Celebrate and learn how some of our work has paid off!

Time: As long as you wish              Action Type: Read and enjoy

Federally-supported research drives basic science and knowledge production in the U.S. Research plays a crucial role in our economy, health, and well-being.

Time: 5-10 minutes               Action Type: Phone Call

While there are limits on what individuals can donate to an electoral candidate’s campaign, a Super PAC can spend unlimited funds and, in most states, take unlimited money from individuals.

Time: 5-10 minutes               Action Type: Phone Call

While there are limits on what individuals can donate to an electoral candidate’s campaign, a Super PAC can spend unlimited funds and, in most states, take unlimited money from individuals.

Time: 5-10 minutes               Action Type: Phone Call

On June 14, as the current President throws himself a lavish military parade in Washington DC, we’re going to rise up with protests all across the country. Join us to reject Trump’s authoritarian vision and to show the wannabe-king what democracy looks like.

Time: 50 minutes+                Action Type: Rally (intergenerational)

 The partisan “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” includes a shadowy provision that will limit the authority of federal judges to hold U.S. government officials in contempt of court.

Time: 5-10 minutes                Action Type: Phone Call

Keep the pressure on!

On May 22, the House narrowly passed H.R. 1, the “One Big Beautiful Bill” Act, that funds tax cuts for the wealthy by gutting crucial programs like Medicaid and Medicare.

Time: 5-10 minutes                Action Type: Phone Call

On May 22, the House narrowly passed H.R. 1, aka the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill” Act, a bill that funds tax cuts for the wealthy by gutting critical programs like Medicaid and Medicare.

Time: 5-10 minutes                Action Type: Phone Call

H.R. 1, the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill” Act, includes provisions that endanger life-saving, gender-affirming care for Medicaid enrollees and persons receiving care through ACA plans.

Time: 5-10 minutes                Action Type: Phone Call

Join a phone bank from home to call constituents in key Illinois districts and patch them through to their Representatives’ offices.

Time: As long as you wish               Action Type: Phone Banking

Join rev. mandi huizenga and represent DUUC at the Naperville Juneteenth Celebration as an attendee or by signing up to help out at a booth, Saturday June 14th 12:00-3:00 PM.

Time: 1 hour or more              Action Type: Attendance (intergenerational)

The House of Representatives is in recess from May 23 to June 2. The Senate is in recess from May 24 to June 1. This time is allotted for members of Congress to work in their districts and engage with their constituents. It is also the time for them to hold public town halls and hear their constituents’ concerns live and in person.

Time: 1 Hour + Travel Time              Action Type: Call + Attend

The People’s Union USA, a consumer advocacy group, is targeting Amazon and other monopolistic companies to protest worker exploitation, union busting, tax avoidance, surveillance, and destroying small businesses. We have the power to boycott.

Time: June 3-9             Action Type: Boycott

The Administration is weaponizing its power through baseless investigations to try to prevent progressive causes from raising money.

Time: 5-10 minutes                Action Type: Phone Call

A last-minute write-in to the GOP Budget Bill effectively turns a president into a dictator.

Time: Phone Call              Action Type: 5-10 minutes

The Administration is using retaliatory efforts to stop judges from holding the President accountable for criminal actions.

Time: Phone Call              Action Type: 5-10 minutes

Support actions to prevent gun violence.

Time: Phone Call              Action Type: 5-10 minutes

Status: Bill passed the Senate Executive Committee and is awaiting further action in the full House and Senate.

Time: Phone Call              Action Type: 5-10 minutes

The People’s Union USA, a consumer advocacy group, is targeting Amazon and other monopolistic companies to protest worker exploitation, union busting, tax avoidance, surveillance, and destroying small businesses. We have the power to boycott.

Time: May 20th-26th              Action Type: Boycott

Join a 30-mile human chain of conscience across Chicagoland in peaceful protest against authoritarian actions and in defense of the Constitution.

Sunday, May 18
12:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Read below if you would like to attend with a group from DUUC.

Time: 2 hours + travel                Action Type: Intergenerational rally

Defend Medicaid from budget cuts in the budget reconciliation bill.

