Massachusetts North Shore Democrats

3 RECURRING EVENTS

VARIOUS DAYS

Canvas for the Wins in Maine!

Various Times on these dates:
September: 19, 26
October 4, 10, 18, 24, 31
November 1, 2, 3

Swing Blue Alliance

Troy Jackson, 5th generation Mainer, logger, former state Senate President and progressive from deep red Aroostook, is the new Maine Democratic Senate nominee!

We need your help now more than ever, on this shortened timeline, to make sure we flip this must-win Senate seat and oust Susan Collins.

We'll also be canvassing for Matt Dunlap, 2nd district congressional candidate, and other down-ballot races.

We'll provide training, scripts and talking points and help with arranging carpools. Join us to make a critical difference in Maine!

Volunteer Now For The Midterms

Volunteer Blue is a collaboration of grassroots organizations dedicated to offering opportunities and training to volunteers interested in registering and electing Democrats up and down the ballot.

When you sign up you’ll get a link to a zoom session with a volunteer coach (yes, a live person!) who will explain available activities and actions that you can do that can make a difference. They’ll work with you to pick activities that best fit your skills, interests and schedule and that are in the most important races in the country.

Join our community of citizens who want to build a better America for everyone. You’ll feel so much better.

Web Site: volunteerblue.org

DNC Phone Bank for Democrats

Various days and times on:
6:00–8:00pm: Sept 15, 17, 22, 24, 29; Oct 1
8:00–10:00pm: Sept 16, 23, 30
1:00–3:00pm: Sept 19, 26; Oct 3
4:00–6:00pm: Sept 19, 26; Oct 3

Join the DNC Call Crew for a two-hour phone bank. We'll engage in our Local Listeners calls, talking to infrequent voters in our congressional battleground districts, and get out the vote for upcoming elections! We’ll start each phone bank with a clear overview of who we’re reaching out to, followed by a simple, step-by-step training on our calling platform for all new volunteers. Then, it’s time to dive into the calls and make those critical connections with voters.

You can join us on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.

Strike Ready Corps: Community Strike Readiness Training

Various days, 8:00–9:30pm EDT, Virtual
Available: Sept 23; Oct 7, 26; Nov 5, 16

This workshop offers practical training for community members who want to be ready when collective action escalates. It will cover what it means to be part of the Strike Ready Corps, basics of building strike readiness, and how to build sustained, strategic action over time.

Participants will learn from historical examples of strikes confronting authoritarian regimes, recent collective action in the US, and have opportunities to apply earnings to their local organizing context as we approach the upcoming midterm elections.

Note: sessions of this workshop cover the same material, offered at different times. You only need to attend one!

Strike Ready Corps is a project of Grassroots Democracy

Join Us

MONDAYS

Welcome To MoveOn Volunteer Network Call

Mondays, 8:00–9:00 p.m., Virtual event

Third Monday of every month:
Sept 21, Oct 19, Nov 16, Dec 21

Welcome to MoveOn's Volunteer Network Call (VNC)! Join us on the third Monday of each month for our monthly community call. These calls offer a platform for activists and supporters to stay informed about MoveOn's campaigns, connect with like-minded individuals, and collaborate on strategies to drive progressive change.

Each call features updates from MoveOn leaders, guest speakers, and opportunities for participants to ask questions and contribute their perspectives. Whether you're a seasoned activist, new MoveOn member, or new to the movement, these calls provide valuable insights and a sense of community in the fight for social justice.

Join Us Each Month. Select whatever dates you want.

Sign-Up Now

TUESDAYS

Phone Bank with Common Cause| Election Protection

Tuesdays, 6:00–8:00 p.m., Virtual
Every Tuesday Through Jan 12, 2027

Join a Common Cause Phonebank to help move pro-democracy bills forward or push back on harmful legislations moving through State Houses and US Congress. Each phonebank focuses on the most urgent campaign fights happening right now.

Every week, volunteers from coast to coast come together to get the latest updates, receive training, and make calls as a team. No prior experience is necessary—our team will provide full training at the start of each shift!

Common Cause Website

Fight Back with Friends

Tuesdays, 6:30–7:30 p.m., Virtual

4th Tuesday every month:
Upcoming dates: Sept 22, Oct 27

Indivisible

Fight Back With Friends! is a national program designed to help you activate your community! Using our the Empower app, we’ll equip you with the tools to connect with friends, family, and neighbors who need YOUR voice to get civically engaged. Join us on the fourth Tuesday of every month for a one-hour training session, where we’ll onboard new participants and introduce fresh calls to action that

WEDNESDAYS

Conversation That Matter with Voters in North Carolina

Wednesdays, 6:00–8:00 pm, Virtual
Available dates: Sept 16, 23, 30; Oct 7

Hosted in Boston by Swing Blue Alliance

During this critical election cycle, we are making important calls for Roy Cooper for US Senate, Justice Anita Earls, and State House candidates. Join us to listen to voters and inspire them to get to the polls in November.

Your volunteer work has value. We provide full training at the beginning of each shift and support throughout, a chance to practice, and resource materials.

And we're using our favorite automatic dialer, Scale to Win.

Available dates: Sept 16, 23, 30; Oct 7

Noncooperation 101 Training Training

Wednesdays, 7:00–9:00 p.m., Virtual
Available: Sept 16, Oct 21, Nov 18

Join us for a 2 hour virtual training on civil resistance and noncooperation. We will cover the authoritarian threat and how to defeat it. We will especially focus on countering the all-out assault on our elections and freedom to vote at a scale that matches the severity of the threat. Participants will leave with concrete steps for taking action

Choose a date.

Meeting Registrations

Additional Information:

Freedom Trainers

We train people in the proven tools of collective noncooperation—the same strategies that have toppled authoritarian regimes around the world. freedomtrainers.net

Strike Ready Corp

www.strikeready.org

Beginner Bluesky: Social Storm Training

Wednesdays, 2:00–3:00 p.m. EDT, Virtual
Available dates: Sept 23, Oct 21

Field Team 6

Join us to build awareness for Field Team 6’s Voter Registration efforts all from the comfort of your own social media account!

We’ll cover:

How to create your new Bluesky account
How to set up your Bluesky profile
Setting up your Notifications & Direct Messages
Sharing Field Team 6 ready-made posts
Tips & Tricks for using and enjoying your Bluesky experience!

RSVP Beginner Bluesky

Advanced Bluesky Social Storm Training

Wednesdays, 6:00–7:00 p.m. EDT, Virtual
Available dates: Sept 23, Oct 21

Field Team 6

Info & Sign Up

THURSDAYS

You can tell your Electeds to Please Grow a Spine—Let’s Get Loud!

Thursdays, Sept 24, Oct 8, 2:00–3:00 pm ET, Virtual

Is there anything else you can do?

As a matter of fact, 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. Want to see how it works? Come to our fun training!

Find all our ready-made posts here: https://www.pleasegrowaspine.org/

What’s the Plan? With Leah Greenberg & Ezra Levin

Thursdays, 3:00–4:00 p.m., Virtual

Meets most Thursdays through Dec 17
Upcoming dates: Sept. 10, 17, 24
Oct. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29; Nov. 19; Dec. 3, 10, 17

Indivisible

The chaos out of the White House is meant to overwhelm us. Our antidote is community. Join Indivisible co-founders Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin every Thursday to break down the week’s biggest political stories, answer your questions, and map out strategies for taking action.

Recordings of these events are posted online a few hours after each event.
YouTube

Listen to Voters in Pennsylvania - Ground Truth Phone Bank

Thursdays, 6:00–8:00 pm EDT, Virtual
Available dates: Sept 17, 24; Oct 1, 8, 15, 22

Swing Blue Alliance, Hosted in Arlington, Mass. We're listening to all types of voters and talking to them about Bob Brooks, the Democratic Congressional Candidate in Pennsylvania's 7th Congressional district understand what issues voters care about, so he can defeat MAGA Republican Ryan Mackenzie.

FRIDAYS

Tech Office Hours with Swing Blue Alliance

Every Friday, 9:00–10:00 a.m., Virtual (Zoom)

Upcoming: Sept 18, 25; Oct 2, 9

Swing Blue Alliance wants to make sure you get the assistance that you need so you can focus on becoming an effective activist. Technology can be a hurdle for many and the Swing Blue Alliance Tech Team can help. They will be on standby to provide one-on-one assistance and answer any questions you may have every Friday from 9 AM to 10 AM.

Meeting Registration

Friday Power Lunch

Fridays, Noon–1:00 p.m., Virtual

Every Friday through Feb 5, 2027
Upcoming: Sept 18, 25; Oct 2, 9, 16, 23, 30

The Friday Power Lunch is a weekly video podcast produced by the unstoppable women of Network NOVA to amplify the voices of the grassroots on politics, culture and people making change.

The show is recorded before a live Zoom audience every Friday from 12–1pm ET. You can view past episodes at FridayPowerLunch.com and RECAPS on our Substack.

Location:
Hosted in Richmond, VA
Live podcast available by Zoom
Past episodes available on Substack

Feminist Action Team Meeting

Fridays, 4:00 p.m, Zoom
Every Friday through December 18

Indivisible Mass Coalition

A feminist space fighting for a democracy that values and ensures equal rights for women. Once you register, the link you receive can be used for all meetings.

SATURDAYS

Swing Blue Alliance Frontline Update

Saturdays, 10:00–10:30 a.m., Virtual event

Upcoming: Sept 26, Oct 24, Nov 21, Dec. 12

Where grassroots volunteers get informed, inspired, and mobilized

The Frontline Update is Swing Blue Alliance’s monthly virtual gathering for volunteers across the country who are ready to turn urgency into action. You won’t just hear what’s happening. You’ll leave with concrete ways to get involved, whether that’s canvassing, phone banking, postcarding, fundraising, or helping build volunteer infrastructure where it’s needed most.

This is a focused, 30-minute meeting designed to deliver high-impact updates quickly and clearly, followed by optional time for Q&A.

Danvers Dems Breakfast

2nd Saturday, each month, 9:30 a.m.
Planned: Oct 10, Nov 14, Dec 12

Danvers Democratic Town Committee

Enjoy a nice breakfast while visiting with our community members outside of our business meetings. The monthly Danvers Dems Breakfast welcomes members, friends, and anyone who would like to know more about the Danvers Dems. This breakfast has become a regular monthly event occurring on the 2nd Saturday of each month.

Location:
New Brothers Restaurant & Deli
31 Maple Street, Danvers

Danvers DTC Website

SUNDAYS

Call to Flip the Pennsylvania State Senate

Every Sunday Through Nov. 1, 4:00–6:00pm ET, Virtual

Swing Blue Alliance

Join us to make calls to flip the Pennsylvania State Senate giving the Democrats a Trifecta with Democrats controlling the Pennsylvania Senate, House and Governor for the first time since 1993. With 19 electoral votes Pennsylvania is the largest battleground state, so Democratic control is critical for upcoming 2028 elections.

We’re calling to elect Brian Wrightson (Senate District 40) and Eileen Hartnett Albillar (Senate District 6).

4 VOTING RIGHTS

The following organizations and events have a particularly strong focus on voting rights, while many other organizations in this Calendar also focus on voting rights since it is a core element in a democracy.

Election Defense Scenarios

Freedom Trainers

Election Defense Scenarios is a field guide for protecting democracy. This resource walks readers through eighteen detailed scenarios — from voter roll purges and redistricting attacks to armed intimidation at polling places and post-election certification battles — giving organizers, poll workers, community leaders, and everyday citizens the knowledge they need before a crisis hits.

What makes this guide indispensable is its refusal to inspire helplessness.

Download the PDF

VOTE SAFE IS NOT SAFE

Indivisible Massachusetts Coalition

WARNING: Hidden Dangers at Votesafe.org!

Just as Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) workers now at Trump's National Design Studios have been quietly redeveloping sensitive federal websites—without required certificate filings and able to evade web privacy tools—in order to track visitors and send user data elsewhere, Elon Musk has now launched votesafe.org.

By encouraging voters to check their registration status, he is hoping folks won't notice that votesafe.org is not the same as vote.gov. While vote.gov collects no user data, votesafe.org collects a long list of data that it shares with an equally long list of other sites.

Of most concern, Musk's votesafe.org shares information with his super PAC, America PAC, which is part of his plan to interrupt and corrupt American elections.

How could Trump rig the midterms?

By Jacob Knutson, August 6, 2026

With just under three months until Americans head to the polls, election officials across the country have been meeting privately to discuss how Trump may try to undermine a fair vote and to game out their responses to such attempts.

