General meeting at Pilgrim Firs 5:30 – 7:30
Come join us and get involved!
The Agenda so far:
TWO SPEAKERS
1. Candidate Natalie Bornfleth
https://www.electnataliebornfleth.com/
competing for the Representative position 1 in LD 26, her democratic challenger is Adison Richards
2. Linda Rains, Bremerton Indivisible Member
Christian Nationalism: What you need to know!
Group discussions at tables to follow.
Is there interest in the SKI formation of an interest group to develop methodologies for better understanding Christian Nationalism and developing methods to counter them?
⭐ Snack finger food potluck items are well received! Bring enough for a dozen or so people, you don’t need to feed everyone!
⭐ We collect non perishable food donations for Helpline & KIAC as well as personal care items. Members volunteer to deliver them for you.
KIAC.org has specific food & household requests -Maseca, dried black beans, white rice, vegetable oil, toilet paper, paper towels, shampoo, dish soap, laundry soap, toothpaste. Helpline now assists in delivering these to families.
Come and bring your neighbor! Get more information on what we are doing and why!
Have you joined a Working Group?
⭐ The goal for each group is to keep the larger group up to date on action steps – how they can participate as needs arise in urgency – there is so much we need to do!
Each working group is an umbrella topic, meaning there are many actions that need attention in each group.
⭐ Current Groups and the Actions their involved in. More information on the website: https://indivisibleportorchard.org
⭐ Neighbor to neighbor food drives and Mutual Aid
Helpline and KIAC Food donations picked up in neighborhoods. This offers an opportunity to get your neighbors involved and informed of ways they can help. We have recommendations that make it easy to implement.
This is a key way Minnesota was able to have rapid response to ICE in their neighborhoods.
⭐ Political “Next Steps” and how to make a difference!
Key and important for the way ahead.
There are many topics under this umbrella. Sign up for TAN –
Candidates | Voting Registration | Issues | Office Visits
⭐ Post Card Writing Group – Join a regular meeting at Coffee at Carters
Fridays, 10 am, in the back room!
⭐Protest Planning – Taking care of details
Regular weekly protests | Bannering | Burma Shave silent walks
Join protests up and down the peninsula in Kitsap County
⭐ Health & Safety for LGBTQIA+ & DEIAB
Health issues are being attacked. Lives are at stake
⭐ Port Orchard Community Group – Resistance in Progress meets regularly Creating a safe community space to meet in downtown Port Orchard See the Community Group story on the website
⭐ICE and NW Detention Center Vigils and updates
⭐ Immigrant support and assistance | Deportation Defense – KIAC
⭐ First Aid Team –
⭐ De-escalation Team
⭐ Admin assistance Team –
Website, Social Media, Resource page, New member follow up, Data keeping, phone calls, partnering
⭐ Whistle Packet Creation
⭐ Know your rights education – Distribute ICE information to businesses
What topics have I missed? What part do you want to play? Dividing it up gets so much more accomplished and makes a HUGE difference. You are not alone!
Every Thursday, Indivisible co-founders Ezra Levin and Leah Greenberg host a participatory conversation on the week’s news, the state of our democracy, and our plan to defeat the authoritarian threats we face. This week we’ll be joined by Indivisible endorsed candidate Patrick Roath, who is challenging a 13-term incumbent in the MA-08 Democratic primary.