Time: 5-10 minutes              Action Type: Phone Call

On April 28th, the Administration issued an Executive Order, titled “Strengthening and Unleashing America’s Law Enforcement to Pursue Criminals and Protect Innocent Civilians” which aims to ramp up deportations by enlisting state and local law enforcement.

Time: 5-10 minutes              Action Type: Phone Call and/or webform

ICE is disappearing students, professors, and legal residents – not for crimes but for speaking out. People are being seized without warning, cut off from legal help, and held in remote detention centers. This is not immigration enforcement – it’s political repression.

Time: 5-10 minutes              Action Type: Phone Call and/or email

The People’s Union USA, a consumer advocacy group, is targeting Amazon and other monopolistic companies to protest worker exploitation, union busting, tax avoidance, surveillance, and destroying small businesses. We have the power to boycott.

Time: May 20-26              Action Type: Boycott

UPDATED from May 1st Action item

Time: 5-10 minutes              Action Type: Phone Call

Join a 30-mile human chain of conscience across Chicagoland in peaceful protest against authoritarian actions and in defense of the Constitution.

Sunday, May 18
12:00 – 2:00 p.m.
A location near you will be assigned.

Time: 2 hours + travel                Action Type: Intergenerational rally

The People’s Union USA, a consumer advocacy group, is targeting Amazon and other monopolistic companies to protest worker exploitation, union busting, tax avoidance, surveillance, and destroying small businesses. We have the power to boycott.

Time: May 6-12               Action Type: Boycott

On May 1, the President signed an executive order directing federal agencies to cease all federal funding of NPR and PBS, calling them “biased” and “woke propaganda.”

Time: 10 minutes               Action Type: Phone Call

House Republicans passed a budget to slash $2 trillion in health care, food stamps, green energy, government regulations for student aid, and more, while maintaining billionaire and corporate tax cuts in perpetuity–increasing our national deficit by trillions of dollars.

Time: 10 minutes               Action Type: Phone Call

The Legacy Project is providing a way for you to advocate for Social Security and voice your opposition to the Administration’s authoritarian actions, such as requiring recipients to visit offices in person to make changes and closing dozens of SSA offices around the country.

Time: 10 minutes               Action Type: Letter

During hard times, it’s helpful to stop and recognize the good that everyday Americans are doing through participatory democracy. For example … The SAVE Act is officially “dead on arrival” in the Senate. Not a single Democratic Senator will support it. You did that! We did that!  Let’s take a bow!

Time: 15 minutes               Action Type: Education & Information

Under the current, broken pension system for public workers, individuals hired since 2011 receive “Tier 2” pension benefits. They pay the same amount toward their pension, but have to work longer, retire later, and receive less. This undercuts security for public employees and makes it harder for schools, universities, cities, counties and the state to attract and retain workers.

Time: 5 minutes                Action Type: Email or web form

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) recently arrived at AmeriCorps and started making drastic cuts. A majority of AmeriCorps’ federal staff were placed on paid administrative leave and two programs – AmeriCorps NCCC and FEMA Corps – were effectively dissolved. There is deep concern about the possibility of additional cuts.

Time: 10 minutes                Action Type: Phone call, email, or web form

The activist group Stand Up for Racial Justice is organizing a rally and march.
Thursday, May 1
6:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Dandelion Fountain on the Naperville Riverwalk (Jackson and Webster)
Naperville, IL

Time: 1 hour+travel                Action Type: Intergenerational rally & protest

In the past two months, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has escalated a disturbing pattern of allegedly targeting and forcibly disappearing many people without following due process — seemingly not for any criminal activity, but for their political speech and participation.

