Take Action

Check this page regularly for actions you can take. Protesting, postcarding, phone banking, events and more! Have an action you'd like us to post? Email us at: [email protected]. Follow us @VillageDems on Instagram, Bluesky and Facebook.  Scroll down to the bottom for an OVERVIEW of actions you can take.

ACTIVISIM IN THE TRUMP 2.0 ERA

We'll keep this page updated with protests and other actions as we receive them. Your go-to section for resistance. Please check our CALENDAR for more events. You can also check the Rise & Resist calendar for more actions. You can also take action by supporting VID Endorsed candidates here.

MARCHES & RALLIES- Check our Calendar for more events and updates

From our friends at Rise & Resist:

Tuesday, July 1, 10AM-11AM
Fox "News" Headquarters (1211 6th Ave. @ 47th St.)
Truth Tuesdays at FOX
Join us outside of FOX this Tuesday (summer hours 10AM-11AM) to say "Fox can not distract us from Trump's Big Murder Bill that wll kill and impoverish countless Americans, so his billiohnaire pals can get even richer." 
Tuesday, July 1, 11AM to 12noon
Leave from Fox at 11AM
Cowardly Law Firm Crawl Pt. 1 
Our first stop will be at Latham & Watkins, 1271 6th Avenue (50th Street just west of 6th Avenue). We will then move on to Paul, Weiss 1285 6th Avenue (at 51st Street). Last, we'll visit Willkie Farr (we gather in the galleria on the north side of 51st Street mid-block between 6th and 7th Avenue). If you still need to be convinced of the effectiveness of this project, here is a recent article from Politico: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/29/paul-weiss-brad-karp-trump-fallout-00420354
Wednesday, July 2, 10AM ~ 11AM
Schumer and Gillibrand's Offices (780 Third Ave. @ 48th St.)
Senate Democrats: Refuse Unanimous Consent - Throw a wrench in the works.
RAR is starting a campaign to demand that Senate Democrats stop playing business as usual with Republicans. Withholding unanimous consent slows down the business of the Senate, which is what we need to do right now as the Senate inches closer to passing the reconciliation bill. It only takes one Senator (remember Tommy Tuberville?) to object to bypassing rules to speed things through. We demand that Schumer, Gillibrand, Murphy, and Booker be that Senator. We can't wait for the 2026 elections to regain power, Democrats have to use the power they have right now. This is our second action in this series.
Wednesday, July 2, 11:15AM-12noon
Meet at the NE Corner of 53rd and Lexington Ave.
Cowardly Law Firm Crawl Pt. 2 - Kirkand & Ellis and A&O Shearman.
For round two, join us outside the New York offices of Kirkland & Ellis (601 Lexington Ave., the world's largest law firm) and A&O Shearman (599 Lexington Ave.). If you are going to be at the Schumer action above, we will be walking over at 11AM.
Thursday, July 10, 12noon-1PM (come early rather than late).
26 Federal Plaza, Worth St. employee entrance.
Immigration Vigil - ICE Protest
We will be out in front of the Federal Worker's entrance at 26 Federal Plaza conducting a silent vigil with signs calling out ICE and ICE Agents for abducting immigrants. We did this at 201 Varick and it was powerful and seen by many people who work in DHS. 26 Federal Plaza has many DHS and ICE employees working there as well as the immigration courts. It is currently surrounded with police barricades, but the area we are planning to vigil in is open to pedestrians and therefore it is legal to protest there.

Thursday, July 17th  - National Day of Protest "Good Trouble" in honor of John Lewis's Birthday.

Stay tuned for details. 

 

From our Friends at Rise & Resist

Tesla Takedown- weekly, peaceful protest around the country and at the NYC Tesla Showroom (860 Washington St & 13th St - Meatpacking District), Saturdays, 12pm. Check schedule for updates.

Truth Tuesdays at Fox News, 12pm-1pm - Join Rise and Resist every Tuesday from 12–1 PM outside FOX (NOT) News headquarters to protest the network’s role in spreading disinformation and enabling the Musk-Trump agenda. For more info, click here.

 

RAPID RESPONSE

Take Action to Defend Federal Services and Workers!
Join the Rapid Response Network. Sign up here to get notified about emergency protests in your town against cuts to services and workers.

VIRTUAL

Weekly Strategy Call with Indivisible
Join Indivisible co-founders Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin for What’s the Plan?—a weekly conversation on the latest political developments and how we fight back. Spend an hour getting grounded, organized, and inspired! Thursdays, 3–4 PM ET on Zoom, register here.

CALL

📞 Keep Calling!

Phone calls are one of the fastest, most effective ways to get your rep’s attention. Staff track every call, and when enough people speak up, it pushes issues to the top and can shift policy. Below are a couple of issues to focus on this week, but you can always check 5Calls.org or Jessica Craven’s Chop Wood, Carry Water for more ideas. Click the links below for full scripts and contact details:

Oppose Emil Bove’s Judicial Nomination

Trump has nominated his hush money trial lawyer, Emil Bove—who helped weaponize the DOJ and defy court orders—to a lifetime seat on the federal bench. Bove is unfit and dangerous.

