of color. Supporting local movement vote groups is the most effective and most cost-effective strategy for transforming our country. They focus on hundreds of organizations that both turn out unlikely voters and organize communities to grow their power and create transformation.

Jane Lerner is Major Donor Advisor for MVP. A writer and organizer who lives in Brooklyn, Jane has been published by NPR, NY Post, Time Out, and New York Magazine. The 2016 election galvanized her as a donor and an organizer, inspiring her to be more generous in her own political giving and to motivate others to do the same.
Sign up HERE


Tuesday, October 18th, 7 PM - 8:15 PM
Virtual Town Hall on NY Ballot Proposals
Sponsored by State Senator Liz Krueger
Four City and State proposals will be on the New York City ballots in the upcoming election. Learn details about the proposals so that you can make an informed choice this general election season. You can join by Zoom, on Facebook, or by phone, and there will be a Q&A
Proposals include:
Proposal 1: Environmental Bond Act
Proposal 2: Statement of Values for City Government
Proposal 3: Racial Equity Plans and Office
Proposal 4: True Cost of Living
The Virtual Town Hall will feature:
• Carter Strickland, VP, Mid-Atlantic Region and New York State Director, Trust for Public Land
• Jo-Ann Yoo, Executive Director, Asian American Federation
• Harrold Miller, Executive Director, Racial Justice Commission
• Debipriya Chatterjee, Senior Economist, Community Service Society
RSVP and details HERE


Wednesday, October 19th, 6:30 – 8pm EDT
Phone Banking in Pennsylvania for Three Essential Seats to Win
Virtual
The Action Group '22 and Downtown East For Progress are co-hosting phone banks every Wednesday until the election to SAVE OUR DEMOCRACY. We are part of the nationwide effort making calls to Democrats in all the swing states that we have a chance to secure. Just 90 minutes and you will talk to voters in a crucial swing state. We can win this thing, it just takes all hands on deck!
Sign Up HERE


Saturday, October 20th,
Climate Change Discussion with Guest Speaker Sara Gronim
Church of Advent Hope, 111 E 87th St, NYC
Join guest speaker Sara Gronim as she discusses climate change and practical ways to make a positive impact in our New York communities. Sara Gronim is a retired environmental history professor operating as the lead specialist for the Legislation Committee at the 350 Organization. The organization focuses on education and legislative outreach pertaining to climate crisis.
Register HERE


Letters to Voters
Write letters to registered Democrats in Georgia or Pennsylvania through VoteForward to encourage voting. While there will be no live session this month, you can still request letters to send. Also, if you have Venmo, we can reimburse you for stamps.
Email Melinda at melinda.indivisible.ues@gmail.com to get addresses and more details.

Turn Those Red Seats Blue

Actions for Week of October 9, 2022

How to adopt a state, support key races, and help Dems vote!

Tuesday, October 11
Flip AZ legislature
8 – 9 PM
Virtual

Join Markers for Democracy to meet Rep. Kelli Butler, who represents the Scottsdale area in the Arizona House of Representatives. She'll give us an on-the-ground report on the current state of the high-stakes fight to flip the legislature. The event will also feature opportunities to support Democratic state candidates in Arizona as we move into Get Out the Vote season.

OR

Join Indivisible National to Phone Bank to AZ
6 PM

Join the Indivisible team at a phone bank for Senator Mark Kelly and Congressional Candidate Jevin Hodge AZ- 01! We'll be making calls to voters in Arizona -- and having a lot of fun doing it together!
 

Wednesday, October 12
Phone Banking in Pennsylvania
6:30 – 8 PM

The Action Group '22 and Downtown East For Progress are co-hosting phone banks every Wednesday until the election to SAVE OUR DEMOCRACY. We are part of the nationwide effort making calls to Democrats in all the swing states that we have a chance to secure. Just 90 minutes and you will talk to voters in a crucial swing state. We can win this thing, it just takes all hands on deck!
 

