No Time to Sit Out: Democracy Actions from Home
- Indivisible Evanston
- Feb 22
- 6 min read
Updated: 5 hours ago
Updated 4/26/26
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!
BLOCK End-Around Funding for ICE!
The White House and its anti-immigrant allies in Congress are trying to dodge normal procedures – turning instead to an obscure and hyper-partisan process called reconciliation to force through more no-strings-attached funding for ICE and Border Patrol before June 1. Contact your US Representatives and tell them to stop this funding! Fill out the ACLU's form
SIGN THESE PETITIONS
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: Help Pennsylvania Voters Save Their Votes!
Please join VoPro Pros to help voters with mail-in ballot (MIB) issues in PA before the May 19 primary — either with ballots that weren't delivered ("undeliverables") or ones rejected due to ballot errors ("curing"). This is important work; every voter we call or leave a message for is one more voter who is aware of their error and less likely to repeat it, equating to a Democratic's vote saved in the future!
Type of work: Phone calls, On your own time
When: Training will be this month. Volunteers will be calling Democratic voters on their own time starting mid- to late April and continuing through May 19, between 9:30am and 8pm ET daily.
How: For Undeliverables, complete the Undeliverables Training PE 2026 form and select a training time.
For Curing, complete the Curing Training PE 2026 form and select a training time.
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: Attend a Know Your Rights Zoom Training Workshop at 6pm on Mondays through April 27. 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
URGENT: Support Michigan's May 5 Special Election with VoPro Pros
Michigan's special election on May 5 will fill a State Senate seat, and the outcome will determine whether Democrats hold their majority. VoPro Pros are building two projects, plus an admin team, to support this race, and they need your help. Whether you have a few hours this month or want to be involved from now through election day on May 5, there is a role for you. Learn about your choices here, and then DM @Marika L - VFO/MI Lead if you are interested in joining one of the teams or have questions.
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.