ACTIONS
Help Cure Ballots to Keep the Blue Tsunami Going!
Ballot curing (contacting a voter to let them know there is a problem with their ballot), can make ALL the difference in close elections. Activate America is currently concentrating on the Senate race in Mississippi, where it’s coming down to less than 70 votes! You’ll call voters to help them know how to assure their ballot is counted. Unless the voter has signed up for ballot tracking alerts, they may have no idea that their ballot is not being included.
I’m Riding High from the Election! What Else Can I Do RIGHT NOW?
We still have no idea (well, maybe we have some suspicions…) about what the regime is going to try to do to subvert the election results. What can we do??
- Add the Signal app to your phone and join our 2026 Election Action Alerts channel. Contact us for help and to get added.
- Can’t add Signal to your phone? Find a friend who can, and have them alert you when they hear from us.
- Witness election interference, or something that just doesn’t seem right? Call the Election Protection Hotline at 866-OUR-VOTE (866-687-8683). Add this number to your contacts so you have it at the ready.
- Share the Election Protection Hotline on Social Media.
- Visit 866ourvote.org to get the latest info.
- Sign up for Indivisible’s Hands Off Our Vote to get alerts.
Show Up for Our Community!
Vashon Community Response & Immigrant / Refugee Rights Teams
Also visit our Community Defense page!
TO REPORT ICE ACTIVITY: Call Vashon Community Response Dispatch at 564-225-2161
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Vashon Community Response
Sign up today to join Vashon Community Response and receive more information.
EMAIL vashoncommunityresponse@gmail.com and include:
- Your full name
- Phone number
Secure communications are key:
STAC is training on the tactics and organizing needed to resist authoritarian advances. Join us in October for essential trainings to protect elections and expand democracy:
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November 4 – Rapid Response Post Election
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November 5 – Rapid Response Post Election
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November 6 – Rapid Response Post Election
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Want to form a group in your neighborhood to support each other and protect against threats? Email Vashon Community Response (VCR) for help setting up a meeting and information to present.
Want to help out VCR by being a hotliner, hotliner scheduler, or being a dispatcher – work that can be done from your own home? Email Evan.
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Immigrant / Refugee Rights Team
Want to help immigrant families? Our Immigrant/Refugee Rights Team has many sub-groups you can join:
- Accompaniment: Volunteers are needed to accompany immigrants to appointments and to court. Email Jean.
- Rapid Response: Join the team to respond to an ICE abduction. Email Jenna.
- Reading Buddies/Tutor Group: Help student multi-language learners improve their reading skills, and more. Volunteers needed now during summer break, and in the fall. Email Jenna.
- Court Watch: Pass out information and assist immigrants when they are in the court house. Email Jan.
- Financial Support: Help raise funds for legal case fees. Email Suzanne.
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It’s no longer a question of IF. It’s a matter of WHEN.
ICE is now actively terrorizing communities in King County and in our state. It’s only a matter of time until they come onto our island. This is a very frightening thought for all of us. They purport to only be going after people who have committed crimes and aren’t in the US legally. But we all know this isn’t the case, most prominently as evidenced by events in Los Angeles, Portland, Chicago, and most recently Minneapolis. People of every race, legal status, and walk of life have been beaten, detained, terrorized. Kept in reportedly monstrously inhumane conditions. And, in the cases of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, they were shot in cold blood for the “crime” of trying to help their fellow citizens.
So how do we prepare, and how do we react? What can we do to keep Vashon families and our community safe? While we cannot prevent ICE from coming to Vashon, we CAN prepare ourselves to safely and legally make their visit as uncomfortable as possible.
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More Info:
Guidelines for Bystanders and Observers: In the U.S., everyone has certain constitutional rights and protections regardless of their immigration status — or who is president. You have the legal right to film police and/or immigration officers if they are in a public place and if the filming does not impede the performance of their duties.
Documenting ICE activity:
- Stay at a safe distance: The general rule is about 10 feet. Assess your own risk tolerance and “safety zone” ahead of time, so that you can stay calm under stress. If you’re asked to step back, take a step back while repeating: “I am exercising my right to record and document.”
