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stand against any agenda that threatens our American values, our institutions and our neighbors. We commit ourselves to preserve democracy for all by respectfully, effectively and vigorously engaging our members of Congress to ensure full representation for the 1st Congressional District of Indiana.
We will follow Indivisible Guide, Indivisible: A Practical Guide to Democracy on the Brink, as we build a sustainable local organization to empower our members and to help voters from throughout the Northwest Indiana region fully participate in our system. We will focus on the issues that unite our members.
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- Calls to action: contacting your state legislators, bills & scriptsIn Legislation, Weekly Legislative UpdatesApril 12, 2025Calling your state elected officials is one of the most effective ways to influence proposed legislation. Click on the issue that concerns you most for a list of bills and suggested scripts. What’s important to you? Budget Criminal justice Education Elections-Voting Environment-Climate-Energy Healthcare Immigration Other Property taxes Bills Budget HB 1001 State budget: The budget ...
- Weekly Legislative Update–IndianaIn Legislation, Weekly Legislative UpdatesMarch 24, 2025You can make a difference Join us on Thursday, April 3 at 6pm for our next public meeting at the Merrillville Library. This meeting will focus on veterans issues. We will welcome Martin Del Rio, chief executive officer of the Armed Forces Services initiative in Washington DC. He is going to give us an up to the minute update on what services are being cut for veterans and what we can do to ...
- take action for librariesIn Legislation, Weekly Legislative UpdatesMarch 23, 2025You can make a difference “President Donald Trump has named a new acting director for the Institute of Museum and Library Services, one of seven independent government agencies cited in a recent executive order calling for their dismantling “to the maximum extent of the law. The Institute of Museum and Library of Services, or IMLS, is a key source of funding for museums, ...
- Call to action–the dept of educationIn Legislation, Weekly Legislative UpdatesMarch 23, 2025You can make a difference Department of Education statement and calls to action from Indivisible National Donald Trump signed an executive order that aims to eliminate the Department of Education. Emphasis on “aims to.” Trump cannot unilaterally abolish a federal department created by Congress. Let’s be clear about what this executive order will do: it instructs ...
- how to contact your indiana state elected officials about legislationIn Legislation, Weekly Legislative UpdatesMarch 7, 2025Contact your state elected officials about bills of concern—good and bad. Info & tips: Read about Indiana’s legislative process—how a bill becomes a law on our website here. MadVoters provides an excellent bill tracker: https://tinyurl.com/4bhbne5k Other good bill trackers: From the Indiana State Teachers Association: https://www.ista-in.org/our-advocacy/bill-watch From Hoosier Environmental ...
- how federal cuts are harming indianaIn Legislation, Weekly Legislative UpdatesMarch 5, 2025How federal cuts will affect Indiana The state of Indiana receives more than $20 billion from the federal government annually, or 44% of its budget, and is the third-most reliant state — behind only Louisiana and Mississippi, according to an analysis from the left-leaning Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. …Those dollars are at risk. Dozens of governmental departments and agencies, ...
- consequences of gutting federal education funding nationwide & in IndianaIn General, In The News, Legislation, taking action, Weekly Legislative UpdatesMarch 4, 2025consequences of gutting federal education fundingDownload Federal Education Cuts Will Impact Hoosiers federal education cuts-indianaDownload Learn how education cuts will affect each state: https://aftvotes.aft.org/how-trumps-education-cuts-will-impact-you...
- Indiana Legislative Update 03/04/2025In Legislation, Weekly Legislative UpdatesMarch 4, 2025You can make a difference Indivisible has endorsed Judge Susan Crawford for the Wisconsin Supreme Court. If you want to help elect this well-qualified candidate and keep Wisconsin’s liberal majority on their supreme court, go to Indivisible’s Action Hub here: https://indivisible.org/scowis2025. Elon Musk is backing her opponent with his millions; let’s fight back. We had over 100 in attendance at ...
- How a bill becomes a law in indianaIn Legislation, Weekly Legislative UpdatesMarch 4, 2025Navigating the Indiana Legislative Session (from Indiana Public Broadcasting Stations) Bill filingDepending on the length of the legislative session, the deadline for filing bills is either Jan. 9or Jan. 11 – generally. There are exceptions for filing the two-year budget after agubernatorial election. First readingThis is a procedural step. Bills are typically moved forward in big groups ...
