Actions for the week of March 22
A big rally. And several more. More calls. Postcards. More ways to fight back.
Editor’s Note:
Here is a sampling of this week’s Rallies, Protests, Calls to Make, Meetings to put on your calendar, and Actions you can take to change the direction of our country. More opportunities to get involved happen all the time — and we post them on our calendar. Stay current!
Don’t miss our upcoming rallies! Details below
March 30 3-5
April 5 3-5
April 19 11-1
Lucy and the Football
By Tom Benthin
For too many years, Democrats in Congress have been under the delusion that their Republican counterparts would someday have an epiphany. Democrats imagined that their MAGA fever would break and they would finally oppose Trump, defend the Constitution, come to their senses. Like Charlie Brown, no matter how many times Democrats landed on their back, they continued to dream about kicking that football. They’re still at it. Chuck Schumer. Adam Schiff. And more. Fantasizing instead of fighting.
We rightfully see this as absurd. But we need to face up to our own delusion. The tantalizing kick of the football for us has been the idea that we could get Democrats to realize the danger of fascism and fight back. It’s time to wake up. They’re not going to do it.
Yes, some are. AOC and Bernie just got 34,000 people to show up in Denver. We have some leaders with fight. And we will need many more. But we can’t wait. As Anat Shenker-Osorio says, we cannot vote our way to a democracy. The only way forward is for us to take direct action.
Congress cannot save us now. The courts, which cannot enforce their decisions, will not save us. It’s up to us.
Our job is to build a movement of hundreds, then thousands, of peaceful protestors. People, like you and me, who will confront and oppose the fascists and defeat them. Together, we can free America from tyranny.
What’s more, by building our movement, we can not only rescue ourselves, we will discover new fighters who can replace those Democrats who aren’t up to the task.
This is Sonoma county, the home of Charlie Brown and Lucy. We know better than to land on our backs one more time. Let’s see through our delusion that Congressional Democrats will save us and put our energy where it’s needed right now: thwarting the will of the Trump regime, bringing down his lawless rule, and returning our country to its citizens.
There’s a lot of work to do and the hour is late. Let’s get going.
Direct Actions
Free America from Tyranny
It’s time for us to build this movement together. There is a role for each of us to play. Our task is to build a large, broad coalition of citizens who will confront and oppose fascism both through actions and in their daily lives.Here are some ways to get started now.
Attend a protest rally. Rallies are popping up all over - see our calendar and action listings to find the one(s) that’s a fit for you. Be peaceful, but be visible and loud. We need to let everyone know that we’re in danger, now - and we are here to fight back. Find the right rally for you in our calendar.
Join us to Circle the Square. Our Circle the Square protests are happening each weekend at the Old Courthouse Square in Santa Rosa. Join us on Sunday, March 30th at 3:00. You can sign up here.
Take the lead on forming neighborhood or cafe gatherings. Go local. Invite people in your immediate neighborhood to get together, get to know each other, and plan actions. Meet in your home (easier for confidential conversations) or at a cafe (move visible for drawing others to you). If you’re willing to lead, write to us here at Indivisiblesoco@gmail.com (copy and paste) and tell us where you live**. We’ll help put out the word that there’s a new group forming there.
Join Bob’s music group. Bob Hahn is helping put together a group to bring music and singing to protest events - and to get together to play for the sheer joy and pleasure of it (which is also a blow against fascism, btw). If you’re interested in joining, let him know at rfh511@gmail.com.
Come to an Activists’ Support and Brainstorm meeting. There are two this week, Wednesday at 10:30 and Thursday at 6:00. Find out more in our calendar.
More actions coming soon. The pivot from constituent pressure to direct action is a big one for us. We’re moving as fast as we can, so expect new actions to pop up. If you have ideas for actions, write to us [need email address]. And if you want to help lead actions, let us know!
** New Group Forming in the Junior College Neighborhood in Santa Rosa! Interested? Copy and paste into your email dransom391@gmail.com and send your name and address.
