Dear Indivisible Members,
Summer is still cooking and we have lots going on in August...
Join us for a postcard party on August 13th, a book club on August 27th, and for our annual Summer Social Potluck on August 28th. Additionally, the midterm election are right around the bend and there are already many ways to get off the sidelines and into the action. See details below. We hope to see you out there!
Postcard Parties in August and Beyond
Attend an upcoming IWSC postcard party. While you write cards, you can chat with others about the news of the day and suggest/learn more ways to take action. RSVP for:
For all these events the postcards and addresses are supplied...You supply the writing and the stamps.
Morning Postcarding at Thomas Ford Library in Western Springs. Sign up HERE
Monday, Sep 14th, 10:00-11:30am.
Evening Postcarding at Hop District in La Grange Park. Sign up HERE.
Thursday, Aug 13th, 7:00-8:30pm.
Thursday, Sep 24th, 7:00-8:30pm.
There are also ways to help the Progressive Turnout Project:
Volunteers opportunities are still available at the Postcard Office Mon - Fri 9AM-3PMThe postcard office is located at 231 S Frontage Rd, Unit 11, Willowbrook, IL 60527. Here's the Office Shift Sign-Up Form .
If you want to order the News Boosting postcards for shipment to your home, click HERE.
For those interested in the effectiveness of the “Get Out the Vote” postcard program for the 2026 midterms that was presented on May 12th, the below links point to the recording.
Postcard Effectiveness YouTube video: Click here.
Accompanying presentation for the Postcard Effectiveness YouTube video: Click here.
IWSC Book Club: Thursday, August 27th
Join us for the second meeting of the IWSC Book Club, when we will be discussing "The Woman They Could Not Silence" by Kate Moore, bestselling author of "The Radium Girls". Moore tells the true story of Elizabeth Packard, a woman committed to an insane asylum by her husband in 1860 due to her independent thinking and beliefs. Her harrowing experience led her to become a fierce advocate for women's rights and mental health reform, ultimately challenging the injustices of her time and inspiring change. RSVP HERE
Midterm Election Opportunities
Greater Chicago Food Depository's “Get Out the Vote”. Sign up by Aug. 21.
Greater Chicago Food Depository Get Out the Vote Effort:
Over the past year, we've faced unprecedented challenges, from attacks on immigrant communities and devastating cuts to food and health care programs, to disruptions in SNAP benefits that left families uncertain about where their next meal would come from. Through it all, you have shown up for your neighbors, and together, we've made our communities stronger.
2026 brings an election year, and the stakes couldn’t be higher. Voting is power. It shapes policies that impact hunger and equity in our communities. Yet too many voters remain disengaged.
That’s why the Greater Chicago Food Depository is launching a Get Out the Vote campaign ahead of the November midterm election. As trusted community members, you can help by sharing nonpartisan resources on registration, deadlines, and polling places to neighbors at our food access partner sites. Together, we can ensure every neighbor has the information they need to make their voice heard.
Interested parties can sign up HERE by August 21, 2026.
Canvassing, Phone Banks and More with Indivisible Chicago Alliance
We can join the fight for the midterm elections NOW with these events via Indivisible Chicago Alliance - canvassing, phone banks and many more ways to participate. Check out the multitude of opportunities HERE.
Take Action Today!
Urge Your Senators to Oppose and Stop Trump's Crypto Corruption
Hang in there!! Grassroots pressure has thus far kept the CLARITY Act from gaining enough Senate support to pass. The Indivisible Team opposes this bill because: "It’s a Trump and crypto industry-backed crypto regulation bill, which means exactly what you’d imagine: It does next to nothing to regulate a massively corrupt industry and absolutely nothing to prevent Trump and his family from receiving bribes via their cryptocurrencies."
The Indivisible Team is asking us to keep up the pressure to oppose this bill! Use this email tool to tell your senators to oppose the CLARITY Act. For more background on this bill, see Friday's letter from the Indivisible Team.
Form a 5 Calls Habit!
Finally, here is a GOOD and EASY habit we can all practice: Use 5 Calls to choose an issue and get scripts and phone numbers to call your elected officials.
Are you concerned about data centers on FEDERAL land? In the STATE of ILLINOIS?
