Indivisible Greater Grand Rapids

Living a moral life in an age of bullies requires collective action; it cannot be done alone. Each of us must organize and participate in a vast network of moral resistance. From this solidarity we will grow stronger. This is what our current moment requires.

Use and adapt our drafted comment below or write your own! I strongly oppose the proposed repeal of the Endangerment Finding. The science is clear: greenhouse gases unequivocally harm our health and our environment. Weakening or repealing the Endangerment Finding will make it harder, and costlier to protect our communities from pollution and from the effects of climate change. Optional: I care about this issue because [insert your personal reasoning here -e.g. "my father has COPD," "I recently lost my home to a devastating hurricane"] I urge you to keep the Endangerment Finding in place and to apply science to protect our health and our environment for generations to come. ****Remember, if you want to cite research to upload the paper as a file.****

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Day 6! Leave a public comment opposing the repeal of the EPA Endangerment Finding.

✍️ Comment here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/EP...

🧠 Learn more here: www.cnn.com/2025/08/03/p...

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Action Items: Week of August 3, 2025 We've got work to do - let's share the joy when we can.

Check out our newest newsletter!

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Send us a photo of your pet!

We have a new feature in our weekly newsletter: Pet of the Week-the adorable animals who share the homes of our members. Please send a pic of your pet to indivisibleggr@gmail.com, along with your Pet’s name and their hobbies; we'll include your first name and initial.

Tuesday, August 5 at 5:30 pm Join the Michigan for the Many collaboration to gather signatures for important upcoming ballot proposals for the inaugural Happy Hour Training Session. During this session, you will learn about the three current proposals we’re supporting: Invest in MI Kids, Taking Back Our Power: Michiganders for Money Out of Politics, and Rank MI Vote. You’ll also learn about the regulations surrounding signature gathering and the steps involved in obtaining and returning the petitions. Sign up here. Sponsored by Kent Dems, Indivisible of Greater Grand Rapids, and Distill Social. Wednesday, August 6 at 12 pm. Protect Social Security Rally at the Social Security Office, 3045 Knapp St NE Friday, August 8 at 4:30 to 6 pm. Bridge Takeover Protest. Fuller Ave over I-196. Future dates/locations: August 15--Hall Street over US 131 Monday, August 4 at 10 - 11:30 am. AVELO/ICE Protest. Patterson at 44th St at the entrance to the Grand Rapids Airport. Parking across the street at 4765 44th Street or Wendy’s. Every Monday! Sponsored by Stop GEO Group in Baldwin and Coalition to Stop AVELO. Monday, August 4 at 12 - 1 pm. Tesla Takedown Picketing Events are Back! 2919 29th St SE. Every Monday from 12 - 1 pm through the summer. Wednesday, August 6 at 5 - 6 pm. Freedom Protectors Rally. Ten Mile Road and Main, Rockford. Family Friendly really to protect first amendment rights, civil rights, and liberty and justice for all. Every Wednesday. Public Parking Lot P12 (directly off the bike trail) behind all the buildings in the first block of North Main St. Saturday, August 9 at 12 pm. Support Our Veterans and VA Rally. Veterans Park in Greenville, MI on M-57 Washington between Bower Street and Luray Street; rally on north side of M57 (Michigan Veterans Home, 2950 Monroe Ave NE, GR. ). Sponsored by the Support Our Veterans and VA Facebook group.

If you were wondering what to do this week, here are some events you could participate in.

More info: indivisiblegrr.substack.com/p/action-ite...

Our Democracy is in peril. This is a moral moment!

CALL your Senators and tell then to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and #RestoreTheVRA

We are decent people.
Stand up.
Speak up.
Be the Dream.

Wednesday, July 30 at 12 pm. Protect Social Security Rally at the Social Security Office, 3045 Knapp St NE Wednesday, July 30 at 8 pm. One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism. Online. A national effort to train one million people in the strategic logic and practice of non-cooperation, as well as the basics of community organizing and campaign design. This is how we build people power that can’t be ignored. You’re invited to join us—and lead. Session 2: How to Make it Happen - July 30 This train-the-trainer session is how we get to one million. Learn not just our strategy, but how you can train others and get them on board. Thursday, July 31 at 7 to 9 pm. Safety Marshal Training, Fountain Street Church, 24 Fountain NE, Room 109 (Basement). Indivisible Greater Grand Rapids is looking to add safety marshals to their existing safety team and will be conducting a safety marshal training for those people interested in helping with rallies, protests, and marches. Friday, August 1 at 4:30 to 6 pm. Bridge Takeover Protest. Veteran's Memorial Bridge (North Park)--Last one as Food truck Fridays end. Monday, July 28 at 10 - 11:30 am. AVELO/ICE Protest. Patterson at 44th St at the entrance to the Grand Rapids Airport. Parking across the street at 4765 44th Street or Wendy’s. Every Monday! Sponsored by Stop GEO Group in Baldwin and Coalition to Stop AVELO. Monday, July 28 at 12 - 1 pm. Tesla Takedown Picketing Events are Back! 2919 29th St SE. Every Monday from 12 - 1 pm through the summer. Wednesday, July 30 at 5 - 6 pm. Freedom Protectors Rally. Ten Mile Road and Main, Rockford. Family Friendly really to protect first amendment rights, civil rights, and liberty and justice for all. Every Wednesday. Public Parking Lot P12 (directly off the bike trail) behind all the buildings in the first block of North Main St. Saturday, August 2 at 12 pm. Support Our Veterans and VA Rally. Michigan Veterans Home, 2950 Monroe Ave NE, GR.

