Freedom is not something that’s put in your lap
– Fannie Lou Hammer (1917-1977)
Fannie Lou Hamer, the pivotal American leader of the civil rights movement, community organizer, and voting and women’s rights activist organized the historic “Freedom Summer” in 1964. The mission: to register as many African-Americans in Mississippi as possible to vote. Like John Lewis, Fannie Lou Hamer knew what is lost when the right to vote is threatened, suppressed, or taken away outright. She knew the power that voters hold.
Indivisibles trend toward hope. But we’re also angry – beyond angry – and disgusted at the predatory corruption and ruthlessness of the party in power. We know the stakes this election cycle will be pivotal. We know registered voters have the power this November.
And, we know elections are won or lost in the weeks leading up to the election. That is, right now.
Fannie Lou Hamer saw it and said it clearly, “we can’t sit down and wait for things to change”. Indivisibles do not sit down and wait. We know that, to have the election outcomes we want, all of us need to take action like never before – including doing things we’ve hesitated to do in the past. As Hamer assured the people of her time, one day we’ll be proud when we can say what we did to help achieve the election victories we urgently need in this moment of our lives and in our nation’s history.
October 17th Vote Early No Kings Begins Now!
Our Pro-Democracy Collective Call to Action
Trump is trying to sabotage the midterms. On October 17, millions will rise up to defend our right to vote, exercise that right through the largest early vote mobilization in history, and tap into efforts to protect the results.
Vote Early No Kings is a non-partisan, non-violent, pro-democracy event. Sign up today for our October 17 Rally, March & Sign Wave event in Issaquah!
Ballots will be mailed out on October 16 and ballot drop boxes open that same day. Vote Early! Use a drop box to make sure your ballot is received! Sign up to track your ballot by texting VOTE to 868392.
Help the early vote mobilization and vote protection efforts by participating in the Upcoming Events below!
October meeting slide deck
At this past Saturday’s meeting, we covered a lot of important topics, including plans for our big No Kings – Vote Early rally this coming Saturday, campaigns and ballot measures of importance here and across the nation, and opportunities for making November 3 a day long to be remembered. Here’s a link to the slide deck from that meeting, which contains a host of links, QR codes and web addresses that you can use to learn more and to make a difference!
Calendar
In addition to local events, please also consider joining Indivisible National’s Phone Banks for critical national races – now through the election. Or, visit our Get Out the Vote page for more ideas. Getting ready for No Kings – Vote Early? Visit the No Kings Trainings page for this week’s calls and recordings of previous calls.