- If the officer gets too close: Say, “I am stepping back and have the right to record.” Speak in a calm, audible voice.
- Protect video content on your phone: Make sure your phone is passcode protected. Disable fingerprint or face recognition. You might also consider equipping yourself with a wearable camera, both to keep your hands free and eliminate the danger of your phone being snatched.
- Focus your recording of ICE officers: Record all the way through the incident. Narrate what you’re seeing. Say the date and time.
- DO NOT GO LIVE ON SOCIAL MEDIA: Please protect the privacy and safety of the people being detained.
- ALWAYS do a self-risk assessment in advance about what your personal “safe distance” is. For some, 6-10 feet may suffice, others may feel comfortable with 20+ feet. Practice what your safe distance looks/feels like so you are comfortable under stress.
What to document:
- ICE officer identification: Name, badge, uniforms, vests
- Date, Time, Location: Location with specific address
- Language used by officers: Hate speech and identity speech (racist, sexist, homophobic), incorrect or unproven statements
- Enforcement Agency vehicles: If they are marked or the license plate states Police, Sheriff, Homeland Security (DHS), Immigration Enforcement (ICE), unmarked but possible government vehicles
- Violence or physical force: Pushing, shoving, grabbing, violence during arrests, damaging of property
Add this SALUTE webform to your phone’s home screen or contacts. It guides you through what information to capture about an action (in a draft text), which you can edit before copying and pasting into a text to the Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network (WAISN) (1-844-724-3737) to activate Indivisible Vashon’s Rapid Response.
TO REPORT ICE ACTIVITY: Call Vashon Community Response at 564-225-2161
TO RECEIVE ALERTS ABOUT ICE ACTIVITY IN THE AREA: Sign up for alerts with Stopicealert.ddns.net
SEND VIDEOS, NOTES, PICTURES: Please send to the WAISN hotline.
VASHON-SPECIFIC INFORMATION:
- Homeland Security (DHS) regularly visits Vashon to carry out ferry security. To date, they are not doing immigration sweeps and they do not wear masks. If you think you see ICE, please take photos, note the time/place, and then report to the WAISN hotline asap to help determine whether your sighting is a ferry check or something more.
- Our Immigrant/Refugee Rights Team has many things already in place on the island. They have been working closely with our immigrant community to set up teams to do Rapid Response, Accompaniment, Court Watch, Fundraising, etc. If you would like to get involved and get training, please contact Jenna.
- When ICE comes to Vashon, they likely WON’T be spending the night as we don’t have hotels on the island. This means we won’t have the opportunity to disrupt their sleep (aww shucks…) but we can still make noise and alert others to their presence.
- UPDATED WHISTLE KITS: One of our amazing Leadership Team members, Evan, has whistle kits! Please fill out this form to request kits, learn how to use them, or volunteer to help out.
- Check out the Community Defense page on the website.
No More Billionaires Buying Elections
Ask State legislators to support the Transparent Elections Initiative (aka “The Montana Plan”), which restricts dark money election contributions (ie: Citizens United) in Washington.
Find a sample script.
Email Senator Emily Alvarado
Demand Congressional Action Against Mass Detention
People detained at Delaney Hall (NJ) and other detention centers are on hunger strikes to protest their captivity and inhumane treatment by ICE. Congress must use every lever of power they have to demand dignity for detainees.
Contact our Elected Representatives.
Take Action Network (TAN)
The Take Action Network is a fabulous way to keep up on the progress of bills moving through the WA State Senate and House concerning de-masking ICE, use of FLOCK surveillance cameras, and the WA Dept. of Licensing sharing of data. You get the opportunity to sign in PRO on the bills you support. Over 14,000 people signed in support of the de-masking bill while it was in committee!
You can easily find actions that you can take to help support your values. You can set up a search that will send you an email each time there are new actions that meet your criteria. Or, when you are ready to take some action, you can log on and see what is available. TAN is especially useful during the Washington State Legislative Session as bill trackers are posting actions just about daily.
Sound intimidating? We are here to help!
