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Winning the 2026 Midterms – Your How-to Guide
To dispel uncertainty and defeat the possibility of stolen elections we need impressive wins. These races are “on the bubble”* based on the race rating orgs that have guided our WIN Election work for nearly a decade.
Every week we will update this list, showing which candidates need help to win, with links to their donation and volunteer action pages (if they have them). For the details and weekly updates, go HERE.
We can do this! Help these candidates win!
* Meaning true toss-ups, based on the race rating organizations that have guided our WIN Election work for nearly a decade.
Here’s this week’s list:
US Senate (controls judicial appointments) – Most competitive races listed first:
Michigan: Abdul El-Sayed Donate/Take Action
MOVED UP-> Ohio: Sherrod Brown Donate / Coming soon: Take Action / Volunteer
MOVED UP-> Alaska: Mary Peltola Donate / Take Action
Maine: Troy Jackson Donate / Take Action
Texas: James Talarico Donate / Take Action
Iowa: Josh Turek Donate / Coming Soon: Take Action / Volunteer with the campaign
North Carolina: Roy Cooper Donate/Take Action
US House of Representatives (controls the federal budget):
Ordered by the candidates most in need of funds per OATH.VOTE:
Michigan 7th: William Lawrence Donate / Take Action
Michigan 10th: Christina Hines Donate / Take Action
NEWEST ADDITION -> Ohio 7th: Brian Poindexter Donate / Take Action
Arizona 1st: Amish Shah Donate / Coming soon: Take Action / Volunteer with the campaign
New York 17th: Cait Conley Donate/Take Action
Pennsylvania 7th: Bob Brooks Donate / Coming soon: Take Action / Volunteer
Arizona 6th: Joanna Mendoza Donate/Take Action
Pennsylvania 8th: Paige Cognetti Donate /Take Action
Wisconsin 3rd: Rebecca Cooke Donate / Take Action
Iowa 1st: Christina Bohannan Donate/Take Action
New Jersey 7th: Rebecca Bennett Donate/Take Action
Virginia 2nd: Elaine Luria Donate / Take Action
Iowa 3rd: Sarah Trone Garriott Donate/Take Action
Colorado 8th: Manny Rutinel Donate / Take Action
California 22nd: Randy Villegas Donate / Take Action
Texas 34th: Vicente Gonzalez Donate / Coming soon: Take Action / Volunteer
NEWEST ADDITION-> Florida 14th: Kathy Castor Donate / Coming soon: Take Action / Volunteer
Ohio 9th: Marcy Kaptur Donate/Take Action
Washington 3rd: Marie Gluesenkamp-Perez Donate / Take Action
Pennsylvania 10th: Janelle Stelson Donate /Take Action
Midterms, Midterms, Midterms!
The list of actions keeps growing daily – so many great ways to help create an enormous blue tsunami! Imagine what we can accomplish if we each add just one small action to our to do list. (I, personally, don’t want to wake up on November 4th and feel like I didn’t do absolutely everything that I could to stop the corrupt GOP steamroller. ~ Kathy)
GET TRUSTED VOTING INFORMATION:
Heard about the website Vote Safe? Sounds great, right? The truth is that it’s funded by Elon Musk’s PAC, and its real function is to gather your data. Use trusted websites to check your registration and get voting information:
GET OUT THE VOTE on Vashon:
Vashon tends to vote blue — but this cycle we need to have massive, EARLY voting. Choose how you want to help our broad (and uniquely Vashon-style) GOTV effort! Sign up now to help with planning and join the excitement.
- No Kings 4: Vote Early Kickoff: Saturday, October 17 — more info below under Protest
- Sign waving at the 4-way: hopefully every day October 19 through November 3 during evening “rush hour.” Gather a group of friends, or join a gathering already scheduled. Vote signs provided; you provide a few more with your creativity and enthusiasm! (Ideas: Beekeepers ~ “Bee an Early Voter”, “We’re Swarming to the Ballot Box”; Kayakers ~ “Your Vote Can Rock the Boat”; Suffragists ~ “We Fought for Your Vote – Use It!”; Garden Club ~ “We Dig Voting Early”). What can your group dream up? Sign Up to grab your spot early!
- “Burma Shave” style signs along the Vashon Highway (Ideas: “Indivisible Vashon / sent over / 25,000 postcards / to VOTERS / to vote by Nov 3”; “We’re ALL / Voting EARLY / How about YOU?”)
- Rides to the Ballot Box to help people vote early (and not use USPS)
- Posters promoting early voting across the island
- Voting Actions Extravaganza: October 14 Meeting
- Parade to the Ballot Box: Saturday, October 24
GET OUT THE VOTE Nationally:
Person-to-person contact is the most effective method to persuade reluctant people to vote. Your work can impact votes in critical races.
