Volume 1: Issue 2 — March, 2017
Hosted by Indivisible Snowcap, and the DPLC
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e are the storm, and The Indivisible Front aims to capture the best from the flurry of actions, marches, protest ideas, and whatever will help us to stay focused, positive, and engaged in this marathon! I’ll try to be funny sometimes, too, so that you’ll keep reading. The first pages relate to my own state, New Mexico; subsequent pages focus on national information and more general tips. See back page if you’d like to customize the zine for your own group or huddle of groups. I ask only that you proceed with a civil tongue, a positive tone, and lasersharp determination that the democracy worth fighting for is It’s gonna truthful, civil, and take all of us! compassionate for all. Make it work for your group. This is a marathon, so take care of yourselves!
We are the storm, and we will leave light in our wake!
Progress Now New Mexico Here in the Land of Enchantment, this progressive communications hub centers on the promotion of progressive issues and policies, correcting conservative misinformation, and holding elected officials and corporations accountable. Sign up for notices.
Retake Our Democracy This well designed site is a great clearinghouse for progressive issues in New Mexico. To sign up for the blog, go to retakeourdemocracy.org Listen to their radio show on KSFR 101 on Saturdays at 11:a.m. write to KSFR at merrylin@ksfr.org to compliment the show Retake Our Democracy Toolkit Thursday, Mar 9, 5:30-7pm. Book Club and Potluck. 1420 Cerrillos, Santa Fe. Reverend Wm. Barber and his Third Reconstruction. This book is an extraordinary short (135 pages) and readable history of how Rev. Barber built the Moral Monday movement, with very specific ‘lessons learned’ about what works and what doesn’t work in developing a moral movement. The book concludes with his 14 strategies for developing a Fusion Movement. This is a must read for our leadership and members. We will share food and discuss the book informally. Please bring a healthy dish to share with 3-4 people. Click here for details and to RSVP.
LEGISLATIVE ACTION Committee Hearings last several hours. You can enter at any time. Times and room locations can change without notice. Please check the daily Roundhouse schedule here. Roundhouse Committee Meetings: Click here to find scheduled hearings on all bills for the next week.
Here’s Why You Should Call, Not Email, Your Legislators New York Times, 11-22-16
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The NM Progressive Coalition is a group of progressive individuals and organizations dedicated to the following principles: -Helping progressive groups and individuals better connect and communicate; -Developing a grassroots draft progressive platform as a living document that can be used to inform future policy/electoral/party decisions; -Transforming the Democratic party from within by getting more progressives involved in the party official election process at the ward, precinct, and state central committee levels; and -Working with progressive partners to support a progressive policy agenda in the upcoming legislative session.
Public Narrative Training: April 1 & 2
Progressive Organizing Training: Learning to Tell our Stories The NM Progressive Coalition is offering a training in a battle-tested method of organizing called "Public Narrative," an organizing practice developed by veterans of the Civil Rights movement, the peace movement, the women's movement, the farmworkers' unionization struggle, and the grassroots aspects of the election of President Obama in 2008 and 2012. http://nmProgressiveCoalition.com/ nmprogressivecoalition@gmail.com @nmprogressivecoalition
Got an idea, an article, an event to promote, or even or a cool link to submit? Plop it in an email and sent to theindivisiblefront@hotmail.com
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HOBBS — NM Representative Steve Pearce will hold a town hall in Hobbs, the second in eight days. The town hall will be held at the Lea County Event Center, 5101 N. Lovington Highway, at 9 a.m. Pearce held a town hall last Saturday in Ruidoso. With only two days notice, the Ruidoso event drew approximately 300 people. Notably, one constituent asked what Pearce intended to do to urge a focus on domestic terrorism and violent racist attacks by Americans on American communities. The answer did not address the question. Pearce represents New Mexico's second congressional district which covers the southern half of New Mexico, including Las Cruces, Roswell and the southern fourth of Albuquerque. The sudden scheduling of these town halls comes only a week after hundreds attended a mock town hall that featured a fake with a Steve Pearce mask. This followed months of refusal by Pearce to face his constituents. He also recently held a telephone town hall.
