MAY 14, 2026 _______________________________________________________________________________ What are we gonna do to make the people rise?  Educate! Agitate! Organize!  “Saying that democracy died in Tennessee last week is incorrect and boring.  “Saying that Tennesseans are being attacked legally by authoritarians (a minority of the actual population and electorate, who want to consolidate their own wealth and power at the expense of…well…everything and everyone…) is correct and useful. 

APRIL 29, 2026 _______________________________________________________________________________ May Day still matters … May 1 arrives, and much of the world recognizes it as International Workers’ Day. In many countries, it remains a public holiday tied to labor history, union struggle, and respect for the people who keep society functioning. In the United States, however, May Day is often ignored, misunderstood, or treated as something foreign.

APRIL 22, 2026 _______________________________________________________________________________ THIS WEEK: May-Day Strong: Collective Gathering on May 1, Save the Date The People Have Spoken: A Big Win for Democracy in Virginia Second Book Chosen for IH’s Democracy Reads: The Project Mark Your Calendar Good Reads / Good Watches / Good Listens This Week’s TO-DO List for the Good Trouble In Helena “Participate in or organize boycotts of companies that are enabling the Trump regime — including Elon Musk’s X and Tesla, Amazon, Meta (Facebook), and any companies that advertise on X or on Fox News.

APRIL 15, 2026  _______________________________________________________________________________ THIS WEEK: Come Together for the IH Membership Meeting, Thursday Member Spotlight: Jim Good Reads / Good Watches / Good Listens This Week’s TO-DO List for the Good Trouble In Helena _______________________________________________________________________________ Masters of War Lyrics by Bob Dylan Come you masters of warYou that build the big gunsYou that build the death planes…

APRIL 1, 2026 _______________________________________________________________________________ THIS WEEK: We Will Persist in Resisting Mark Your Calendar Good Reads / Good Watches / Good Listens This Week’s TO-DO List for the Good Trouble In Helena “We must truly accept that participation in our system of government is not a part-time job or one that, like joining your town’s volunteer fire department, only calls for action when flames appear on the horizon.

MARCH 24, 2026 _______________________________________________________________________________ THIS WEEK: We Will Persist, Defy, Prevail Public Meeting: City Looking to Rescind Helena’s ICE Resolution Mark Your Calendar Good Reads / Good Watches / Good Listens This Week’s TO-DO List for the Good Trouble In Helena The NO KINGS III rally on Saturday will show “that tyranny cannot succeed where people refuse to submit to it … show each of us that we’re not alone … Our march next Saturday will demonstrate that we will not be silenced.” 

MARCH 18, 2026 _______________________________________________________________________________ “I just want us to understand that most of the important change is collective.” — Rebecca Solnit THIS WEEK: NO KINGS III Still On: Our Strength Will Not Be Denied Mark Your Calendar Good Reads / Good Watches / Good Listens This Week’s TO-DO List for the Good Trouble In Helena _______________________________________________________________________________ Our StrengthWill Not Be Denied…

MARCH 10, 2026 _______________________________________________________________________________ THIS WEEK: From Barak Obama’s Eulogy for Jesse Jackson Sign Up to Provide Crowd Support at NO KINGS III Are You Registered to Vote? Maybe You Should Check! Mark Your Calendar Good Reads / Good Watches / Good Listens This Week’s TO-DO List for Good Trouble In Helena "What can I, as one individual do?Stop thinking as an individual."

MARCH 4, 2026 _______________________________________________________________________________ THIS WEEK: No War Be Ready for NO KINGS III on March 28 Mark Your Calendar Good Reads / Good Watches / Good Listens This Week’s TO-DO List for Good Trouble In Helena “He assumed a war would be helpful to him. It would justify emergency measures at home. It would deflect attention from his multiple failures.

FEBRUARY 24, 2026 _______________________________________________________________________________ THIS WEEK: Get Ready for NO KINGS III: Saturday, March 28 at the Capitol Bring Your Time. Bring Your Talent. Bring Your Fire. From Gathering to Action: Indivisibles Mobilize at February Membership Meeting Helena Kids Are Doin’ It Right! Mark Your Calendar Good Reads / Good Watches / Good Listens This Week’s TO-DO List for Good Trouble In Helena…

FEBRUARY 18, 2026 _______________________________________________________________________________ THIS WEEK: New Helena Pop-Up Protests Thursday’s Membership Meeting: Building Helena’s NO KINGS III Republicans Chose Shutdown. Now We Escalate. Mark Your Calendars Good Reads / Good Watches / Good Listens This Week’s TO-DO List for the Good Trouble In Helena _______________________________________________________________________________ “The most striking data point is that low-political-knowledge, low-news-engagement voters — roughly 27% of the electorate — have swung from supporting Trump by 11 points in 2024 to disapproving of him by 13 points.

