Indivisible Weston’s Accomplishments Since its founding in July 2025:
Held weekly organizational meetings every Monday;
Written and Sent the Indivisible Action Newsletter to 310 Weston households every week, promoting:
“Weekly Institution to Defend,” participation in local activism, safety marshal training, phone banking, educational programs, anti-ICE activities, support of national pro-democracy organizations, election protection organizations, and education about supporting the most impactful midterm races;
Held 5 Speakers Forums over 8 months, focusing on: Challenges to Our Constitutional Democracy; ICE in Our Backyard; The Existential Threat to the US Rule of Law; The State of Healthcare in America; and The Threat to Free and Fair Elections;
Written thousands of voter registration postcards to critical districts;
Held bi-weekly Bridge Brigades over the Mass Pike, with signs and coordinated with nearby towns’ bridge brigades;
Held bi-weekly “flowerpot standouts” in Weston Center on Saturday mornings;
Organized carpools to the local venues of No Kings, May Day, other nationwide protests, and Citizens Bank boycotts;
Participated in Waltham's immigrant emergency response organization's protest march against ICE;
Coordinated activities with Indivisible groups in surrounding towns;
Developed an Indivisible Weston logo, website, Facebook page, and yard signs - we even have our own cartoonists!
Indivisible Weston members have:
Worked with the Weston School Committee to develop a protocol to protect students, staff, and others if ICE should try to enter school grounds;
Joined Waltham’s immigrant emergency response team to deliver food and other services to immigrants who are threatened by local ICE roundups;
Published 4 articles in the Indivisible Mass Coalition (IMC) online publication, Indivisiblog;
Attended MA State House hearings on immigrant protection legislation;
Attended MA DOT hearings on the use of the Hanscom Airport to transport immigrant detainees;
Participated in lobbying at the Mass State House to eliminate non-medical exemptions from school vaccine mandates;
Attended Bearing Witness protests at the Burlington ICE Detention Center; and
Joined the IMC Feminist Action Team to provide scientifically correct information to counter the disinformation and propaganda that the “Mass Citizens for Life” organization displayed on the UMass Amherst campus.