Actions you can take

Ways to support immigrant communities

• Neighbors Helping Neighbors ICE training, Sunday, Aug. 30, 4-5 p.m. ET, virtual. This training expands on the We of Action video that explains how to be effective and safe as a bystander and ally when ICE shows up. Participants will learn to increase their awareness of ICE activity in the DMV and how to show up for community members. Sign up here.
• Contact Compliant Technologies, the company behind ICE's proposed use of shock gloves, to express your point of view about the company's plan to profit by selling these gloves to the Department of Homeland Security. Read a letter the House Committee on Homeland Security sent to DHS. Find the company's contact form here.
• Distribute food to homes, Tuesdays in Northern Virginia with Food Justice DMV. Vetting is required, orientation provided. Volunteers can also collect goods, such as beans, rice, diapers, and formula (from neighbors and friends) to drop off at a local collection center. Sign up here.

Ways to support voting rights and protect elections

• Talk to us (please!) about how you want to raise awareness to get out the vote. Do you prefer to hold signs on busy sidewalks? Distribute flyers? Staff a table at local events? Take a few minutes to fill out this form so Indivisible Do Something Alexandria's visibility efforts can be as effective as possible. (Thank you.)
• Train for National Voter Education Week, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2-3 p.m. ET, virtual. Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under Law will provide an overview of voter rights at the polls and how to use the Election Protection Hotline, and Over Zero will review how to talk about election threats. Sign up here.
• Hands Off Our Vote: Election Protection 101 & 201, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 8-9 p.m. ET, virtual. Indivisible National explains how to activate the vote, become a trusted messenger and prepare for election defense scenarios. Sign up here. (Join Indivisible's overall Hands Off Our Vote movement by signing up here. )
• Spread the word about proposed amendments! Saturdays, 8-10 a.m., near City Hall. Help us get out the word. Indivisible Do Something Alexandria will provide info and handouts so you can inform community members headed to the farmers market. Sign up here.
• Canvass for Sen. Mark Warner, Saturdays and Sundays through Nov. 1, multiple times. Location of meetups will be provided when you register. Sign up here.
• Join Postcards from Alexandria, Fridays, noon-1:30 p.m., St. Elmo’s (1536 Kenwood Ave.), to write messages that inform Virginia voters about the three constitutional amendments and encourage Ohio voters to support Sherrod Brown. Write there, or pick up cards to write from home. For more: info@postcardsfromalx.com

Ways to support civil liberties

• March on Washington, Friday, Aug. 28, Lincoln Memorial. Gather at 8 a.m., program starts at 9 a.m. Hosted by the Rev. Al Sharpton, the National Action Network and the Drum Major Institute on the 63rd anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington, this march is to defend the vote and civil rights, and for economic justice. Learn more here. Register here.
• We The People Protest, Sunday, Aug. 30, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Nationals Park, 1500 S. Capitol St. SE. We of Action invites others to join this Signs of Fascism protest line before and during the home game. The Arlington-based organization will provide the signs that warn of creeping authoritarianism. Sign up here.

Other resistance activities

• Rebel Cafe "Get Political" Party, Monday, Aug 24, 7-8:30 p.m., St. Elmo's in Del Ray. Join this group of young people dedicated to building community and taking action. This gathering will include writing postcards to encourage Texans to vote for Talarico, and hearing from local leaders on what's next after a hard-fought primary. Sign up here.
• Social Bank with Swing Left, Thursdays, 7-8 p.m. ET, virtual. Like a phone bank, a social bank has volunteers gathering virtually to spend an hour engaging with pro-Democratic content on TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and X (formerly Twitter). Sign up here.

General: Trainings, meetings

• Phone bank with Ground Truth, Wednesdays, 6-9 p.m. ET and Sundays, 2-5 p.m. ET. Training is included in this virtual phone bank that has volunteers calling all types of voters to ask questions and listen deeply to voters' concerns. (See recent coverage in the NY Times.) Sign up here.
• Ground Truth Civic Action Follow-Up Letters. In this pilot campaign, Vote Forward asks volunteers to attend a virtual training then write letters to voters who opened their doors to have conversations with Swing Left interviewers (see above). Sign up here.