Making Our Calls
3.24.25
CALL YOUR SENATORS: IT’S TIME FOR SCHUMER TO STEP DOWN
Chuck Schumer betrayed the nation, as well as House Democrats, this past week when he capitulated on the MAGA no-strings-for-Elon budget. Democrats can’t oppose Trump/Musk or win with with a weak and ineffective leader. Please call your senators and ask them to force Schumer to step down as minority leader. Until he does, don’t donate to any of the national Democratic organizations (individual races or state efforts are fine). Thanks!
CALL YOUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS: OPPOSE THE SAVE ACT
The SAVE Act pretends to be a solution to the non-existent problem of “voter fraud”. Instead, it is a MAGA bill to keep Democrats from being able to vote by making it difficult or impossible for voters to register. We need every single Democrat to oppose it.
(To learn more about the SAVE Act, read about it here).
Please call your members of Congress and say:
I’m calling to ask the senator/congressman to oppose the SAVE Act, which is designed to keep Democrats from being able to vote.
CALL YOUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO FIGHT FOR THE CLIMATE
Trump is launching the largest assault on climate and environment protections in US history. Trump’s EPA announced it would repeal 31 cornerstone environmental protections, Trump is doing this at the behest of corporate polluters and billionaires who paid to get him elected.
Please call your members of Congress and say:
Please fight to defeat the actions of Trump’s EPA. This will take vigilance and courage from everyone in Congress who values clean air, clean water, and a safer climate. I am depending on you.
EXTRA ACTION: Besides calling your elected officials, please pass it on to your family and friends. Our elected officials need to hear this from EVERYONE!
Big Oil must pay for the havoc it has caused!
Big Oil is trying to get Congress to give them blanket immunity for their climate crimes that lead to disasters like California’s devastating wildfires. Many cities and states are filing law suits or passing superfund laws to make the fossil fuel industry pay for climate damages. Donald Trump and his MAGA minions are trying to let Big Oil off the hook.
Call your Members of Congress and say:
Don’t let Big Oil off the hook for the devastating damage they do. They have known for years that fossil fuels cause climate change but have fought to cover it up while they raked in profits. Make them pay. Oppose the Big Oil bailout.
Senator Alex Padilla
DC phone: 202-224-3553
SF phone: 415-981-9369
Senator Adam Schiff
DC phone: 202-224-3841
Congressman Jared Huffman
Phone: (San Rafael) 415-258-9657
or
Congressman Mike Thompson
Phone: (Santa Rosa) 707-542-7182
Don't let Newsom and the CPUC destroy rooftop solar!
The Newsom administration is proposing to break residents' solar contracts, slash solar credits, and slap on a solar tax. These draconian measures would apply to all solar customers who signed up for solar before April 2023.
Call your state senator and assembly member and say:
Do not let the CPUC and the Governor destroy rooftop solar. The 3 big utilities claim that rooftop solar doesn’t pay its way and therefore drives up the electrical costs for non solar users to cover the shortfall. This is not true. Rooftop solar has relieved pressure on California’s grid, saving all of us thousands of dollars of grid expansion. Rooftop solar also takes pressure off the grid during high heat periods, thus preventing rolling brownouts. Finally rooftop solar curbs greenhouse gases.
Call your state senator and assembly member.
https://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/
Senator Mike McGuire https://sd02.senate.ca.gov/contact
Phone: (916) 651-400
Senator Marie Alvarado-Gil https://sr04.senate.ca.gov/contact-me
Phone: (916) 651-4004
Assemblymember Chris Rogers https://a02.asmdc.org/contact
Phone: (916) 319-2002
Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry https://a04.asmdc.org/contact-me-0
Phone: (916) 319-2004
Assemblymember Damon Connolly https://a12.asmdc.org/contact
Phone: (916) 319-2012
Our calendar is updated regularly. Check our calendar regularly to stay current!