Thursday, October 13
HRC GNY for Jackie Gordon Phone Bank
6 – 8 PM

Join Human Rights Campaign Greater New York in supporting a phone bank for Jackie Gordon in NY-02. 

Any time
Adopt a red state (turn it blue). Donate to one or split your cash to fund phone banks, texting, and blue candidates in key states.

Pick one:

Adopt Arizona. MAGAs control the state by just two votes in the state House and state Senate. We’ve identified the six most competitive candidates.
Adopt Georgia. The GOP has gerrymandered the hell out of this state. Our realistic goal is to weaken MAGA control and prevent 2024 shenanigans like we saw in 2024. We’ve identified the six most competitive candidates.
Adopt North Carolina. The state is heavily gerrymandered. We won’t be able to flip the entire legislature this cycle, but we can break the MAGA supermajority. We’ve identified the four most competitive candidates.
Adopt Pennsylvania. The big opportunity here is to take the state House. We’ve identified the five most competitive candidates.
Adopt Wisconsin. Similar to North Carolina -- absurd GOP gerrymandering means the goal here is to break the MAGA supermajority. We’ve identified the five most competitive candidates.

Letters to Voters

Write letters to registered Democrats in Georgia or Pennsylvania to encourage voting. Request letters to download for either Georgia or Pennsylvania.  RSVP: Email Melinda at  melinda.indivisible.ues@gmail.com to get addresses. 

(No live session this month, but you can request letters to send. Also, if you have Venmo, we can reimburse you for stamps. Ask Melinda for details).

NOTE: All letters should be sent by Oct. 25 to reach voters. The mail has been slow, and we don't want the letters to arrive after the election!

Heads up:
Next Jan 6 hearing will be October 13 at 1 PM

Only 38 Days Till Midterms

Actions for the Week of October 2, 2022

Hot to protect women’s rights and stop the GOP message of hate

Monday, October 3
Phone Bank for PA Dems
6 - 8 PM

Join the Democratic National Committee, and special guest John Fetterman, to call PA Dems and urge them to vote blue! 

Thursday, October 6
Empire State Postcard Party
6 - 9 PM
Hybrid (both virtual and in-person)
In person: 500 W 70th St, on the Hudson River in Riverside Park

Join our sister group Empire State Indivisible for a team event and postcard party. Meet either in person or virtually to chat and send postcards to voters in key races.

Saturday, October 8
Women’s March in NY or DC
12 PM in DC or NYC

Join The Women's March to rally for reproductive rights. We will not go back to 1850 (no matter how much the GOP wants to)!

DC MARCH: Folger Park.  RSVP here.
NYC MARCH: Washington Square Park. RSVP here.

OR

Bus to PA or NJ to Keep Our Majority
8 AM - 8 PM

Swing Left and Vote Blue 2022 are sending canvassing buses to districts within a 100-mile radius of New York City.  One bus will be traveling to a competitive and crucial district in PA, and the other  will travel to New Jersey CD-07 to campaign for Tom Malinowski.

Any time
Show New Migrants that NYC Cares

Team TLC NYC welcomes migrants who are being bussed in from Texas. They provide food, clothing, hygiene items, etc to people when they first arrive (they often come with everything having been taken from them at the border). Sign up to help at the link.

HEADS UP FOR ABSENTEE VOTERS

The GOP has filed a lawsuit against no-excuse absentee ballot voting in NY! They want to stop no-excuse voting, invalidate any votes cast under those rules, and stop pre-election day vote counting! Hearing will be held in Saratoga County on Oct. 5 (!).

More details here.

