Actions for the Week of May 12
Local protests, virtual trainings. Never a dull moment.
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.
Don’t miss our General Meeting
Photo: ProBonoPhoto.org / Bill Clark
Indivisible Sonoma County General Meeting
Mon, May 12, 2025 6:00pm - 7:15pm | US/Pacific
Please join us for our May General Meeting as we grow our movement opposing the fascists and their wannabe dictator. We’ll hear from some of our new activist teams, get a preview of ongoing and coming actions, including our No Kings rallies on June 14th, and connect with each other. Whether you’ve been with us for years or are coming for the first time, please join us!
https://www.mobilize.us/indivisiblesonomacounty/event/787377/
Direct Actions
Free America from Tyranny
By Tom Benthin
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 below, and in our calendar.
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 (more visible for drawing others to you). If you’re willing to lead, write to us here at Indivisiblesoco@gmail.com and tell us where you live. We’ll help put out the word that there’s a new group forming there.
Here’s the newest group:
Friday, May 23 8:30am
West S. R. Resistance Group
Come for coffee and discussion in the park across the street from Criminal Baking Co at 819 Donahue St, Santa Rosa. Join with some like-minded people for support and inspiration in the resistance to this administration. Be prepared to share two things that give you hope, one thing you’re concerned about, and an action item.
Please rsvp to resistgroupsr@gmail.com
ONGOING GROUP IN SANTA ROSA FOR WRITING LETTERS TO THE EDITOR IN NEWSPAPERS IN RED STATES AND RED AREAS OF ALL STATES
FIND OUT MORE
Letters to the Editor in Red States, Eric Peterson: petersoneric2017@gmail.com
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 at Indivisiblesoco@gmail.com. And if you want to help lead actions, let us know!
Making Our Calls
Stop the Voter Suppression (aka “SAVE”) Act
5.11.25
The House has passed what Republicans call the “SAVE” Act, legislation that would cause over 21 million Americans to LOSE their vote by imposing voting requirements that they cannot reasonably meet, even though they are fully eligible to vote. The act does this by stripping away the right to vote from anyone who can’t produce documents that millions of Americans don’t have, can’t afford, or struggle to access.
Now the bill goes to the Senate, where it must be defeated. Senator Padilla has vowed to “lead the charge” to defeat the bill in the Senate. Democrats can do this by staying unified, since the filibuster will require a supermajority of votes for the legislation to pass. It will not be enough for either Padilla or Schiff to merely vote no. We also need them to pressure their colleagues to vote no as a unified block. No flinching, no defections.
UPDATE: As of May 9th, only 9 Democratic senators were on record in opposition to the “SAVE” Act (one was Padilla, but Schiff’s name is missing). This bill can be killed. It is critical to call now!
Let’s make some calls!
CALL YOUR SENATORS: OPPOSE THE VOTER SUPPRESSION (aka “SAVE”) ACT
Please call your Senators and say:
I’m calling to ask the Senator to lead the charge to defeat S. 128, the so-called “SAVE” Act, by not only voting no himself, but also by pressuring all of his Democratic colleagues to do the same. The caucus must stay unified and defeat S. 128, which is pure MAGA voter suppression.
CALL YOUR CONGRESSPERSONS: DEMAND DONALD TRUMP’S IMPEACHMENT
Trump is committing impeachable offenses every. Single. Day. Every Democrat should be on record, calling for his impeachment.
Please call your Congressperson and say:
I’m calling to ask if the Congressmemberhas publicly called for the impeachment of President Donald Trump. If not, what is he waiting for?
CALL YOUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS: WE NEED TO SEE YOU WITH US!
It is not enough for our members of Congress to vote “no”. Not enough to just hold town halls. We need to see them showing up in protest. With us.
Please call your Members of Congress and say:
I’m calling to ask the [Senator/Representative] to join us in the streets. We are marching. We are rallying. I’m tired of hearing politicians brag about standing on the Edmund Pettus bridge. I want to see the [Senator/Representative] by my side in this fight.
CALL YOUR SENATORS: OPPOSE THE ATTACK ON OUR COURTS
Please call your Senators and say:
I’m calling to demand that the Senator oppose the so-called No Rogue Rulings Act, and any other attempt to rewrite the federal court system. Impeaching judges and changing their constitutional authority just because Trump doesn’t like their rulings is grossly authoritarian and must be stopped.
