INDIVIDUALS TAKING POLITICAL ACTION - WORKING TOWARD A BETTER TOMORROW

Our next meeting is Wednesday, Nov. 19, 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

Think You See I.C.E. in your area? Call the LUCE Hotline (Immigrant Justice Network of Massachusetts) CALL: 617-370-5023

Rally & Protest!
Bearing Witness @ ICE, a group committed to peaceful, nonviolent protest, has been holding standouts in front of the ICE Field Office in Burlington, MA since last April, their numbers growing from two people last spring to 600+ this fall. Western MA Delegation to Burlington ICE Facility on Wed., Dec. 10th 11 am - 1 pm. To join the delegation visit https://conta.cc/4oY3mT7
Visibility Brigade — Valley Action is encouraging folks to join this effective grassroots form of protest where easy to see signs are displayed on overpasses. For Saturdays in Deerfield, sign up here or here; for Sundays in Greenfield sign up here and here (different links for shifts).
Protest Citizens Bank for its refusal to stop financing the private prison & ICE detention companies harming our communities (as almost every other bank has). Click here to sign up and get date, time, and location for protests in Northampton and Holyoke.
Find other protests and rallies 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
Learn how you can help bring Medicare for All to Massachusetts (bill summary here). Sign up here to attend an info session by Western Mass. Single Payer Party, Thurs., Nov. 20th at the Florence Civic Center.
Don’t have time to attend, make these calls to support Single Payer bills currently in the legislature.
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 to win elections!
TENNESSEE! Republican’s hold a razor thin 219-214 marjority in the US House. The November 4th elections showed that Dems are fired up and are capable of flipping seats we never thought possible. We have one more chance to flip a US House seat in 2025. A special election to decide Tennessee’s 7th District is set for Dec. 2nd but early voting is happening right now! Please help by calling voters and urging them to vote for Aftyn Behn, who currently represents parts of Nashville in the Tennessee General Assembly. Click a link below to register for the days that work with your schedule.
Fridays (11/21 & 11/28) 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Sundays (11/23 & 11/30) 4:30 - 6:00 pm

Phone calls to make RIGHT NOW:
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.
Additional Actions
- Click here to register and learn about effective strategies to fight back against the rise of authoritarianism through organized non-cooperation, such as boycotts and strikes. The event is in Easthampton, Saturday, Nov. 22.
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.