Dear Indivisible Members,

Thank you to everyone who attended our meeting with Marie Newman this past Sunday! As always, she shared informative updates and thoughtful insights on the current state of things in D.C. and the Democratic party. She gave us hope and fight for the future, and with that inspiration, below are ways we can take action in the month of May ahead. See you out there!

Join us at our Musk or US protest on Saturday at 11AM in Westmont (sign up HERE to join us).

Ogden PTC Banned Book Discussion May 3rd

Ogden's OPEN Committee is hosting a book discussion featuring banned or challenged books for young readers- – Baseball Saved Us, Milo Imagines the World and Neither. These books have been challenged or banned due to depictions of racism, incarceration and gender identity. Your family must register for the event HERE.

META Boycott May 5-11th

You may have seen online (even on META platforms!) that there is a widespread call to NOT login to, or use any META platforms-including Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Messenger, or WhatsApp- for the entire week of May 5-11th. If you are planning on deactivating or deleting your account, you can also do that during this boycott week. The goal is to make the advertising views tank that week to show that we have power when we unite and we reject fascism and oligarchy in the USA. 

Sign Making Party May 15th

Let's get together and make FUN and CREATIVE signs for the upcoming "Hands Across Chicago" event (May 18), the weekly Tesla Takedowns or any other Day of Action. Join us to make your sign at the LaGrange Park Library on Thursday, May 15th from 7:00-8:45 pm. We Have Supplies! Bring your ideas!! This is a family friendly event, but registration is limited! Register HERE so as not to miss out!

Hands Across Chicago- Sunday May 18th

May 18th 12-2PM Hands Across Chicago- Join tens of thousands of your fellow Chicago-area citizens as we form a 30-mile human chain of conscience from Aurora to Chicago in peaceful protest against Trump’s illegal and authoritarian actions and the GOP's failure to defend the Constitution. 

 You can Sign Up HERE

NOTE: We will not host a rally at Tesla Westmont on May 17th, as we will be joining this event along Ogden Ave on the 18th. 

May Local Actions:

Postcards

Postcards will be available starting May 1st at 346 N. ASHLAND in LaGrange Park.  They will be for elections in Virginia and New Jersey in bundles of 50 and 100, and will be sent in October. Volunteers are also needed to bundle postcards at the Postcards to Swing States headquarters in Burr Ridge and they are looking for people to host writing parties. Get more info and sign up to help out HERE.

Join our Witness Slip Team

Join our group's Witness Slip Team to let Illinois legislators know whether you support or oppose a bill. The process is simple and makes an impact. Click the link below. Once you join you will receive instructions and periodic emails that will require a quick turnaround action.

IL Witness Slip Team Group signup  

The Food Pantry was thrilled with all the bags and food we dropped off in the last week alone! The Westchester Food Pantry's USDA allotments have been cut by 40%, and local clientele continues to rise. Let's keep helping them out:

Current most needed items include: paper grocery bags-with handles, Pasta (other than elbows), Pasta Sauce, Cereal, Jelly, Meals in a Can (Ravioli, Chili, Stew, Spaghettios), Condiments (Ketchup, Mustard, Mayo, Salad Dressing, BBQ Sauce), and Coffee/Tea.

Any donations of unexpired, non perishable items are always greatly appreciated!

We now have 3 Donation Spots! 

LaGrange Park- at both

621 SHERWOOD ROAD 

346 N. ASHLAND

Western Springs- at

5405 CAROLINE AVE

We'd love to have more drop off locations in Brookfield, LaGrange and other surrounding communities. If YOU ARE WILLING to accept donations for the Food Pantry at your home, and transport those collected items to the pantry email Abby at abbyindivisible@gmail.com

Take Action- Adopt a Board

Speaking of local boards, local government is crucial to our daily lives and immediate communities. We need folks who are willing to attend local meetings of Village Trustees, School Boards, Library Boards and so on, and keep our elected officials committee up to date on what's going on at the most local level. Sign up HERE to help keep us all informed!

Take Action- Texting Team

Our group will be piloting  the use of texting to our members when a rapid response is needed for legislation, witness slips, protests, and any other immediate actions. Some of you may have volunteered for texting programs during the recent elections. If you would be interested in being a part of this effort, either helping to organize or in sending and moderating  texts, email Jeanette  at jiq@valeko.com for further information.

Postcarding Opportunities

Postcards to Swing States is gearing up to launch a larger postcard program than expected for the remainder of 2025. They need help packing orders at (231 S Frontage Rd, Unit 11 in Willowbrook) starting on Tuesday, April 15. 
Here's the Office Shift Sign-Up Form.

There will be a webinar all about new programs in 2025/2026 on Wednesday, April 16 at 7pm CT. RSVP here. It will be on YouTube live, so the recording, “Postcards to Swing States”, will be there if you're not able to watch it live. 

Postcards to Swing States will be sending 10.5 million postcards to voters in Virginia, New Jersey and Pennsylvania for November elections. They're also innovating a new program called "News Boosting" that will feed appropriate headlines, paired with handwritten messages, to target voters in Virginia. The goal of news boosting is to influence people's likelihood of turning out in November. Sign up at the above links.

Project 2025 Tracker

The group Red Wine and Blue has created a Reality of Project 2025 website – a resource which not only explains how extremists are implementing this plan, but what we can do to stop it. We wanted to share this site to educate ourselves and continuously monitor this. You can check out the website here

With love and solidarity in all we have come through, and on our journey ahead,

Your local organizers in

Indivisible West Suburban Chicago