📞 Click 5Calls.org for the call script and contact info to urge your senators to vote NO.

 

 

May:

Urge Sen. Kavanagh to Help Pass the Medical Aid in Dying Act  UPDATE (JUNE, 2025) IT PASSED! THANK YOU!

The Medical Aid in Dying Act (MAID), carried by Senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal, has passed the Assembly and is now in the Senate. Senator Brian Kavanagh has not signed on. Here’s what you can do:

Call Senator Kavanagh’s Office and tell him to support the Medical Aid in Dying Act and ensure its passage in the Senate. VID and a majority of New Yorkers back this vital bill. NYC #: 212-298-5565 or Albany #:  518-455-2625

 

POSTCARDS

📬✍️

Join Downtown Nasty Women and Team Min in downtown NYC to write Get Out The Vote postcards. Organizers will provide addresses, scripts, postcards, and stamps. Please bring your own pens or Sharpies (some will also be available). RSVP here.

To write at home: 

  • Markers for Democracy Postcards
  • Postcards to Voters
    • New to postcarding? Email [email protected] to get started.
    • Already an approved writer? Get the script & addresses via:
    • Need a refresher? Web Abby is easy to use!
  • Need help or supplies in NYC? Email Sarah at Team Min [email protected].

PETITIONS

  • Save Community Composting Programs
    • Big Reuse has only 5 weeks of funding left. Without City Council support by June 30, NYC could lose community composting programs. Sign Save Our Compost Petition!
  • Save Public Media
    • The White House is pushing to eliminate federal funding for PBS and NPR, threatening local stations, emergency alerts, educational programming, and trusted news nationwide. For just $1.60 per person per year, public media keeps communities informed, educated, and connected. Contact Congress and tell them to protect full funding for public media before it’s too late. Click here.
    • Source: PBS; DNWSG

  • Support Offshore Wind: Sign the New York League of Conservation Voters petition to support offshore wind development. ACTION: Sign here. 

FACT CHECKS

Check out and share the weekly fact checks from the Downtown Nasty Women Social Group

SUPPORT/DONATE

Write a postcard to support Ukraine:

Send praise for Zelensky and Donate to Ukraine directly

President Volodymyr Zelensky
Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the United Nations
220 East 51st St.
NY, NY 10022

President Volodymyr Zelensky
Embassy of Ukraine
3350 M. St. NW
Washington DC 20007

Email: [email protected] 

Call: Ukraine Embassy: 202-349-2963 to leave a message 

OVERVIEW

Postcarding Groups - Join weekly, online postcarding sessions see information below.  These grassroots groups meet 3 times a week and although NYC based, activists from around the country participate.  You can stop by just to check it out even if you don't want to write. Each week guests and candidates are featured as well as issue oriented topics. All are welcome! 

Downtown Nasty Women - Mondays, 10am -12:00pm (eastern). Subscribe to the newsletter to receive the schedule/link.
Markers for Democracy - Tuesday & Fridays, 9:30am - 12:00pm (eastern). Subscribe to the newsletter to receive the schedule/link.
Postcards to Voters - ongoing postcard writing campaigns. 
Postcards for Democracy - tends to write for down ballot races.
Volunteer Corps

State Legislatures -The States Project. Change begins when you engage your friends and family to elect majority-making candidates who will shift the balance of power in a state legislature.  Click HERE for a 1 min. video "where do we go from here in 20204" and HERE for a brief video about Giving Circles (getting together your community to support a state).

Interactive NY Redistricting Map CUNY has created the Redistricting & You: New York online map to help members of the public, journalists, elected officials, and other redistricting stakeholders compare and analyze proposed district maps in New York.

Blue Voter Guide makes voting easy by clearly showing the endorsements of a wide range of progressive organizations. Blue Voter Guide will show your ballot for all national offices, all statewide offices and ballot measures, and your state legislators. In most locations, we’ll show you your down ballot races as well.

Democracy Labs  DemLabs created an interactive, clickable map of the US that illustrates key races and ballot initiatives across the nation. See Key 2024 Races. Click on your state to see what races and ballot measures will be on the ballot in 2024 or click on the “filter” buttons on the left to see which states across the nation have abortion access / restriction initiatives on the ballot.

DemLabs created the the webpage and map based on data collected by DemCast, which cultivates, amplifies, and maximizes the impact of grassroots digital media.

GENERAL LISTING - DO MORE,WORRY LESS

Show Support for Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde

This week, Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde courageously called on to Trump to show mercy to immigrants and LGBTQ+ people. As a result, she has faced public attacks from Trump himself and calls for her deportation by Rep. Mike Collins.

We must stand in solidarity with Bishop Edgar Budde and show our appreciation for her bravery:

  • Send a postcard to Washington National Cathedral, P.O. Box 98283, Washington, DC 20090-8283.
  • Call (202) 537-6200 or email [email protected] to express your thanks.
  • Share her sermon here on social media to amplify her message.
  • Support her work by purchasing her book, How We Learn to Be Brave.

Source: Chop Wood, Carry Water, Jessica Craven 1/24