February 10, 2026 _______________________________________________________________________________ THIS WEEK: Exercise Your Activist Muscles as We Plan for No Kings III Must Watch: What’s the Plan? A Ride for All, A Ride for Alex Good Reads / Good Watches / Good Listens This Week’s TO-DO List for the Good Trouble In Helena Member/Volunteer Spotlight _______________________________________________________________________________ Photo courtesy Bob Allen Photography “Never stop resisting. Not loudly.

JANUARY 3, 2026 _______________________________________________________________________________ THIS WEEK: No Kings III held March 28 Helena Shows Up to Protect Our Community High School Students Unite to Stand Up for Helena’s Immigrants Good Reads / Good Watches This Week’s TO-DO List for the Good Trouble In Helena Local Pantries Need Our Help Member/Volunteer Spotlight _______________________________________________________________________________ No Kings IIIHappening March 28. Mark Your Calendar!

JANUARY 26, 2026 _______________________________________________________________________________ THIS WEEK: Protect Our Community from ICE and DHS NorthWestern Energy’s 20-Year Plan Mark Your Calendar Good Reads / Good Watches / Good Listens This Week’s TO-DO List for the Good Trouble In Helena _______________________________________________________________________________ Protect Our Communityfrom ICE and DHS Show Resolution Support andUrge Commissioners to Do the Right Thing Please plan on attending the Helena City Commission meeting at 6 pm on Monday, Jan 26, to express your support for the resolution preventing Helena from entering into a 287(g) agreement with ICE, and to support amendments to the resolution that will be introduced by Commissioner Reed.

JANUARY 19, 2025 _______________________________________________________________________________ THIS WEEK: MLK Jr’s Legacy Lives In Action Show Up at the Rotunda to Demonstrate Determination Good Timing for Good Trouble: ACLU Activism Training Quiet Power of Introvert Volunteers: Join Us Mark Your Calendar Good Reads / Good Watches / Good Listens This Week’s TO-DO for Good Trouble in Helena Pack City Council Meetings for Votes on the ICE resolution…

JANUARY 12, 2025 Urgent Call to Action:We Need You at the Rotunda! TUESDAY JANUARY 20, 2026 — NOONJoin us in the Capitol Rotunda to defend our civil rights and demand a response from Montana’s Governor and federal delegation. This Fall, Indivisible Helena organizers submitted a petition to the Governor and Montana’s federal delegation. The petition had over 6,000 signatures gathered statewide, calling on lawmakers to reaffirm our constitutional rights and to publicly condemn political violence and the use of military force against civilians.

JANUARY 6, 2026 Our New Year’s Wish: A Healthy Democracy Indivisible Helena (IH) is reflecting on the past year — the challenges and successes — while recommitting for the long-term to our shared democratic values of participation, nonviolence, and accountability. In 2025, we focused on learning — how to mobilize, engage volunteers, and build community. We are grateful for the many members/volunteers willing to stand shoulder-to-shoulder in this effort to defend and restore a functioning, vibrant democracy.

DECEMBER 22, 2025 May the last days of this year bring you deep rest, laughter, peace, and perspective. “Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for. Each of us needs to withdraw from cares which will not withdraw from us” — Maya Angelou, poet, civil rights activist _______________________________________________________________________________ Follow-Up on City of Helena Manager Hiring…

DECEMBER 16, 2025 Bar the Door, Katie! The Republicans are handing out their holiday gifts to every one of us, and we won’t like what we find in the crushed and mangled paper-board box that lands on our icy, treacherous door steps. They will be deaf to your “MAYDAY!” cries. Indivisibles, resolve to strengthen your commitment to non-cooperation and exercise those empathy muscles as we prepare to protect our communities.

DECEMBER 8, 2025 Warp Speed Hiring Needs Yellow Flag City Manager Choice Needs Citizen Input Photo via Good Free Photos On Wednesday, Dec. 10, the Helena City Commissioners will interview the three City Manager candidates and choose the next City Manager. The role holds broad authority over nearly every action the Commission directs. The City Manager sets meeting agendas —decides whether to schedule citizen-led resolutions such as the ICE resolution, manages discussions on affordable housing — hires department heads, and holds staff accountable for carrying out the Commission’s work.