We are the storm, and we will leave light in our wake!
New Mexico
Congressional Representatives Store this number in your speed dial, and phone once a day: 202-225-3121. Remember you have TWO U.S. Senators - and if you don't know their names, the friendly Congressional operator will tell you who they are and connect you. They will also give you the numbers and info below.
The Carlsbad Indivisible group asks for help from fellow New Mexicans. They are requesting members from NM 2D Indivisible groups to support them in Hobbs. Without more progressive attendees, Carlsbad is concerned that they will be drowned out by Pearce’s hometown supporters, and Pearce will finally be able to get the soundbite he was unable to get in Ruidoso. Please, if possible, let’s present a united front.
Tom Udall, US Senate
531 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC, 20510 P. (202) 224-6621 Link to email form: https:// www.tomudall.senate.gov/?p=contact
Martin Heinrich, US Senate
303 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 P: (202) 224-5521 Link to email form: https:// www.heinrich.senate.gov/contact/write-martin
Michelle Lujan Grishom, Congressional District 1
214 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 P:(202) 225-6316 Link to email form: https:// lujangrisham.house.gov/contact
Steve Pearce, Congressional District 2
2432 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 P: 855-4-PEARCE (73-2723) or (202) 225-2365 Link to email form: https://pearce.house.gov/ contact-me/email-me
Ben Ray Lujan, Congressional District 3
2446 Rayburn HOB Washington, D.C. 20515 P: (202) 225-6190 Link to email form: https://lujan.house.gov/issuesubscribe
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March 11, 2:30 p.m. Watch this Resistance Training live regarding next steps for organizing to resist Trump’s attacks on our basic freedoms. Some towns are having a group viewing: SOCORRO: ACLU People Power Action Event - March 11, 2:30 PM—MST NM Tech Skeen Library, Tripp Conference Room 212, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM Livestream viewing of the ACLU's launch of People Power. We'll watch the Resistance Training live and talk about next steps for organizing.
HOSTED BY BERNALILLO COUNTY DEMS: Saturday, March 11 at a Progressive Precinct Training for Progressive Democrats of all ages to BECOME THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. It's our turn. We welcome you. Special Collections Library, 3:30-4:30pm. 423 Central Avenue NE, 87102. It will be short, concise, and to the point. Your questions will be answered. Join us. Bring friends. No fee. Free parking in the vacant lot next door. Easiest to approach library from the north due to Central Avenue construction.
We are the storm, and we will leave light in our wake!
Environmental Justice Day Rally at the Roundhouse in support of environmental stewardship! , New Mexico State Capitol, 411 N State St, Santa Fe, New Mexico 12 PM—2 PM Round House—Santa Fe
Center For Progress and Justice, 7 p.m.—9 p.m. 1420 Cerrillos Rd, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505
-Identify the few issues where we can make the most impact as a group -Compile an action calendar for the coming week -Get trained in how to effectively influence our Members of Congress -Share in the community of like-minded people -Identify long-term objectives and shape the future of our group
Lincoln County invites our liberal and progressive brothers and sisters, far and wide to join us for dinner and our annual fundraiser. Contact theindivisiblefront@hotmail.com for more information, and/or see front of this zine.
Got an idea, an article, or a cool link to submit? theindivisiblefront@hotmail.com
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Here we are! At least 49 Indivisible groups in New Mexico, sorted below, by zip code. The site only allows one to search by zip, so searching within 100 miles of various locations yielded the following. The link for this zine will be sent to each of these addresses, with a request that leaders forward the link to members. If you have something to add to this zine, email Indivisible Snowcap at theindivisiblefront@hotmail.com. To find the group in your area, go to Indivisible Find a Group and enter your zip. For the moment, it seemed like a good idea to have a list should we need it. We’ll just see how this goes, eh?
