Your weekly to-dos
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Tell your Members of Congress: The DHS budget must halt ICE's terror, and not hand it more money. Last week, the Senate blocked the House’s Homeland Security appropriations bill that shoveled more money into ICE and CBP while doing very little to stop these agencies’ abuses. Now, we have to keep up the pressure and demand that any bill that replaces it enact ironclad policy accountability measures, and doesn't add one penny more to ICE’s budget.
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Tell your Members of Congress to reject the GOP's power grab in DC. A Republican resolution that would override a DC funding law passed by the city’s elected council will come before the House on Wednesday; it will then move to the Senate for committee markup. DC residents and allies with representation in Congress need to fight back: DC's finances and right to self-govern shouldn't be in the hands of politicians who don’t represent its people.
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Join Tuesday's ICE OUT For Good Indivisible Phone Bank (3-5pm ET): Senate Democrats met our first demand of no new DHS funding without real restraints on ICE and CBP; now we need Republicans to listen to their own constituents who are just as fed up with this brutal lawlessness. Join us to call voters in key states and encourage them to call their Republican senators about reining in ICE.
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Join (and/or invite friends to join) Thursday's No Kings Coalition Mass Call: Eyes on ICE(Feb. 5 8pm ET / 5pm PT): Learn how to participate in ICE Watch efforts and nonviolently protect your community from ICE and CBP thugs. If you attended the first training last week -- the largest ICE Watch training ever -- invite two friends to join this one. Let’s make it the new largest ICE Watch training ever.
P.S. The Trump regime continues to escalate against our communities and trample our rights, but Indivisibles remain on the frontlines of the fight to defend our neighbors and our democracy. From nationwide nonviolent mobilizations against ICE to gearing up for No Kings in March, our defiance is everywhere, all the time. If you can, please consider chipping in to continue fueling our work.
Historian Timothy Snyder just posted to Substack his latest piece Ethnic Cleansing in Ohio? in which he describes how the past and present collide, and predicts the next major ICE sweep in Springfield, Ohio.
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Snyder is an internationally respected historian and expert on the history of central and eastern Europe and the Holocaust. He's an active public intellectual whose analyses of anti-democratic trends are important for those in pursuit of deep understanding.
Next Meeting! Our next gathering has been rescheduled to February 19th, 6pm at The Sherborn Library. Join us!
Democracy Matters
Indivisible Sherborn formed in December 2025, spearheaded by a few active citizens dedicated to the core ideals of the Declaration Of Independence, an America centered on the 1776 promise of "life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness" for all. The group is dedicated to raising awareness about the increasing threats to our precious democracy, protecting the rights embedded in the Constitution, and doing what we can to make our world a better place.
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In addition to recently organizing the local No Kings protests, the group looks ahead to make a difference through additional peaceful engagement, actions that include postcard mailings, arranging for topically appropriate speakers, organizing democracy awareness efforts, connecting with neighboring Indivisible groups, and more. In general, we seek to find common ground with others who are concerned about the unraveling of what we hold most dear, and alarmed at the growth of anti-democratic conduct both in everyday life and in official quarters across the land.​​​​​​​​​​​​
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If you live in the Sherborn area and would like to learn more about participating in a small way, please reach out at IndivisibleSherborn@gmail.com.
Why are protests important? Two internationally acclaimed historians remind us how they're a key element of a healthy democracy.
​(1) Timothy Snyder, point #13 from his "On Tyranny": "Practice corporeal politics. Power wants your body softening in your chair and your emotions dissipating on the screen. Get outside. Put your body in unfamiliar places with unfamiliar people. Make new friends and march with them."
(2) Heather Cox Richardson's pointed remarks are from June 2025, check her 7-minute clip.