Planning out your week? Here's are some events you might want to attend/participate in.

More details here: indivisiblegrr.substack.com/p/action-ite...

Needed: Legal Observers! Online training on Wednesday, July 30 from 6:30 - 8:30 pm.

Register here: michigannlg.org/civicrm/lo-t...

What is a legal observer?  michigannlg.org/legal-observ...

Legal observers' role is to document law enforcement violations of protesters' rights.

Civic Engagement Education. July 25th, 1 - 5 PM 1545 Buchanan Ave SW, Grand Rapids, MI 49507-1650, United States

Looking for a way to get involved? Join us tomorrow!

Write letters, complete coloring pages and call their local senators to oppose the anti-immigrant House Bills HB 4338-4342.

July 25th 1:00 - 5:00 PM
1545 Buchanan Ave SW
Grand Rapids, MI 49507

Learn more 👉 www.facebook.com/share/1CHLri...

🦺Join us for Safety Marshal Training on July 31, 2025 from 7:00 - 9:00 PM at Fountain Street Church.

Sign Up Here 👉 tinyurl.com/4enhv9zk

IGGR is looking to add safety marshals to their existing safety team and will be conducting a safety marshal training for those people interested in helping! 😀

Our summer canvassing program is about building relationships with the community, understanding what issues matter most and letting our constituents feel heard and supported by the KCD.

We provide training an hour before canvassing (& every Tuesday at 6:30 pm)

You're welcome to canvass in your own neighborhood!

You also don’t have to canvass in your neighborhood. We can cut turf and give you a list!

If it’s your first time, we’ll pair you with an experienced canvasser.

We are depending on our volunteers to help us bridge gaps in our communities by having meaningful conversations with our friends and neighbors in Kent County. Please join us this Saturday or any Saturday this summer from 10 am - 1 pm to knock doors. We must do the work now to avoid another setback!

Canvass with the Kent County Dems! Volunteer signup sheet

We need to start preparing for the 2026 elections.

Please consider helping the KentDems canvass on Saturdays this summer.

Canvassing is one of the most effective ways to make a difference in your community. Every conversation is a potential vote.

To sign up: volunteersignup.org/M4X9Y

Civic Engagement Education event, Friday, July 25, from 1 to 5 pm at SECOM, 1545 Buchanan Ave SW

Take actions to oppose the anti-immigrant State House Bills 4338-4342, which undermine local control, target immigrant communities, criminalize compassionate acts, and threaten state funding.

All of us - not just those on Medicaid or food stamps - will be directly paying for the costs of the billionaire tax breaks in the Trump budget package. Here's how.

Good breakdown of the One Big Ugly Act by Michigan CD3 Congresswoman @hillaryscholten.bsky.social.

She points out some positives, but shows the positives are offset by the bad and are often scheduled to expire after upcoming elections so that people don't feel the pain until after they've voted.
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Action Items: Week of July 20, 2025 The antidote to despair: Action.

Week of July 21: Newsletter
Consider joining National Indivisible's training. Look in events.