Albuquerque Indivisible inviting you to event below. On Saturday April 1st, 2017, thousands will unite at the National Mall in Washington D.C. to join in the Fire the Fool Declaration Rally. This rally was founded to impart a satirical, symbolic, and powerful message of firing (impeaching) President Donald J. Trump, and to empower citizens all around the country to take power in their own political systems. The rally in Albuquerque is being planned for Saturday, April 1st, 11 am-1 pm in Albuquerque (location TBD). Please join us and make your voices heard. If there are local Fools who are not listening and responsive to the public, they need to be fired too. Fools BEWARE. Visit us on FB @ Fire the FoolAlbuquerque. bleonard312@gmail.com
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81328 Four Corners Indivisible ecomainstream@gmail.com
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87008 Indivisible East Mountains indivisibleeastmountains.wordpress.com
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87031 Los Lunas Indivisible https://www.facebook.com/loslunasindivisible/
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87035 Progressive Writers Club editor@progressivewriters.club
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87048 Corrales Indivisible corralesindivisible@gmail.com
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87083 Cochiti Lake Indivisible clindivisible@gmail.com
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87102 Indivisible.abq indivisible.albuquerque@gmail.com
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87104 Indivisible ABQ indivisibleabq@gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/groups/143537892808837/
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87106 Indivisible Nob Hill https://www.facebook.com/groups/1904434253030449/
10. 87106 Nasty Women NM nastywomennm@gmail.com 11. 87106 North Campus Action Group nityamo@yahoo.com @nityamol
12. 87107 The National Resistance Network erinloliver@theresistancenetwork.org https://www.theresistancenetwork.org/ @erinloliver 13. 87109 Albuquerque Indivisible! https://www.facebook.com/groups/1184362198285991/ 14. 87110 Let's Not Be Silent! https://www.facebook.com/groups/565584893631942/
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15. 87111 Together New Mexico https://twitter.com/together_nm
32. 87901 Indivisible Truth or Consequences dmdhayes@gmail.com
16. 87112 Roadrunners Indivisible ebrightwater@gmail.com
33. 87935 Stand Up https://www.facebook.com/groups/1034367386675289
17. 87113 United We Stand ABQ https://www.facebook.com/groups/1850338058571039/
34. 88007 Indivisible Southern New Mexico martitr@icloud.com
18. 87123 Indivisible Duke City dbstrongin@aol.com
35. 88011 We're in! Southern New Mexico wearein575@gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/we.are.in.SNM/? hc_ref=SEARCH&fref=nf
19. 87193 NM Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice nmrcrc.org
36. 88034 Mimbrenos wandaspitzer@gmail.com
20. 87402 Step by Step Supporting Progressive Ideals in San Juan County lauramsgarden@comcast.net
37. 88038 Indivisible 535 sharmanrussell@gmail.com
21. 87501 Indivisible Santa Fe indivisiblesantafe@gmail.com peggy@baddogdesign.biz
38. 88042 Black Range Indivisible resistbri@gmail.com robltut@yahoo.com
22. 87501 Lean In lbrainerd@msn.com
39. 88061 Puerto Penasco Women kubiak1948@gmail.com
23. 87501 Santa Fe Stands Up santafestandsup@gmail.com
40. 88061 Silver City Indivisible silvercityindivisible@gmail.com
24. 87505 Face2Face A Trump Resistance Movement face2face-action.org
41. 88201 Roswell Awareness Revolution http://meetu.ps/c/2vkf4/ylgnj/a
25. 87505 Santa Fe Indivisible nmc31@aol.com
42. 88220 Resist Trump Carlsbad NM resisttrumpcarlsbadnm@gmail.com
26. 87506 Retake Our Democracy retakeourdemocracy.org
43. 88310 Alamogordo Indivisible Against Trump oteroindivisible@gmail.com
27. 87507 Trump Opposition Resource Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/1756807764644306/
44. 88345 Indivisible Snowcap—editor of this zine theindivisiblefront@hotmail.com
28. 87527 Action Alliance-Embudo Valley kmackain@sbcglobal.net; pilar.roadrunner@gmail.com
45. 88345 Ruidoso Indivisible Opposition to Tyranny (RIOT) https://www.facebook.com/ruidosoriot/
29. 87532 We Are Indivisible – Espanola espanolaindivisible@gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/groups/964044920366281/ https://twitter.com/espindivisible 30. 87571 Taos United taosunited@gmail.com 31. 87801 Indivisible Socorro County https://www.facebook.com/isc.resist/
