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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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- update & legislative reportIn Legislation, Weekly Legislative UpdatesMay 11, 2025You can make a difference Call to Action from Indivisible Central Indiana:In summer 2024, more than 600,000 Hoosier children received a lifeline—$120 in SUN Bucks benefits to help families buy groceries when school meals weren’t available. Funded entirely by the USDA, this program brought over $70 million into Indiana communities. Now, Governor Braun has ...
- The SAVE act–what you need to knowIn General, In The News, Legislation, Weekly Legislative UpdatesMay 11, 2025The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act aims to restrict noncitizen voting — which is exceptionally rare and illegal. But voting rights advocates warn it could risk disenfranchising U.S. citizens who don’t have proof of citizenship readily available. Other “[v]alid government-issued photo identification” cards that do not indicate birthplace or citizenship ...
- Indiana Legislative UpdateIn Legislation, Weekly Legislative UpdatesMay 8, 2025The 2025 session has ended. All legislation has now been signed into law. Hoosiers will suffer has a result of many of these bills. As a result of your activism, some bad bills became better–and some good bills passed. Contact your legislators and the governor to let them know what you think. Click on the issue that concerns you most for a list of relevant bills. Unless otherwise noted, all ...
- Quick Update & How to get active with usIn General, In The News, taking actionMay 4, 2025You can make a difference Learn about what we’ve been doing and what’s been happening nationally and locally. Learn what you can do now. Join the discussion about how you want to be involved. Please register here–& bring a friend! Rally every Saturday, 12-1, at Highland’s Veteran’s Memorial, SE corner of Ridge & 41 in Highland. Indivisible NWI has partnered ...
- Call to action–the dept of educationIn Legislation, Weekly Legislative UpdatesApril 28, 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 ...
- reliable sources for informationIn Legislation, Weekly Legislative UpdatesApril 22, 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 ...
- consequences of gutting federal education funding nationwide & in IndianaIn General, In The News, Legislation, taking action, Weekly Legislative UpdatesApril 21, 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...
- how federal cuts are harming indianaIn Legislation, Weekly Legislative UpdatesApril 21, 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, ...
- take action for librariesIn Legislation, Weekly Legislative UpdatesApril 20, 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, ...
- Reduce your stress–a user’s guide to following the newsIn Legislation, Weekly Legislative UpdatesApril 19, 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 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- Weekly Legislative Update–IndianaIn Legislation, Weekly Legislative UpdatesMarch 2, 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 ...
- update & legislative reportIn Legislation, Weekly Legislative UpdatesMay 11, 2025You can make a difference Call to Action from Indivisible Central Indiana:In summer 2024, more than 600,000 Hoosier children received a ...
- The SAVE act–what you need to knowIn General, In The News, Legislation, Weekly Legislative UpdatesMay 11, 2025The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act aims to restrict noncitizen voting — which is exceptionally rare and illegal. But ...
- Indiana Legislative UpdateIn Legislation, Weekly Legislative UpdatesMay 8, 2025The 2025 session has ended. All legislation has now been signed into law. Hoosiers will suffer has a result of many of these bills. As a result of ...
- Quick Update & How to get active with usIn General, In The News, taking actionMay 4, 2025You can make a difference Learn about what we’ve been doing and what’s been happening nationally and locally. Learn what you can do now. ...
- Call to action–the dept of educationIn Legislation, Weekly Legislative UpdatesApril 28, 2025You can make a difference Department of Education statement and calls to action from Indivisible National Donald Trump signed an executive order that ...
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