Dear Indivisible Members,

Thanks to all who attended our member meeting on Wednesday. The One Million Rising final training showed us many ways we can fight to "Make our country suck less", as Texas State Rep. Gene Wu put it so well. If you were unable to join us for this meeting, you can see the One Million Rising final training HERE.

August Events

Join this Refugee Rights' Rapid Response Training on Thursday Aug 21, 4 p.m.

This virtual training by the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR) aims to strengthen community responses to ICE raids and to connect impacted people with the broader infrastructure of deportation defense. You will learn how to build a solidarity network that ensures we can support individuals and families in real time. Sign up HERE to attend on 8/21.

ICIRR will also sponsor a virtual training for Allies on Wednesday, September 3rd at 6PM. Zoom link will be supplied closer to the event. Sign up for 9/3 HERE.

Ground Avelo Airlines

Avelo Airlines wants you to think they’re “refreshingly simple.” What they don’t put on the billboards and “hello, avelo” marketing posters: they’re the first commercial airline in the U.S. to sign a deportation charter contract with ICE. Unmarked, secretive flights. No guarantee of due process. Public money subsidizing mass deportations. 

Indivisible is working to stop Avelo Airlines for profiteering from deportations! Learn how here.

Solidarity In Action Series - Monday 8/18

"Solidarity in Action: Training For System Change and Allyship" Series  is a speaker series that focuses on ensuring Indivisibles have the skills and support to show up in support of communities under threat and build strong ties across our multiracial, pluralistic coalition of progressive organizations. 

Building Partnerships and Coalitions, with Author Cristina Jimenez
August 18, 2025, 6PM CT Become equipped with strategies and best practices for forming, managing, and sustaining effective coalitions to amplify social, community support, and advocacy efforts. The author of Dreaming of Home shares her poignant story of her journey from undocumented newcomer to community organizer and coalition builder. Christina is a leading voice in movements for social justice and the Co-Founder and former Executive Director of United We Dream, the largest immigrant youth-led organization in the country.

Future speakers include:

Creating Mutual Aid/Community Response Teams, with Stephanie Rearick
September 15, 2025, 6PM CT

Understanding Systemic Oppression and Privilege, with Tim Wise  
October 21, 2025 6PM CT

Postcard Parties Continue! 

If you would like to participate in writing postcards but can't for some reason, please consider contributing stamps or funds to purchase stamps. Others can and are willing to write extra cards. If you are reluctant to participate because of the cost of stamps we will try to get cash or stamp donations to cover that cost. Either way, please join us in August on:

Thursday, August 21st at 7PM to write postcards in LaGrange Park.

Monday, August 25th at 10AM to write postcards in Western Springs.

Or in September on:

Tuesday, September 2nd at 7PM to write postcards in Brookfield. 

If you can't attend, but want to donate stamps you can email abbyindivisible@gmail.com

Let's get together and make FUN and CREATIVE signs for upcoming labor day protests! Bring the whole family! Come make your perfect sign at the LaGrange Park Library on Monday, August 25 from 7:00-8:45 pm. We Have Supplies! Bring your ideas!!

Registration is limited, register soon so not to miss out! Sign up HERE.

ICIRR (Illinois Coalition for Immigrant & Refugee Rights) will sponsor this virtual training for Allies on Wednesday, September 3rd at 6PM. We will learn immigrant rights and other ways to support the immigrant community.

Zoom link will be supplied closer to the event. Sign up HERE to attend.

Ongoing Actions:

Indivisible Illinois is Canvassing NOW in key districts! This program will focus on setting up canvassing across the state and in key battleground districts in neighboring states. Whether you want to canvass in your own neighborhood or help us flip critical districts, in Illinois and surrounding states we want you on board. Sign up here to receive more info on this effort.

Join our group's Immigrant Rights Protection Team to support our immigrant neighbors. Thousands of immigrants in the U.S. are being snatched off the streets, from their homes or at their workplaces every day, and most of them are otherwise law-abiding people who have been here for years and are working, raising families and contributing to our society. And it’s only going to get worse as ICE rapidly builds up its force of masked goons.

Indivisible West Suburban Chicago wants to fight back, and we’re grateful for your interest. We eventually hope to form or become part of a Rapid Response Team that would respond to ICE sightings, canvass our communities to share Know Your Rights information and undertake other activities.

To start, we will email you some current opportunities to get involved. Some are virtual trainings or other actions accessible to most volunteers. Others are most appropriate for volunteers who live or work in certain areas where ICE activity is most expected.

Sign up HERE to get started.

Coming Together in Community

We've learned from much experience that coming together in community is the best way to create lasting change and tackle problems together. Sign up here to learn about hosting a small house party to screen a film or virtual training with your friends & fellow members. We'll take you through all the steps from there.

Another way you can help is to join us as volunteers at various events. You can sign up to be on the list for volunteer opportunities as they arise HERE:

Join our Witness Slip Team

Our group's Witness Slip Team is off to a great start! We combine efforts to let Illinois legislators know our support or opposition to a bill. The process is simple and makes an impact. Click the link below to join us. Once you join you will receive instructions and periodic emails that will require a quick turnaround to file a witness slip online.

IL Witness Slip Team Group signup  

Food Pantry Donations

The Westchester Food Pantry is grateful for all items we can send their way.  The Pantry's USDA allotments have been cut by 40%, and local clientele continues to rise. Let's pitch in to help!

Besides Paper Bags (with handles!), the most needed items include: Pasta (other than elbows), Pasta Sauce, Cereal, Jelly, Meals in a Can (Ravioli, Chili, Stew, Spaghettios), Condiments (Ketchup, Mustard, Mayo, Salad Dressing, BBQ Sauce), and Coffee/Tea.

Cat and Dog food is also welcome for the Wet Nose Pantry.

Drop off your items to any of the locations below:

LaGrange Park

621 SHERWOOD ROAD - porch drop anytime

346 N. ASHLAND- porch drop anytime

Western Springs

5405 CAROLINE AVE- porch drop anytime

First Congregational Church- 1106 Chestnut St. - Inside doors Mon-Fri 9-2pm and Sunday mornings.

If YOU ARE WILLING to accept donations for the Food Pantry at your home in Brookfield, LaGrange, or other surrounding communities and transport the collected items to the pantry email Abby at abbyindivisible@gmail.com

Adopt a Local Board

Local government is crucial to our daily lives and immediate communities. We need folks who are willing to attend local meetings of Village Trustees, School Boards, Library Boards and so on, and keep our elected officials committee up to date on what's going on at the most local level, and hold our elected officials accountable. Sign up HERE to help!

We will also have a Zoom Meeting for folks interested in helping with this effort on Wednesday, June 18th at 7PM. If you would like to join this call to learn more you can email Abby at abbyindivisible@gmail.com. 

Take Action - Texting Team

Our group will be piloting  the use of texting to our members when a rapid response is needed for legislation, witness slips, protests, and any other immediate actions. Some of you may have volunteered for texting programs during the recent elections. If you would be interested in being a part of this effort, either helping to organize or in sending and moderating  texts, email Jeanette  at jiq@valeko.com for further information.

Project 2025 Tracker

The group Red Wine and Blue has created a Reality of Project 2025 website – a resource which not only explains how extremists are implementing this plan, but what we can do to stop it. We wanted to share this site to educate ourselves and continuously monitor this. You can check out the website here

Take Action - 5 Calls website

Take action any time from any place - Click here to link to the 5 calls website.

Take Action - Truth and Share

Access the website by clicking here.

With love and solidarity in all we have come through, and on our journey ahead,

Your local organizers in

Indivisible West Suburban Chicago