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Some still don’t know about Indivisible. Many don’t realize that a massive community of the resistance is due to the efforts of a group of former congressional staffers who put together an online guide to resisting the Trump agenda. Yet in only a ten weeks, Indivisible has grown to over 7,300 groups across America, supported by this amazing team. The Indivisible team has grown from one Google Doc and a few staffers to more than a hundred volunteers, working around the clock to a produce Indivisible tools and resources.” On behalf of 7,000 Indivisible groups, we salute you, and a grateful nation of progressives, thanks you kindly! The latest weekly report says: “Check out the results of this work: 14 million page views, 1.7 million downloads of the guide, 110,000 people have searched for groups or events near them, more than 7,000 groups have registered, more than 1,000 events have been scheduled (in just about one week!), and, yes, more than 5,700 of you have contributed to Indivisible online.” We owe them not only a heartfelt thanks, but also financial recognition that webinars, websites, tech tools, and new staff time are costly. They have now posted a humble request: If you like the new materials we’ve rolled out this week and want to see more like them in the future, we’d be really grateful for your support!
“We believe that Donald Trump’s agenda does not depend on Donald Trump–it depends on members of Congress rubber-stamping that agenda,” says Ezra Levin, a former Democratic staffer and co-founder of the project. “And perhaps the only great thing about Congress is that members are responsive to their constituents. Every member of Congress wakes up thinking about re-election.”
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This is a PHENOMENAL endeavor by Jennifer Hoffman out of Oregon. Please, subscribe to her WELL researched and well-considered weekly action checklist. She will not share your email, and makes all information free for your own sharing, Please, DONATE, if you can, because this is hard work she is doing on behalf of a grateful nation. You can do this through PayPal (one time) or Patreon (ongoing). With huge gratitude. Clear, no-hype actions you can do from home to support freedom and equality for all Americans. A weekly reading list of selected articles on important issues (often not in the news). A “Not Normal” section shows how our leaders are out of integrity with American values. Good News about progress and people doing kind things for each other.
TheSixtyFive Over 65 million Americans rejected Donald Trump on Election Day. What if we came together every day to fight for our vision of a diverse, inclusive America? Together, we can use our voices to remind Congress that they work for all of us. Click HERE for the day’s tasks!
Your Guide to the Sprawling New Anti-Trump Resistance Movement An explosion of new activism offers a ray of hope in these dark political times. This article from The Nation reviews a number of organizations and activities that are grassroots efforts to make a difference.
Rogan’s To Do List
WELL DONE!
Whatdoidoabouttrump.com is a wonderfully comprehensive blog with up to date action steps designed to block the Republican agenda. Sign up for updates.
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Movement 2017: A tool for those who want to offer financial support to lesserknown organizations in their communities. Millennials for Revolution, a group of former People for Bernie organizers, realized that activists, need a base of operations to strategize and if necessary stay for a few nights when in Washington DC. They’ve neared their goal of raising $50,000 to cover rent on a space near the Capitol for a year—90 percent of their donations turned out to be $27—and signed a lease on a property this week. For more info, or if you want to support their effort, check out District 13 House. The ACLU reportedly raised $24 million during the weekend following the announcement of Trump’s “Muslim Ban,” but there are dozens of local legal aid groups that will also need support as the resistance spreads. Rewire compiled a list of 24 of smaller legal-aid organizations, with brief descriptions of each. Check it out here. Buycott Trump partnered with an existing app scans barcodes and QVCs to offers you information about the politics of the companies who make the products you see on store shelves. (Download the app at the link above.)