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
CALL YOUR STATE LEGISLATORS: DON’T BREAK THE SOLAR CONTRACT
Governor Newsom's CPUC has proposed to break the solar contracts, slash the solar credits, and slap with a solar tax all of the solar customers who signed up for solar before April 2023 (NEM1 and NEM2). Our best chance of stopping this proposal is to make it Dead On Arrival in the State Legislature.
Please call your state legislators and say:
Please oppose the CPUC’s proposal to break two million solar contracts.
The root cause of high rates is utility spending and profits, not rooftop solar. Rooftop solar saved all ratepayers $1.5 billion in 2024 by reducing utility spending. It is part of the solution.
Stop blaming consumers who are doing the right thing. Please get real about controlling utility spending, and don’t break the solar contract.
CALL YOUR STATE SENATORS: DON’T GIVE TRUMP ACCESS TO OUR POWER GRID!
A truly awful bill, killed several years ago, is back. The Pathways bill, SB 540, would forfeit California’s autonomy over our power grid, opening it to control by other states and, most worryingly, Trump’s regime. It must be stopped.
Please call your state senators and say:
Please oppose SB 540, the Pathways bill. Do not sell us out by handing control of our energy grid over to Trump and his minions. Keep our energy future in our hands. Vote NO on SB 540.
State Senator Mike McGuire
Santa Rosa phone: (707) 576-2771
State Senator Chris Cabaldon
Santa Rosa phone: (707) 576-2093
Assemblymember Chris Rogers
Santa Rosa phone: (707 576-2526
Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
Sacramento phone: (916) 319-2004
Assemblymember Damon Connolly
Santa Rosa phone: (707) 576-2735
Want to make a difference? Do it with your Dollars!
Boycotts work. Here’s the most current information I could find on scheduled boycotts.
Walmart, the world's largest retailer, said in November that it was rolling back DEI policies, including no longer considering race and gender when making decisions about suppliers, ending various diversity programs, and removing the words "diversity" and "DEI" from documents in favor of language about "belonging."
What To Know
The initial boycott, which concluded on April 14, included all of Walmart's online and retail stores and services, and pharmacy and grocery pickup and delivery services. Club stores like Sam's Club are also being boycotted. All private-label brands affiliated with Walmart, like Great Value and Parent's Choice, are also part of the blackout.
The People's Union USA says it's nonpartisan and that its movement is "just getting started" and "not stopping anytime soon."
READ MORE Boycott
The "economic blackout tour" has dates listed until July 4, with some of the most well-known companies on Earth among those impacted:
Walmart Boycott 2 - May 20 to 26
Target Boycott - June 3 to 9
McDonald's Boycott - June 24 to 30
Independence Day Boycott – July 4
"It's simple: stop spending," The People's Action USA says on its website. "On blackout days, avoid shopping, streaming, online orders, fast food, and everything in between. If you absolutely need something, buy it from a small, local business.
Our calendar is updated regularly. Check our calendar regularly to stay current!
MEETINGS
Immigration Update 2025: Policy, Impact, and What You Need to Know
Thu, May 15, 2025 10:30am - 1:00pm | US/Pacific
At Sally Tomatoes
🔹 Keynote Speaker: Professor Bill Ong Hing – University of San Francisco
- Associate Dean for Faculty Scholarship
- Professor of Law
- Founding Director, Immigration and Deportation Defense Clinic
- Dean's Circle Scholar
🔹 Panel speakers to be announced soon!
Register here for the Los Cien event (Limited seats)
What's the Plan? Weekly Conversation with Indivisible's co-founders
Thu, May 15, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm | US/Pacific
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 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.
https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/773746/
Indivisible Sonoma County After Hours Support / Brainstorm / Activist Group
Thu, May 15, 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.
Events
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
Democracy Rally - Sebastopol
Tue, May 13, 2025 4:30pm - 6:00pm | US/Pacific
Location: Sebastopol Four Corners
Cotati Weekly Protest
Thu, May 15, 2025 5:30pm - 6:00pm | US/Pacific
VA Clinic Weekly Action
Fri, May 16, 2025 11:00am - 1:00pm | US/Pacific
Veterans Administration Clinic
Join and support the Veterans Administration Clinic weekly action. Meet at 11:00 at 2285 Challenger Way, Santa Rosa. The Sonoma Freedom Singers will be on hand!
