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Lulac – Vote

Every  Vote Counts 

Your vote counts, every vote is important.

One of the most important rights for Latinos is the right to vote. This right allows all eligible citizens to influence government decisions and shape policies impacting our communities and our daily lives.

By participating, we help elect representatives who are accountable to our needs and ensure that our values are reflected. Voting is our voice, our future, and our right. Don’t let it go to waste—turn your power on. ¡Ponte las pilas!

 

https://lulac.org/gotv/turn-your-power-on/register/

Sacramento events

NO KINGS: VOTE EARLY DAY OF ACTION: All day. Nationwide with lots of local events here in the Sacramento area. The goal here is to encourage historic levels of EARLY VOTING. This is the low-hanging fruit of election protection: If your vote is in and counted, it’s very hard for Trump/ICE/MAGA to meddle. Early voting is a safe and easy way to protect this election. There are visibility events, ballot parties, honk and waves — something for everyone. (Note: DO NOT GO TO THE CAPITOL – there is no large protest this time and you will only find people setting up for IRONMAN!) GO TO NOKINGS.ORG TO FIND AN EVENT NEAR YOU.

10/17 – NO KINGS: VOTE EARLY EVENTS SPONSORED BY INDIVISIBLE SACRAMENTO: See above — we’re part of the nationwide day of action to get everyone to vote early. Indivisible Sacramento is focusing in on visibility events — banner drops and corner protests. 

BANNER DROP I-5 & SUTTERVILLE

BANNER DROP HWY 99 & 5th AVE OVERPASS

HONK AND WAVE AT TRUXEL & GATEWAY BLVD

The Folsom Democratic Club is doing an exceptional job on these events. 

For more information. Go to.

https://linktr.ee/INDIVISIBLESAC

 Feel free to post more in the comments section of this post. 

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Now Is The Time to Act

 #DO SOMETHING 

What you and I can do.  Get Started. 

Purpose

·      Protect our democracy

·      Protect our community & find community

·      Protest actions

·      Interrupt actions PEACEFULLY in non-threatening ways.

 

Websites to find local actions

CAP25.org https://linktr.ee/CoalitionAgainstProject2025 Has a great calendar of

actions. Cap25 is a local nearly one-stop shop that provides a wide

variety of ways to get involved from small to big, individual to group, 

participant to organizer. If you can think of it, you can do it. You don’t 

need permission to create an action. 

The Linktr.ee has sections on

            Calendar

Featured Actions

            Protect People Action Zones

            Campaigns Action Zones

            Weekly Direct Action Zone -repeated actions

            Stay Connected -meetings and newsletters

https://5calls.org/ easy quick frequent. GREAT info on current issues, website

and app. Easily call national representatives. Scripts provided. Can be as little as 5 mins to make the calls. Can do every day, multiple issues… Reps count their contacts and understand how important it is to  their constituents from the calls.  Personal stories are best.

Mobilize.US searchable website by date, location, organization, type of 

action…

IndivisibleSacramento.com includes local activities and national 

information.

https://www.reddit.com/r/50501Sac/ sometimes has rapid response

actions and can be a good place to post. 

 

 

 

Major Jason Watson called on every American

“I am calling on average Americans everywhere to peacefully exercise your First Amendment rights every day until this administration is removed and our democratic republic is restored.” 

https://freespeechforpeople.org/full-speech-major-jason-watsons-speech-before-being-arrested-in-peaceful-capitol-protest-calling-on-congress-to-impeach-remove-and-convict-trump/

 

 INCREASE NUMBERS and build coalition so that a critical mass of citizens is

taking action and speaking out. 

Linda Sarsour, Women’s March organizer and 25+ year grass roots 

community organizer who stressed the idea & importance of a large

and diverse coalition.. “Unity is NOT Uniformity”… “if we are all in

agreement that…, the other things are just details we will work out at 

some point…Let’s not be distracted by the things we disagree on.”

Idea & importance of a large and diverse coalition.

https://youtu.be/JuQGIgeY-WE  -Building the Resistance -2025

 

DO SOMETHING. What are some of the barriers?   

            What good would it do? 

“But what can I do? I’m just one person.” Said 89 million voting eligible people in the U.S., 1/3, people who did NOT vote.

Fear

            Protest while you still can.

Time

            5calls.org can take less than 5 minutes

Physical Limitations

            Phone calls

            Postcards

            Sign making, wearing buttons, sharing info, Social media

Self-image, “I’m not a radical.”