Time: 10 minutes                Action Type: Phone call, email, or web form

Join a rally organized by activist groups We Can Lead Change, Fox Valley Activists, and
Indivisible Fox Valley.
Saturday, May 3
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Foxfield Commons (Route 64 and Fieldgate Drive) in St. Charles, IL

Time: 10 minutes                Action Type: Phone call, email, or web form

Welcome two new and two returning Councilmembers to the Naperville City Council:
Mary Gibson, Ashfaq Syed, and incumbents Benny White and Ian Holzhauer
Sunday, May 4
2:30 – 3:00 p.m.
400 S. Eagle Street in Naperville, IL

Time: 30-60 minutes                Action Type: Attendance

Lawmakers need to hear from National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) members, families and friends about the urgent need to protect current benefit levels and retirement and oppose increases in employee contributions.

Time: 10 minutes                Action Type: Phone call or webform

The People’s Lobby has worked hard to tell our legislators why mental and behavioral health care access is important to our communities. As a result, the Improve Network Adequacy and Access for Behavioral Health Bill has passed the Illinois House and is moving to the Senate! Please encourage your State Senator to move this important legislation forward.

Time: 5 minutes                Action Type: Email / webform

Close to 400 college and university presidents from the American Association of Colleges and Universities’ (AAC&U) have signed an open letter to the current Administration.

Time: 5 minutes                Action Type: Information/Inspiration

The SAVE Act is a thinly disguised effort at voter suppression and it has passed a House vote. The Act is designed to block eligible people from voting, not protect against voter fraud as claimed. It’s time to call our Senators and demand that they oppose the SAVE Act and protect voting rights for all.

Time: 10 minutes                Action Type: Phone call

On April 14th, during an Oval Office meeting with El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, both Bukele and the U.S. President made it clear that they will make no attempt to return Kilmar Ábrego García, the Maryland father who was sent to an infamous Salvadoran prison by mistake, despite the Supreme Court’s unanimous order for the Administration to bring him back.

Time: 10 minutes                Action Type: Phone call

#TheMajorityProject is sponsoring an effort to flood Congress with 1,000,000+ postcards.  Together, we can take back the narrative!

Time: 30 minutes                Action Type: Postcard (Snail Mail)

The Administration is moving full speed ahead to enact its Day 1 campaign promise to conduct a mass deportation of 10+ million undocumented immigrants from the United States.

Time: 5 minutes                Action Type: Phone call

A leaked proposal from the Office of Management and Budget reveals that the current administration plans to cut funding for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) by over 30%. This would eliminate vital public health programs, including HIV/AIDS prevention and mental health services.

Time: 10 minutes                Action Type: Phone call

 The SAVE Act is a thinly disguised effort at voter suppression and it has passed a House vote. The Act is designed to block eligible people from voting, not protect against voter fraud as claimed. It’s time to call our Senators and demand that they oppose the SAVE Act and protect voting rights for all.

Time: 10 minutes                Action Type: Phone call

On April 14th, during an Oval Office meeting with El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, both Bukele and the President made it clear that they will make no attempt to return Kilmar Ábrego García, the innocent Maryland father who was sent to an infamous Salvadoran prison by mistake, despite the Supreme Court’s unanimous order for the Administration to bring him back. The President also told Bukele that “homegrown criminals are next,” and encouraged him to build more prisons.

Time: 10 minutes                Action Type: Phone call

Join an Indivisible Illinois call to learn what’s happening, why it matters, and how you can fight back. Together, we can protect Medicaid, Medicare, and the right to healthcare for all. Register now, get informed, and take action.

Time: 1.5 hours                Action Type: Zoom call

The activist-led People’s Union USA is organizing a national “economic blackout” from April 18 thru April 20. The boycott urges people to stop spending at major corporations and support only local businesses.

Time: 3 days               Action Type: Economic boycott

The Safe Schools for All Act protects access to public education for all students in Illinois. This bill prohibits a child from being denied a free public education based on citizenship or immigration status, so that no child is afraid to attend school and no parent is afraid to send them.

Time: 5-10 minutes               Action Type: Phone Call or Web Form

Hospitals often outsource on-site care to third-party providers who may not follow medical debt laws that hospitals must follow. The Fair Patient Billing Act protects eligible uninsured community members from private provider medical bills after being approved for charity care from the hospital.

Time: 5-10 minutes               Action Type: Phone Call or Web Form

Read a blog from Jes Cravin for an inspiring morale boost.