It's Not Just Congress

Actions for Week of Sept. 25, 2022

 
 We have to keep and grow our majority up and down the ballot

Wednesday, September 28
6–7:30 PM
Phone Banking in Arizona for Three Essential Seats to Win
Virtual

The Action Group '22 and Downtown East For Progress are co-hosting phone banks every Wednesday until the election to SAVE OUR DEMOCRACY. We are part of the nationwide effort making calls to Democrats in all the swing states that we have a chance to secure. Just 90 minutes and you will talk to voters in a crucial swing state. We can win this thing, it just takes all hands on deck!

OR

Phone bank for Josh Riley in NY 19
5:30 PM -8:00 PM
Virtual

This is what was Antionio Delgado’s old district (with new lines). Help keep the seat blue and get Josh elected. Training provided if you need it. You might also get to say hi to former IUES member Jonathan Brady.

By the way, if you can’t make Wednesday, they run phone banks on Tuesdays as well. Check the link for the full schedule.

Thursday, Sept. 29
Phone Bank to PA
6:30-8:30 PM

Join Make the Road Action and Indivisible Nation BK to call voters in Pennsylvania in support of Democrats up and down the ballot.  Pennsylvania has MULTIPLE races-- Senate, Governor, House and State- critical to protecting democracy, abortion rights, the planet, human rights and more. Every call counts!

Saturday, October 1
Buses to Defend Democracy - PA 08 and NY 03
8 AM–8 PM
Meet at Union Square
Details shared after you register for the bus

Let’s hold the House! Swing Left and Vote Blue 2022 is sending canvassing buses to districts within a 100-mile radius of New York City. No prior experience is needed (1st timers are welcome!) -- volunteers are trained on the bus, often with additional training at the campaign field offices. Fare and lunch included!

Two busses! One to PA 8 and one to NY 3. Both districts are crucial to keeping our majority in the House for the next term.

OR 

Pies for PA
3–5 PM 
Outside the Picnic House in Prospect Park
40 West Dr
Brooklyn, NY 11215

Join Indivisible BK in Prospect Park for a Pie-ful fundraiser and GOTV kickoff! We’ll be writing letters to voters, eating delicious pie, hanging out and raising money for key candidates in Pennsylvania.

Rain date Oct 2.

Any time
Write Postcards for Skyler Johnson 

Join Markers for Democracy to write postcards for Skyler Johnson. He is running for NYS Senate in SD-1. Skyler is 22 and would be the youngest person ever elected to the NYS Senate (breaking Chuck Schumer's record) if he wins his race. He is running to flip a seat in SD-1 on the East End of Long Island. Skyler is 100% pro-choice and running against a Republican who has a terrible voting record on reproductive rights.

Any time
Make sure health care workers get their raises

Tell Governor Hochul to make sure the health care minimum wage hike goes to workers (not insurance companies). Call her at 518-474-8390.

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DOWN BALLOT RACES ARE CRITICAL!

State legislatures control voting rules, abortion rights, and much more. State Secretaries of State certify elections. These down ballot races are just as important as Congressional and gubernatorial contests.  Thanks to Carol, we have a list of them. Donate, or help out as you can!

We Must Save Democracy!

Actions for Week of September 18, 2022

Find out what you can do (from home or on the road)

Actions for Week of September 18, 2022

Monday, Sept 19 - Tuesday Sept 20
Postcard Around the Clock Downtown Nasty Women Social Group, Markers for Democracy
8PM through 8 PM (24 hours)
Fight, Write & Resist to Save our Democracy! Join for 15 mins, 1 hr or all 24! It’s all free and one Zoom link will allow you to hop on for any segments you wish to attend. We will share the tools and inspiration you need to jump in and make a difference!
 

Tuesday, Sept. 20 OR Thursday, Sept. 22
Manhattan Clubs Phone Bank for New York Democrats
5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
50 Broadway/Virtual
Talk to your fellow New Yorkers about why we need to elect Governor Hochul and the rest of the Democratic Ticket. Calls will be targeted in areas where there are competitive races for Congress and/or State Senate.
 