            Start small, e.g. Call rep re something 

you or your family is concerned

 about or affected by. 

 

Self-image, “I’m not a radical.” Cont.

5calls.org, Lawn signs, or buttons that

shouldn’t anger anyone e.g.RE 

Free Speech,

The constitution, 

Book banning, 

Due process, 

Free press

            

SMALLER PROTESTS, INDIVIDUAL ACTIONS

Actions from inside your home. Easy entry to do.

5calls.org

Postcards or letters 

States Win Sacramento https://www.sisterdistrictsacramento.org/

FieldTeam6 https://www.fieldteam6.org/ Register Democrats. Save the

World.

Social Media including Email and other platforms. Find events and SPREAD

THE WORD. You can do this to 3 people or hundreds; a small group of 

family, friends, neighbors, all your followers, lawn signs…

 

Actions visible outside your home to build coalition. Actions that say 

“We, those who disagree, are here”

“You are not alone”

“I am doing this and I feel safe (or safe enough)”. 

“This is a protest and it is doable”.

Flag with a yellow ribbon

Yellow Ribbon

Bumper Stickers

Lawn signs

Buttons. Also make and distribute buttons ask me. Wear one. Share one.

Thank you to people who exhibit above

Honking for street protests

Stopping and joining a street protest (10 mins, how does it feel? Maybe you

 find community)

Thumbs up or peace sign for a street protest

SIGNS.

Consider signs a sales pitch to those who agree and are on the fence about taking action, or are on the fence about the administration.  Which words do you use? 

GOALS for signs

increase participation

Express concerns

Educate

NOT alienate those who may consider joining us. 

EXAMPLES of signs

  Silence is Complicity

Resist

DoSomething

Nothing is More American than Opposing Tyranny

See Merry Band list for many more.

 

ORGANIZATIONS TO JOIN? Consider finding a like-minded group where you feel

comfortable can find community and find actions that speak to you. There are many. Below are but a few.

·      Check Mission Statement

·      Size, recent activities calendars

CAP25.org https://linktr.ee/coalitionagainstproject2025 noted above.  Coalition of local 

groups taking actions against Project 2025.  Monthly Community meeting. Come check it out. Pint of Politics 2^nd Sundays 2-4pm @ Oak Park Brewery

IndivisibleSacramento.com Note if you sign up for their newsletter you can also

            join a Coffee Klatch a neighborhood based small group to share ideas and

socialize. Has monthly community meetings at Clara Auditorium

RedWine.blue A national group. Michele Chouinard is looking to grow the local

contingent she established.

https://redwineblue.controlshift.app/groups/sacramento-together

Third Act https://thirdact.org/sacramento/ Older adults, “…we have

unprecedented skills and resources that we can bring to bear.”

Hear Our Voice https://linktr.ee/Hear_Our_Voice Susan Brown has a newsletter on

political issues. She has had several art based protests/events.

 

 

Sacramento ACT https://www.sacact.org/ is an affiliate of Faith In Action. Sacramento

ACT’s members include over 56 congregations, schools and neighborhood groups, representing 60,000 families in Sacramento County. Sacramento ACT organizes to create a more just and fair community

 

BUILD COMMUNITY. Key to protecting the community and creating rapid mobilization.

See Cap25.org Section titled “Protect People Action Zones” which includes

NorCal Resist activities and info as well as lists of mutual aid organizations looking for donations and assistance. Needs updating.

Food Banks

Carmichael Food Closet, Volunteer sign up https://www.justserve.org/projects/6dfe278a-fdca-4278-9750-7e08129ac595

Sacramento Food Bank SacramentoFoodBank.org

River City Food Bank RiverCityFoodBank.org

ASI Food Pantry https://asi.csus.edu/asi-food-pantry

 

COMMUNICATIONS. Talking with people in conversations that maybe challenging. 

Personal one on one conversations with family, friends, neighbors, people 

you know are probably the way you will have your most influence. I am          

including 2 techniques

            Improv for Activists. Fun 20 min video from Field Team 6. Keep conversations

open and non-threatening. Using the improv techniques

                        Yes, and

                        Repeat, add

                        What that means is 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9Rv-UxS4bw&list=PLnMM7Ry0DW9ZLDMAZZQs5NuSBIBX7D1NA&index=5&t=3149s

            Cultivating a Culture of Conversation. Kyle Williams at Sac State May 2026.