- Review a TAN demo video at: https://bit.ly/TAN-Indi-Invitation (go to page 2)
- Sign up for online TAN training sessions at https://bit.ly/TAN-Training-Dates-2026.
- We have our very own in-house TAN expert that will give you a one-on-one training at your home! Email Evan at lockejaw1704@gmail.com for one-on-one TAN training.
Vashon2Voters What’s The Plan?
Join us while we hear the latest election results and possible actions for election sabotage from Ezra Levin and Leah Greenberg, co-founders of Indivisible National.
Questions? Email Kathy.
When: Thursday, November 5, 11:30am to 1:30 pm
- What’s the Plan?: 12:00 pm
Where: The Vashon Havurah, 15401 Westside Hwy, Vashon
Next Gathering Dates: November 12, 19, 26 and EVERY THURSDAY
Can’t make it? Want to watch later on your own? Sign Up
Also, What’s the Plan? is now a podcast.
Vashon2Voters Postcards
Our postcard writing is on a brief hiatus until after the election! Stay tuned!
- When: 11:00 am to 1:15 pm
- Where: The Vashon Havurah, 15401 Westside Hwy
- Everyday pickup of postcard bundles in the Blue Box at the Activist Annex: Email for location. This is a great way to write postcards in your free time – think waiting in the ferry line! Please be considerate and only pick up during daylight hours.
Please bring your stamps to the in-person sessions as all of these postcards will be gathered and held at the end of each session.
Postcard stamps are available to purchase through Kathy. PLEASE consider donating to cover the cost of stamps for other writers!
Message from a Fellow Indivisible Member:
If, around town in Vashon, you happen to see a gentleman in 1770s colonial dress, please go over and introduce yourself. Mr. Thomas Paine, author of the bestselling and very influential pamphlet Common Sense, died in 1809 — yet somehow he’s found himself reincarnated here on Vashon! He has no idea how it happened, and is as astonished by the event as we are. The current political situation in America surely explains the timing — for example he definitely doesn’t approve of this week’s $1.776B slush fund, and takes great offense to the 1776 allusion — but why Vashon? Surely his adopted home of Philadelphia would make more sense? Mr. Paine, however, has confided to me that he does not think his arrival on Vashon is a coincidence. “There is something about this community,” he says, “that is essential to our national progress towards a more perfect union.” Mr. Paine has therefore expressed to me a very keen desire to converse with our townsfolk, in order to divine what that “something” might be. I do hope you will be able to help enlighten him.
Yours in Community,
Bryan Long
Protest Team, Theatre for Social Change, Bucket Brigade
“Though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire.”
– Thomas Paine, The Crisis
Policy Action Team
Join our Policy Action Team and help advocate for specific, individual policy improvements to advance the change we want to see in the world.
When: First Wednesday of each month
Where: Swiftwater Gallery, 17600 Vashon Hwy SW
Contact Kevin for more information at kevin@indivisiblevashon.org
Be in Community
Free Range Freedom Choir
Want to join in adding music to resistance?
Email Leslie.
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Theatre for Social Change
Did you catch the Suffragists at the September Meeting, Snapdragon Cafe, and the Heritage Museum?
More info: Email Deb.
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Bucket Brigade
Next Practice:
When: Tuesday, November 17, 5:00 to 6:00 pm
Where: Member’s patio with firepit
Email with any questions. (We have drum kits available for a $5.00 donation.)
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Resistance Knitters/Crocheters
Contact Melissa.
Donate to Indivisible Vashon
Indivisible Vashon is all-volunteer and people-powered. Help us cover expenses like meeting location insurance, outreach materials, postcards and stamps, protest supplies and more.
We’ve made it easier for you to donate! We now have a Venmo account. Just scan the QR code above with your phone camera. You can also search in Venmo.com for @Indivisible-Vashon. Don’t Venmo? We still happily accept checks (made out to “Kevin Jones for Indivisible Vashon”) or cash! Donations can be mailed to: Indivisible Vashon c/o Kevin Jones, P.O. Box 2607, Vashon, WA 98070.
Thank you so much for your support and if you have questions about how donations are used, please contact us.