Wednesday, Sept. 21
Phone Banking w/ Four Freedoms Democratic Club
7 pm to 9 pm
Virtual
Make calls into Georgia and Wisconsin. Both of these states have important races for Governor and U.S. Senate, the latter of which could determine whether our own Chuck Schumer remains the Majority Leader.


Saturday, Sept. 24
Bus to Canvas in PA 7 or NY 18
8 AM to 8 PM
Meet at Union Square
Swing Left and Vote Blue 2022 will be sending canvassing buses to districts within a 100-mile radius of New York City. One bus will go to PA 7 and the other to NY 18 (Pat Ryan's district).

No prior experience is needed. They will train you and cover everything, including lunch. They ask for a $10 voluntary contribution from bus riders but can waive the fee for students or due to need. If you can't go in person, you can also help sponsor them.

We All Need to Save Democracy and Reproductive Rights

Actions for Week of September 11, 2022

A blue wave this year has never been more important

Election Day Information
Election Day::  November 8th
Early Voting NYC: 10/29/22-11/6/22
Check your registration or register to vote: you must be registered, and your registration must be received, by October 14th
Find your polling place, for both election day and early voting
Voter Hotline: 1-866-VOTE-NYC (1-866-868-3692)

There are four referenda on the upcoming ballot, and three concern New York City. Learn more HERE


Actions For the Week of September 11th

Monday, September 12
Stop the Roe v Wade Rollback Gala via forms and emails
On Tuesday, Sept. 13, the National Building Museum in DC will host the annual gala of anti-abortion group Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America will be celebrating the overturning of Roe v. Wade. These screenshots of its Events Page and Special Guest List Page were taken before the event's website was password protected. The museum's website says "We respect our colleagues and community members and value constructive feedback." Here are many ways to do so:

• Sign the petition telling the museum it shouldn't host this event.

• Email the museum with the same message.

• Contact the museum via this form  on the website.

• Call Events Director Chris Frame at 202-272-2448, x 3107 or email him

• Use this form on the museum's website

• Use this form to contact the museum's event department

Postcarding Schedule for Markers for Democracy
Starting Monday, September 12
virtual
Write postcards with Markers for Democracy and a different guest speaker for each session!
Monday, September 12th at 10:30 am – Greg Landsman, Candidate for Congress (OH-01)
Zoom link HERE.
OR
Tuesday, September 13th at 10:00 am – Democratic Party of Georgia, Rachel Niederhoffer, Regional Organizing Director, Out of State Volunteering
OR
Tuesday, September 13th at 11:00 am – Asif Mahmood, Candidate for Congress (CA-40)
Sign up link  for either of these Tuesday sessions: HERE

Friday, September 16th at 10:00 am – Congresswoman Lauren Underwood
Sign up HERE.

Tuesday, Sept 13th, 7pm
Letter writing with Us, Indivisible Upper East Side!
virtual
Write letters with us, Vote Forward/Indivisible, to registered Democrats in Georgia or Pennsylvania to encourage voting, while meeting with each other to talk about the elections. Choose to download letters for either Georgia or Pennsylvania. even if you cannot attend we can send you letters.
RSVP: melinda.indivisible.ues@gmail.com to receive a Zoom link for both our session and downloading your letters.


Wednesday, Sept  14, 6 – 7:30pm EDT
Phone Banking in PA for Fetterman and Shapiro
Virtual event
The Action Group '22 and Downtown East For Progress are co-hosting phone banks every Wednesday until the election to SAVE OUR DEMOCRACY. They are part of the nationwide effort making calls to Democrats in all the swing states that we have a chance to secure. Just 90 minutes and you will talk to voters in a crucial swing state. We can win this thing, it just takes all hands on deck!
Sign up for this week or future weeks HERE