MEETINGS
Brainstorming Get Together/Activist Support Group
Wed, March 26, 2025 10:30am - 12:00pm
FIRST TIME ATTENDEES, PLEASE ARRIVE AT 10:00 AM; MEETING STARTS AT 10:30 AM
Location: RSVP for location
Come to one or all of these meetings to gather with a community of progressive folks active in grassroots actions.
Each of us has something to contribute to this existential responsibility that rests on all of us.
We will be there and hope you will be too!
State Bridges 2025: Virtual Event Series
Wed, Mar 26, 2025 5:00pm - 6:00pm
The State Bridges Program activates Sister District volunteers across the country to fundraise for organizations leading year-round power-building work in critical swing states. New this year: your donations are now tax deductible!
All fundraisers are held on Zoom Webinar from 5 pm - 6 pm PT.
RSVP here!
March 12 – Michigan & Wisconsin Fundraiser:
Supporting: We The People MI, Mothering Justice, Citizen Action of Wisconsin Education Fund, and WISDOM
Hosted by: Sister District CA Peninsula, Greater Chicago and South Bay
March 26 – Virginia Fundraiser:
Supporting: New Virginia Majority Education Fund
Hosted by: Sister District DC Metro Area, San Francisco and Yolo
What’s the Plan? A Weekly Discussion with Indivisible’s Co-Founders
Thu, Mar 27, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm | US/Pacific
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: What’s the Plan? A Weekly Discussion with Indivisible’s Co-Founders.. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
The onslaught of news, the chaos coming out of the White House – it’s all meant to overwhelm us. It’s a deliberate strategy to sow confusion and make us believe we are powerless to fight back. The antidote: Coming together in the community to process what’s happening, to sift through what’s important and what’s just noise, and coalesce around strategies for fighting back.
Join Indivisible co-founders Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin each week, as we carve out an hour to discuss what’s happening and – more importantly – what’s the plan.
Indivisible Sonoma County After Hours Support / Brainstorm / Activist Group
Thu, Mar 27, 2025 6:00pm | US/Pacific
In Santa Rosa / In Person!!
Come to one or all of these meetings to gather with a community of progressive folks active in grassroots actions.
Each of us has something to contribute to this existential responsibility that rests on all of us.Do More - Take Action
Marches / Protests / Rallies
Make certain you are prepared for whatever could happen when you are where others could confront you. Read Indivisible National’s advice, here: https://indivisible.org/resource/safety-security-and-digital-preparedness-second-trump-administration
Rally to Save the U.S. Post Office
Join Postal workers and Indivisible Sonoma County
Sunday, March 23
11am – 1pm PDT
Old Courthouse Square
3rd Street & Santa Rosa Avenue
Stand-Up Fridays at the Guerneville Plaza
Fri, Mar 28, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm | US/Pacific
Join us on Fridays at Guerneville Plaza (weather permitting) for an hour of sign waving and happy (mostly) hollering as our neighbors come home from work and visitors drive by to start their weekends.
Tesla Takedown Global Day of Action
Tesla Takedown - Santa Rosa
Start: Saturday, March 29, 2025•11:00 AM
End: Saturday, March 29, 2025• 1:00 PM
Location:Tesla Dealership•3286 Airway Drive, Santa Rosa, CA, 95403., Santa Rosa, CA 95403 US
Tesla Takedown Global Day of Protest in Sebastopol
Start: Saturday, March 29, 2025• 1:00 PM
Location:Tesla Supercharger Station•776 Gravenstein Hwy N, Sebastopol, CA 95472 US
Circle the Square
No Cuts to the Safety Net
Sunday, March 30
3pm - 5pm PDT
Old Courthouse Square
3rd Street & Santa Rosa Avenue
They’ve cut departments. They’ve cut jobs. They’ve cut services. They’ve cut National Parks.
They are cutting the heart of our country — but we are not heartless.
NOT YET!
Join your friends and neighbors as we Circle the Square and demand that they Stop Cutting the Safety Net!
Sign up here
Hands Off! Indivisible Sonoma County Fights Back
Saturday, April 5
3 – 5pm PDT
Old Courthouse Square
Between 3rd and 4th street
Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. Indivisible Sonoma County is fighting back!
