INDIVISIBLE UKIAH - FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

As an activist group, we don’t have a formal membership program. Some people are content to be on our email list so they can stay up to date on our alerts and events. Some like to attend our monthly meetings or come to an informal drop in to ask questions or provide input. Those with time and energy join a working group.

There are no dues. We put out a donation jar at every meeting and event. We are able to accept tax-deductible donations via our Act Blue page, under the auspices of national Indivisible. As we are all volunteers, every penny donated goes directly to our expenses like printing signs and posters, space rental, web presence, and snacks for meetings and workshops.

How do I join Indivisible Ukiah? Are there membership dues?

Working groups tend to focus on one or two narrow topics. They each set their priorities and activities based on Indivisible’s goals and principles. The main working groups now are Civil Rights/Immigration, Environment/Energy, Health/Food, and Local Elections Issues.

Other working groups can form at any time based on members’ interests. We encourage folks to consider what area interests them enough to join with others to do some brainstorming and research. Our steering committee is always ready to provide support to new or ongoing groups.

What do our working groups do?

How can you be “non-partisan” when you so strongly oppose Donald Trump?

We don’t support or oppose anybody based on their membership in a party. We look at the positions people put forth and the actions they take.

It’s obvious that Trump and the people he has surrounded himself with speak and act in favor of white supremacy, oppose free speech and due process, and are actively dismantling a federal government that, for all its faults, has provided key services to the American people since the founding of our nation.

We are an organization that is working for DEMOCRACY. We don’t work for a party. We are representing those who live in our community whether they are Democrats, Republicans, Greens, or whatever. Our purpose is to make their voice heard and promote the values of a democracy.

At our Hands Off!! rally on April 5th there were no elected representatives talking, only people representing groups that need to be heard: workers, veterans, immigrants, LGBTQ+, and others.

Our elected officials have other venues to make their voice heard. We want the diversity of our community to come to the forefront. To tell their story.

Here are some suggestions for elected officials:

  1. Show up at the rallies and listen to people that you meet.

  2. Send us a speech or text that you want to have published in support of a rally. We will share it with our members.

  3. Keep holding town hall meetings and let that be your primary connection point

  4. We are an action-oriented group. We don’t want someone to stand on a stage and talk about their past accomplishments. We want to know specifics about your goals and what actions you will take to implement them.

So what DOES it mean to be non-partisan?