- Take action; brief update; some good newsIn Legislation, Weekly Legislative UpdatesMarch 2, 2025You can make a difference Join Indivisible Chicago tomorrow, March 2 in Chicago:Justice for Ukraine rallyBring banners: No justice no peace; Ukraine belongs in NATO; USA support Ukraine; Justice for Ukraine; Peace through StrengthWe are calling on all our members to rally downtown at Water Tower tomorrow, Sunday March 2nd at 2pm in support of Ukraine.Chicago Water Tower, 806 Michigan Ave. in ...
- update & legislative report 02/28/2025In Legislation, Weekly Legislative UpdatesMarch 1, 2025You can make a difference Join NWI Takes Action this Tuesday, March 4th, 4-6pm, at the old courthouse square in Crown Point as we say NO to billionaires rampaging through our democracy. This event will be held RAIN OR SHINE, so bring umbrellas and signs! 1st District Congressman Mrvan is hosting a virtual Community Forum on Wed., March 5 at 5:30 on his YouTube channel. Register and submit your ...
- reliable sources for informationIn Legislation, Weekly Legislative UpdatesFebruary 27, 2025Sources of Information “Independent media is most likely to hold Trump accountable, even when that media has an acknowledged bias. These include outlets like ProPublica Courtier News Crooked Media Zeteo The Bulwark Judd Legum’s Popular Information This also includes online creators like Hasan Piker Elizabeth Booker Houston David Pakman Brian Tyler Cohen These folks are not traditional ...
- Reduce your stress–a user’s guide to following the newsIn Legislation, Weekly Legislative UpdatesFebruary 26, 2025The news is too much for all of us right now and I think many of us feel frozen and helpless because we don’t know what to do. Covering our heads in a blanket and not emerging again for 4 years may sound appealing, but most of us want to do something, so that’s not an option. The answer may be not even trying to read about everything–delegate and prioritize. Here at Indivisible ...
- Calls to actionIn Legislation, Weekly Legislative UpdatesFebruary 19, 2025You can make a difference Rallies this weekend Stand up for Science on Friday, March 7 from noon to 1 p.m. at Federal Plaza: Join a grassroots group of students, professors, scientists, and concerned citizens, some of whom have been directly affected by cuts to Federal funding, along with Indivisible Chicago as we rally at Federal Plaza in defense of science. Chicago’s Rally & March ...
- Indiana Legislative Update 2/10/2025In Legislation, Weekly Legislative UpdatesFebruary 10, 2025You can make a difference On Wed. Feb. 12 at 12pm join our Stop Elon Musk Protest. at the office of Senator Jim Banks, Hammond Federal Building/Courthouse, 5400 Federal Plaza, Ste 3200 in Hammond. This event is sponsored by NWI Takes Action and Indivisible NWI. We’re hosting a self-care event via zoom this Thursday, Feb. 13at 6pm Register ...
- Calls to action: contacting your state legislators, bills & scriptsIn Legislation, Weekly Legislative UpdatesApril 12, 2025Calling your state elected officials is one of the most effective ways to influence proposed legislation. Click on the issue that concerns you most ...
- Weekly Legislative Update–IndianaIn Legislation, Weekly Legislative UpdatesMarch 24, 2025You can make a difference Join us on Thursday, April 3 at 6pm for our next public meeting at the Merrillville Library. This meeting will focus on ...
- take action for librariesIn Legislation, Weekly Legislative UpdatesMarch 23, 2025You can make a difference “President Donald Trump has named a new acting director for the Institute of Museum and Library ...
- Call to action–the dept of educationIn Legislation, Weekly Legislative UpdatesMarch 23, 2025You can make a difference Department of Education statement and calls to action from Indivisible National Donald Trump signed an executive order that ...
- how to contact your indiana state elected officials about legislationIn Legislation, Weekly Legislative UpdatesMarch 7, 2025Contact your state elected officials about bills of concern—good and bad. Info & tips: Read about Indiana’s legislative process—how a bill ...
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