While officials have largely been tight-lipped about what scenarios they are preparing for, it’s not difficult to identify—based on the statements and actions of Trump and his allies—several alarming ways the president could undermine Americans’ right to vote this year.

Restricting mail voting
Sending troops or law enforcement to the polls
Seizing ballots and voting equipment
Voter roll purges
Pressuring Republicans to refuse to seat Democrats

Read the full article at Democracy Docket

Democracy Docket: democracydocket.com

Hands Off Our Vote

Indivisible

Hands Off Our Vote is Indivisible’s national program to ensure all eligible voters get to cast their ballot, and that those ballots get counted. We’ll help you be ready to respond to any attacks, and we’ll shine a light on the bad actors threatening our basic constitutional rights.

By signing up you’ll get notified of key voting deadlines in your state, get updates on any threats to your voting rights and learn how to counter them, and be ready to mobilize in defense of your vote.

Executive Override: How the Trump administration is using federal power to deceive Americans, disrupt our elections, and deny fair results—and what we can do to stop it.

Ben Berwick, Jessica Marsden, and Justin Florence, Protecting Democracy, March 2026

For the first time in modern American history, the machinery of the federal government—which is meant to serve our democracy—is being turned against our elections. American elections have never been perfectly free and fair for everyone. What is new — and what makes 2026 different — is that the Trump administration is now turning the full power of the federal government against our own elections.

Executive Override is a 38 page treatise detailing the methods employed by the Trump regime to rig our elections. It is a worthwhile read, especially the concluding 8 pages: What We Can Do—Defending Our Elections.

Executive Override

Protect Democracy is a cross-ideological nonprofit group dedicated to defeating the authoritarian threat. Our experts use litigation, advocacy, research, and technology to stop the consolidation of power, defend dissent, protect our elections, and build a thriving, multiparty democracy.

Website: protectdemocracy.org

Welcome to Field Team 6 (For New Volunteers!)

Tuesdays, 3:00–4:00 p.m. EDT, Virtual Town Hall

Upcoming: Sept 22; Oct 6, 13, 20, 27
Every Tuesday through Oct 27

Field Team 6

Yes, you are the piece we've been missing! If you are new around here, we'd love to meet you.

Maybe you're familiar with our mission—Register Democrats. Save the world.—but you want to hear why it's so important, how we tackle this mission, and where you fit best. You've come to the right place!

CURRENT TARGET STATES: Arizona, California, Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina, New Jersey, Nevada, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Wisconsin

Available Dates: Sep 15, 22, 29; Oct 6, 13, 20, 27

Field Team 6 Website

IMC Safeguard Elections Action Team Meeting

Wednesdays, 4:30–5:30 p.m., Zoom

Upcoming: Sept 16 , 23, 30

Indivisible Mass Coalition

IMC Safeguarding Elections Action Team works to defend our democracy and ensure free and fair elections.

The Safeguard Our Elections Action Team decreases barriers to voting access by helping to pass state and federal legislation, registering voters, and getting out the vote. In 2026, the team will be working with organizations that specialize in addressing the unique challenges posed by the current administration’s effort to keep Republicans in power at all costs.

Available dates: Sept 16, 23, 30; Oct 7

Swing Blue Alliance Frontline Update

Saturdays, 10:00–10:30 a.m., Virtual event

Next: Sept 26, Oct 24

4th Saturday every month except Nov. 21 and Dec. 12

Where grassroots volunteers get informed, inspired, and mobilized

This is a focused, 30-minute meeting designed to deliver high-impact updates quickly and clearly, followed by optional time for Q&A.

Available dates: Sep 26, Oct 24, Nov 21, Dec 12

Marc Elias | Democracy Docket

Democracy Docket is the leading progressive media platform dedicated to providing information, opinion, and analysis about voting rights and more. Democracy Docket is committed to helping people everywhere better understand the greatest challenges facing our democracy and what can be done to solve them.

In 2020 and 2021, Marc Elias oversaw the state-by-state response to lawsuits filed by the Trump campaign contesting the 2020 presidential election results. Of the 64 cases, he won all but one minor case, which was later overturned in his favor.

Newsletters
Free daily and weekly newsletters

Support Democracy Docket with a contribution in any amount or with a paid subscription:
Premium: $120/year | VIP: $500/year

Ground Truth

Swing Left

Ground Truth is an innovative, people-powered canvassing program that’s helping Democrats win back power by reimagining how we talk with voters. It helps campaigns find, understand, and serve swing district voters.

VoPro Pros

VoPro Pros is an all-volunteer, all-virtual organization. Our mission is to eliminate voter suppression and support free and fair elections by providing professional-grade support to partners in critical jurisdictions in the form of election support, voter outreach and education, data gathering, and technical expertise.

We conduct all our work virtually, primarily in the form of calling, texting, and Internet research, and we communicate via Slack channels and periodic Zoom meetings.

Join us if you are serious about protecting free and fair elections in our country and would like to volunteer with us.

Website:www.vopros.com

VoteRiders

VoteRiders is the country’s leading nonpartisan organization focused on the critical issue of voter ID. Our mission is to eliminate ID barriers to the ballot box so every eligible voter can cast a ballot that counts.

We inform communities about ID laws, equip partner organizations to expand voting access, advocate for pro-voter policies, and provide free one-on-one help to individuals to secure an accepted form of ID to vote.

The need for our work has never been greater. ID-related barriers to the ballot box have increased in recent years, with no clear sign of slowing. 38 states have voter ID laws in place, and voting restrictions related to ID are on the rise nationwide.

Volunteer Opportunities

Trump And Republicans Are Trying To Suppress The Vote

Republicans are once again pushing for a series of voter suppression bills–all variations of their infamous “SAVE Act”–which would create unnecessary obstacles for millions of eligible Americans trying to register to vote.

The Bills
Email Your Member of Congress
Call Your Senator

Indivisible: Stop Save

Fair Fight

Every American deserves the opportunity to make their voice heard and be fairly represented.

Tune in to:

The Latest
How Voter Suppression Works
Support Our Work
Join the fight to protect voting rights!
And More…

Black Voters Matter

We build Black political power by strengthening local organizations, expanding civic engagement, building cross-community coalitions, and advancing policies that protect and empower Black communities.

See the video.
10 Years of Power. 10 Years of Impact.
YouTube

Legal Defense Fund (LDF)

Since its founding in 1940, the Legal Defense Fund has been a pioneer in the struggle to secure and protect the voting rights of Black Americans. LDF has been involved in nearly all of the precedent-setting litigation relating to minority voting rights. LDF’s political participation group uses legal, legislative, public education, and advocacy strategies to promote the full, equal, and active participation of Black Americans in America’s democracy.

5 VIDEO PODCASTS

Heather Cox Richardson: Politics Chat

September 3, 2026

Heather Cox Richardson comments on what is happening now. More importantly, she explains the history of how we got here and ends this podcast with "What we need to do."

YouTube (52:17)

History Leaves Clues

Save America Movement, Sept 5

Steve Schmidt and Dean Blundell are travelling in Europe with their 20-year-old sons, showing them how fascism took hold in Germany. They discuss the parallels with what is happening now in America.

A somber but essential discussion.

YouTube (1:14:08)

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Don’t Mourn, Organize

Virtual Online

We are a group of Boston area activists who are focused on fighting the Trump agenda and helping activists identify effective political actions.

We have been involved in movements related to racial equality, the VietNam war, nuclear power, nuclear weapons, intervention in Central America, South African apartheid, affordable housing, labor organizing, reproductive rights, pay equity, economic inequality, women' s rights, LGBTQ rights, immigration, low-income youth, mass incarceration, climate change, voting rights, many electoral campaigns, women’s liberation, and more. We believe in following the lead of those most impacted.

Subscribe to our newsletter.

Compassion Corner

Burlington

Our mission is to provide comfort and support for the immigrants going in and out of the Burlington Regional ICE facility. We offer them water, food, stuffed animals, toys, diapers, a listening ear and resources. Donations are welcome.

Help Defeat Susan Collins | Donate to Flip Maine

Swing Left

The Maine Democratic Party held its nominating convention, and delegates officially selected the party’s new nominee for U.S. Senate. Troy Jackson will now face Republican incumbent Susan Collins this November.

Jackson is a former labor organizer and majority leader in the State Senate who has years of experience fighting for working people. With just 4 seats needed to win back the Senate, the winner of this race could easily determine control of the chamber through 2032—and with it, the ability of a future Democratic president to govern, of democratic institutions to recover and thrive, and of a nation to move beyond the devastating policies of MAGA extremism.

Donate Now

Third Act

We're a community of Americans over sixty determined to change the world for the better. Third Act harnesses an unparalleled generational power to safeguard our climate and democracy.

Current Campaigns

One Third Project
Stop Data Centers
Solar Advocates Project

Web Site: thirdact.org

The (Other) North Shore Dems Calendar

Please consider joining a project initiated by Christian Schoenberg and the Boxford Democratic Committee. Their BoxfordDems Calendar is being transformed into a North Shore Democrats Calendar, and they welcome your participation. The Calendar makes use of the standard Google format, where events are easily posted and calendar users can easily copy events to their own personal calendars.

The Calendar may be viewed at Google using this link:

The Calendar also may be embedded in a page on your Committee Website, and arrangements can be made for your organization to directly post events in this calendar. If you or your organization need event-creation privileges, or the code to embed the calendar, please contact Christian at christian@boxforddems.org.

With your participation, this Calendar can be a useful community resource and can complement the other sources of information we enjoy.

Swing Left North Shore/Cape Ann

Swing Left North Shore/Cape Ann activists work in swing states and districts to elect Democrats in critical elections up and down the ballot.

Web site:
https://www.swingleftnsca.org/

Swing Blue Alliance

Swing Blue Alliance is the largest all-volunteer Democratic grassroots organization headquartered in Massachusetts. Our mission is to protect our democracy, work on competitive local and national elections, and strengthen the Democratic party at the grassroots level.

Working in collaboration with organizations on the ground in swing states, we design, implement and measure actions that are helpful, impactful, and non-duplicative.

Website: swingbluealliance.org

Climate.us

Built by former members of the team behind the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's popular Climate.gov website, Climate.us will keep climate information accurate, accessible, scientifically rigorous, and useful for the people who rely on it, including educators, students, journalists, scientists, community leaders, local and state decision-makers, and members of the public

The website features Climate.gov's 15-year collection of climate news and stories, expert blogs, visual status reports on key climate indicators, maps and data pathways, climate literacy resources, classroom materials, and restored access to the Fifth National Climate Assessment.

Climate.us is not an official U.S. government website. It is an independent nonprofit project created to protect public access to climate knowledge and continue the plain-language, science-reviewed communication that made Climate.gov an essential resource for educators, journalists, decision-makers, and communities across the country.

Website: climate.us

Volunteer Blue

Volunteer Blue is a collaboration of grassroots organizations dedicated to offering opportunities and training to volunteers interested in registering and electing Democrats up and down the ballot.

Website: volunteerblue.org

Americans of Conscience Checklist

A thriving democracy honors every person and their voice. The U.S.’s current two-party system that elects those with the most money is not a democracy. A system in which corporations pull the strings of government without contributing their fair share of responsibility taints both sides of the aisle, from local to federal.

We support policies that strengthen collaboration and small-d

democracy for the good of the people. We support rolling back the discriminatory laws that suppress Black, Brown, Indigenous, disabled, returning, and young voters. We support automatic voter registration, hand-marked paper ballots, ranked-choice voting, and publicly funded elections.

We follow over 100 social justice advocacy groups and non-partisan, pro-democracy organizations. Twice a month, we compile their priorities in a virtual checklist that publishes on the 1st and 3rd Fridays.

Take Action Today

Force Multiplier

Force Multiplier, an independent, all-volunteer organization, can help you maximize the impact of your political investments of time and money.

They guarantee that 100% of donations goes directly to the candidates and groups you choose to support.

Take Action

Ground Truth

Swing Left

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Swing Blue Alliance Phone Banks

Join us to listen to voters and hear about the issues and concerns that are important to them. It’s a new, rewarding type of conversation.

We’re listening to all types of voters to help Democratic Congressional Candidates understand what issues voters care about, so they defeat MAGA Republicans. Current projects include campaigns in Pennsylvania and North Carolina.

We’re working with Ground Truth Swing Left to flip the MidTerms. We provide full training, a skit, materials, and lots of support for this new type of phone bank. You’ll be using an automatic dialer, Scale to Win, so you can easily talk to people. Give it a try and help win our country back!

To learn more, visit us at swingbluealliance.org.