Saturday, September 17th, 8am
Vote Blue 2022
Bus to Defend Democracy
Vote Blue 2022 will be sending canvassing buses to districts within a 100-mile radius of New York City. No prior experience is needed--volunteers are trained on the bus, often with additional training at the campaign field offices. We cover everything, including your lunch.
Our inaugural bus will be traveling to a competitive and crucial district in PENNSYLVANIA. Pennsylvania will allow us to also help with equally important Senate and gubernatorial races at the same time.We ask for a $10 voluntary contribution from bus riders but we can waive the fee for students or due to need.
Tickets HERE

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SAVE THE DATE
Mon. Sept 19 at 8PM THROUGH Tues, Sept 20 at 8PM EDT
Postcard Around the Clock!
Downtown Nasty Women Social Group, Markers for Democracy
Mark your calendars to Fight, Write & Resist to Save our Democracy! This will be an amazing program for a full 24 hours free on Zoom! Join for 15 mins, 1 hr or all 24! It’s all free and one Zoom link will allow you to hop on for any segments you wish to attend. They will share the tools and inspiration you need to jump in and make a difference!
Check out the growing list of guest speakers & activities, and register for link, schedule & updates HERE

Election Season is Upon Us!

Actions for the Week of September 4, 2022

We all need to get cracking!

Election Day Information
Election Day::  November 8th
Early Voting NYC: 10/29/22-11/6/22
Check your registration or register to vote: you must be registered, and your registration must be received, by October 14th
Find your polling place, for both election day and early voting
Voter Hotline: 1-866-VOTE-NYC (1-866-868-3692)

There are four referenda on the upcoming ballot, and three concern New York City. Learn more HERE


Actions For the Week of September 4th

Tuesday, September 6th,  8pm
Abortion and the Midterms Training
ACLU People Power
Virtual
Join ACLU People Power for their last abortion activist training. Listen to ACLU’s midterm strategy and how you can vote your values this fall. If you can’t tune in, RSVP anyway and they will send you the recording.
RSVP HERE


Wednesday, September 7th, 6-7:30
Phone Banking in PA for Fetterman and Shapiro
The Action Group '22 and Downtown East For Progress
Virtual
The Action Group '22 and Downtown East For Progress are co-hosting phone banks every Wednesday until the election to SAVE OUR DEMOCRACY. They are part of the nationwide effort making calls to Democrats in all the swing states that we have a chance to secure. Just 90 minutes and you will talk to voters in a crucial swing state. We can win this thing, it just takes all hands on deck!
Sign up HERE


Wednesday, September 7, 6-7:30pm
Phone Banking for Reproductive Rights in Florida
Florida Planned Parenthood PAC
Join the PAC for their weekly phone bank! Help ensure that young voters are pledging to vote for Pro-Repro candidates.
Sign up HERE


Friday, September 9th at 11:00 am
Postcard Writing with Guest Speaker
Markers for Democracy Virtual Postcarding Session
Virtual
Write postcards to get out the vote to Democratic voters while listening to Friday’s guest speaker, Kermit Jones
Register HERE

WISHING EVERYONE A HAPPY LABOR DAY WEEKEND!
 

If Not Now, When?

Actions for the Week of August 28, 2022

Time to act to keep the House and expand the Senate

Actions for Week of August 27, 2022

We can't just keep our majority, we have to expand it, and hold the seats we have.

Wednesday, August 31
6-8 PM
Turn PA Blue

Phone bank with Sister District to help elect state legislators in PA. The GOP candidate for governor wants to implement an abortion ban. A GOP led-legislature would let him. We need to stop that from happening.

Thursday, Sept 1
5-7 PM
Keep NY's Senate Blue

Phone bank for NY State Senator Anna Kaplan. She has worked hard for women’s rights, gun safety and more for Nassau County. Republicans want to try to unseat her (and believe me, Nassau is not as blue as you might think). 

Any time

Postcards to Voters 
Phone banking not your thing? How about postcards instead?  Sign up to help keep (and grow) our House majority. You’ll need your own postcards.

