No Time to Sit Out: Democracy Actions from Home
- Indivisible Evanston
- Feb 22
- 5 min read
Updated: 4 days ago
Updated 5/23/2026
There is so much we can all do to help without marching or canvassing. Remember,
you can't wring your hands while you're rolling up your sleeves!
SEND EMAILS
Stop Warehousing Human Beings!
SIGN THESE PETITIONS
Protect the Illinois Voting Rights Act: The U.S Supreme Court has taken the final blow to the federal Voting Rights Act and eviscerated our nation's most sacred civil rights protection. The federal VRA has been foundational to the creation of a multiracial democracy. lllinois must take action to protect Black, Latino, and Asian American voters! Now, more than ever, we need the Illinois Voting Rights Act to ensure fair elections and stop voter discrimination. Send a letter to your State Senator and Representative right now and tell them to support the Illinois Voting Rights Act of 2026 (SB3170 & HB3047)
STOP President Trump's Unconstitutional Attacks on Our Elections
The Trump regime has already illegally tried to compile a national database of Americans' private voter data, raid election offices, and force anyone registering to vote to provide documents like birth certificates and passports, to which millions of citizens do not have ready access. Now, they are trying restrict mail-in voting by executive order, even though it is the states and Congress that hold the authority to shape our election laws. Sign the petition here.
No Federal Vouchers for Illinois
Stop the federal government from taking funding away from public schools that welcome and educate all kids and give billions in federal tax dollars to private schools that can--and DO--discriminate and exclude. Sign the petition.
Tell Congress to Say No to Warrantless AI Mass Surveillance
The War on Terror-era legislation that authorized decades of civil liberties-eroding mass surveillance is set to expire. Congress needs to overhaul the bill to protect our privacy, or allow it to die. Let your Members of Congress know you expect them to reject reauthorization unless it includes significant reforms to protect our civil liberties against this authoritarian regime. Sign the petition here.
Sign the Petition to Unmask ICE: ICE’s anonymity is enabling their murderous abuse. Sign this petition demanding that Congress force ICE to take off their masks.
ICE Off Campus
Sign the petition demanding university presidents reject all agreements with ICE. Ask five friends to sign too.
Start or join an alumni organizing group. Register a Courage Collective with Indivisible and fill out Stand for Campus Freedom's Alumni Organizing Interest Form.
PHONE BANKS
Phone banks are a great way to reach out to voters, volunteers or others from your home. Training is always provided and shifts are generally weekday evenings and weekend days.
URGENT: WISCONSIN DEMOCRATS need our help. They are running phone banks during the afternoons, evenings and weekends to recruit poll observers and volunteers, as well as to talk to Wisconsin voters. Find the time and day that works for you! You'll get training and support.
WISDEMS Phone Bank to recruit poll observers for the August primary election. Mondays, 5-7pm through July 16. OR Thursdays, 12-2pm through July 16.
WISDEMS Phone Bank to recruit volunteers for Wisconsin. Multiple dates: Tuesdays and Wednesdays 5-7pm.
WISDEMS Phone Bank to Wisconsin voters. Thursdays, 5-7pm and Saturdays 12-2pm.
Join Swing Left for a virtual Ground Truth phone bank, an innovative new program that is revolutionizing how we connect with voters on the phone. This is a great place to phone bank if you want to have real conversations with voters. Wednesdays 5-8pm and Sundays 1-4pm.
TEXTING OPPORTUNITIES
Texting can often be done on your own schedule.
Use ResistBot to contact your members of congress easily. Resistbot turns your texts into faxes, postal mail, or emails to your representatives–delivered in minutes. How It Works: Text resist to 50409. Answer a few questions, and they deliver your message to all your elected officials in minutes.
PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORS
Know Your Rights: ICIRR (Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights) is doing a phenomenal job coordinating and training our communities to respond to immigration crackdowns. Add their hotline # to your phone: 855-435-7693 to report ICE activity witnessed, and/or for families to contact or locate people in ICE custody. DONATE HERE to ICIRR
Illinois Immigration Information Hub for reliable legal and community resources
North Suburban Legal Aid Clinic provides education and support to help immigrants feel more informed about their legal protections and immigrant rights. Click here for NSLAC's Know Your Rights Toolkit to learn more.
Refugee Community Connections provides resources, household necessities, and information. DONATE HERE
OTHER ACTIONS
Get inspired and learn from Indivisible Leaders Leah & Ezra. Every Thursday, 2-3pm, they lay out what's happening and how they're strategizing to fight back. Get the big picture and learn ways you can have an impact!
Volunteer with VoteRiders
This organization offers so many ways to help support voters, from working their helpline via phone, text, or online chat; working one on one to help voters obtain the identification they need; or organizing transportation to the polls! Learn more on their website.
Join VoPro Pros' Special Investigators Research Team
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Democrats in critical congressional districts need OUR HELP! This VPP group focuses on identifying officials who may question, challenge, or disrupt established election processes. They also conduct investigative research to support their partners monitoring local election officials (LEOs) who might be in need of protection from anti-democratic forces.
They welcome volunteers who enjoy in-depth research, are comfortable working with shared spreadsheets, have solid computer skills and social media accounts (particularly Facebook), and can devote at least three hours per week to the project.
They need both experienced and new researchers for this major multi-state project. Through this initiative, their research team will research, review, and analyze publicly available information on LEOs in critical congressional districts across multiple states.
The work is internet research, done on your own time, and will be ongoing through at least June 2026.
Interested? Go to the #leo-si-public Slack channel and post a message saying you want to join the Congressional Districts project. No experience is needed, but please let us know if you have done previous LEO-SI research. For questions, DM @Amy Roy in Slack.
SHOP YOUR VALUES!
Contact Target
From Jess Craven: Target has officially sent the police to clear peaceful protestors out of its stores in MN. These protestors were doing sit-ins to demand that Target stop being complicit with ICE. Let’s contact them and tell them how disappointed we are with them. Let them know you won't be shopping there until they reverse their policies. Call 800-440-0680 or email them at guest.service@target.com.
Shop Locally and Support Progressive Businesses: We've compiled a list of progressive businesses in Evanston and the North Shore--but we need your help! Check out the list here and help us keep adding to it! What are your go-to places where you feel good about spending? Send to IndivisibleEvanston@gmail.com.
Stop supporting businesses who contribute to & profit from the Trump Regime: AT&T, Amazon (including Whole Foods), Home Depot, and Target are among the businesses that are complicit in supporting and profiting from the Trump Administration. See this blog post for more information. These actions work! Spotify did not renew their contract with ICE! Avilo Airlines cancelled their contract with ICE! Keep up the good work!
Check out the app "Goods Unite Us"! You can check out political contributions of companies and who they fund. The app is free but there is a paid version if you want more info on the issues they weigh in on.
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