Hope, Not Fear Project

Most of us believe in Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness—in the Constitution, the rule of law, the true promise of America. But many of us also believe politics and media thrive on dividing us, making us blame and fear each other. If you're content with where this country is headed, this isn't for you. If you believe we share a stake in a more perfect Union, we need your help.

It starts with one conversation.

Website:HopeNotFearProject.org

VoPro Pros

We conduct all our work virtually, primarily in the form of calling, texting, and Internet research, and we communicate via Slack channels and periodic Zoom meetings.

Join us if you are serious about protecting free and fair elections in our country and would like to volunteer with us.

Website:www.vopros.com

Mass–Care

Mass–Care’s mission is to establish a single payer health care system in Massachusetts so that all residents of the Commonwealth will have access to comprehensive, quality, and equitable health care, publicly financed and free of out-of-pocket cost at point-of-care, because it is basic to life and human dignity.

Mass–Care is a coalition of over 100 member organizations representing diverse constituencies. The grassroots effort of our organization distinguishes Mass-Care from the efforts of other groups in Massachusetts that are funded primarily by power-brokers in the business community and health industry. Mass-Care sponsors the Massachusetts Medicare for All act, which would establish the Massachusetts Health Care Trust, a single payer of comprehensive health care for all residents of Massachusetts.

Mass–Care Web Site: masscare.org

Medicare for All act information: masscare.org/legislation

Freedom Trainers

When we refuse to comply, authoritarians fall. We train people in the proven tools of collective noncooperation — the same strategies that have toppled authoritarian regimes around the world.

Free online trainings include:

Noncooperation 101 Training
How to Grow your Group: Two part series
How to Plan an Effective Economic Pressure Action: Stopping Corporate Enablers of Authoritarianism
Community Strike Readiness Training
Nonviolent Direct Action

Recorded webinar training available for viewing on your own time:

One Million Rising Sessions
Nonviolent Civil Resistance Trainings
101 Noncooperation Webinar

Website: freedomtrainers.net

Scam PACs

The December 13 Frontline Update covered Scam PACs and what SBA is doing about them through the ScamBuster's program. The audience gave it five stars. One of our most acclaimed Frontline Updates yet!
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Resources Mentioned in the Frontline Update

Oath

Brian Derrick, our first speaker, founded Oath.vote to help progressive donors avoid scam PACs and find vetted organizations that help swing close elections.

Oath empowers donors to give more strategically by making data-driven recommendations about where your dollars have maximum impact. We analyze thousands of elections from President to school board to find which candidates need your support the most. We provide our recommendations for free and we don’t sell or share your contact information.
Oath Website

AB Jail

AB Jail is an open source initiative dedicated to tracking and exposing deceptive political fundraising practices. It is not affiliated with ActBlue

Forward deceptive political fundraising emails to AB Jail. You will receive an immediate reply with any detected violations of ActBlue’s policy and a one-click option to report the email to ActBlue’s trust and safety team.
AB Jail Website

Additional Resources

Tame Your Inbox

Rid your inbox of unwanted emails from Scam PACs and take control of your donations again. Sign up to be notified of the next class on Taming Your Wild and Wooly Inbox

Open Secrets

Nonpartisan, independent and nonprofit, our mission is to serve as the trusted authority on money in American politics. We pursue our mission by providing comprehensive and reliable data, analysis and tools for policymakers, storytellers and citizens. Our vision is for Americans to use data on money in politics to create a more vibrant, representative and responsive democracy.
Link

Oath

Oath empowers donors to give more strategically by making data-driven recommendations about where your dollars have maximum impact.

We analyze thousands of elections from President to school board to find which candidates need your support the most. We provide our recommendations for free and we don’t sell or share your contact information.

Learn more about Oath:

Take the Oath, by Steve Schear, The Grassroots Connector, January 28, 2026 | Link
An Algorithm to Stop Democratic Donors From Wasting Their Money, by Jessica Piper, Politico, February 6, 2024 | Link
How do we make our political donor dollars count?, Jess Craven with Brian Derrick from Oath.vote, Chop Wood, Carry Water | Podcast Link (41:42)

Oath Web Site: app.oath.vote/

HOW TO Guide For Hosting a Political Action House Party

VolunteerBlue

This is an easy, fun way to get together with people to support action. Because people are with others they trust, they will be more open to hearing your message and willing to take action.

Take Action

Noncooperation Training

Freedom Trainers

Many are looking for ways to get involved to stand up against attacks to our rights and freedoms.

As individuals, groups, and communities we can refuse to cooperate with official policies and actions nonviolently. When we take away our acquiescence at a massive scale, undemocratic actors can be stopped in their tracks.

We are a loose network of trainers teaching folks about these powerful tools of collective noncompliance and mass noncooperation based on tried and true tactics used by movements from around the world fighting against authoritarianism.

Website: freedomtrainers.net

Indivisible: A Practical Guide to Democracy on the Brink

Strategies, tactics and tips for how everyday Americans can fight back together wherever we live.

Who this is for: Anyone who lives in America and is upset, scared, and determined. You want to do your part to protect your family, your neighbors, and democracy from Trump 2.0. Maybe you’re a current Indivisible group leader or member or maybe you’re brand new - welcome!
What this guide is: A set of strategies and practical first steps to help you get started. It’s not everything we need to do. We’re going to need a lot of different people and groups to do their part. We don’t have all the answers yet, but we know we need to put one foot in front of the other.

Link

The Grassroots Connector

Stay on the pulse of grassroots innovation. The Grassroots Connector is a newsletter for and by grassroots leaders, reporting on breakthrough projects and the latest research on voter contact strategies.

Recommended by Swing Blue Alliance. Check out The Grassroots Connection at its home on Substack: Link

Calling Your Representative Using 5 Calls

Virtual Online

Make your voice heard. 5 Calls is the easiest and most effective way.Calling your representative is the best way to make your voice heard. Once your congressperson forms a public stance on an issue, it’s hard for them to walk it back. The earlier they hear your opinion, the more likely it is you’ll make an impact.

5 Calls makes it easy to reach your members of Congress. Features include:

When you enter your ZIP code, 5 Calls will identify who to call and provide their phone numbers.
Tips for calling
After-hours voicemails are a great way to make your voice heard if you aren't comfortable talking to someone directly.
Active topics include 46 issues. For each issue, 5 Calls provides updated information, links to sources of information, and scripts that can be used when calling.
5 Calls has researched these issues and prepared scripts that clearly articulate a progressive opinion. Each script can be used as is or can be used in creating your own script.
One of the scripts is to “Oppose H.R. 1, the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," and many of the scripts address specific issues in the Bill.

5 Calls Website

Tell Congress: Rein in the Insurrection Act and End Trump’s War on Cities

The Insurrection Act is a 200-year-old law that gives presidents sweeping power to deploy troops on U.S. soil. Trump’s attempt to twist it into a weapon against protesters and political opponents is a direct threat to democracy. Unless Congress steps in, Trump—and future presidents—could use the same power to silence dissent anywhere, anytime.

Robert Reich has posted a video on Substack outlining Trump’s plan:

Trump’s Plan to invoke the Insurrection Act

Congress must act immediately to reform the Insurrection Act. These commonsense reforms are essential to safeguard democracy and prevent abuse. It’s up to us to show Congress that we won’t let Trump turn the military against our own people.

Use this form to ask Congress to reform the Insurrection Act. It will take less than 5 minutes to complete the form that will send a letter to your U.S. Senators and to your U.S. Representative.

Complete the Form
To Send the Letter

Harnessing Our Political Power to End Political Violence (Hope) Training

Indivisible

If your goal is to reduce the power of those who cheer political violence, how do you strategically respond to acts of political violence? This is unfortunately a real-life strategic question we’ve been wrestling with all year. So, I have some thoughts, and Indivisible has some actions.

Political violence hurts democracy. Period.

So, at Indivisible we’re very clear: political violence is a cancer on democracy. It doesn’t matter if you disagree politically — and we strongly disagreed with Charlie Kirk on basically everything. But we’re clear that political violence in any form is an attack on the basic conditions that allow everyone to organize and voice their views.

So, what do we do about it? Shrugging at political violence is dangerous for democracy, but issuing statements and moving on is insufficient. In the face of this violence — and the right-wing escalation — we need to be intentional, principled, and courageous. We also need to understand the strategies for how large-scale, broad-based, peaceful, people-powered organizing best operates in this environment.

Indivisible is proud to partner with the folks from endpoliticalviolence.org to learn how to Harness Our Political Power to end Political Violence (HOPE).

Read online or download the 123-page curriculum

Center for Reproductive Rights

The Center for Reproductive Rights is a legal organization taking cases to courts and human rights bodies, partnering with advocates, to protect reproductive health, self-determination, and dignity as basic human rights.

Take Action

No Kings Resource Guide

This guide covers:

How to Prepare for a Protest
Know Your Rights
Organizing a Community Response

Get the Guide.

North Shore Progressives

North Shore Progressives features articles on local politics, useful links, actions we can take, and other resources.

MAFlipPA

MAFlipPA is a Massachusetts-based political action group working to turn Pennsylvania blue. Unlike many states, Pennsylvania voters elect both the legislature AND the judiciary. Both will be involved in shaping future congressional districts, adjudicating challenges to voter suppression laws, and affirming presidential election results.

MAFipPA works with Swing Blue Alliance locally and with several Democratic groups in Pennsylvania. Volunteer activities include letter and postcard campaigns, phone banks, providing logistical support, and more.

For more information, visit the MaFlipPA Website.

50501

50501 is a grassroots movement, and all events are organized by independent volunteers. Movement members should do their own due diligence before participating in any action.

Web site:
https://www.fiftyfifty.one/

May Day Strong

Join a Training:

Sign up for Direct Action Trainings to stop the billionaire takeover in August.
Join Hands Off Our School Calls.
Sign Up To Talk To 10 Million Workers.

… and more to come.

Information & Registration at May Day Strong:
https://maydaystrong.org/

7 Meet Midterm Candidates

These interviews showcase some of the impressive candidates fielded by Democrats in this election cycle. Short bios are included. Detailed information is available on the candidates’ campaign Websites and at Ballotpedia.

CLICK THE LINKS
WATCH THE PODCASTS
GET INSPIRED!

JESSICA KILLIN

Candidate for U.S. House, Colorado–5

Jessica Killin served in the U.S. Army. She earned a high school diploma from Falcon High School and a law degree from Georgetown University. Killin's career experience includes working as an executive with USAA and in public service.

Meet Jessica Killin, A Proud Patriot Working Hard To Flip CO-5 Blue

Simon Rosenberg, Hopium Chronicles, Sept 11, 2026

Hopium Chronicles

AMISH SHAH

Candidate for U.S. House, Arizona–01

Shah was born in Chicago, Illinois. Shah earned a B.A. in economics from Northwestern University in 1997, an M.D. from Northwestern University in 2001, and an M.P.H. from the University of California at Berkeley in 2003. His career experience included working as an attending physician with Mayo Clinic, Dignity Health, and IASIS Healthcare; the chief medical officer of Urgent Consult; and an airway management physician with the New York Jets.

Meet Dr. Amish Shah, An Emergency Room Physician Fighting Hard To Flip AZ-01 This November

Simon Rosenberg, Hopium Chronicles, Sept 10, 2026

Hopium Chronicles | YouTube

JOSH TUREK

Candidate for U.S. Senate, Iowa

Turek obtained a bachelor's degree from Southwest Minnesota State University and a master's degree in business administration from DeVry University. Before seeking elected office, Turek was a professional basketball player. He played on the U.S. national team in four Paralympics and was a medalist in three.

“The Word We Hear Most, By Far, Is ‘Betrayal’” — A Campaign Update With Josh Turek, Our Great Candidate Running For Senate In Iowa

Simon Rosenberg, Hopium Chronicles, Sept 1, 2026

Podcast: Hopium Chronicles | YouTube

BOBBY PULIDO

Candidate for U.S. House, Texas—15

Bobby Pulido was born in Edinburg, Texas. He earned a high school diploma from Edinburg High School. His career experience includes being a musician and a small business owner.

Bobby Pulido (TX-15) Dropped By For An Encouraging Update Earlier Today

Simon Rosenberg, Hopium Chronicles, Aug 31, 2026

Podcast: Hopium Chronicles | YouTube

ANNIE ANDREWS

Candidate for Senate, South Carolina

Dr. Annie Andrews is the Democratic Senate nominee for South Carolina. She previously practiced medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina, leaving to found a political organization focused on the climate crisis, gun violence and childhood poverty.