OR

Target Swing District House Seats 
Activate America is prioritizing congressional races in swing districts in blue states that we need to win if we want to hold the House. 
 

CA:  Rudy Salas & Adam Gray for Congress

Pro-Choice: CA Jay Chen, CA  Asif Mahmood, PA Matt Cartwright, & PA Chris Deluzio for Congress

Writing in Spanish: to support CA Rudy Salas for Congress

Inflation Reduction Act: CA Will Rollins & CA Katie Porter 

No approval necessary

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Enjoy your upcoming Labor Day weekend (we’ll be taking a break, unless something critical happens)!

Reproductive Rights are Paramount

Actions for the Week of August 21, 2022

What you can do about it

This is not the regular newsletter we send every week. Rather, it starts with an appeal to all of you to phone bank in support of abortion rights. The writer of this newsletter had a classmate, who she had known since they were three years old. That classmate was left to bleed to death alone in the woods after a botched abortion. This was before Roe v Wade, and what we are going back to unless we each do what we can to stop states from enacting draconian laws.

I personally have never been willing to phone bank. I don’t answer strange phone numbers, and when I do I hang up if I learn that they are phone banking. But some people do engage with the callers, and each one who does has the potential to prevent the return to those horrific days. And so I will be phone banking, and beseech each of you to do the same.

Here are two organizations that you can phone bank with, and we will add more as they become available.

ACLU’s Phonebank Like Your Rights Depend On It
You can join their events, or sign up to phone bank solo.

ACLU’s summer Tuesday trainings: 8 PM ET/5 PM PT every other Tuesday; the next events are August 23rd, and September 6th.
This Abortion Activist Series is collection of virtual events and trainings on how you can join the fight for abortion rights, no matter where you live.
RSVP HERE

August 27th 1pm: NARAL Dialin’ with Distributed!
Join NARAL Pro-Choice America to make calls and mobilize every reproductive freedom voter across the country.
Sign up HERE

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ACTIONS FOR THE WEEK OF AUGUST 21

Thursday, August 25th, 5:30pm, doors open at 5pm
Town hall with Senator Gillibrand
Schomburg Center
515 Malcolm X Boulevard
(135th St and Malcolm X Blvd)
Proof of vaccination or a negative PCR test within the past 24 hours for entry is required.
Join United States Senator Kirsten Gillibrand for a public Manhattan Town Hall on Thursday August 25th at the Schomburg Center in Harlem. She will give brief remarks and answer questions on the topics and issues you care about most. The Senator’s staff will also be available to answer questions and how her office can assist you. Please feel free to share this invitation!
RSVP HERE

Saturday, August 27th, 8am-4:30pm
Join Car Pools to Knock on Doors in PA with Swing Left
Meet at Cathedral of St John the Divine
Join Swing Left volunteers to knock doors in PA to FLIP a tight but winnable US House race -- and help flip a US Senate seat at the same time! Talking to Bucks Dems face-to-face is one of the most impactful ways we can help fix the filibuster and codify Roe, voting rights, climate funding and election protections. Talk to voters in Bucks County about Ashley Ehasz in PA's 1st Congressional District, and drive up Dem turnout in a crucial swing county and state.
Sign up HERE

Sunday, August 28th, 3-4:30pm
Training for how to Talk to Voters & Win the Midterms
Target Majority and Swing Left
Virtual event
Research shows that conversations with voters at their doors or on the phone can win close elections. This training provides all the skills and confidence needed to talk to voters and encourage them to go vote. We have the chance to win the midterms and make progress on expanding abortion access, preventing gun violence, fighting climate change, and preserving democracy itself, if we all work together to increase voter turnout in the swing districts where it matters most.
Sign up HERE

MORE ABORTION RESOURCES

Our former exec committee leader, Wendy Brandes, has kindly shared this list of additional abortion activism resources.

Stay tuned
Indivisible Upper East Side will be having more letter-writing parties in September!