Wall-of-Us: Sign up for a weekly “act of resistance,” and pledge to follow through.
Put Your Hobby to Work
Women’s March 10/100 Campaign Sign up and commit to participating in ten concrete actions during the first 100 days of the Trump regime.
We have a million hobbies between us. If you knit, make hats. If you like glitter, bling up some signs. If you play in a band, do a shout out to a friend who is marching, “This is for those working for the high ground.”
Movement Match: Works to direct people who are new to the movement to organizations led by experienced activists and seasoned organizers.
The Pussy Hat Project: Knitting circles produce handmade pussy hats for participants in the women’s marches, as well as family and friends. They also plot the resistance!
We are the storm, and we will leave light in our wake!
Remember—for some, silent protest is appropriate. Show understanding to those who are with us in spirit, but for whom protesting is not safe due to a family, health, or work situation. Still, those helpful hearts are not to be squandered! This is a marathon, and maintaining a momentum of ALL who support is critical. Here are a few ideas for the introverts, home-bound, and otherwise necessarily silent pro-
Protesting from the Kitchen Resistance Cookies, Cupcakes & Other Delectables! If marching isn’t your gig, or you’re just not up to it, make a few dozen of these with a friend or a child. “Resist!” “Truth” “Justice”. Plant little toothpick messages in cupcakes. Name your new recipe, Resistance Asparagus or Progressive Penne Parmesan. Make a cookbook! Send us your photos to: theindivisiblefront@hotmail.com
Keyboard Protesting Research, Start a Blog, Help with Mailing Lists—Find Tidbits to Post Find your niche. Look online for groups who can use your computer expertise. Facebook Interaction I call it Facebook Engagement Fatigue. First, note number three on the facing page. Don’t argue with supporters. On the other hand, if you must, perhaps it keeps them busy. Please, don’t be an ass. It makes us all look bad, and that’s not our tone. Send ideas of fun activities for children, signs, items of interest that may go by. This zine isn’t really about reposting articles, but rather resistance actions or creative activities.
Remote Control/Recliner Chair Protesting Peel Those Bleary Eyes for Items of Interest Just keep a little notepad nearby. Jot down phrases, ideas, and info that strikes you as helpful to resistors with a bit more spunk. Remember to surrender your notes to someone who can make use of them. Knit hats. Stay informed. You can be a big help, even just sitting there!
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Independent & Assisted Living Protesting Always Looking to be Useful! Check out your local independent and assisted living homes. Ask or post a sign looking for volunteers to serve as a support team for a local Indivisible group. Perhaps they would like to partner with cheerleaders or a scout group. Be sure to supervise—but many projects would benefit—stamping envelopes, making protest signs, even phoning representatives or Indivisible group members. Discover their talents—you never know!
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PRACTICAL ADVICE FOR THESE TIMES
1. Don't use his name; 2. Remember this is a regime and he's not acting alone; 3. Do not argue with those who support him--it doesn't work; 4. Focus on his policies, not his orange-ness and mental state; 5. Keep your message positive; this administration wants the country to be angry and fearful because this is the soil from which their darkest policies will grow; 6. No more helpless/hopeless talk; 7. Support artists and the arts; 8. Be careful not to spread fake news. Check it; 9. Take care of yourselves; and 10. Resist Keep demonstrations peaceful. In the words of John Lennon, "When it gets down to having to use violence, then you are playing the system’s game. The establishment will irritate you - pull your beard, flick your face - to make you fight! Because once they’ve got you violent, then they know how to handle you. The only thing they don’t know how to handle is non-violence and humor." When you post or talk about him, don't assign his actions to him, assign them to "The Republican Administration," or "The Republicans." This will have several effects: the Republican legislators will either have to take responsibility for their association with him or stand up for what some of them don't like; he will not get the focus of attention he craves; Republican representatives will become very concerned about their re-elections.
We are the storm, and we will leave light in our wake!
Susan Travis Indivisible Snowcap the indivisiblefront@hotmail.com
We are the storm, and we will leave light in our wake!