Candidate for U.S. Senate, South Carolina

The Doctor Is In, and Her Sights Are Set On the Senate

Tim Dickinson, The Contrarian, Aug 26, 2026

Podcast: The Contrarian | YouTube

DAVID JOLLY

Candidate for Governor, Florida

A New Interview With David Jolly, Encouraging New Senate Polls, Fake Polls And The New Battlefield

Simon Rosenberg, Hopium Chronicles, Aug 19,2026

Podcast: Hopium Chronicles | YouTube

RANDY VILLEGAS

Candidate for U.S. Congress, California–22

Randy Villegas graduated from Golden Valley High School. He earned an associate degree from Bakersfield College in 2015, a bachelor's degree from the California State University, Bakersfield in 2017, and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 2022. His career experience includes working as a teacher and business owner.

Meet Randy Villegas, Our Terrific Candidate Working Hard To Finally Flip CA-22 Blue

Simon Rosenberg, Hopium Chronicles, Aug 16, 2026

Podcast: Hopium Chronicles | YouTube

MARNI VON WILPERT

Candidate for U.S. Congress, California–48

Meet Marni von Wilpert, A Really Impressive Candidate Working Hard To Flip The Newly Drawn CA-48 Blue

Simon Rosenberg, Hopium Chronicles, Aug 11, 2026

Podcast: Hopium Chronicles | YouTube

JO MENDOZA

Candidate for U.S. House, Arizona–6

JoAnna Mendoza was born in Florence, Arizona.[1] She served in the U.S. Navy from 1994 to 1997 and the U.S. Marine Corps from 1998 to 2016. Mendoza did two tours in Iraq and one tour in Afghanistan.

Mendoza earned a bachelor's degree from American Military University in 2013 and a master's degree from Grand Canyon University in 2019. Her career experience includes working as a veterans outreach coordinator for Pima Community College, a program manager at A Place Called Home, and a veteran services representative for Congressman Tom O'Halleran (D).

Jo Mendoza (AZ-6) Checks Back In With The Hopium Community

Simon Rosenberg, Hopium Chronicles, Aug 5, 2026

Podcast: Hopium Chronicles | YouTube

SHERROD BROWN

Candidate for U.S. Senate, Ohio

Sherrod Brown was born in Mansfield, Ohio. He earned a bachelor's degree in Russian studies from Yale University in 1974 and a graduate degree in education from Ohio State University in 1981.

Sherrod Brown, Our US Senate Candidate In Ohio, Checks Back In With The Hopium Community

Simon Rosenberg, Hopium Chronicles, Aug 4, 2026

Podcast: Hopium Chronicles | YouTube

CHRISTINA BOHANNAN

Candidate for U.S. House, Iowa–01

Christina Bohannan earned a degree in environmental engineering and a law degree from the University of Florida. Bohannan's career experience includes working as a law professor with the University of Iowa and as an engineer with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.

Christina Bohannan (IA-01) Checks In With The Hopium Community

Simon Rosenberg, Hopium Chronicles, Aug 4, 2026

Podcast: Hopium Chronicles | YouTube

REBECCA BENNETT

Candidate for U.S. House, New Jersey–7

Rebecca Bennett served in the U.S. Navy. She earned a high school diploma from the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science. She earned a bachelor's degree from Cornell University and a graduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School. Her career experience included working as a healthcare executive.

Rebecca Bennett (NJ-7) Checks Back In With The Hopium Community

Simon Rosenberg, Hopium Chronicles, Aug 3, 2026

Podcast: Hoopium Chronicles | YouTube

TROY JACKSON

Candidate for U.S. Senate, Maine

Jackson graduated from the University of Maine at Fort Kent. His professional experience includes working as a self-employed logger.

Meet Troy Jackson, The Man Who Can Beat Susan Collins

Simon Rosenberg, Hopium Chronicles, July 30, 2026

Podcast: Hopium Chronicles | YouTube

RICHARD PAN

Candidate for U.S. House, California-06

Pan earned his B.S. from Johns Hopkins University, his M.A. in public health from Harvard University and his MD from the University of Pittsburgh. His professional experience includes working as a physician for the University of California Davis Children's Hospital and as an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of California Davis.

Meet Dr. Richard Pan, Who Is Working Hard To Make Newly Drawn CA-06 Blue This November

Simon Rosenberg, Hopium Chronicles, July 29, 2026

Podcast: Hopium Chronicles | YouTube

AMY ACTON

Candidate for Governor, Ohio

Amy Acton's career experience includes working as a doctor, as the director of Project L.O.V.E., and as a professor of maternal and child health and global public health at Ohio State University. She has also worked with the Columbus Foundation. Acton was appointed by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) in 2019 to serve as the director of the Ohio Department of Public Health. She helped found the Center for Human Kindness and the nonprofit organization Rapid 5. The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation gave Acton a Profile in Courage Award in 2021, and USA Today named her Woman of the Year for Ohio in 2022.

Meet Dr. Amy Acton, “Mother, Doctor, Fighter,” And Candidate Running For Governor Of Ohio

Simon Rosenberg, Hopium Chronicles, May 13

Podcast: Hopium Chronicles | YouTube

8 BALLOT QUESTIONS

Demystifying the 2026 Ballot Questions

Sunday, Sept 27, 4:00–5:30pm, Andover

Greater Andover Indivisible

The Massachusetts ballot will have nine questions—the most since 1994. Join us to discuss and learn about the following issues:

Expanding the Public Records Law
Collective Bargaining for CPCS Employees
State Primary Elections
Same-Day Voter Registration
State Revenue Limit & Rebate
Natural Resource Conservation Fund
Single Family Homes
Prohibiting Retail Sale of Adult Recreational Use Marijuana
Firearms Regulation

Please bring non-perishable food items, diapers, and/or donations for Neighbors in Need.

Doors open at 3:30. Please allow time to park. We will start promptly at 4:00.

Location:
Christ Church
33 Central St
Andover

Registration is optional but very helpful.

Mass. Information For Voters: 2026 Ballot Questions

The Secretary of the Commonwealth Bill Galvin’s office has sent out an 88-page voter information booklet describing what ballot questions voters will face in the election and what a yes and no vote means.

Bill Galvin said that even though this year ties the previous record for the number of ballot questions (from 1994, 1976 and 1972), it’s different because of how complex the questions are. Some of the questions could fundamentally change how the state functions as an electorate.

The booklets are designed to be a tool at home, but will also be available at the polls in case folks want to freshen up their decisions before heading in to mark their ballot.

IMC Coordinated Action Network (IMC–CAN)

Indivisible Mass Coalition

Saving democracy requires rowing in the same direction. Each week, the IMC-CAN Team vets action suggestions from a wide range of sources and works with legislative experts (Indivisible, ACLU, Common Cause, etc.) to create a short list of actions.

This fall, the IMC-CAN is devoting weekly action alerts about the upcoming 9 Ballot Questions on the November Ballot

. The IMC–CAN

Your Progressive Guide to the 2026 Ballot

PM Progressive Mass

Progressive Massachusetts (“Progressive Mass”) is a statewide, member-driven grassroots organization committed to fighting for a vision of shared prosperity, racial and social justice, good government and strong democracy, and environmental sustainability in Massachusetts.

2026 Ballot Questions

9 INDIVISIBLE GROUPS

Indivisible

We’re a grassroots movement of thousands of local Indivisible groups with a mission to elect progressive leaders, rebuild our democracy, and defeat the Trump agenda.

This national headquarters for Indivisible has features that include a listing of local Indivisible groups including the email addresses to contact them, sign-up to join Indivisible co-founders Ezra Levin and Leah Greenberg in a weekly chat online every Thursday at 3:00 PM, support hub for Indivisible groups, ways to take action, and more

Website
https://indivisible.org/

Swing Blue Alliance

Indivisible group in Cambridge

Swing Blue Alliance (formerly Swing Left Greater Boston) is the largest all-volunteer Democratic grassroots organization headquartered in Massachusetts. We’re committed to protecting our democracy, working on competitive local and national elections, and expanding and strengthening the Democratic party at the grassroots level.

Working in collaboration with organizations on the ground in swing states, we design and implement actions that are helpful, impactful, measurable, and non-duplicative. Through postcard and letter writing, phone banking, fundraising, canvassing, and more, we empower local organizers around the nation, build engaged community networks, and amplify winning Democratic strategies.

The Swing Blue Alliance weekly newsletter is Massachusetts' most comprehensive resource for out-of-state electoral activism.

Check the Swing Blue Alliance Calendar for upcoming events:
SBA Calendar

Website:
https://swingbluealliance.org/

Bluesky

Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/280974792436948

Indivisible-RISE Newburyport

Resist. Inspire. Support. Engage.

Indivisible-RISE Newburyport is dedicated to working for equality and democracy through political action and education. We work to support free elections; limit and slow Trump’s dangerous agenda; and build coalitions to take back the House, the Senate, and the White House.

Join us if you’ve had enough!

Website:
https://www.indivisiblerisenewburyport.org/

North Shore Indivisible MA

Swampscott

Rooted in the values of democracy, justice, and equality, we work to protect and strengthen our democratic institutions by holding elected officials accountable, advocating for progressive policies, and resisting harmful agendas.

Website:
https://northshoreindivisible.org/

Cape Ann Indivisible

Cape Ann Indivisible welcomes all who are called to safeguard our democracy, protect our most vulnerable communities, and care for our planet. We are dedicated to the nationwide effort to resist authoritarian and divisive agendas and to build a democracy that works for us all.

Turn Purple 2 Blue

“Created by Indivisible Acton Area to protect and defend democracy and the Constitution and to promote candidates that support these goals,” the Turn Purple 2 Blue Website features resources and opportunities to take action.

Turn Purple 2 Blue

Our Community Indivisible

Our members come from across Essex County, Massachusetts: Boxford, Middleton, Topsfield, Danvers, Georgetown, Hamilton, Ipswich, and all are welcome!

All are welcome and invited to attend the Our Community Indivisible monthly meeting!

Forward Merrimac

Located in Merrimac, Massachusetts, Forward Merrimac is an Indivisible Group supporting democracy.

Indivisible Mass Coalition (IMC)

Indivisible Mass Coalition (IMC) is a group of volunteer activists who joined together to support the work of more than 80 Indivisible groups and their allies across Massachusetts, working to improve democracy, and support policies and legislation that improve equity and justice for everyone and that eliminate institutional racism.

Indivisible Mass Coalition is committed to ensuring that people are informed, organized, motivated and have the necessary tools to engage in our democracy. IMC coordinates with Indivisible National to work on our shared goals for democracy in our country.

Website: https://indivisible-ma.org/

Salem’s Call

At Salem's Call, we envision a world where every person has access to the resources they need to live a healthy, happy, and fulfilling life. We strive to create a world where everyone has the opportunity to thrive, regardless of their background or circumstances.

Greater Andover Indivisible

Greater Andover Indivisible (GAI) is grassroots, all-volunteer, non-profit organization working toward building a progressive future. Since its founding in 2017, GAI has grown to over 1,500 members, including Massachusetts residents from Andover, North Andover, North Reading, Tewksbury and Wilmington. GAI continues to play a key role in local Andover elections, as well as select state and federal races. GAI remains committed to providing its members – many of whom are new to political activism – with the insights, tools, and opportunities to affect change both locally and nationally.

We offer a range of activities to match individual interests, comfort levels, and availability. Visit us online to learn more.
Website

Saugus & Friends Resist

An Indivisible Group

We are a a nonpartisan group concerned with the actions of the current Administration in DC. They have threatened our rights & violated the Constitution. Checks & balances have been removed. By peacefully demonstrating, we express our resistance to them.

Indivisible in Melrose Wakefield and Beyond

We are an independent, locally-led grassroots organization, proudly affiliated with Indivisible. We work together to defend democracy and civil rights and advocate for policies that support everyone in our communities.

As of September 2025 we’ve grown from 24 to over 1,000 people! We have teams that work on community outreach, digital, education, fiscal, media, music, overpass brigade, photo & video, rallies, signs, technology and more! We’d love for you to contribute your skills and ideas!

10 DEFENDING DEMOCRACY

Defending democracy and opposing authoritarianism is a battle on many fronts. We should support the people and organizations that litigate on our behalf. Here are several—among others—for your consideration.

The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution includes the freedom of speech and the freedom of the press. We must safeguard these freedoms by supporting independent media and making our voices heard.

First Amendment

Marc Elias | Democracy Docket

Newsletters
Free daily and weekly newsletters
Premium: $120/year | VIP: $500/year

Democracy Defenders Fund

Norman Eisen and others

Democracy Defenders Fund brings together a nonpartisan, all star team dedicated to stopping the assault on democracy and restoring American democracy. Our collective experience informs our work—we’ve seen how autocrats attempt to dismantle democracies, and also how they can be defeated.

