Current Projects

Next time we’ll suggest more ways you as an individual can take action.

Meanwhile, here are projects that Indivisible Ukiah volunteers are working on. We’re an open, get-things-done group so check us out…

Immigration : Signs of Solidarity is a public-facing program in support of our local immigrant community.
Food: Our Food Working Group is working with other Ukiah-based groups to promote access to healthy foods for all. Our Steering Committee has “adopted” the Little Free Pantry at the Ukiah Library; 50% of cash donations from our events and meetings go directly to buying food for the Pantry.
Research: We know that Hobby Lobby is funding groups that promote white supremacy and oppose voting rights, free speech, and democracy. Volunteers are working on gathering the facts and figures we need in order to spread the word. Then there’s Home Depot giving free rein to ICE. There are always issues that can use some good research. What interests YOU?
Voting: Our Local Elections Working Group has interviewed local election officials about the so-called SAVE Act and provided the research that went into articles and letters to the editor published over the past month about the dangers this bill poses to the right to vote.
Art: Our arts-oriented Miscellaneous Group and our Media Committee work on signs and graphics. We hold sign making events. We could use artists to assist with t-shirt design and possibly production.

Email us at info@inukiah.com or sign up at https://inukiah.com/sign-up/

September Calendar

Want to be more active? Friday 9/5 stop by the patio at Black Oak at 4 PM for one of our informal drop-ins!

Our monthly meeting will be Tuesday 9/9.

On 9/23 members are invited to a workshop “What IS Direct Action? Growing the Resistance.”

For details, join us by signing up HERE.

Are Your Papers In Order?

This common phrase in old movies, barked in a German accent, had a clear meaning: only in places like Nazi Germany could an armed person demand proof of citizenship and arrest anyone without the right documents. Equally clear was the unspoken message that this was distinctly unAmerican and wouldn’t be tolerated in a free country.

Well, what about now? Are YOUR papers in order? Yes, right now: with what you have in your wallet, purse, pocket, or even in a safe deposit box, could you prove that you’re an American citizen and entitled to vote?

The SAVE act is a threat to our voting rights. Our drivers licenses will not be acceptable. Our military or tribal identification cards will not be acceptable. Here’s an article Indivisible Ukiah’s Janet Rosen had published in the UDJ. To avoid their paywall you can read it on MSN here.

WHAT CAN I DO?

• Contact your elected representatives to let them know you expect them to oppose the SAVE act.

• Share this information with friends and family in other states so they can contact their representatives.

• Protect your own right to vote by making sure your IDs match up and by obtaining any needed documents.

Get Out the Word: Support The Election Rigging Response Act

“California will not sit idle as Trump and his Republican lapdogs shred our country’s democracy before our very eyes. In just six months, Trump’s unchecked power has cost Americans billions and taken an ax to the greatest democracy we’ve ever known. This moment calls for urgency and action – that is what we are putting before voters this November, a chance to fight back against his anti-American ways.”

— Governor Gavin Newsom

This temporary measure will be on the ballot. It will create more blue Congressional districts in California, countering Texas’ recently passed law gerrrymandering five new red districts by diluting the recognized districts in areas like Houston and Austin. MORE INFO HERE.

Write A Letter To The Editor

Writing a letter to the editor can be a quick and pretty easy way to reach both your neighbors and your elected representatives.

Keep it local, and send it to in-print and on-line news outlets.

Focus on one topic. Introduce it, give a fact or two, and personalize it.

Respect their word limit and give your contact information (they won’t share it)

Copy and paste it into the body of your email,

Indivisible has a really good guide to writing an effective letter to the editor, with lots of examples of how to say things. It’s here.