DECEMBER 2, 2025 Social Connections Strengthen DemocraciesWE'RE HAVING A SOCIAL!Indivisible Helena Membership Meeting Thursday, Dec. 46 p.m. - 7:50 p.m.L & C Library, Large Community RoomFood and soft beverages provided. Have a friend who is interested in learning more about IH or how they can be part of resisting this assault on our democracy? Bring them to the gathering.

NOVEMBER 24, 2025 Get Your No Kings Yard Signs! We’ve got ‘em, you want ‘em Available at the December 4, IH Membership Meeting, or request by email, and we’ll get them to you. The No Kings sign campaign is here until we are sure there will be NO KINGS, EVER! Request a NO KINGS Yard Sign _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ Put it on your calendar — first party of the holiday season!

NOVEMBER 18, 2025 IH “Difficult Conversations” Workshop Sunday, November 2312:30 p.m. – 2 p.m.L & C Library, Large Meeting Room Designed to help you find better ways to work with difficult holiday conversations around politics and social issues, IH’s Barb Barnes will share techniques on listening, asking questions, and becoming more confident in sharing more of yourself during dialogue.

URGENT MESSAGE FROM INDIVISIBLE NATIONAL A note from Ezra Levin, Co-Executive Director Democrats Surrendered. We Organize.It’s time to demand leadership with a spine. If you haven’t seen, Senate Democrats surrendered. What I am about to write may sound calm and collected, but know that I am channeling my searing hot incandescent rage in an effort to explain what went down, and what it requires of all of us next.

NOVEMBER 11, 2025 “If this country has a future, it’s in the streets, the courts, the movements and the continued exercise of free speech and freedom of assembly against this administration.” — Rebecca Solnit Honoring Our Veterans To all who’ve served — thank you. Indivisible Helena honors you this Veterans Day and every day. We support you, we see you, and we’re grateful for the strength and sense of service you bring to our Helena community.

NOVEMBER 04, 2025 Montanans Rally to Defend DemocracyThe Pledge to Protect Grows Statewide Photo: Sandy Doyle IH presented “Signs of Fasciism” on Park Ave this past Saturday. The response was mostly positive. _____________________ The BIG ASK of Helena’s No Kings II rally-goers on Oct 18 was to sign the Pledge to Protect, the citizens’ petition supporting our Constitutional rights and key principles of democracy, …

OCTOBER 27, 2025 Pledge to ProtectSign ON, Gather Signatures Successful rallies have an “ask,” a “what to do next,” a “next step.” For the NO KINGS II rally, IH asked rally-goers to sign a petition, on paper or on-line, demanding that our two U.S. Senators, our two U.S. Representatives, and Governor Gianforte protect everyone’s constitutional rights and key principals of democracy.

Sign OnPetition to Protect Our Constitution Sign the Petition to Protect that demands our congressional delegation and Governor Gianforte protect everyone’s constitutional rights and principles of democracy. The petition will officially launch at the rally, but you can be among the first to sign. Sign the Petition

OCTOBER 21, 2025 Helena Indivisibles Represent! Photo by Todd Harwell We Stood UP, We Stood TOGETHER, and We Signed ON! Local media reported nearly 2,500 people gathered at the State Capitol for Helena’s No Kings rally — part of a nationwide show of strength. More than 7 million individuals joined rallies across the country, not one arrest among them — showing MAGA what peaceful protesting REALLY looks like.

OCTOBER 14, 2025 Volunteers Needed for Helena’s No Kings Rally We need volunteers for the No Kings rally this Saturday, October 18, at the Capitol Flag Plaza. It promises to be the largest resistance rally to date. We want to be sure our gathering is a safe, secure, non-violent, and FUN event. Please help IH by volunteering for one of these roles.

The Time Is Now for Spreading the Word Ignite the movement. Make it impossible to ignore. The No Kings Rally is coming up fast — this Saturday — and we’re relying on your help to spread the word this coming week. The most powerful messages come from you. When people see familiar faces standing up for democracy, they’re more likely to show up too.

OCTOBER 6, 2025 Together, We’re the PowerThey Fear the Most When we say NO together, they have to listen. NO KINGS is how we the people reject the Trump administration’s destruction of our government and democracy. This time, our NO must be louder and clearer —with many more voices joining in. Bring your friends, family, coworkers, and even strangers to the Capitol.

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