Benjamin Franklin famously called for “a republic, if you can keep it” at the 1789 constitutional convention.

At Democracy Defenders Fund, we take action to ensure we will keep—and strengthen—our republic and democratic institutions. We are leading the fight to defend the rule of law, end corruption, and protect democracy.

Democracy Forward

Skye Perryman and others

democracyforward.org

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

aclu.org

11 PROTESTS:
RALLIES, STANDOUTS & VISIBILITY BRIGADES

Most of these protests occur weekly, sometimes subject to weather conditions. Those that occur less frequently are noted when the information is available. Click the Sign Up links to check the schedules and obtain additional information.

To view aditional photos of protests, go to Protests in Pictures.

AMESBURY

Saturdays, Noon–2:00 p.m.

Weekly Stand-Out Rallies. Please join us in defending our democracy!

Location:
Market Square, Amesbury

AMESBURY

Elm Street Bridge Visibility Brigade

Days Vary, 4:00–6:00 p.m.

Come with a sign for one or two hours. Parking on nearby Lafayette Street and Goss Avenue.

Location:
Elm Street Bridge overpass above I-495, Amesbury

Days vary, so check with Amesbury Democrats.

ANDOVER

Stand Out for Humanity and Democracy

Organized by the Social Justice Coalition of South Church, Andover

We welcome all people of any faith or no faith to join us in opposing policies and speech that hurt folks who are vulnerable. Bring your signs! We’ll have some to share as well. Please do not name individuals on your sign but rather stick to a policy which is hurting vulnerable people. If weather is prohibitive, the standouts will be held the following Saturday.

Location:
In front of Memorial Hall Library
2 North Main St, Andover

GREATER ANDOVER AREA

Bridge Brigade with Greater Andover Indivisible

Friday, Sept 11, 4:00–5:00pm, Wilmington

Upcoming: Oct 9 and 31

From now until the midterms, our highway overpass protests will feature messages designed to get out the vote. This Friday (9/11), we will shout “End Trump Chaos! Vote Blue!” from a Wilmington overpass. Future bridge brigades will be held 10/9, 4-5 p.m. and 10/31 with time TBD.

We estimate that 18,000 cars see our messages on the highway overpass where we hold our standouts!

Participants will park at the designated location (to be provided after you register), then walk less that 5 minutes to the overpass. You do not need to bring signs, but PLEASE BRING FRIENDS to help grow the resistance movement. If you have American flags, bring them to wave.

BEVERLY

Hands Off Beverly | Weekly Peaceful Protests

Wednesdays, 5:30–6:30 p.m.

Video: October 29, 2025

We are standing together to resist the harmful policies and actions of the Trump administration—policies that threaten our communities, our democracy, and the values we hold dear. Every week that we show up, we send a clear message: we are paying attention, we are not backing down, and we refuse to be silent.

Please make an effort to join us! Bring a friend or 2 along with signs/posters/flags.

Location:
In front of the
First Parish Church
Unitarian–Universalist
225 Cabot St
Beverly

Hands Off Beverly

BEVERLY

Hands Off Beverly | Weekly Peaceful Protests

Saturdays, 11:00 a.m.–Noon

CLERGY Standing Up For Kindness Equality Empathy LGBTQ+ Compassion Human Rights Justice and Loving Our Neighbors | NO CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM

Video: November 29, 2025

We are standing together to resist the harmful policies and actions of the Trump administration—policies that threaten our communities, our democracy, and the values we hold dear. Every week that we show up, we send a clear message: we are paying attention, we are not backing down, and we refuse to be silent.

Please make an effort to join us! Bring a friend or 2 along with signs/posters/flags.

Note: Some weeks have a specific theme and may vary slightly in the time of day. Please check the Sign-Up for details.

The theme on July 4 will be: NO TYRANTS, STOP WAR WITH IRAN.

Location:
56–98 Broadway
158 Rantoul Street
By Odell Veterans Memorial Park
Beverly

Hands Off Beverly

BURLINGTON

Bearing Witness @ ICE in Burlington

Wednesdays, 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

Video: November 5, 2025

We invite you to stand in solidarity outside the ICE Enforcement & Removal Operations Office in Burlington every Wednesday from 11am–1pm. Together, we can show love & support for immigrants, express our shame at ICE, and bear witness to the cruel and unconstitutional actions of our government. Regardless of your views on any other political issues, if you support immigrants and their constitutional rights and are committed to nonviolence you are welcome to join.

Location:
ICE Enforcement & Removal Operations Office
1000 District Avenue
Burlington MA 01803

Please visit our Website, Bearing Witness New England, to view our protest schedule, get information about signs and parking, sign up for email updates, learn about our rights and responsibilities when protesting, and much more.

Website: bearingwitnessne.org

Please note that you will likely be towed if you park in any private lots along District Avenue or at the Burlington Mall. Visit the Bearing Witness for information on our carpool service and other options.

Bearing Witness at the ICE Field Office in Burlington
By Dawn Olcott
Dawn Olcott is a writer for Indivisible Mass Coalition’s IndivisiBlog, a member of Indivisible Acton Area, and a member of Concord Indivisible.
Link

BURLINGTON

Justice 4 All Thursdays

Thursdays, 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

Greater Assabet Indivisible Network (GAIN) invites you to stand in solidarity with immigrants and resistance to ICE and their cruel and lawless detention of our neighbors on Thursdays, from 11am-1pm. Regardless of any other political views, you are welcome to join us and demand Justice 4 All so long as you do so non-violently.

Our friends at Bearing Witness have been hosting gatherings at this location. We are an unaffiliated group, but very much aligned with their values and mission. Our goal is to add to the total number of hours that citizens stand in non-violent opposition to the deplorable detainment conditions at this location. If you have been to Bearing Witness on Wednesdays, we would love to have you at Justice 4 All Thursdays.

Location:
ICE Enforcement & Removal Operations Office
1000 District Avenue Burlington MA 01803

For all of the articles, including Todd’s additional comments, please subscribe at:
Justice 4 All | Todd Palmer | Substack

Greater Assabet Indivisible Network
Website | Bluesky

Justice 4 All Thursday Standouts at the Burlington ICE Office

“One by One”
Tom Smith Music

Performed by Tom Smith at the I.C.E. Detention Center, Burlington, Mass.
© 2026 Tom Smith (ASCAP)

Tom Smith: Performing Songwriter and Singer of Old Songs
www.tomsmithmusic.com

YouTube

More about Justice 4 All Thursdays:

Articles and materials on Substack

If you’d like help, see Volunteers

Find us on Facebook

BURLINGTON

Black Tie Protest

Every Other Friday, 4:30–6:30 p.m.

Building Up Resilience Networks (BURN)

B.U.R.N. (Building Up Resilience Networks) is a coalition of neighbors, advocates, and local groups building resilience together. We connect people, skills, and resources in the Burlington, MA and surrounding areas to strengthen our ability to respond to challenges, including threats against civil liberties.

We welcome those who believe in protecting the constitutional rights of all people. Together, we’re creating a community that stands up for one another and ensures justice, dignity, and care for everyone. If that's you, we invite you to join us!

Location:
Outside Café Escadrille
26 Cambridge St
Burlington

Protests outside Café Escadrille are held every other Friday. Check the Black Tie Soiree Series at Building Up Resistance Newtworks (BURN):
burnresilience.network/ICEcadrille

The BURN Website includes information on related protests occurring Mondays through Saturdays, and links to additional resources.

BURLINGTON

Stand Out for Immigrants

Saturdays, 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

No Fear with Street Theater

No Fear Street Theater

As a VET I've Been PROUD to represent what AMERICA stood for...

The Holocaust Started as a Mass Deportation! SHUT DOWN ICE!

Join No Fear Street Theater in standing out for immigrants and protesting the Burlington ICE facility. We stand out two blocks from the Burlington ICE office. All are welcomed and encouraged to support our immigrant community.

Location:
Intersection of
Burlington Mall Rd.
at District Avenue
in Burlington, Mass.

Saturdays, posted on:
Massachusetts Peace Action (MAPA)

No Kings Day Video: October 18, 2025

DANVERS–PEABODY

Defend Democracy Overpass Visibility

Saturdays, Noon–1:00 p.m., Danvers

Volunteer organized for Indivisible

Danvers-Peabody Overpass Visibility Protest

This is a peaceful and respectful gathering of like-minded citizens. All are invited to join us in Defending Democracy. We have a rally every Saturday from noon to 1pm on the 114 Bridge beween Danvers and Peabody, located on the Danvers Rail Trail. It is a peaceful, respectful demonstration with banners, posters, etc. All are welcome.

Location:
Rte 114 Rail Trail Bridge,
Andover Street Overpass
Adjacent to Garden St., Danvers

Danvers Rail Trail

GLOUCESTER

Standout for Democracy

Mondays, 4:30–5:00 p.m.

Location:
Grant Circle
at the intersection of
Yankee Division Highway
with Washington Street
Gloucester

Parking:
Ample parking is available in the neighborhood and at the spaces facing the marsh, but avoid parking in the restaurant parking lot.

GROVELAND

Stand Up for Democracy with the Groveland Democratic Town Committee

Saturdays, 10:00–11:00 a.m., 4th Saturday of each month

Hosted by MassDems

Join the Groveland Democratic Town Committee for our monthly rally! Bring your energy, make a sign, and speak your truth — everyone is welcome.

We rally the fourth Saturday of each month.

Location:
Elm Park
School Street & Main Street
Groveland

HAMILTON–WENHAM

Stand Up For Democracy

Saturdays, 11:00 a.m.

League of Women Voters of Hamilton–Wenham

Stand Up Against Corruption Cruelty Chaos | The Way of Peace Overcomes Cruelty with Kindness, Falsehood with Truth, Hatred with Love

Join Us This Saturday—and EVERY Saturday! Bring a sign. Bring a friend. Exercise your Rights!

WHY? Because Democracy is NOT a Spectator Sport. And it feels really good to do SOMETHING in community!

Your presence is valuable, and we usually have some extra signs on hand to share.

Location:
Grassy area in front of Winthrop School
325 Bay Road, Hamilton

Please see our Guidance for League members attending a protest, rally, or other demonstration.

IPSWICH

Rally for Democracy

Saturdays, Noon–1:00 p.m.

Organized by Ipswich Democratic Town Committee

Remove The Orange Stain | Betcha Thought We Forgot What Abour Epstein Files?!?!

Everyday we learn about more outrageous initiatives by the Trump administration.

EXPRESS YOUR OPPOSITION! STAND UP FOR OUR VALUES!

Every Saturday since February 22, 2025 we have been standing out to protest the Trump administration’s violations of our constitutional rights and the rule of law.

All are welcome! Make a sign! Spread the word!

Join us in our Standout Against the Trump Initiatives.

Location:
The Middle Green, Ipswich
The Middle Green is just over the Choate Bridge and next to the Ipswich Visitor Center (aka the 1820 Hall-Haskell House) at 36 S. Main Street, Ipswich.

IPSWICH

Signs of Fascism

Saturdays, Noon–1:00 p.m.

Signs by Meg Herman

Dissent Labeled As Domestic Terrorism | This Is Fascism

Our Parents + Grandparents Fought Fascism | Will You?

Location:
Near the South Green, Ipswich

LYNN

Wednesday Walkouts for Health

Wednesdays, Noon–12:30 p.m.

Indivisible

Stand up for health!

Wednesday Walkouts for Health aims to activate and engage healthcare workers and their communities around political threats to health. Join others across the country in this coordinated weekly action!

This is a standout event. Join for any length of time. If this window of time or location doesn’t work for you, partner with others to standout at another time/location on a Wednesday.

Location:
2 S Common Street
Lynn

LYNN

Standout For Democracy

Saturdays, 10:00 a.m.–Noon

Lynn Democratic City Committee

Democracy dies when GOOD PEOPLE STAY SILENT

Please join us to stand up for the Constitution, the rule of law, and our immigrant friends and neighbors. We look forward to seeing you!

Location:
Market Basket Rotary
(Market Basket side, not the island)
Lynn

Check our Lynn DCC Facebook page for updates.

MANCHESTER–BY–THE-SEA

Visibility Brigade—SCHOOL STREET OVERPASS

Sundays

The current schedule has not been verified.

Manchester-by-the-Sea Visibility Brigade Protest

Organized by Manchester–by–the–Sea Democratic Town Committee, Cape Ann Indivisible, and Swing Left North Shore/ Cape Ann, this rally occurs almost weekly.