They're taking everything they can get their hands on—our health care, our data, our jobs, our services—and daring the world to stop them. This is a crisis, and the time to act is now.
🚨 On Saturday, April 5th, we're taking to the streets to fight back with a clear message: Hands off! 🚨
Sign up here
Calls, Postcards, Texts, Training
Josh Weil for Congress Phone Calls
Through Mar 28, 2025
Calling on all Floridians and Americans beyond who want to elect a single parent with two boys, and a public school teacher who will restore balance to Washington, fight for common sense solutions, and serve YOU - we need your HELP!
More details and for signup options (various date/time shifts; all times Eastern!)
https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/753903/
Gay Valimont for Congress Phone Calls
Multiple days, 4:00pm - 6:00pm |
Join Team Valimont for a Weekly Phone Bank on Tuesdays!
Details and signup form:
mobilize.us/s/Z3akrT (4 pm PT / 6 pm ET)
Balance in the WI Supreme Court is up for Grabs
Tue, Mar 25, 2025 3:00pm - 5:00pm | US/Pacific
Join the Bay Area Coalition as we call with the Wisconsin Dems and Center for Common Ground to make calls to voters in Wisconsin!
We will call to connect with Wisconsin voters and get out the vote for the Spring Elections. The goal is to highlight the importance of Electing Susan Crawford to the Supreme Court and other democratic candidates up and down the ballot.
RSVP today and invite a friend to join us!
https://www.mobilize.us/swingleft/event/754108
SAVE Act Phone Bank
Tue, Mar 25, 2025
3:00pm - 5:00pm
Join Common Cause for an important phone bank as we mobilize voters to take action against the dangerous SAVE Act and advocate for the John Lewis Voting Rights Act. The SAVE Act threatens to make it harder for millions of Americans—especially students, seniors, and veterans—to cast their ballots. We need your help to ensure voters across the country call their representatives and demand they protect the freedom to vote.
No prior experience is necessary—our team will provide full training at the start of each shift!
Sign up here!
Make Calls to Stop the SAVE Act
Tue, Mar 25 and Thurs. Mar 27, 2025 4:00pm | US/Pacific
Lawmakers are preparing to strip away our right to vote. Help us get the word out to other Americans about the danger.
More info
National Guided Phonebank for Wisconsin
Wed, Mar 26, 2025 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Make calls with us every Wednesday from 3 pm PT/6 pm ET to 5pm PT/ 8 pm PT.
Sign up here!
Phone Banking for WI State Supreme Court
Thu, Mar 27, 2025 3:00pm - 5:00pm @ Democratic Party Headquarters
Postcards for Wisconsin Supreme Court Election
Democratic Party Headquarters
448 Sebastopol Ave.
Write postcards to voters in the Wisconsin Supreme Court contest.
Call or email to confirm. Limited seating.
Email: rebeccamont@gmail.com
Phone: 707-484-0414
Training
Bluesky Training - Beginning
Wed, Mar 26, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm | US/Pacific
Excited about what you’re hearing about Bluesky? Over 25 million people are already using it!
Join us to build awareness for Field Team 6’s Voter Registration efforts all from the comfort of your own social media account!
If you're ready for more, check out our Advanced Bluesky session from 3 - 4 pm
Voter ID Assistance Orientation
Tue, Mar 18, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm | US/Pacific
Help voters get the ID the need to cast a ballot that counts!
VoteRiders is seeking dedicated virtual and in-person volunteers to provide free voter ID assistance to eligible voters in key communities where VoteRiders has staff on the ground including Houston (TX), Columbus (GA), Pittsburgh (PA), Orlando (FL) and Charlotte (NC), Madison (WI), Milwaukee (WI) and Atlanta (GA).
This unique opportunity will make an immediate impact and directly help folks secure the ID they need to cast a ballot that counts.
Are you detail-oriented, reliable, computer savvy, and passionate about people? We need you for this ongoing opportunity!
Email: volunteer@VoteRiders.org