- Check out our Build a Progressive Majority Team’s How-to Guide to help WIN the midterms and regain progressive control of Congress. We added Florida-14 and Ohio-7 to the US House “On The Bubble” list as race rating organizations continue to shift the State of the Race in favor of Democrats. Ohio and Alaska moved above Maine in the US Senate seat priority based on race rating data.
- Postcarding: We’re offering two in-person postcard-writing gatherings a week, and always have postcard bundles available at the Activist Annex (see info below).
- Phonebanking: Multiple opportunities are available in September. We’ll gather in-person starting in October (see info below).
- Canvass: Donate air miles to Common Power to help volunteers travel to over 28 locations in multiple states.
HELP OUT KING COUNTY ELECTIONS:
Time is running out to help out King County Elections observe and conduct the midterm elections! Orientations will take place in October.
- Volunteer to be an elections observer: Contact the King County Democrats or the League of Women Voters
- Email King County Elections or call 206-296-VOTE (8683) to be a temporary, seasonal employee (and get paid, too!).
- Help watch Ballot Boxes. Contact Sally Fouche.
TRAINING and INFORMATION:
Indivisible National Hands Off Our Vote: Election Protection
Catch up on key voting deadlines, updates on threats to our voting rights and how to counter them, and how to be ready to mobilize in defense of our votes. Join.
THINGS TO REMEMBER:
- Check your voter registration frequently until you receive your ballot. Text the word “voter” to 59798 or check the trusted websites listed above.
- Once you receive your ballot, vote IMMEDIATELY!
- Drop off your completed ballot at a BALLOT BOX (Vashon’s is at the library) — NOT USPS!
- Make a voting PLAN so that you don’t get overwhelmed and miss out.
- Talk to… well, EVERYONE about how important it is to vote (especially in this midterm, and especially in swing districts and states!). Each newsletter will include a fact that you can share in those conversations. Here’s your third one:
~ New York Times Opinion by Steven Rattner, August 18, 2026
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: Election Preparedness Meeting
In-Person Meeting:
Join us as we coordinate across IV Teams to assist in the GOTV effort, prepare to respond to post-election shenanigans, and build our secure Signal network.
When: Sunday, October 11, 2:00 to 4:00 pm
Where: The Vashon Havurah, 15401 Westside Hwy
RSVP: VCR
Sign up today to join Vashon Community Response and receive more information.
EMAIL vashoncommunityresponse@gmail.com and include:
- Your full name
- Phone number
Note: Group members will be required to attend a States at the Core online training (90 minutes).
Training:
Indivisible National Trainings
Learn more about how to organize before ICE comes to our community.
- Part 1: Organizing – Recording
- Part 2: Get Aligned – Recording
- Part 3: Show Up with a Plan – Recording
- Part 4: Funnel Support, Thursday, August 20, 5:00 to 6:00 pm – Recording coming soon
- Part 5: Signal Use, Thursday, August 27, 5:00 to 6:00 pm – Register
Seattle and West Seattle Indivisible: Constitutional Observer Training
In response to the increased ICE activity in our area, weekly trainings are being offered via Zoom.
- Every Tuesday through October, 7:00 to 8:30 pm – Register
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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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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
Keep WA’s Congressional Delegation BLUE!
We know Marie Gluesenkamp-Perez (D) is… not ideal. But keeping her seat blue is essential to regaining control of the US House of Representatives next year.
Complete this survey if you’d like to engage with voters in Marie’s district, by phone, to assure Marie retains the one vulnerable Congressional seat in Washington state.
Support These Voting Rights Organizations
Follow/Donate:
For Court Reform:
For Redistricting Fights:
To Win State Legislative Races:
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Protect Your Family and Our 2SLGBTQIA+ Community
Two initiatives on Washington’s November ballot are targeting the safety and human rights of our state’s youth. Support the health, safety, privacy, and dignity of Washington’s students by opposing two hateful initiatives on the November ballot. IL26-638 endangers female-identified youth, whether cisgender or transgender, while IL26-001 endangers all 2SLGBTQIA+ youth.
No Hate in WA State Yard Signs
THERE ARE A FEW LIMITED-EDITION YARD SIGNS IN MEMORY OF MARIDEE BONADEA AVAILABLE FOR $20.00. CONTACT US.
No Hate in WA State yard signs are now available! Be the first to show visible support of the campaign to defeat anti-trans measures IL26-001 and IL26-638. This is all the more important as the Supreme Court just upheld trans athlete bans in other states. The cost of the signs is a direct contribution to the campaign. Please make a $25 (or more if you can!) donation on the website and then text Kim at 206-850-0747 for delivery arrangements. No need to wait for the sign to arrive in the mail!
Website – click the orange “donate” button on the upper right.
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- No Hate In WA State campaign manager Libby Watson explains what’s at stake and what we need to do to fight back: VOV
- Want to help? Endorse the campaign as an individual (scroll down to “Individuals & Organizations”.)
- Learn about the No Hate in WA State campaign.
- Read what the ACLU has to say.