Vashon Families Continue to Need Our Help
Thank you for improving food security for our community during these challenging times. Please continue to support island families hurt by SNAP cuts or federal furloughs by donating food, supplies, or funds.
Vashon Maury Community Food Bank: Did you know that your $1.00 donation can buy $1.80 in food?
DONATE Mail checks to: Vashon Maury Community Food Bank, P.O. Box 1205, Vashon, WA 98070
Vashon Interfaith Council to Prevent Homelessness: A special fund has been set up to supply food gift cards to our two island grocery stores. (Type “Food” in “Add special instructions to the seller.”)
DONATE Mail checks to: IFCH, P.O. Box 330, Vashon, WA 98070 (Write FOOD in the memo).
Qualified Charitable Distribution: If you’re 70½ or older, or you are required to take a Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) from an inherited IRA, you can make a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD) directly to charitable organizations, like the Vashon-Maury Community Food Bank, and reduce your taxable income — even if you don’t itemize deductions. QCDs count toward your Required Minimum Distribution and are one of the easiest and most impactful ways to give. See the Qualified Charitable Distribution instructions HERE.
Support Immigrants & Refugees by Donating Locally Today
The Immigrant/Refugee Rights Team fundraising group is hard at work to secure a fiscal sponsor for immigration legal fees for specific community members’ cases in 2026. Thank you for your patience as they do their due diligence.
In the meantime, there’s another important legal case you can contribute to right now! There are two islanders who are eligible for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status. (SIJS is a path toward citizenship.) Funds are being raised for their continuing legal cases, with a goal of $12,000 by May 2026. The Vashon United Methodist Church will manage the funds and are taking this on as “Vashon Island Mission” project. All donations are tax deductible.
To donate:
- Pay electronically via Vashon Methodist Church website. This link goes to “Vashon Island Missions.” You can even set up a monthly recurring payment (e.g., December 2025-May 2026).
- Mail a check to: Vashon United Methodist Church
Attn: Vashon Island Missions
PO Box 330, Vashon, WA 98070
Please write “Vashon Island Missions” (or “VIM”) on the memo line. - If you are interested in donating from a Donor’s Advised Fund, grants can be made to:
GENERAL COUNCIL ON FINANCE & ADMINS OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
VASHON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Tax ID: 91-1227676
Want more information? Contact Jenna@indivisiblevashon.org
Gear Up For Protesting, Show Your Indivisible Pride
& Help Grow the Movement
INDIVISIBLE VASHON MERCH – NEW ITEMS ARE FREQUENTLY ADDED! MOST RECENTLY, MEMORIAL T-SHIRT FOR MARIDEE BONADEA – AND – VOTE EARLY CLOTHING AND CAPS!
Our amazing in-house designer Jenna has created a Zazzle shop where we can order t-shirts, tote bags, car flags, hats, and more with designs unique to us! Let us know what else you’d like to see. Think: “Use Your Outside Voice”, “Hate Has No Place Here”, etc. We all have ordered tee shirts and sweatshirts and they seem to run true to size, are good quality, medium-weight fabric, and the printing is high quality. Check out the shop and let us know what you think.
Order NOW for upcoming protests and just to spread the word about Indivisible Activism! Order Soon!
Indivisible Vashon Zazzle SHOP
Come Join Us!
- Actions Tracker: Read a Substack Newsletter or follow a trusted news source? Help us turn what you learn into Action Alerts to help fellow Indivisible members know what actions to take to fight the Regime.
- Social Media: Do you have a Facebook, BlueSky or other Social Media page? Help us amplify the posts that Indivisible Vashon puts out and also help post on our pages.
- Video/Multimedia: Have experience with making videos (even just on your iPhone!) or editing, production? We would love for you to help film segments that could then be shared via YouTube, on our Website, or Social Media platforms.
- Poster Crew: Join our group who helps hang posters around town to advertise our upcoming events.
- Marketing Background: Do you have a background in Marketing and would like to help our Communications Strategy Team?
- Elected Official Liaison: Create a connection with one of our elected Representative’s teams — so that we know up to date information from them and vice versa.
- Climate Action Plan Team: Help us to move forward the King County Climate Action Plan.