Location:
School Street Overpass above Rte 128 (aka Yankee Division Highway)
Manchester-by-the Sea

Parking is just north of the overpass on the west side of School St.

MARBLEHEAD

Stand Up For Democracy!

Saturdays, 4:00–5:00 p.m.

Hosted by Marblehead Alliance for Democracy

AUGUST 29: Spread the word! Let's make this Saturday's standout—the last one before next week's primary—a reminder to everyone to VOTE! Bring your own VOTE sign or borrow one, but be sure to stand out and make good noise.

Free and fair elections where every eligible voter casts a ballot is a precious right (and a civic obligation) in this country.

Stand with us on the sidewalks at the corner of Maple Street and Lafayette Street (Route 114) in Marblehead from 3:00–4:00pm every Saturday for a nonpartisan, peaceful stand-out to stand-up in defense of American democracy.

America is in a Constitutional crisis.

America stands for laws and due process, science, free speech, equality, and respect for all people. Stand together to strengthen our community and our collective voice.

Come to this peaceful demonstration. Bring your signs, your friends, your determination—and your belief that the United States was never meant to have kings. Join us!

Location:
Glabicky Field—
Corner by the Town of Marblehead sign
at the intersection of
Lafayette St (Route 114) and Maple St,
Marblehead

MELROSE

Rally For Democracy In Downtown Melrose

Saturdays, 10:00–11:00 a.m.

Indivisible in Melrose Wakefield and Beyond

Come stand up for democracy, civil rights, and due process with Indivisible in Melrose, Wakefield and Beyond! Bring a sign or borrow one of ours! (This weekly event replaces Wednesdays at Grimsby's.)

Location:
Downtown near City Hall
562 Main Street at Essex Street
Melrose

MIDDLETON

Rally for Democracy

Saturdays, 10:00–11:00 a.m.

Join Our Community Indivisible as we rally for democracy in Middleton! We'll gather in front of the Flint Public Library. Bring your best signs and get ready to wave to traffic along busy Route 114!

Parking is available behind the Flint Public Library; behind the Howe Manning Elementary School, 26 Central St.; and at the east end of Central Street.

Location:
In front of the Flint Public Library
1 South Main St (Rte 114), Middleton

Extra signs are available at all our rallies! Our rallies are for non-violent and peaceful signs only.

Visit Our Community Indivisible for updates.

NEWBURYPORT

Hands Along High Street Protests

Saturdays, 11:00 a.m.–Noon

Newburyport Democratic City Committee

I Support Human Rights, Rule of Law, Democracy

Join the Newburyport Democratic City Committee for peaceful and joyful standouts—held from 11:00 AM–Noon on Saturdays at the Bartlet Mall. Bring a sign with whatever issue is most on your mind or borrow one from our "sign library.”

This summer, we shall have several themed protests:

June 20: Juneteenth Rally
July 4: Rally and March
July 18: Good Trouble Lives On
August 1: Dogs For Democracy
August 15: Celebrate One Year of Newburyport Protests!
August 29: Pre-Primary Protest

Please register for one or all these events—and please spread the word. All who value our Democracy are welcome and invited to join us. We are in this together!

In case of bad weather check the home page of our website (on the right below the main photo) for updates.

Location:
Bartlet Mall
High & Green Streets
Newburyport

NDCC Facebook

NEWBURYPORT

HOPE Visibility Brigade

Days and Times Vary (typically monthly at 4:30–6:00 p.m.)

Newburyport's HOPE Group (Highway Overpass Protest Event) gathers approximately once a month at the Storey Ave / Rt 113 Bridge overpass above I-95 in Newburyport. Extensive parking is at the nearby Park & Ride Lot.

Email hope.newburyport@gmail.com to receive announcements of these events and with any questions.

NORTH ANDOVER

Weekly Standout at the North Andover Rotary

Saturdays, 11:00 a.m.—Noon

Concerned Citizens of North Andover

Every Saturday morning, our messages are seen by hundreds of travellers and pedestrians at the rotary in front of North Parish on the North Andover Common. Our movement is rooted in non-violence, but it is far from passive. We stand strong, bold, and unyielding, showing the world the irresistible force of communities united against injustice.

Location:
North Andover Rotary,
where Mass. Avenue enters the rotary
in front of North Parish Church, North Andover

ROWLEY

Stand Up For Your Rights

Sundays, Noon–1:00 p.m.

Rowley Stand Out Every Sunday
Stand Up For Your Rights!
Stand Up For Our Rights!

Location:
In front of Rowley Town Hall
139 Main Street (Rte 1A)
Rowley

Friday, May 1, Mayday Strong Candlelight Sign Up

SALEM

Weekly Honk & Wave Standout for Democracy

Saturdays, Noon–1:00 p.m., weekly

Organized by Salem’s Call

Love is but a song we sing, Fear's the way we die | You can make the mountains ring, Or make the angels cry

Please join us each Saturday at Riley Plaza to resist fascism and call out the atrocities the federal administration is committing against the good people of America! Please bring your signs (or use one of ours), any noise makers, and friends to join us for this community building event! We hope to see you there!

MAYDAY STRONG! Friday, May 1: Standout Rally with Special Candlelighting Ceremony.

Location:
Riley’s Plaza
1–21 Margin St
Across from the Salem Post Office

Weekly Rally Sign Up

Saturday, May 2, Mayday Strong Continues Sign Up

For more information, visit
Salem’s Call Website

SAUGUS

Saugus & Friends Resist Weekly Standouts

Saturdays, 11:00 a.m.–Noon

Saugus & Friends Resist

Saugus & Friends Resist is a nonpartisan group concerned with the actions of the current Administration. Our Rights are being threatened and our Constitution ignored. Checks and Balances are being removed.

Saugus & Friends Resist peacefully demonstrates to express our resistance. We stand out every Saturday morning, from 11:00 to Noon, unless weather is inclement.

Join us! Come show your support and/or bring your own custom sign.

Location:
Corner of Hamilton Street & Central Street, Saugus

Questions:
Email saugusfriendsresist at gmail.

STONEHAM

Stoneham MA I-93 Bridge Brigade

Saturdays, Noon–2:00 p.m., Stoneham

Indivisible in Melrose Wakefield and Beyond

This bridge brigade is on the I-93 overpass—Forest St Wakefield/Marble St Stoneham. Messages are shown to 30,000 drivers. Get invigorated by the honks, waves, and flashing lights! You will have friendly company. We schedule at least 3 volunteers for each one-hour shift. Please wear a brightly colored shirt: doing so will make you visible to the people below and they will be much more likely to see you waving to them! This activity can be done sitting down.

Location:
Near 4 Hill Street
& 160 Marble Street
Stoneham

Available dates:
September 12, 19, 26
October 3, 10, 17. 24, 31

Bridge Brigade FAQ

STONEHAM

Signs of Fascism

June 28, 4:00–5:00 p.m.

Indivisible in Melrose Wakefield and Beyond

Indivisible in Melrose Wakefield and Beyond has a set of 24 different signs. Come hold one with us! We'll go along the south side (park side) of South St.

Note: At this time, Signs of Fascism is a scheduled event and not a weekly recurring event.

The maiden sign-holding took place in Malden, December 14, 2025, and was recorded in this video. The music is the anti-fascist song, Bella Ciao.

Location:
Spot Pond Parking Lot
South St + Main St.
23 New S St
Stoneham

SWAMPSCOTT

Swampscott Center Weekly Rally for Pro-Democracy

Thursdays, 4:00–6:00 p.m.

Indivisible Event, Volunteer organized

Video: November 20, 2025

Please join us every Thursday in Swampscott center from 4:00–6:00pm at the Swampscott Monument across the street from King's beach to show we do not to accept tRUMP's deportations, corruption, cuts to Social Security/Medicare and his total disregard for human beings.

Location:
Civil War Monument
100 Humphrey Street
Swampscott

TOPSFIELD

Rally for Democracy

Fridays, 3:00–4:00 p.m.

WAKEFIELD

Wakefield & Friends Weekly Rally

Saturdays, 11:00 a.m.–Noon

Reaiat Trump! Don't Comply OR our Democracy Will die!

Rain or shine, we gather every Saturday morning at 11:00 to protest the Trump regime and the harm being done to our country, our government agencies, our democracy, our rights and the rule of law. Using the principles of nonviolence and peaceful, non-confrontational protest, we stand together and stand strong. We have signs, bells and flags to share—or bring your own since ours often run out.

Location:
Intersection of Main Street & Water Street (Rte 129)
Wakefield

WAKEFIELD

Signs of Fascism

Sundays, 2:00–3:00 p.m.

Indivisible in Melrose Wakefield and Beyond

Signs of Fascism is a unique visibility event where signs such as “Ignoring Due Process” and “Controlling Media” help get through to people so they realize what is being lost in our country. Indivisible in Melrose Wakefield and Beyond has a set of 24 different signs. Come hold one with us!

See the December 14 video set to the song Bella Ciao: Video

Location:
468 North Avemue
near Veterans Field
Wakefield

WAKEFIELD

Bridge Brigade Visibility—Hopkins St I-95 Overpass

Tuesdays, 2:00–5:00 p.m.

Indivisible in Melrose, Wakefield and Beyond

Come wave to traffic and hear honks of support! We have large banners that with needed messages. Your 30 minute stand (or more) overlooking the highway will allow you to connect with thousands of people—literally. Tens of thousands of vehicles will see these messages, particularly if they see us waving! Dress appropriately as it's breezy up there!

Location:
Hopkins Street Overpass
above I-95
(tell GPS 65 Hopkins St)

Available Dates:
Sept. 8, 15, 22, 29:
Oct. 6, 13, 20, 27;
Nov. 3

WENHAM

North Shore Visibility Brigade—Grapevine Road

The current schedule has not been verified.

Swing Left North Shore/Cape Ann and North Shore Indivisible

Join the North Shore Visibility Brigade. When held, we meet Sundays, 4:15–5:30pm, on the Grapevine St overpass above Rt. 128 in Wenham. The organizing committee picks the message and prepares the signs. The committee and volunteers then arrive at 4:15 p.m. to set up, with the message in place by 4:30 p.m. Volunteers are also encouraged to bring flags to wave while we stand out with our message!!

Due to limited space on the overpass and limited nearby parking, we are limiting signups to 15 volunteers each week.

Carpooling is encouraged. The best place to park is on Parsons Hill Rd.

Location:
Grapevine Rd Overpass, over Route 128
(Exit 48 off Route 128)
Wenham (near the Wenham-Beverly line)

Sign Up: Each week has a different sign-up. On the Visibility Brigade page of Swing Left NS/CA, click on CLICK HERE TO REGISTER to access the current Sign Up Now form. Swing Left Link

WILMINGTON

Bridge Brigade with Greater Andover Indivisible

Upcoming: Fridays, August 14, September 11

2nd Friday of every month, 4:00–5:00 p.m

We estimate that 18,000 cars see our messages on the highway overpass. Our messages change from month to month. This event is weather-dependent. Participants will be contacted if it’s canceled or postponed

Available dates: July 10, Aug 14, Sep 11

Location:
This address is private. Sign up for more details.

Marilyn Humphries Photography

Many photos of the Protest Rallies and Stand Outs have been provided by the courtesy of Marilyn Humphries. An extensive collection of photos and videos of these and other rallies and events may be viewed at her Flicka site. Her professional work includes event, portrait, documentary, annual report photography, photojournalism, and more; and may be viewed at Marilyn Humphries Photography.

Massachusetts Peace Action (MAPA)

8 PROTECTING IMMIGRANTS

GET THE FACILITIES OUT: NOT HERE, NOT ANYWEHERE

We've built a rapid response network to stop ICE detention centers before they start. Receive immediate alerts if a facility is planned for your community and help lead the local fight to stop it.

GTFO is a collaboration between Save America Movement, DEFIANCE.org, and Project Salt Box. Sign up for alerts at the GTFO ICE Website: gtfoice.org/

Trump Prison Camps

Miles Taylor, GTFO ICE founder, The Rachel Maddow Show, April 27, 2026. Excerpt:

"I saw these facilities. I saw them up close. I know what kind of detention capacity DHS needs to actually secure the country, and it ain’t this. I mean, what most Americans don’t realize, is DHS will have more detention capacity, if they go through with this plan, than the entire federal prison system… My former department does not need that much detention space to go arrest violent criminal folks who are in this country undocumented. The math doesn’t add up. The math only adds up if you’re trying to build a police state."

