ARMCHAIR ACTIONS WITH A BIG IMPACT
- Indivisible Evanston
- Feb 22
- 4 min read
There is so much we can all do to help. Remember, you can't wring your hands while you are rolling up your sleeves!
Text Banking OpportunitiesTexting is the best way to get to the 42%! of 18-24 year old voters who weren't registered to vote in 2024. These are virtual text banking events you can do from your home with a computer or phone.
Human Rights Campaign TexasVoter confusion is rampant across Texas, especially with early and off-cycle elections. That’s where you come in. Join HRC Texas for virtual volunteer opportunities you can do on your own schedule, whether you have 20 minutes or a few hours. From home, on your phone or computer, you’ll help cut through misinformation, protect our democracy, and support pro-equality candidates and causes across Texas. You can set your own schedule!
Join on Zoom at 5pm CT every week to drive change through digital organizing. Black Voters Matter's texting campaigns give you the opportunity to engage residents across the U.S. while empowering them to make a positive impact in their communities. Last year, they sent over 19 million texts educating residents on local elections, environmental justice, police reform, health care, and much more! They'll provide training and discuss the latest texting campaign. A basic zoom account is required to register.
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.
Sign the Petition to Unmask ICEICE’s anonymity is enabling their murderous abuse. Sign this petition demanding that Congress force ICE to take off their masks.
SNAP GAP Action from Interfaith Action of EvanstonInterfaith Action has identified a need at the food pantries for garbage bags. For February they are collecting any brand of 13-gallon garbage bags. They will be distributed on Wednesday, February 25, at the Vineyard Food Pantry. To donate, you can drop them off at: Trinity Lutheran Church, 3637 Golf Rd., Evanston, Mon.-Thurs. 10am-4pm.
Drop off food donationsPrairie Moon, 1635 Chicago Ave., is the newest place to donate food in Evanston for Connections for the Homeless. Evanston Community Fridges are also great places to drop off food donations for the community!
Donate to the Evanston Community Cares Mutual Aid Action Fund
The community still needs care and support after the devastating "Midway Blitz" campaign that targeted (and is still targeting) the Latino community and others. Their goal is to raise $2 million to be shared by 5 organizations: Evanston Latinos, Evanston Community Fridges, Sanctuary Evanston, plus D65 and D202 (for school counselors to provide gift card support to families for emergency food and essentials). Donate here through the Evanston Community Foundation.
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Help Protect Our Neighbors
Know Your Rights: Attend a Know Your Rights Zoom Training Workshop at 6pm on Mondays through April 27 or a Migra Watch Zoom Training Workshop at 6pm on Wednesdays through February 18. 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
Shop Locally and Support Progressive BusinessesWe'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 RegimeAT&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.
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.