Kyle uses CPR techniques to interrupt “ignorant” comments with CPR.

                        Clarify

                        Probing questions

                        Redirect, How would they/you feel

Kyle Williams 1.5 hour video

https://csus.zoom.us/rec/play/PzH2xASyb-hfmo3q9ZHkRGHvlQpieENTcvJ6-vtPPi2RjaIis02laqGuZqQ8D-6rGbHI2Unrj354Bgkh.rFfuDSqhAHV5aZ6E?accessLevel=meeting&canPlayFromShare=true&from=share_recording_detail&startTime=1777665972000&oldStyle=true&componentName=rec-play&originRequestUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fcsus.zoom.us%2Frec%2Fshare%2F_gysOR6CfhTuCATG1v4OhQVgZ-nXqcdGEk-IQZcNdVgL2HPrGC-H5wxujyf344_V.BhW8yB3UWkQlM6DB%3FstartTime%3D1777665972000

 

 

Additional Resource

List which has some good ideas. 50 Ways to take action Amnesty International. Do not use violence.

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5fe26e9368433f354464a4e1/t/688d9574e6c4fd5451e6bfb7/1754109303366/PDF+document+2.pdf

 

 

 

“I am calling on average Americans everywhere to peacefully exercise your First Amendment rights every day until this administration is removed and our democratic republic is restored.” –Maj. Jason Watson

 

 

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Everyone on the call was clear-eyed about the huge amount of work ahead of us to confront the public menace of an increasingly lawless agency that rampages through communities, targets schools and daycare centers, and commits violence with seeming impunity. 

We need more defiance at the state and local level. We need to target ICE’s funding at the federal level. And right now, we need to be in the streets shining a light on ICE’s pattern of unchecked violence, raising our voices to demand: ICE OUT FOR GOOD. 

That’s why Indivisible and a broad coalition of partners are banding together for the nationwide ICE Out For Good Weekend of Action this Saturday and Sunday. We hope you’ll join us. 

Find an Event*

Use our toolkit to host an event

What’s happening this weekend

We’re coming together for hundreds of daytime events this Saturday and Sunday to mourn the lives ICE has taken and destroyed. Renee Nicole Good’s tragic death this week was not an isolated incident; over the past year federal agents have shot numerous people -- two in Portland just yesterday. Thirty-two have died in ICE custody. Many, many more have had their lives shattered by detention, family separation, and deportation. 

Our Weekend of Action will honor all those impacted by ICE brutality, raise awareness of this ongoing pattern of violence, and demand justice and accountability. 

The events will take a variety of forms determined by each volunteer-host. They will include: 

• Public vigils and memorials
• Silent marches and processions
• Visual actions and installations
• Faith-based events 
• And more -- hosts are encouraged to dream up creative, attention-grabbing ideas.

What we’re demanding 

Our Weekend of Action will call for: 

• Accountability, transparency, and immediate independent investigations into the killing of Renee Nicole Good
• Increased action from elected officials to rein in ICE 
• In the words of Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, for ICE to "get the $&@% out" of our cities. 

What you can do 

We need the response to this week’s killing and ongoing ICE violence to be loud, peaceful, and inescapable. So if you’re physically able, we need you to be out in the streets.

• Visit the ICE Out For Good Mobilize Hub to find the event nearest you. Check back often, as events are being added by the hour. 
• No event near you? Host one. Use our event toolkit to plan your event, and then register it on Mobilize so others can find it.
• Make sure you know your rights before heading out this weekend. We encourage everyone hitting the streets this weekend (or attending any protest under this regime) to attend the ACLU’s virtual Know Your Rights training today (Jan 9) at 8p ET / 5pm PT.
• Help spread the word. Post the sign up for the Weekend of Action across your networks, send it to friends and family. 

A core principle behind all ICE Out For Good events is a commitment to nonviolent action and no civil disobedience. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values, and to act lawfully at these events. Weapons of any kind, including those legally permitted, should not be brought to events. All events should be held in public spaces or on public property.

This weekend, we'll show the regime and their enablers just how widespread the opposition to their brutality is; we'll put steel in the spines of our Democratic local, state, and national leaders; and we'll send a message to anyone targeted and terrorized by ICE: You are not alone. 

Let’s get out there together. Let’s continue the fight until we get ICE Out For Good. 

In solidarity, 
Indivisible Team 

* Events are being added all the time, so if there’s nothing near you now and you’d prefer not to host one, check back in a few hours. 

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