The Protect Act (HD.5608)

The Protect Act will prohibit police, courts, and correctional officials from initiating contact with ICE and feeding them our personal information. It also prohibits civil immigration arrests at courthouses unless supported by a judicial warrant, as well as other key protections.

MAPA Fast Action Letter

Massachusetts Bill G.5158

Congressional Oversight of the Burlinton ICE Facility

Indivisible Mass Coalition (IMC)

Congressional Oversight of the Burlington ICE Facility

The Burlington, MA ICE Field Office, an office-based holding facility not designed for prolonged detention, has become the focus of mounting reports of overcrowding, inadequate medical care, lack of beds and sanitation, barriers to legal access, and the detention of vulnerable individuals, including minors and pregnant women.

Because of ICE roadblocks that Congress is encountering, it is essential that congressional visits be persistent and thorough. Both announced and unannounced inspections are essential tools for human rights advocates. In addition to routinely inspecting the facility's physical conditions, Members of Congress need to review data and policies and speak with detainees without intimidation.

We are proviing a Toolkit was created by a coalition of immigrant justice groups to help Massachusetts residents organize effective, informed, and coordinated advocacy urging Members of Congress to exercise that oversight authority.

Get the Toolkit

Report Misconduct by Federal Agents

Please use this form to report potentially unlawful activity or misconduct by ICE and other federal agents enforcing immigration laws in Massachusetts to the Offices of Governor Maura Healey and Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell. You can submit the form for yourself or someone else.

Mass.gov Link

Mutual Aid Funds for Immigrant Community in Lynn

Lynn LUCE Mutual Aid Hub

Our ongoing fundraiser provides support to individuals and families in Lynn impacted by the raids happening in our community and across the state. Informed by training from LUCE (Immigrant Justice Network of Massachusetts) we are a small group of community members in Lynn working to support those impacted by these raids

Directly supporting our neighbors through funds, items or time is one of the most concrete ways to show up. We appreciate donations of any size.

Lynn LUCE Mutual Aid

Massachusetts Immigrant & Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA)

One in six Massachusetts residents, and one in five workers, is foreign-born. Immigrants and refugees come to this country with a wide range of skills and ambitions, and as they make America their home, they enrich our social fabric and strengthen our democracy.

MIRA is the largest coalition in New England promoting the rights and integration of immigrants and refugees. With offices in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, we advance this mission through education and training, leadership development, institutional organizing, strategic communications, policy analysis and advocacy.

Now, at this critical time in our country, we want to make Massachusetts a model for how to welcome and integrate people from all around the world. Let’s stand up together for a better, more inclusive America!

MIRA Website

Massachusetts Access to Counsel Initiative (MACI)

MIRA Coalition

The Massachusetts Access to Counsel Initiative is a joint effort between MIRA Coalition, CPCS, and a statewide network of legal organizations. Together, we’re building a centralized intake and referral system for individuals in Massachusetts facing Immigration Court proceedings. Through a single intake line, detained and non-detained individuals from Massachusetts will be able to request help and be connected with an available legal service provider for potential representation.

MACI Intake Line: (508) 505-4588

For Details, Go: MACI

LUCE Immigrant Justice Network of Massachusetts

LUCE is an amalgamation of several different words for light in various Indo-European languages. For our purposes, we chose this term because it captures the ultimate goal of our network: “illuminating” ICE’s actions so they cannot operate in the dark and bringing light to our community & bring the Commonwealth.

Think You SEE I.C.E. in your area?
CALL the Luce Hotline: 617-370-5023
The hotline operates from 5am to 9pm every day of the week.

Hotline Wallet Cards
Download wallet cards for easy printing and distribution here. Available in English, Spanish, and other languages.

SEE ICE?
Call The LUCE HOTLINE
(617) 370-5023

For more information or to volunteer, visit us online at www.lucemass.org.

Support the Safe Communities Act

Massachusetts Safe Communities Coalition

Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition

The federal administation will use every tool available to deport members of our immigrant communities, including our police and courts. This misuse of public safety resources drives a wedge between immigrant communities and the public institions that protect and serve them. That’s why Safe Communitie Act has earned the support of police chiefs and district attorneys across the state.

Bill S.1681 and H.2580:
An Act to protect the civil rights and safety of all Massachusetts residents For more information: Link

Boston Immigration Justice Accompaniment Network (BIJAN)

Boston Immigration Justice Accompaniment Network (BIJAN) We are a community network of individuals, faith communities, and other activist groups working to reduce the escalating harm of our immigration system in the current political context.

Beyond Bond and Legal Defence Fund (BBLDF)

The Beyond Bond & Legal Defense Fund (the Bond Fund) raises money for immigration bonds to free people in ICE prisons in Massachusetts and Rhode Island or those detained elsewhere who are from or returning to Massachusetts.

Protect and Defend Our Commonwealth!

Indivisible—Acton Area

The Trump administration is attacking our freedoms like never before. Blue state leaders (Democratic governors, legislators, and attorneys general) need to hold the line and fight as if our rights and futures depend on it, because they do.

HD.4886 and HD.5020 Are bills recently filed in Massachusetts that address some of the issues. Please review these bills and urge your legislators to cosponsor and pass them.

For details and to take action, see:
Protect and Defend Our Commowealth

WE HAVE RIGHTS

An empowerment campaign to prepare for and safely defend our rights during encounters with Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE). Available in eight languages.

We Have Rights Videos

When ICE Is Outside Our Doors
Inside Our Homes
In Our Communities, In Our Streets
If ICE Arrests Us
When Documenting ICE Arrests

Website: www.wehaverights.us

EYES ON ICE: Documenting Abuses Against Immigrants

Witness Media Lab

This project examines the challenges and possibilities of using video to document encounters with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement(ICE) in the U.S for justice.

Eyes On ICE is a project of the WITNESS Media Lab, which is dedicated to unleashing the potential of eyewitness video as a powerful tool to report, monitor, and advocate for human rights. In collaboration with peers from the fields of advocacy, technology, and journalism, we develop solutions to ensure that footage taken by average citizens can serve as an effective tool for justice.

EYES ON ICE

WITNESS Media Lab Website: lab.witness.org

Bearing Witness at the ICE Field Office in Burlington

By Dawn Olcott

On a quiet side street right behind the Burlington Mall, immigrants are placed together in cells inside a featureless office building with no sign out front. People are detained here, sometimes for days, and sleep on a cold floor under Mylar blankets. There is one toilet per cell, under the watchful eye of a camera. There are no showers, no handwashing sinks in the cells, no windows, no soap, no food service facility, no menstrual products for women, no outdoor time, and no visitors.

Community activists are standing up to say this injustice is wrong.

Read Dawn Olcott’s report at Indivisible MA:
Bearing Witness at Ice

Indivisible’s Instant Contact Tool

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Tell Congress to Rein In ICE NOW

Indivisible

Tell Your Senators to rein in ICE NOW!

Why some cities are ditching their Flock license plate readers

By Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, All Things Considered, Updated Feb. 19, 2026

The use of automatic license plate readers has exploded across the country in recent years. The cameras on roads and freeways that take images of the back of passing cars are popular with police for solving crimes.

But as President Trump's immigration enforcement crackdown has escalated in recent months, residents of various American cities are urging local leaders to stop using these cameras, citing fears of mass surveillance and concerns that local data could be aiding a federal deportation dragnet.

3-minute Listen

Email Your Municipal Leaders: Flock license plate readers threaten our privacy and safety

ACLU Massachusetts

With Flock Safety's license plate reader (LPR) technology, law enforcement agencies across the country can track Massachusetts drivers in real-time — without a warrant, probable cause, or even reasonable suspicion of wrongdoing. Flock's nationwide data sharing model puts our civil rights and civil liberties at risk.

Take a moment to *email your municipal leaders and ask them if your local police department is using Flock's LPR technology or LPR technology through a different provider, and if so, whether they are sharing LPR data with agencies outside your community. When you hear back, reach out to us at actionteam@mobilize.aclum.org.

Info & Email Action Form

The Resolution Project Comes to the North Shore

In colonial times, our New England towns and counties adopted various “resolves” to protest the abuses and usurpations by King George III and the British Parliament. These actions brought attention to and local ownership of the issues, resulting in support for independence and leading to the American Revolution.

In our times, Simon Rosenberg, a highly respected political strategist and publisher of Hopium Chronicles on Substack, has initiated the Resolution Project. Modeled on the resolves of colonial times, it calls for our cities and towns to pass “resolutions of condemnation,” thereby going on the record and officially voicing our complaints with Trump and the Trump Administration, and affirming our support for democracy. About a hundred towns and cities (including Boston) across 23 states have passed resolutions in condemnation of Trump and in support of democracy. We are looking to increase this number manyfold in celebration of our 250th birthday.

Representing multiple towns—including Salem, Marblehead, Ipswich, Manchester-by-the-Sea, and Lynn—we have formed a steering committee to help leaders from these and other North Shore communities draft resolutions and present them to their Town Meetings, Select Boards, and City Councils. To learn more and join our effort, visit the Swing Left NS/CA Web site and email us with RESOLUTION PROJECT as the subject.

To learn more and join our effort, visit the Resolution Project.

The Real Affordability Agenda:
A Policy Manual To Put a Good Life For Everyone Within Reach

Home Depot Boycott

Home Depot should be a place where everyone can buy what they need to make their homes safe, secure and beautiful. Instead, it has become a place of fear—a target for ICE operations against immigrant communities and workers.

“If there’s a company most caught up in the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, it’s Home Depot.” Yet the company has remained silent while raids continue to unfold on its lots.

That silence speaks volumes.

Home Depot cannot claim to serve our communities while allowing federal agents to terrorize people on their property. It’s ALL OF US or NONE OF US!

We are calling on Home Depot to take a stand:

Denounce ICE raids on their properties.
Declare their stores safe spaces.
Protect the people who make and shop in their stores everyday.

Mass 50501

Boycott Website

"Home Depot keeps quiet on immigration raids outside its doors," by Alina Selyukh and Liz Baker, NPR, August 18, 2025.
Link

Spotify Is Actively Enabling Trump’s Secret Police

Indivisible Massachusetts Coalition

In early October, Spotify began running recruitment ads from the Department of Homeland Security to fulfill SHS’s goal of hiring 10,000 more deportation officers by the end of the year. Spotify claims the ads comply with its policy, but streaming hate is not neutral. It’s a choice.

Spotify is a multibillion-dollar company that relies on subscriptions. Lessons from the Jimmy Kimmel campaign demonstrate that when customers rebel by canceling subscriptions, capitulation can be reversed. What can you do? Cancel your subscription. Use this social media toolkit to post online. Indivisible's toolkit includes more steps you can take and a list of alternative music streaming services. #DontStreamFascism

Indivisible’s Social Media Toolkit

See what you can do

“Ice Ads are all over your favorite streaming services,” by Tomas Mier, Rolling stone, October 15, 2025. Link

Tesla Takedown

Elon Musk is destroying democracy around the world, and he's using the fortune he built at Tesla to do it. We are taking action at Tesla to stop Musk's illegal coup.

The stakes couldn’t be higher. No one is coming to save us. Not politicians, not the media, not the courts.

Tesla Takedown is a peaceful protest movement. We oppose violence, vandalism and destruction of property. This protest is a lawful exercise of our First Amendment right to peaceful assembly.

Web Site: https://www.teslatakedown.com/

Elizabeth Chur—Turn “I Don’t Vote” into the Start (not the End) of a Conversation

Swing Blue Alliance

36% of eligible voters skipped the 2024 elections — but many of them support Democratic priorities. In this interactive online workshop, canvasser and volunteer trainer Elizabeth Chur, author of "The Joy of Talking Politics with Strangers", shows you how to use empathy and friendly, nonjudgmental curiosity to successfully engage these crucial voters.

For more information on Elizabeth, or to sign up for her Substack newsletter, visit her website:
https://elizabethchur.com/

Take Action: Stop Trump’s War in Venezuela

Indivisible

Every Member of Congress must do everything in their power to stand up to Trump and prevent war with Venezuela. Email your member of Congress.

Indivisible has composed a letter and you can enable them to send it to your members of Congress, or yoou can compose your own letter.

Indivisible Letter to Stop Trump’s War

Condemn the Illegal Occupation of Venezuela

May Day Strong

Trump attacked Venezuela, kidnapped the sitting President and First Lady, and is now claiming that the United States will occupy that country to help the oil industry "make a lot of money."

Trump is beholden to big oil corporations like Chevron and billionaire oil tycoons like Tim Dunn.

We will not stand by while Trump attacks other countries in violation of our constitution. We will not stand by while he starts wars for the billionaire class.