Time: 20 minutes               Action Type: Read

Social action work is hard work. Do something to rest, relax, and recharge this week and every week.

Time: Varies               Action Type: Varies

Urge Congress to sponsor the Protecting Sensitive Locations Act to protect immigrant communities. Ask your House Rep to oppose legislation that would punish sanctuary cities for refusing to aid ICE.

Time: 10 minutes                Action Type: Phone call

Senator Cory Booker held the floor of the Senate for a record-breaking 25+ continuous hours to challenge multiple authoritarian executive orders and policies at a time when the Democrats do not control either chamber of Congress.

Time: 10 minutes                Action Type: Phone call or email

Throughout April, DuPage UU Church is collecting non-perishable food items for the COD Fuel Pantry, serving COD students. Visits to the pantry are increasing at this time.

Time: Varies                Action Type: Donation

We declare April 15, Tax Day, as “No Taxes for Tyrants” to demand that our tax dollars be used to fund public education, public health, scientific research, environmental protections, and more.

Time: 1 hour + travel time               Action Type: Rally [Intergenerational]

Enough is enough. It’s time to rise up and fight for what we believe in. Indivisible Chicago is joining hundreds of groups nationwide for Hands Off! Day of Action. These nonviolent, broad-based rallies will bring together people from many causes, communities, and issues. The Administration’s attacks impact us all.

If you care about our city, nation, and planet, make your voice heard. Join in and show that we will not sit by. It’s time to say HANDS OFF!

Time: 1-2 hours                Action Type: In Person rally & march (intergenerational)

The current Administration has published a new rule, effective April 11, that compels undocumented immigrants to “register” with the U.S. government or face criminal charges or detention and deportation. It’s a blatant attempt to entrap people and target them for deportation.

Time: 2 minutes                Action Type: Web form

Reject the executive order to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).

Time: 2 minutes                Action Type: Web form

Voice opposition to an executive order requiring people to produce U.S. citizenship documentation to register to vote. An estimated 9% of U.S. citizens of voting age lack this documentation. The order also threatens to withhold federal funding from states that count mail-in ballots received after election day and grants federal agencies access to state voter rolls to check for “consistency with Federal requirements,” even though voter fraud is rare.

Time: 2 minutes                Action Type: Web form

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, National Security Advisor Michael Walz, and others shared highly sensitive U.S. military plans to strike Yemen using a popular, UNSECURED chat app. This shocking risk to national security potentially violates the Espionage Act.

Time: 10 minutes                Action Type: Phone call

Congressional Republicans have introduced the extreme anti-voter Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act (H.R. 22/S.128) and declared it among their top priorities. This bill would hinder millions of eligible Americans from registering to vote by requiring citizens to present a birth certificate or passport in person to register. Millions of Americans don’t have easy access to these documents.

Time: 5 minutes                Action Type: Phone call

Vote early (now) or on Tuesday, April 1st in the Municipal election. Early voting is underway NOW. Local elections are critical to making the decisions you want for your community in schools, libraries, and local governments. Find the status of your registration, who’s on your ballot, and candidate information here: Vote411.org. Go to your county website for more information. Note: Illinois residents can vote at any polling station in the state and do not have to show their IDs.

Time: 30 minutes                Action Type: In Person

In a move to abolish the Department of Education, the current Administration has issued an executive order to scale back the department’s functionality and workforce until it is shuttered. House Republicans have also reintroduced H.R. 899, which would slash federal funding for public schools, eliminate support for students with disabilities, end enforcement of civil rights protections in education, and abolish federal student loan and workforce development programs. Tell your Representative to protect the Department of Education and oppose H.R. 899.

Time: 5-10 minutes               Action Type: Phone call

Attend a rally for trans visibility on March 30th. Expect powerful speakers (including trans activists, community leaders, and allies), a march for justice through the streets of Chicago to show solidarity and strength, and celebrate our community while rallying for our rights.