- Washington Indivisilbe Legislative Action: Help track legislation and provide actions for members to take to support legislation in the 2026 WA State Legislative Session.
Email Action.Alerts@IndivisibleVashon.org to sign up or get more information.
Rolling Boycotts – Have Your Spending Align With Your Political Beliefs!
The boycotts are WORKING! Tesla’s sales are down over 70% and Target’s profits and foot traffic have fallen dramitically since they caved to the Admin’s demands to cancel DEI. PLUS, Spotify and Avelo Airlines have declined to renew their contracts with DHS due to the public pressure and pushback. Keep it up!
- Home Depot – They are allowing ICE to pick up day workers from their parking lots.
- Boycott goods from El Salvador – many knit clothing items are made in El Salvador including Hanes tee shirts and underwear, and Patagonia clothing – please check labels or on website before purchasing clothing.
- Boycott Chipolte – Tesla is adding Chipolte executive Jack Hartung to its Board of Directors and Audit Committee
- Boycott Tesla, Amazon, Whole Foods, Chick-fil-A, Hobby Lobby, Home Depot, Target, Wells Fargo.
COMPANIES TO SUPPORT! AND USE CASH!
- LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES
- COSTCO
- KOHL’S
- KROGER
- DOLLAR TREE
- GIANT
- LEVI’S
- ULTRA
- TJX (TJ Maxx, Marshalls, Home Goods)
- BEN & JERRY’S
- GO TO FOODS (Moe’s SW Grill, McAlister’s Deli, Schlotzky’s, Auntie Annie’s, Jamba Juice, Carvel, Cinnabon)
Let your purchases reflect your convictions! Visit the following sites to find the best companies to visit (and the ones to avoid!)
Inspiration – Persisterhood: Celebrating Women’s Stories
During Women’s History Month, the Persisterhood Oral History Project captured and preserved the powerful experiences of women who stepped into politics because they could not stay silent after Trump was elected. Be inspired by the stories of these amazing women.
Spotlight #1: Michelle Ward
Spotlight #2: Michele Hornish & Linda Meigs
Spotlight #3: Ms. Margaret Morrison
Great Reading on Effective Organizing!
Check out legendary community activist Saul Alinsky’ classic organizing book, Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals (free pdf version) where he presents 13 rules and loads of sage advice and stories on how to organize effectively. In a nutshell – “Have fun, don’t let your tactics get stale, and keep the pressure on. The grassroots would add, build community with everything you do.”
Get Active – Get Involved – Get Focused!
Indivisible Vashon Teams are where our work gets done. Email the Team leaders listed below – they will be thrilled to hear from you!
PROTEST: Resisting the administration’s actions through public protests — email Nick
VASHON2VOTERS: Postcard writing AND weekly actions — email Kathy
VOTER OUTREACH: Opportunities are availabe to Canvas, Phone Bank, and Text – email James
BUILD A PROGRESSIVE MAJORITY: Electing progressive candidates at all levels of government across the nation — email Kevin
POLICY ACTION: Assuring elected officials pass and support policy which aligns and supports our values — email Kevin
IMMIGRANT / REFUGEE RIGHTS: Policy and direct action to support immigrant and refugee families — email Jenna
COMMUNICATIONS: The Comms Team supports all the other Teams and ALL the goings-on for Indivisible Vashon by spreading the word about all the wonderful opportunities we have available – email Dwight
The GOP had NO idea how powerful PEOPLE POWER can be! Well Done!
Want to learn what is going on with Indivisible in Washington State? Check out the new website for the Washington Indivisible Network (WIN)!
NEW Washington Indivisible Network Website – HERE
Trusted News & Information Sources
- Indivisible National
- Washington Indivisible Network
- 1440
- PBS News
- National Public Radio
- Rachel Maddow Show
- Jessica Yellen – News Not Noise
- Talking Points Memo
- Project 2025 Information
- Substack Newsletters – www.substack.com and then search the names below:
- – Heather Cox Richardson
- – Jay Kuo
- – Joyce Vance
- – Andrew Weissman
- – The Contrarian
- – The Grassroots Connector