INDIVIDUALS TAKING POLITICAL ACTION - WORKING TOWARD A BETTER TOMORROW
Our next meeting is Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2025 at 6:30 pm, via Zoom. Email us at valleyactiongroup@gmail.com to get the Zoom link or with any questions.
Action is The Antidote to Anxiety
Some additional thoughts to keep in mind. This struggle will take time to fix. Do not despair. It is important to understand that the voters, especially in numbers, have enormous power and impact - so it is important to work together. Read more here on how we will defend our democracy. And then do some actions listed below.
ACTIONS
Call your elected federal officials to demand they refuse to fund DHS unless significant reforms are put in place to stop federal agents from terrorizing immigrants and our communities. Click here for numbers and script.
Demand federal representatives publicly oppose the voter suppression “SAVE” Act. Click here for numbers and scripts.
Demand hearings, accountability for the handling of the Epstein Files. Click here for numbers and script.
Donate through StandWithMinnesota to help people in Minnesota being terrorized by federal agents and those helping to support their neighbors.
Sign up here to be added to the waitlist for LUCE’s March 7th bystander training. Think You See I.C.E. in your area? Call the LUCE Hotline (Immigrant Justice Network of Massachusetts) CALL: 617-370-5023
Rally & Protest!
Mark your calendars for the next and biggest NO KINGS Rally to be held Saturday, March 28. There will be one in Amherst and in cities and towns across the country. Check back for more details.
Join Bearing Witness @ Burlington MA ICE Office for their weekly STAND OUT on Wednesday, January 28, 2026, from 11:00-1:00 (leaving Western MA at 8:30 a.m.). Register here.
More protests and rallies are happening all around us and every day of the week. Go to https://www.mobilize.us/ to find one that you can attend.
Support Healthcare reform
SHARE THIS JOHN OLIVER VIDEO to educate people about why so-called Medicare “Advantage” is killing Americans and bilking taxpayers of billions of dollars.
Phone bank (we do not have any current phone banks to share. Check back later.)
Phone calls to make RIGHT NOW:
See above calls.
Boycott
We’ve talked about the pillars propping up authoritarian regimes. We have businesses doing just that. Click here to read about why you should take part in a coordinated boycott of Avelo Airlines, Home Depot, Citizens Bank and Spotify. .
Send Postcards
If you want, you can fill out this form and we will get you what you need to get postcards and/or addresses on important upcoming races/issues.
Donate to one of these organizations that are suing the Trump/Musk administration on behalf of all of us: ACLU, Public Citizen, Center for Constitutional Rights, Southern Poverty Law Center, Citizens for Ethics and Responsibility in Washington. And, NPR is under threat to lose federal funding. Show your support by donating to NEPM.
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.”
--Margaret Mead
Our Work
Read More about Valley Action in the Daily Hampshire Gazette!
Valley Action on CNN
Valley Action members showing up at No Kings Rally reported in MassLive.
Letters to the Editor:
Elaine Fronhofer Medicare Advantage policies put profits over people’s care
Elaine Fronhofer Urges Senate to Vote Against Republican Tax Bill
Kendra Brown Cites Shortcomings of Tax Bill
Annie Fortnow Criticizes "Reckless" Republican Tax Plan
Elliott Crowe: Urges non-violent response to Nazis, Fascists
NY Times Letter: The Fate of the Illegal Immigrants
Op-Eds
Elaine Fronhofer: Real fraud starts with knee-capping watchdogs
Kate Hartford and Elaine Fronhofer: We the People Need the For the People Act
Elaine Fronhofer: Condemn Violence Whatever the Politics
Gloria DiFulvio: Women will Persist in Leading the Resistance
Gloria DiFulvio: Americans have the ability to Effect Change
Our Purpose
Valley Action started out of a living room with a group of friends concerned about important issues facing our world. We continue to be concerned about the state of our democracy. We are people who want a voice in the progress of our community.
We are a registered Indivisible Group.