How about political attacks on scientific research?
Is it worth contacting our elected officials even when we know they have voted the peoples' way on an issue?
YES! because they keep tallies of the number of contacts they get, and more contacts ramp up the pressure to continue to vote the peoples' way!
This site is constantly being updated and currently lists 47 different topics. Pick one and be heard today!
Get Your Donation Doubled in August
Tell Congress: Protect Forests & Reduce Megafire Risk
"It has become increasingly clear that we are in a new era of destructive megafires, due a combination of climate change, vegetation changes from widespread fire suppression, and development at the wildland-urban interface." To learn more, see the full post from the Union of Concerned Scientists.
What can you do?
CALL - or- WRITE to urge Congress to take action to protect forests and reduce the risk of megafires.
Want to have more impact? Make your letter personal. More than 50 percent of Congress members report that form emails into their offices have some or a lot of influence over their position on an issue. But 92 percent report that individualized email letters have some or a lot of influence!
Weekly Thursday Zoom Calls with Leah and Ezra
Want to know more about what's up with Indivisible National? We encourage people to sign up for "What's The Plan", with Indivisible founders Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin.
Join them on a Zoom every Thursday at 2pm CT to break down the week’s biggest political stories, answer your questions, and map out strategies for taking action.
This is people-powered politics in real time. Questions can be submitted via the Q&A function during the live event. Real talk. Real people. Real action. That's the plan.
Anyone who signs up for the Zoom gets a follow-up email with a link to the recording which is posted on Indivisible's YouTube.
Giving Opportunities
Mano a Mano Unidos
Local member Patty Gamboa's organization Mano a Mano Unidos is always in need of clothing, household goods, food and toiletries to assist local families affected by ICE in Berwyn, Cicero and beyond.
CURRENTLY, the greatest need is for:
1. Baby Enamel Formula (yellow and purple)
2. Diapers in sizes 5, 6 and 7.
Volunteers are also needed. You can volunteer and/or drop off donations at:
Mano a Mano Unidos, LTD
6236 W. Cermak Road Berwyn, IL 60402
Monday - Friday: 10 a.m. - 6 pm
Saturday: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
You can also contact Patty via phone: (708) 420-6172 or email: pattygamboa345@gmail.com
Support Local Food Assistance
We collect food for the Westchester Food Bank at our monthly meetings, but also want to share the opportunity to assist the Share Food Share Love food pantry in Brookfield and the St. Cletus Food pantry in Countryside.
Thank you for your support of our local food assistance organizations!
Ongoing Actions
Join our Indivisible Teams
IWSC Elections Team
You may have heard at our last meeting that we are forming an Elections team. If you have yet to reach out, and would like to join us please email: abbyindivisible@gmail.com to learn more.
IWSC Bridge Brigade Team
RUSH HOUR RESISTANCE is the goal of our IWSC Bridge Brigade Team. We create messages and post them on bridges, while waving to traffic from the safety of overpass bridges.
Providing physical messaging in the real world to connect with and activate voters to demonstrate that resistance is possible. Join our team HERE, and help make it happen! Once you've joined you will receive details on times and locations to meet.
IWSC Immigrant Rights Team
Our Immigrant Rights Protection Team is standing up for immigrants to show them they are essential and welcomed members of our communities.
Once you join the team, you’ll be kept informed of protests as well as other immigrant rights protection work, including our new Signs of Solidarity campaign, Know Your Rights, and Rapid Response, protests and trainings.
You can sign up to join the team here.
IWSC 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.
IWSC Accepting Donations
Indivisible West Suburban Chicago is 100% volunteer run. We use donated funds to pay for supplies and materials for events, website and texting subscriptions, meeting room and equipment rental, training materials, speakers and more. We appreciate all donations at: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/indivisiblewestsuburbanchicago610499156
Canvassing with Indivisible Illinois
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.
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:
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! If you would like to learn more you can email Abby at abbyindivisible@gmail.com.
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 - Truth and Share
Access the website by clicking here.
Indivisible West Suburban Chicago meeting - May 13th, 2026
With love and solidarity in all we have come through, and on our journey ahead,
Your local organizers in
Indivisible West Suburban Chicago