Time: 1:00-3:00 + travel                Action Type: In Person rally

We’re urging Congress to protect and save Social Security. After all, we earn it through a lifetime of hard work. Tell your members of Congress: Social Security must be protected and saved!

Time: 1 minute                Action Type: Web form

Indivisible Chicago is joining with other across the country as part of the national Hands Off Day of Action. This will be a nonviolent, broad-based action bringing all of us together from many different causes, communities and issue areas, as the attacks are impacting us all. There are marches in Chicago, Geneva, Lisle, and even more state- and nationwide!

Time: 2 hours + travel                Action Type: In person rally (Intergenerational)

oin Rep. Janet Yang Rohr and constituents from across the 41st District of Naperville, Bolingbrook and Warrenville in our District Office on Saturday, March 29 from 10:00 – 11:00 a.m.

Time: 1 hour                Action Type: In person meeting

The Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act (CRGA) (SB2473/HB3779) prioritizes commonsense solutions that protect customers from price volatility, bolster our grid with clean energy resources, and hold utilities and large industrial energy users, like data centers, accountable for achieving a clean and affordable electric grid.

Time: 2 minutes               Action Type: Web form

After more than a year of Israel’s relentless onslaught on the people of Gaza and a worsening humanitarian catastrophe, the United States must restore funding for the agency that serves as the backbone of humanitarian operations in Gaza – the UN Relief and Works Agency, or UNRWA. Every humanitarian operator in Gaza, including the World Food Programme, Oxfam, and Save the Children, has repeatedly stressed that UNRWA is the backbone of aid delivery to millions of Palestinians who are facing a looming human-made famine and polio epidemic.

Time: 2 minutes               Action Type: Web form

As Congress negotiates federal spending for Fiscal Year 2025, lawmakers have an opportunity to support sustainable peace and prevent violent conflict by investing in three essential accounts: Atrocities Prevention, the Complex Crises Fund, and Reconciliation Programs.  

Time: 2 minutes               Action Type: Web form

Tell President Zelenskyy that the actions of the current Administration do not speak for you.

Time: 2 minutes               Action Type: Web form

Jamie Raskin announces Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) demands for personal data held by Doge and Elon Musk; Federal District Court decision opens up path for all Americans to check on their personal data held by this new Federal agency. Goal: Obstruct. DOGE must comply with FOIA requests from U.S. citizens regarding how their data is used.

Time: 10 minutes                Action Type: Snail Mail Letter

The Save Act would make it harder for millions of eligible Americans to register and vote by requiring strict proof of citizenship, such as a passport, birth certificate, and other documents. Many Americans lack these documents, cannot easily or quickly obtain them, and cannot afford the fees for processing such documentation. The SAVE Act is a modern-day poll tax, which is unnecessary and immoral, as there is virtually no election fraud in our voting system. A minuscule number of people vote more than once—a tiny risk compared to a major obstacle to voting.

Time: 5 minutes                Action Type: Phone Call

Section 504 protects people with disabilities from discrimination, requiring that institutions like schools and hospitals provide reasonable accommodations. A group of Attorney Generals is trying to end these protections via Texas v. Becerra. If successful, Section 504 and its protections would be weakened or destroyed entirely, children and adults with disabilities would see their rights eroded, and schools and medical providers could stop providing accommodations. Demand that Illinois’ Attorney General support Section 504 by supporting the defense or filing an amicus brief.

Time: 5 minutes                Action Type: Phone Call

Sheriff Mendrick has previously sworn NOT to uphold the automatic gun ban and similar laws that don’t align with his politics. Here is an article in the Daily Herald about his upcoming run for Governor: https://archive.ph/tUhQ2

Time: 5-10 minutes                Action Type: Phone Call or Email

From Day 1, the current Administration has relentlessly attacked transgender people’s basic freedoms. Now the State Department is denying accurate passports to trans, intersex, and nonbinary people. All of us need accurate and consistent identifying documents that reflect who we are. Banning accurate IDs and forcing transgender people to ‘out’ themselves whenever they show an ID will only push transgender people out of public life and expose them to discrimination and violence.

Time: 5 minutes                Action Type: Web Form