With so much going on, it’s hard to know what to do or how to do it. Our weekly newsletters gather as much information as we can find and organize it to make taking action as easy and accessible as possible. You don’t have to do ALL the things, but you should do SOMETHING. Our most current edition is below, and you can sign up to receive future newsletters here.

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July 19, 2026

Flames erupting from illegal, immoral wars across the Middle East and Ukraine. ICE’s searing, mounting murders. Orange skies from climate-change fires burning hundreds of miles away. Cruel lies from an inflamed pumpkin-faced demagogue shouting at the cameras.

These are times that feel like a crossroads. When the odds, the risks, and the challenges build, the heat feels overwhelming.

How do we fight the fire? Through our individual and collective action. Whether you’ve helped turn out the vote, called or written an elected official, attended a rally or a meeting, or joined a picket or a vigil, you’ve made a difference. You’ve boosted democracy over fascism. Feels good, doesn’t it? 

There are so many more opportunities to forge ahead, together, to help build a better future for everyone, one call, one email, one action at a time. Jump in, sign up, and help grow the wave of resilient resistance!

Your Top actions for this week

  1. 📱 Join Indivisible Brooklyn's Monthly Organizing Meeting on Monday, July 20 at 7pm on Zoom. Join other INBKers as we help lead the charge in pushing our local, state, and federal representatives to resist violent MAGA authoritarianism, promote democracy, and stand up for our communities. Don’t miss this week’s meeting, where we’ll be talking about MAGA’s authoritarian playbook for stealing the midterm elections and learn about how INBK can help implement The People’s Election Playbook to make sure we usher in a Democratic Congress in January. RSVP here.

  2. 💪 Join South Brooklyn Sanctuary’s Solidarity Webinar on Tuesday, July 21 at 1pm on Zoom. Log on for an educational, inspiring webinar on solidarity with detained New Yorkers. We'll decode the latest changes in the local immigration space and share ways to support impacted communities. RSVP here.

  3. ❤️🚪 Canvass in Queens with Ground Truth on Saturday, July 25 in Little Neck. Join Swing Left and The Action Group NYC for a Ground Truth canvass – designed to help Democrats rebuild trust, win tough races, and flip the House. Ground Truth is our innovative, deeply researched, newly tested approach to canvassing: reaching out to every voter and listening to them first! Training, materials, and support provided. RSVP here for July 25 or future dates in August and the fall.

Upcoming Events

Weekly Vigil for Democracy at Brooklyn’s ICE Jail: Every Tuesday at 6pm in Sunset Park. Join INBK and our fellow organizers at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Bay Ridge for our weekly vigil outside the Metropolitan Detention Center (Third Ave. & 29th St.), where 200 of our abducted neighbors have been imprisoned. Let’s stand firm against the inhumane treatment of our neighbors, and call for the release of all ICE detainees. Sing songs of resistance and bring signs to bear witness in solidarity. RSVP here to stay updated. See our full vigil list and make a plan to bring folks with you to one of these events.

Persuasive Listening Training with Target Majority NYC: Tuesday, July 21 at 7pm on Zoom. Winning the midterms will require a lot of persuasion – reaching out, person to person, and bringing others along. Sign up and learn how to develop these canvassing skills. RSVP here.

Abortion Access Now Regional Organizing Training in NYC: Saturday, July 25, 9am-6pm. Sign up for in-person organizing training to advance federal abortion access. You’ll learn how to organize your personal networks, lead value-based conversations about abortion, and build alliances with other organizers who are ready to win back reproductive rights. RSVP here.

Many Hands Workshop Presents: Clap Back! A Fundraiser: Thursday, July 30 at 7pm in Bushwick. Join for a night of live music, drag, DJs, and defiance as we fundraise for mass movement art to resist authoritarianism and build the future we deserve! Many Hands Workshop is a place for New Yorkers from all parts of our city to plug into social movements and produce visuals that make us look and feel as powerful as we are. RSVP here.

More Ways to Resist this week

Email Governor Hochul to sign the Data Center Moratorium Bill, Last week, Gov. Hochul issued an executive order touted as the first statewide moratorium on data centers. But Hochul’s one-year pause only covers new permits for data centers that consume over 50 MW of energy, leaving many communities unprotected. The NYS legislature has already passed a bill that would actually ban data centers for a year and require robust studies to fully evaluate data centers’ harms. You can still use the tool from Food & Water Watch to email Governor Hochul and urge her to stand with the people, not the polluters, and sign the bill! 

Tell Congress to defend trans rights. Trump has been targeting transgender people and our families since his first day in office, issuing executive orders that censor our speech, attack our health care, make our schools less safe, and weaponize the federal government to push us out of public life altogether. The No Place for LGBTQ+ Hate Act would ensure that no federal funds could be used to carry out Trump's discriminatory, unconstitutional executive orders targeting the LGBTQ+ community. Use the ACLU’s one-click tool to send your Member of Congress an email telling them to co-sponsor the bill and stand up for our communities now.

Tell Congress: No funding for Trump’s illegal war with Iran! After launching an illegal and disastrous war against Iran, Trump is now seeking $87 billion from the public to pay for it. Congress has passed War Powers Resolutions rebuking the regime over this illegal war. But that means little if they now vote to fund it. Use Indivisible’s one-click tool to email your Members of Congress and urge them to hold the line against funding Trump’s illegal war.

Tell Congress to reject the Trump-Netanyahu military relationship. The annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is moving through Congress and the current draft includes provisions that would expand military cooperation between the United States and Israel through joint weapons development, intelligence sharing, defense technology partnerships, and other forms of military coordination, all while reducing transparency and public oversight. Use Indivisible’s one-click tool to email your Members of Congress demanding that they end blank-check policies that deepen US complicity in war crimes and instead support a foreign policy centered on diplomacy, accountability, and peace.

Stand with the families of ICE detainees. ICE has returned in full force to street abductions across NYC. You can learn about the families we are partnering with in South Brooklyn on standwithsouthbrooklyn.org, which includes GoFundMes. If you are able, giving even just $10 to each of the families at the top of the page would help our neighbors stay housed, cover living expenses, and support their detained loved ones. If you prefer to give to an organization, we recommend MiTlalli or our South Brooklyn Legal Support Fund, used for commissary and legal support.

In solidarity,
The INBK crew

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