Join us in sending a letter to your elected officials and spread the word. We will be taking to the streets, we will be making our voices heard. Stay tuned for more to come.

Send a letter to your elected leaders

Tell Congress: Stop President Trump’s Illegal Boat Strikes

ACLU

The Trump administration is murdering civilians in international waters. We need answers so we can stop the killing.

Since September, the Trump administration has ordered over 20 lethal strikes on civilian boats near Venezuela, killing nearly 90 people in clear violation of domestic and international law.

We'll be clear: This is an egregious abuse of power with life-or-death consequences. It is also criminal. Congress must stop the president's illegal and immoral strikes, and officials who have carried them out must be held accountable. Take action now.

Information & Send Message

U.S. airstrikes in Latin America and the Caribbean are murder. Congress must stop them now

October 29, 2025

Amnesty International

“In the last two months, the U.S. military’s Southern Command has gone on a murder spree by following the Trump administration’s illegal orders,” said Daphne Eviatar, Amnesty International USA’s Director for Human Rights and Security. “The administration has not even named its victims, nor provided evidence of their alleged crimes. But even if they did, intentionally killing people accused of committing crimes who pose no imminent threat to life is murder, full stop.

“It is well past time for Congress to exercise its oversight role over the administration’s unlawful behavior, put an end to these illegal air strikes, and hold those responsible for these murders accountable.”

Link

Support Articles of Impeachment Against Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

Stand Up For Science

On December 10, 2025, Stand Up for Science supported the introduction of articles of impeachment against Health and Human Services Secretary RFK Jr.

RFK Jr is a menace to public health. He is destroying our public health institutions, dismantling our biomedical research, eroding public trust, and endangering the lives and wellbeing of Americans.

Our next move: demand Congress vote on the articles of impeachment on the House floor.

Resolution in the House of Representatives

Read the Resolution

U.S. Representative Haley Stevens (D-MI) is sponsoring the resolution:

“I'm thrilled to have 10 Nobel laureates endorsing my articles of impeachment of RFK,” said Rep. Haley Stevens.

ICYMI: 10 Nobel Laureates endorse Congresswoman Haley Stevens’ Articles of Impeachment against RFK. Jr.

In addition to an endorsement of her impeachment articles from Stand Up for Science, a coalition of doctors and scientists concerned with Secretary Kennedy’s chaos, Stevens received endorsements from the following Nobel Laureates and prominent scientists: Link:

Jack Szostak (Nobel Prize, Medicine or Physiology, 2009)
Roger Kornberg (Nobel Prize, Chemistry, 2006)
Craig Mello (Nobel Prize, Medicine or Physiology, 2006)
Joachim Frank (Nobel Prize, Chemistry, 2017)
Rod MacKinnon (Nobel Prize, Chemistry, 2003)
W.E. Moerner (Nobel Prize, Chemistry, 2014)
Aziz Sancar (Nobel Prize, Chemistry, 2015)
Brian Kobilka (Nobel Prize, Chemistry, 2012)
Martin Chalfie (Nobel Prize, Chemistry, 2008)
Bonnie Bassler (National Medal of Science, 2025)
Jeremy Berg (Director, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, NIH, 2003-2011)
Joshua Gordon (Director, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH, 2016-2024)
Freeman Hrabowski (President Emeritus, University of Maryland, Baltimore County)
Andrew Fire (Nobel Prize, Medicine or Physiology, 2006)

Stand Up for Science Supports Articles of Impeachment Introduced Against HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Press Release

Call to Action

Stand Up For Science: Website

Workers Over Billionaires Nationwide

May Day Strong

Available online via Replay

A year after making history with the most May Day actions in the US ever, come together with unions, community groups, and working people as we flex labor's power in 2026 to stand up to the billionaire agenda, demand a country that working families can afford to live in, and get in formation for a May Day full of rallies, marches, actions, strikes, sick outs, and protest to demand we put workers over billionaires in all we do.

Join the Event

The Orders Project

The Orders Project is a non-partisan organization created by the National Institute of Military Justice® (NIMJ) to assist military personnel in understanding their options when faced with orders they believe may not be legal.

If you’re in the military and you have questions about something that are holding you back from doing your mission to its full potential because there’s something bothering you, either you’re concerned that a command is not correct or something goes against what you’ve been trained as right, then you feel like you need someone to talk to. We at the National Institute want to lend our expertise and our credibility to be a source where people can call.

The Orders Project is led by a group of professionals, experienced in military justice, who are committed to connecting service members with experienced legal counsel to make informed decisions about their duties under the law as it relates to orders.

The National Institute of Military Justice is a nonpartisan organization with about 100 attorneys—academics and practitioners—all with expertise in military law.

The Orders Project: ordersproject.com

10 effective things citizens can do to make change in addition to attending a protest

From The Conversation, October 19, 2025

Refuse unlawful, corrupt demands
Visibly bolster the rule of law
Unite in opposition
Harness economic power
Preempt electoral manipulation
Organize your community
Shape the story
Build bridges and democratic alternatives
Document abuses, protect people, reinforce truth
Mitigate risk, learn and innovate

See The Conversation for details.

Social Media Toolkit

Virtual Online

Indivisible

Want to post to your social media accounts about the Trump regime's unpopular policies with just one click? Indivisible has a social media toolkit that tracks Trump's most unpopular policies and biggest failures. Share these posts with your networks and customize your messages so they break through the social media algorithms.

This social toolkit tracks Trump's most unpopular policies and biggest failures. You can quickly and easily post to the social networks of your choice: Bluesky, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, WhatsApp, LinkedIn, X/Twitter.

Social Media Toolkit

Unite Against Hate

Virtual

Indivisible Massachusetts Coalition

Not In Our Town is a movement to stop hate, racism and bullying, and build safe, inclusive communities for all.

Started by Not in Our Town activists, it is an excellent opportunity for local groups to show support for their vulnerable neighbors and to stand against discrimination and the bullying tactics of ICE and the current presidency.

Not in Our Town

The Visibility Brigade Movement

Virtual Online

Welcome to the VB movement! Join a brigade in your area or read our toolkit and create one at www.VisibilityBrigade.com.

Visability Brigade Website

Threads

Join The North Shore Visibility Brigade

Take Action with People Power United Massachusetts

In person and online

People Power United champions progressive values and power to the people.

We are a group of people who believe in the possibility of change and work to make it happen.

In this community, we will always speak out against racism, xenophobia, Islamophobia, antisemitism, homophobia, misogyny, sexism, ageism, ableism, sizeism, elitism, transphobia, misogynoir, and bigotry!

Fill out this interest form and we will contact you when there are actions you can take to help fight for freedom and equal rights, in person and online!

Tesla Takedown

Elon Musk is destroying democracy around the world, and he's using the fortune he built at Tesla to do it. We are taking action at Tesla to stop Musk's illegal coup.

The stakes couldn’t be higher. No one is coming to save us. Not politicians, not the media, not the courts.

Tesla Takedown is a peaceful protest movement. We oppose violence, vandalism and destruction of property. This protest is a lawful exercise of our First Amendment right to peaceful assembly.

Web Site: https://www.teslatakedown.com/

We Have Descended into Utter Madness

Need To Know by David Rothkopf

Download:
Word Document | PDF Document

How to Stop the Descent into Madness

By David Rothkopf | Deep State Radio

To the degree you're just a spectator to this crisis, you're a contributor to it.

We have entered a new phase of national crisis. Confronted with accelerating madness, lawlessness, corruption, cruelty and destruction, we cannot, must not, continue as we have been. We must respond to the worsening situation with greater urgency, greater numbers, bolder actions…and we must candidly assess what has and has not worked in the past and try new things where required.

What follows are some thoughts about that response, some guidelines, some specific actions to take, some ways we must reset our outlook. These are fragments, in no particular order. Choose among them. Embrace what you can and what you believe in.

Download:
How to Stop Descent Into Madness (pdf)

Pramila Jayapal Immigration Justice Resistance Lab Training

Dates TBA, Virtual

Pramila knew we need a way to turn our anger, fear, and frustration into action and progress. That’s exactly why she launched The Resistance Lab, an in-depth organizing training to build our movement and give you the tools you need in this moment.

The Resistance Lab is a series of trainings that are developed specifically for this moment. We look at how non-violent movements around the world have responded to leaders who seize power in authoritarian ways and the most effective tools and tactics to utilize in these moments. We offer frameworks to understand this moment at home and incorporate interactive conversation with others to help create community and build our resistance movement.

Training dates to be announced. Sign up to stay in the loop.

Pramila’s Resistance Lab

13 FOOD PANTRIES

3.5 Million People Have Already Lost Food Stamps. The Cuts Are Just Getting Started.

The People’s Podium, May 27, 2026

Since the One Big Beautiful Bill Act was signed on July 4, 2025, SNAP participation has dropped by more than 3.5 million people. That is a 9 percent decline in eight months. And the biggest cuts have not hit yet. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that 2.4 million people will be removed from the program in a typical month over the next decade. The provisions driving those numbers are still rolling out.

The full report is available here: The People’s Podium

Donate to Food Pantries

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is a federal program th sat was set up to to help low-income households buy food. Its continuation has been threatened, courtesy of a deranged President, a sycophant Speaker of the House, and their enablers. A resolution now appears to be forthcoming, but details and questions remain.

Please consider donating to our local food pantries. In these uncertain times, our neighbors need all the help we can provide.

ANDOVER: Village Food Hub
Website
BEVERLY: Beverly Bootstraps Pantry
Website
DANVERS: People to People Food Pantry
Website
GLOUCESTER: Open Door in Gloucester
Website
IPSWICH: The Open-Door Food Pantry
Website
LYNN: Catholic Charities of Lynn
Website
LYNN: My Brother’s Table
Open everyday, North Shore’s largest soup kitchen
Website
MARBLEHEAD: Marblehead Food Pantry
Website
MIDDLETON: Middleton Food Pantry
Website
NEWBURY: First Parish Newbury Food Pantry
Website
NORTH ANDOVER: People’s Food Pantry
Website
PEABODY: Haven From Hunger
Website
ROWLEY: The Rowley Food Pantry
Website
SALEM: The Market-Salem Food Pantry
Website
SOUTH HAMILTON: Acord Food Pantry
Website
SWAMPSCOTT: Anchor Food Pantry
Website

14 HOW TO MAKE PROTEST SIGNS

How to Make a Protest Sign

North Shore Progressives

Whether you are preparing for your first protest, or you are a seasoned activist who has been regularly hitting the streets, our series on crafting impactful protest signs will help you get ready for the sustained protest rallies, standouts, and visibility brigades that lie ahead.

How To Make A Protest Sign covers the following topics:

Messaging Considerations
Linguistic Considerations
Messaging Don’ts
Construction Considerations
Color Considerations
Legibility Considerations
Lettering & Art
Shopping List

Visit How To Make a Protest Sign at
North Shore Progressives

Making Signs With Sara That Pop (36:04)

Commit To Democracy

In this session, you will see how to make some incredible signs for protests and rallies that pop. Learn from Sara and other activists some new creative ideas!
YouTube

How to Make a Protest Sign (17:42)

Zanne the Librarian

A brief history of modern protest signs in the USA and some tips on how to make your own!
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How to make a protest sign (5:53)

Creating with Johnny Thunderbolt

Follow Johnny in a 3 step process in making the perfect protest sign.
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Complete Sign Making (11:15)

Bess Watts

How to create visible effective signs for rallies and protests.
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Meet the Sign Makers: Anne Tischer & Bess Watts (4:30)

Conundrums Production

Dec 9, 2011
Do you ever ask yourself, "Where do those great protest signs come from?" You know, the ones that are really poignant, really clever and so easy to read? If you are from Western New York state, you would have to be living under a rock not to notice them every other day on the street, in the newspapers, television news and all over the web. Take a peek. It's a cool story.
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How To Make Protest Signs (3:12)

Riddle

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How to Make Instagrammable Protest Signs (2:02)

Kristin Brey

This weekend, the women’s march is back! And of all the things I learned last year, ensuring I have a good sign this year was one of them. So, we are keeping today’s video a little lighter and going over how to make an Instagrammable protest sign.
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Maker, Marker, Message: The Art of Protest Signs (6:21)

City Limits

This weekend saw major protests against the Trump administration's immigration policies. As at thousands of rallies about hundreds of issues over the past 50 years, many of the marchers delivered their message via signs. City Limits talked to demonstrators before and during the march about what their messages meant. A Marc Bussanich film for "Art at the Limits," City Limits' series on the nexus of art and politics in New York City, which is sponsored by the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund.
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