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Sunday, July 20 at 1:30 pm. IGGR Steering Committee Meeting. Fountain Street Church, Room 109, 24 Fountain Street NE. The IGGR members are welcome, seating is limited. Live streaming will be available. Monday, July 21 at 7 pm. Messaging for Solidarity - Race Class Narrative with Anat Shenker-Osorio. Virtual. Host of the Words to Win By podcast and Principal of ASO Communications, Anat Shenker-Osorio examines why certain messages falter where others deliver. She has led research for new messaging on issues ranging from freedom to join together in union to clean energy and from immigrant rights to reforming criminal justice. Anat's original approach through priming experiments, task-based testing and online dial surveys has led to progressive electoral and policy victories across the globe. Register here. Sponsored by Indivisible National. Wednesday, July 23 at 12 pm. Protect Social Security Rally at the Social Security Office, 3045 Knapp St NE Friday, July 25 at 4:30 to 6 pm. Bridge Takeover Protest. 54th Street over US 131. Future dates/locations: Monday, July 21 at 10 - 11:30 am. AVELO/ICE Protest. Patterson at 44th St at the entrance to the Grand Rapids Airport. Parking across the street at 4765 44th Street or Wendy’s. Every Monday! Sponsored by Stop GEO Group in Baldwin and Coalition to Stop AVELO. Monday, July 21 at 12 - 1 pm. Tesla Takedown Picketing Events are Back! 2919 29th St SE. Every Monday from 12 - 1 pm through the summer. Wednesday, July 23 at 5 - 6 pm. Freedom Protectors Rally. Ten Mile Road and Main, Rockford. Family Friendly really to protect first amendment rights, civil rights, and liberty and justice for all. Every Wednesday. Public Parking Lot P12 (directly off the bike trail) behind all the buildings in the first block of North Main St. Saturday, July 26 at 12 pm. Support Our Veterans and VA Rally. Veterans Park in Greenville, MI on M-57 Washington between Bower Street and Luray Street; rally on north side of M57

This Week's Events (July 20)

More info here: indivisiblegrr.substack.com/p/action-ite...

Format: In-person, you’ll be able to submit questions and ideas via note cards. Online, the chat and comment features will be available. While we won’t be able to address them during the meeting - we will find a way to do so and/or incorporate your suggestion at a future date.

Zoom app.zoom.us/wc/856933057...

YouTube www.youtube.com/@indivisible...

Join Us This Sunday, July 20 at 1:30 pm for our Steering Committee Meeting.

We’ll be working on our strategic plan and you’re invited to observe and submit ideas.

Feel free to join us in person (space is limited). Fountain Street Church, Room 109

Also via Zoom and YouTube (links in Comments)

IGGR Safety Marshal Training Sign Up Training takes place at Fountain Street Church on Thursday, July 31 at 7 pm.

Thursday, July 31, 7-9 pm. Safety Marshal Training, Fountain Street Church, 24 Fountain NE, Rm 109

IGGR is looking for safety marshals and is having a training for those interested in helping with rallies, protests, and marches. No experience necessary.

Sign up:

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One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism · No Kings Across the country, authoritarian forces are getting bolder and more dangerous. Trump and his allies are not hiding their agenda: mass deportations, rollbacks of civil rights, weaponized courts, and f...

I'm attending No Kings's event, “One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

Action Items: Week of July 13, 2025 Press on.

Good Trouble Sign Bomb planned July 17!
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Maurene Comey, daughter of James Comey, is fired from her job as a federal prosecutor Comey, who had worked in the U.S. attorney’s office for nearly a decade, prosecuted both Jeffrey Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell.

BREAKING: Trump's Justice Department just fired one of the Epstein prosecutors. www.politico.com/news/2025/07...

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TODAY! Wednesday, July 16 at 8 pm

TOMORROW: Join the kickoff of our nationwide campaign to train one million Americans on leading peaceful non-compliance and disruption tactics. This is how we slow down, stop, and ultimately defeat Trump’s authoritarian takeover. RSVP now: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

Poster titled “Tell Your Senators: Vote NO on the Rescission Package” with the “AID on the HILL” logo. Subheading in red says: “These GOP Senators Have the Most Power to Stop the Cuts.” The text explains that members of the Senate Appropriations Committee control federal funding, and the proposed rescission bill would cancel $8.3 billion in already-approved humanitarian and development aid. Two red columns list the following GOP senators: Left column: • Sen. Collins (Maine) • Sen. McConnell (Kentucky) • Sen. Murkowski (Alaska) • Sen. Graham (South Carolina) • Sen. Moran (Kansas) • Sen. Hoeven (North Dakota) • Sen. Boozman (Arkansas) • Sen. Capito (West Virginia) Right column: • Sen. Kennedy (Louisiana) • Sen. Hyde-Smith (Mississippi) • Sen. Hagerty (Tennessee) • Sen. Britt (Alabama) • Sen. Mullin (Oklahoma) • Sen. Fischer (Nebraska) • Sen. Rounds (South Dakota) Footer in blue directs readers to “CALL THE CAPITOL SWITCHBOARD AT (202) 224–3121.” Background is white and navy with red highlights

🚨 The Senate is voting soon on cuts to public broadcasting, global health programs, and foreign aid funds.

This would dismantle local NPR and PBS stations, yet another way the Trump regime is attacking institutions.

Use 5calls.org or call 202-224-3121 to tell Senators to vote NO on the Rescission.