IMCPA&F Weekly Newsletter 5.14.25

Hello, Indivisibles!

We’re ready to head into the summer season with a myriad of opportunities to take action. Make sure you make a voting plan for Tuesday, 5/20 and join us at our in-person meeting this Sunday to know what to look for in school board elections specifically!

📌Overall Update📌

• See you on Sunday at 1pm for our IMCPANF May in-person meeting! We’ll welcome Jamie May of Red Wine & Blue to talk to us about what to look out for during upcoming school board elections. Find more info and register at the link above.

  • Donations for our May meeting will benefit CCATE (Centro de Cultura Arte Trabajo y Educacion) in Norristown. Please bring school, cleaning, kitchen, and emergency supplies to our in-person meeting on May 18th. 

• We are on Instagram and Threads! (Meta…grumble, grumble…) Please follow us and share our posts in your network so we can diversify our reach.

• Attention! Make a voting plan for TUESDAY, 5/20 for PA primaries! 

• Help us save our PA Supreme Court in 2025! Let’s keep Trump’s chaos out of PA! Supreme Court justices in PA are elected with partisan elections and then are up for retention every 10 years. This November three PA Supreme Court justices are up for a retention election. There is currently a liberal majority on the PA Supreme Court. The three justices up for retention this year were elected as Democrats and not voting YES to retain them means we could lose our liberal majority on the PA Supreme Court. Take action now! Indivisible Greater Jenkintown is partnering with Field Team 6  to tap into their database of unregistered voters and textbank to get them mobilized.

• We will be coordinating another bus trip to Philly from KOP for the 6/14 No Kings protest. If you or someone you know is interested in riding with us, please fill this survey out so we can anticipate costs and needs. Thank you!

• Do you dream of a more united and inclusive political party? Are you curious about what our voters are truly striving for? Introducing The Finding Common Ground Movement! This project, taken on by two of our members, is calling on you to take a survey to better understand voters’ satisfaction levels on a number of topics. Check it out and share with friends!

• Our IMCPANF Civil Rights focus group is organizing a yard sign sale benefiting the Welcome PA Project, who serves marginalized individuals, families, and communities. Order one today! Signs are $10 each, and you may choose from the listed options. Pickup arrangements can be made during your order.

• If you are a new member, please take some time to get acquainted with our website– it is the best way to get started and includes a page for new members. We also have a Take Action page that houses our rapidly-evolving Calls to Actions (CTAs). Please check this regularly to stay in the loop.

• Stay connected and active. We have introduced multiple ways to stay in touch. Pick the best one, or pick them all!

  • Check out our website: https://www.indivisiblemontco.com/

  • Follow us on Instagram: @imcpanf

  • Follow us on BlueSky: @indivisible-mcpanf.bsky.social

  • Join our Signal group: Email imcpanf@gmail.com with “Signal” in the subject line. (Please note: this is a large-scale, rapidly-moving group chat with varying topics and channels. If this is not your communication style, please check the website regularly).

  • Website focus groups: Check our New Member Page for directions on how to join. This is where the active collaboration, brainstorming, and action-planning begins. 

  • Check our Take Action page to complete daily, weekly, and monthly Calls to Action. 

📌Events📌

Please be sure to check our Meetings and Events page for a calendar view.

• ALL SUMMER LONG, 5/15-6/27: Montgomery County. The People’s Neighborhood Protests, a rotating series of weekly local demonstrations held from 5-7pm bringing visibility, voice, and collective resistance to the neighborhoods we live in. Come as you are. Bring your voice, your people, your signs, and your love for justice. We’ll also be collecting donations for mutual aid at each location! RSVP here

• Sunday, 5/18, 1pm: Oaks. Our next IMCPANF in-person meeting. An agenda will be shared prior to our meeting. Get ready to come together and take action– see you then!

• Monday, 5/19 and Tuesday, 5/20, varying times: Philadelphia. Notice of public hearings for Septa. Sign up for public comment regarding Fiscal Year 2026 Operating & Capital Budget, Fare Increase & Service Reductions. Save SEPTA!

• Tuesday, 5/20: Pennsylvania. Mark your calendars and get out to the polls for our PA Primary elections!

• Wednesday, 5/21: Jenkintown. 6:30-8:30pm. Activists After Hours. The best way to fight autocracy is in community. Join us for happy hour and nosh, and meet your activist neighbors at a festive location in Elkins Park. Location will be sent upon registration. Light hors d'oeuvres will be provided; a cash bar will be available; raffles and prizes will be offered.

• Thursday, 5/22: Virtual. Field Team 6, our partner in text banking to register progressive voters is holding a summit on May 22. 12-8pm ET Come hear from big names including Indivisible co-founder Leah Greenberg. It’s time to bring together a movement-wide coalition focused on registering Democrats across the country. This FREE one-day virtual Summit brings together the best and brightest minds from elected officials to tech leaders to grassroots organizers, and so much more. 

• Saturday, 5/24, 12pm: Warminster. Musk or Us Tesla Protest. We must not stop the pressure on Musk’s DOGE bros and the cuts that threaten our government!

• Saturday, 6/14, 12pm: Philadelphia and Montgomery County (exact locations to be announced). NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption from Trump and his allies. On June 14th, we’re showing up everywhere he isn’t—to say no thrones, no crowns, no kings. IMCPANF will be filling a bus to head into Philly as well as offering a suburban location– stay tuned for details!

• Saturday, 7/12, 12-3pm: Collegeville. IMCPANF’s Civil Rights focus group presents All Together Now, a community pride celebration. Join us for a day of pride, joy, unity, and fun, including: live music, crafts and face painting, local food vendors, raffle items, family friendly activities, and community resources. All proceeds go to The Welcome Project PA.

• Sunday, 7/20: Norristown. Save the Date for our Family Fun Day at the pavilions at the Norristown Farm Park. More details to come!

 Calls to Action To-Do List:

Local Impact:

• Let’s put the pressure on State House Majority Leader Bradford to purge greed from our politics. He is the primary obstruction for most of our pro-democracy bills (and he is also the primary obstruction for an upcoming pro-immigration bill). Our calls to action for him can be found at www.Giftban.org with further information.

• Our Immigration focus group is looking for Immigration Impact Statements. They are being collected (with private information redacted) to share with our representatives so they can understand the impact of these inhumane policies on our communities. Write in with: what happened, first name, and zip code. Share with andiLaudisio@gmail.com

Indivisible National:

• Tell your attorney general to stop the ICE overreach!

• Stop the cuts.

• Crisis and Cruelty: Illegal Abductions, Court Defiance, and the Case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia

• Trump and Congressional Republicans are trying to suppress the vote. Take action NOW to stop them.

• Trump Is Dismantling the Department of Education, and It’s a National Emergency

• Trump’s Unconstitutional Executive Order to Eliminate Birthright Citizenship: What You Need to Know and How You Can Fight Back

  
  

Thanks for your great efforts. Keep up the great work, and be safe!

Cait, Dean, Karen, and Kelly