Indivisible Greater Kalamazoo Action Items, 6/26
• 1) Weekly Protests at Huizenga's Office are on-going — Fridays at 12:00, and 4:30; co-hosted by Indivisible Greater Kalamazoo and Indivisible Paw Paw; 5228 Lovers Lane, Suite 108, Portage. There will be a Special July 4 Protest 12 to 1 - bring flags, signs, and some snacks for a tailgate party afterward! We will have some bagpipe music and a reading of part of the Declaration of Independence. If you are in town, join us for an hour or so! The Visibility Brigade will also be out on the I-94 Overpass up the road - we'd LOVE to reach from Huizenga's Office to the Overpass!
• 2) June Phone Banking – via Indivisible to fight the "Big Beautiful Bill" full of cuts to benefits and other dangerous items. Calls are to voters in specific Senate target states to put pressure on key Senators in North Carolina, Maine, Ohio, and Utah. During the phonebank, we'll ask constituents in these states to call their Senators and let them know the devastating impacts this bill will have on them. Sign up here: mobilize.us/indivisible/event/…
• 3) Indivisible national has weekly Thursday Calls - “What’s the Plan?” These are inspiring 1-hour Q & A sessions with the founders of Indivisible (Ezra Levin and Leah Greenberg). Sign up, even if you aren't available from 3:00-4:00 pm. You will receive a follow-up email with a recording of the call. It's worth a listen!!!
• mobilize.us/indivisible/event/…
• 4) Wednesday, July 9, 6:30 pm - Next Indivisible Greater Kalamazoo (IGK) Meeting, People's Church, 1758 N. 10th Street, Kalamazoo, MI. Please note this meeting is 3 weeks out due to the July 4 Holiday. We will resume every 2 weeks thereafter.
• 5) 6/24/25 - 6/30/25 Boycott McDonalds And keep boycotting Tesla, Target, Walmart, and Amazon! There is a specific boycott again for Amazon - July through August.
• 6) Friday, June 27, 7 - 8 pm - Visibility Brigade - on the Westnedge Pedestrian bridge next to Paramount Charter Academy. We’re hoping that the weather should be a little more bearable at this time of the evening. And I’ll be bringing the big speaker to wave to the beat :) There is parking in the shopping center lot across from Paramount Charter. Bring your own signs as well!
• 7) Saturday, June 28, 10 - 11:30 am — Protest Avelo Airlines — they have a contract with the Federal Government to transport ICE detainees on charter flights. Meet outside the Gerald Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids - Patterson & 44th Street SE. Bring signs! stopavelo.org/ There are plans in the works for a protest every Monday and Friday in conjunction with their flights - more later.
• 8) Saturday, June 28, 12 - 2 pm – It's Elon's Birthday! So let's celebrate with the National Tesla Takedown "Musk Must Fall"! Corner of S. Westnedge and Old Kilgore in Portage. Food donations accepted. Trash pick up afterward. Patronize Meijer - they support DEI!
• 9) For those of faith: There is a Candlelight Vigil for Justice at Bronson park at dusk (15 minutes before sunset) every Monday night. Sponsored by the First Congregational UCC, 345 West Michigan Avenue, Kalamazoo. (Last week was cancelled due to extreme heat.)
• July 17 - the No Kings website calls for an event on July 17 in honor of Rep. John Lewis. IGK is not able to coordinate for this in Kalamazoo. Others may be doing this; Paw Paw and Grand Rapids may also be having events - we will keep you posted! "Good Trouble Lives On!" nokings.org/next
• 2) June Phone Banking – via Indivisible to fight the "Big Beautiful Bill" full of cuts to benefits and other dangerous items. Calls are to voters in specific Senate target states to put pressure on key Senators in North Carolina, Maine, Ohio, and Utah. During the phonebank, we'll ask constituents in these states to call their Senators and let them know the devastating impacts this bill will have on them. Sign up here: mobilize.us/indivisible/event/…
• 3) Indivisible national has weekly Thursday Calls - “What’s the Plan?” These are inspiring 1-hour Q & A sessions with the founders of Indivisible (Ezra Levin and Leah Greenberg). Sign up, even if you aren't available from 3:00-4:00 pm. You will receive a follow-up email with a recording of the call. It's worth a listen!!!
• mobilize.us/indivisible/event/…
• 4) Wednesday, July 9, 6:30 pm - Next Indivisible Greater Kalamazoo (IGK) Meeting, People's Church, 1758 N. 10th Street, Kalamazoo, MI. Please note this meeting is 3 weeks out due to the July 4 Holiday. We will resume every 2 weeks thereafter.
• 5) 6/24/25 - 6/30/25 Boycott McDonalds And keep boycotting Tesla, Target, Walmart, and Amazon! There is a specific boycott again for Amazon - July through August.
• 6) Friday, June 27, 7 - 8 pm - Visibility Brigade - on the Westnedge Pedestrian bridge next to Paramount Charter Academy. We’re hoping that the weather should be a little more bearable at this time of the evening. And I’ll be bringing the big speaker to wave to the beat :) There is parking in the shopping center lot across from Paramount Charter. Bring your own signs as well!
• 7) Saturday, June 28, 10 - 11:30 am — Protest Avelo Airlines — they have a contract with the Federal Government to transport ICE detainees on charter flights. Meet outside the Gerald Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids - Patterson & 44th Street SE. Bring signs! stopavelo.org/ There are plans in the works for a protest every Monday and Friday in conjunction with their flights - more later.
• 8) Saturday, June 28, 12 - 2 pm – It's Elon's Birthday! So let's celebrate with the National Tesla Takedown "Musk Must Fall"! Corner of S. Westnedge and Old Kilgore in Portage. Food donations accepted. Trash pick up afterward. Patronize Meijer - they support DEI!
• 9) For those of faith: There is a Candlelight Vigil for Justice at Bronson park at dusk (15 minutes before sunset) every Monday night. Sponsored by the First Congregational UCC, 345 West Michigan Avenue, Kalamazoo. (Last week was cancelled due to extreme heat.)
• July 17 - the No Kings website calls for an event on July 17 in honor of Rep. John Lewis. IGK is not able to coordinate for this in Kalamazoo. Others may be doing this; Paw Paw and Grand Rapids may also be having events - we will keep you posted! "Good Trouble Lives On!" nokings.org/next