- Volunteer at (and attend) Pride events.
- Encourage island businesses to endorse the campaign. Email Kevin to join the No Hate in WA State policy action team.
Donate to No Hate in WA State.
Build a Progressive Majority – Phonebank Opportunities
The best way to impact the races that will decide control of the House and Senate is to have direct conversations with persuadable voters. Phone banking is available right now for nine priority states – they’ll train you, and you can do it from home! We’ll gather in-person in October to phonebank together.
Email James with questions or for more information.
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 for What’s the Plan?, where Ezra and Leah discuss the happenings of the week, have a special guest, and answer our questions. The big topic this week will certainly be the Supreme Court’s mail ballot ruling!
Questions? Email Kathy.
When: Thursday, September 24, 11:00 am to 1:30 pm
- Postcards: 11:00 am
- What’s the Plan?: 12:00 pm
Where: The Vashon Havurah, 15401 Westside Hwy, Vashon
Next Gathering Dates: October 1, 8, 15 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
Vashon2Voters team is on track to write over 25,000 postcards over the last 11 months! Way to go and let’s keep up the good work. We’re offering THREE great postcarding opportunities to help GOTV for the midterms:
- In person at the Havurah every Thursday:
– When: 11:00 am to 1:15 pm
– Where: The Vashon Havurah, 15401 Westside Hwy
- In person at the Swiftwater Gallery every Friday:
– When: 3:00 to 4:00 pm
– Where: Swiftwater Gallery (back table), 17600 Vashon Hwy SW
- 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 Indivisible Vashon Leadership:
I was mulling over this intro and was pondering how to make “Get Out the Vote” and “Come Join Us” sound different and fresh. Then the news broke that the Supreme Court had ruled against USPS screening mail-in ballots (gift NYT article)! Of course, Trump ranted that the Justices he appointed were “not the people I interviewed” – crybaby! The rest of us celebrated SCOTUS finally making a sensible ruling and breathed a sigh of relief. We’ll have our ballots delivered – at least for the November midterms. Make no mistake: the war is not over, but we have won this battle. We owe WA State AG Nick Brown a huge debt for leading the fight against this unjust executive order. Send him a thank you!
We now need to all step up and encourage our fellow progressives to vote, as well as have the hard conversations with swing voters about why to vote progressive. All of our Indivisible Vashon teams are collaborating on this effort. And, oh, yeah — spread the word that we need to vote EARLY!
To quote the great Billie Eilish: Not showing up is not an option.
~ Kathy, Leadership Team
“Trump recognizes that the biggest threat to his dream of autocracy comes from members of the resistance who stand on roadsides and bridges, write postcards to voters, knock on doors, and rally others to register and vote. Trump fears them more than anyone or anything else, so he is engaging in psychological warfare to make them believe that resistance is futile. Resistance is not futile. It is the path forward.”
~ Robert Hubble
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? They’ll be making more appearances soon! Watch this space or Email Deb.
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Bucket Brigade
Next Practice:
When: Tuesday, September 22, 5:00 to 6:00 pm
Where: Sheila’s covered patio or 4-way in town (weather dependent)
Email for meeting location and any questions. (We have drum kits available for a $5.00 donation.)
Memorial for Maridee:
Join us in walking on the ferry to place a ghost bucket drum at Maridee’s ghost bike on Fauntleroy Ave. We’ll drum, pay our respects, and gather to remember and celebrate her activism.
When: Thursday, September 24, 4:30 pm ferry
Where: North End ferry and walk up Fauntleroy to site
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Resistance Knitters/Crocheters
We are taking the summer off to enjoy the sunshine and Summer of Activism. Watch this space for future gatherings.
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
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
Good Things!
- The Jimmy Kimmel interview with James Talarico that Trump’s FCC tried to suppress now has over 8.5 MILLION views on YouTube.
- The Texas Supreme Court knocked down implementation of a vote-suppressing redistricting plan officials adopted in Galveston County after the state’s March primaries, saying it cannot be used in November.
- New Mexico just banned uranium mining on 13 million acres of state land.
- A GOP state lawmaker whom Trump deliberately targeted in Indiana for voting down new gerrymandered maps was declared the winner of his primary after a recount was finally completed. His final victory margin? THREE VOTES.
- The contractor hired to renovate the Reflecting Pool admitted that its repair work—not vandals— caused the pool’s liner to peel and bubble.
- Republicans’ “Trump-a-Palooza” was an utter flop, with empty seats, embarrassingly low ratings, the podium literally falling apart, and little enthusiasm from attendees.
- Bad Bunny made Emmy Awards history, winning all seven categories his Super Bowl halftime show was nominated for, and becoming the first Spanish-language program to win for Outstanding Variety Special (Live).
Visit Jess Craven’s Substack, Chop Wood, Carry Water.
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
Let’s Keep Up the Pressure!! The GOP and the Current Regime are Showing Cracks and Weakening!!
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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