Sonoma Plaza Vigil against Trump
Fri, May 16, 2025 12:00pm - 2:00pm | US/Pacific
Sonoma Plaza
453 1st St E, Sonoma CA 95476 US
Stand-Up Fridays at the Guerneville Plaza
Fri, May 16, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm | US/Pacific
Healdsburg Weekly Protests for Democracy
Sat, May 17, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm | US/Pacific
Join us on the corner of Healdsburg’s Plaza Saturdays from 11am to Noon
Meet your neighbors on the corner of Healdsburg Ave. and Matheson Street.
Brings signs if you like or simply come and join the group. (There will be extra signs available.)
Petaluma Protests - Every Saturday
Sat, May 17, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm | US/Pacific
Tesla Takedown - Santa Rosa
Sat, May 17, 2025 11:00am - 1:00pm | US/Pacific
You are invited to join a sign-waving event this weekend on the sidewalk outside the Tesla showroom in Santa Rosa. 3286 Airway Drive, Santa Rosa, CA, 95403.
Bring signs to wave!
Please stay on the sidewalk and do not block entrances. Do not engage with counter-protests.
This is a volunteer-organized visibility event to protest Musk.
Actions targeting Musk-owned businesses are designed as accountability actions against Musk in his DOGE role as a political actor and are not framed around any intent to cause economic harm to any business interest.
Protest Avelo Airlines’ Plan to Carry Out Deportation Flights - ONGOING
Sun, May 18, 2025 11:00am - 2:00pm | US/Pacific
We will protest the decision by Avelo Airlines to assist with deportations by the Trump regime. The company’s hub in Arizona is poised to start these deportations in May. It’s time to send a message to travelers to stop giving Avelo their business and assisting this enterprise.
We will be on the sidewalk leading to the Charles M. Schultz, Sonoma County Airport, which is for now a hub for Avelo's flights. This is in the morning when a maximum number of travelers will see our protest.
It is also good opportunity to protest federal layoffs with the FAA.
Sign up here.
Calls, Postcards, Texts, Training
Petaluma Postcard Pod
Tue, May 13, 2025 4:30pm - 6:00pm | US/Pacific
Petaluma Postcard Pod is back!
Petaluma Postcard Pod is a GREAT community!
You can tell your Electeds to Please Grow a Spine – Let’s Get Loud!
Tue, May 13; Thu, May 15, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm | US/Pacific
You’re already calling your Senators and Representative every day. You’re going to protests every chance you get.
Is there anything else you can do?
There is! Post and amplify messages (on the social media platforms you're already using) that tag your electeds about the things you just called them about. Urge 'em to vote yes or no on that bill or nomination. Thank them for standing strong when they do the right thing, or ask them to fight for you when they wimp out.
RSVP!
National Guided Phonebank for Virginia
Tue, May 13; Thu, May 15 2025 3:00pm - 5:00pm | US/Pacific
We are calling Black voters in Virginia, encouraging them to vote in the June Primary elections for the Statehouse and providing resources that make it easier to check where they are registered and find the voting information they need.
Make calls with us every Tuesday from 3 pm PT/6 pm ET to 5pm PT/ 8 pm PT.
Sign up here!
Phone Banks into CA Congressional District 22 – Rep. Valadao
Thu, May 15, 2025 2:00pm - 3:15pm | US/Pacific
Location: Democratic Party Headquarters
There will be in-person phone banks calling Valadao’s constituents during the month of May on Thursdays. All information can be found by clicking on the Sign Up link. If you would prefer to call from home on other days and times, email Janet Reynolds at hqvolunteer@sonomademocrats.org.
Postcards at Dem HQ
Fri, May 16, 2025 1:00pm - 3:00pm | US/Pacific
Democratic Party Headquarters
Friday Postcard Parties every week from 1:00-3:00 at the Sonoma County Democratic Headquarters at 348 Sebastopol Ave in Santa Rosa.
Please bring postcards. Addresses, scripts, and instructions provided.
Indivisible Sonoma County provides information about events. Unless specifically labeled as "Sponsored by Indivisible Sonoma County" or "Sponsored by Indivisible National," these events are organized and conducted by individual local activists and organizations who are solely responsible for their conduct.
May 17- Fight For Schools Rally in 5 locations statewide including SF Embarcadero Plaza and Sacramento. Public schools are the cornerstone of democracy. Let's fight to keep it that way! https://www.cta.org/our-advocacy/fight-for-schools