Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church

1901 Thomson Rd, Charlottesville

Our Summer Activist’s Series continues Thursday June 12! Come join us to learn more about the how and why of our fight against fascism.

• How do we organize a protest, and plan a campaign, to create tangible changes in our lives here and now?

• How do we practice daily actions to protect each other from the grips of an authoritarian state?

• How do we connect across communities and issues?

• What have we learned from resistance movements in the U.S. and elsewhere?

• What have we learned from each other here in Charlottesville? Join as many sessions as you can – let’s build power!

Health & Safety at Protests

This session will cover practical strategies to stay physically safe and emotionally grounded during protests, including guidance on what to bring, how to respond to police tactics, and how to support others. We’ll also discuss collective care practices and ways to minimize risk for the most vulnerable in our communities.

More information here: www.indivisiblecharlottesville.org/2025-peoples-summer-workshop

You can order delicious tamales to pick up at the church for this event here. Please note that you must order by June 10 for the June 12 session.

Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church

1901 Thomson Rd, Charlottesville

Our Summer Activist’s Series continues Thursday June 5! Come join us to learn more about the how and why of our fight against fascism.

• How do we organize a protest, and plan a campaign, to create tangible changes in our lives here and now?

• How do we practice daily actions to protect each other from the grips of an authoritarian state?

• How do we connect across communities and issues?

• What have we learned from resistance movements in the U.S. and elsewhere?

• What have we learned from each other here in Charlottesville? Join as many sessions as you can – let’s build power!

Know Your Rights, Use Your Power

This is an essential workshop in the People's Activist Summer Series designed to equip participants with practical knowledge to advocate for themselves and their communities. This session will cover fundamental civil rights, navigating encounters with law enforcement, and strategies for resisting systemic injustice through informed action.

More information here: www.indivisiblecharlottesville.org/2025-peoples-summer-workshop

You can order delicious tamales to pick up at the church for this event here. Please note that you must order by June 3 for the June 5 session.

Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church

1901 Thomson Rd, Charlottesville

The next session of our Summer Activist’s Series is Thursday May 29! Come join us to learn more about the how and why of our fight against fascism.

• How do we organize a protest, and plan a campaign, to create tangible changes in our lives here and now?

• How do we practice daily actions to protect each other from the grips of an authoritarian state?

• How do we connect across communities and issues?

• What have we learned from resistance movements in the U.S. and elsewhere?

• What have we learned from each other here in Charlottesville? Join as many sessions as you can – let’s build power!

Crackdowns & Comebacks: The Fight for Freedom over the past 100 Years

This session explores a century of organizing and resistance in the face of repression. We'll examine the strategies activists have used to push back against oppression and reclaim their freedom, offering lessons for today's struggles for liberation.

More information here: www.indivisiblecharlottesville.org/2025-peoples-summer-workshop

McGuffey Art Center

201 2nd Street Northwest Charlottesville, VA 22902

An evening of theater, art, music, & refreshment to support: Blue Ridge Abortion Fund, New River Abortion Access Fund, & The Green Cab.

Virginia is the one remaining safe haven for abortion care in the South. And abortion access providers here need our help more than ever to make sure people get the care they need.

So let's come together to support them: Join us and the Hamner Theater at McGuffey Art Center for an evening that has something for everyone. This is a 2025 Fund-a-thon event; all monies raised for the two abortion funds will be matched up to $50,000!

Full information and get your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/in-other-words-benefit-for-reproductive-freedom-tickets-1334336429179

Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church

1901 Thomson Rd, Charlottesville

The first session of our Summer Activist’s Series is Thursday May 22! Come join us to learn more about the how and why of our fight against fascism.

• How do we organize a protest, and plan a campaign, to create tangible changes in our lives here and now?

• How do we practice daily actions to protect each other from the grips of an authoritarian state?

• How do we connect across communities and issues?

• What have we learned from resistance movements in the U.S. and elsewhere?

• What have we learned from each other here in Charlottesville? Join as many sessions as you can – let’s build power!

Setting the Stage for Summer Organizing

In this first session, we’ll explore why security culture matters, get hands-on with digital safety tools like Signal, and walk through the summer’s vision — from understanding state repression and building multiracial solidarity to practicing community care and winning local power. You’ll meet others who share your interest in justice and leave with practical tools to protect yourself and your comrades.

More information here: www.indivisiblecharlottesville.org/2025-peoples-summer-workshop

Pen Park, 1300 Pen Park Road, Charlottesville

Hello Defenders of Democracy!

• Are you tired of making phone calls to your representatives alone in your home? Would you rather make them with others, outside, and celebrate the work you are doing together?

• Do you find it hard to make time to call during office hours because you're caring for children?

• Do you want to call your representatives but you don't know where to start or what to say?

• Have you been wondering about getting more involved with Indivisible Charlottesville, but haven't been able to attend any meetings yet?

If you answered yes to any of the above, and you're available Thursday, May 22 at 11am, then this event is for you!

This will be a child-friendly gathering at the Pen Park picnic shelters (coming from Rio, turn left just before the tennis courts). We will gather and make calls, while our children play nearby (we'll have sand toys, sidewalk chalk, and bubbles; there are also some pretty great puddles if it's rained recently -- rain boots highly recommended).

Please bring:

• a cell phone (tho we'll have one to lend if needed)

• whatever your kid needs (if you're bringing a kid 🙂)

There is usually plenty of parking. Look for us at picnic shelter 3 (though on the off-chance it's taken we’ll be in one of the others).

Come stand up for the rule of law in America! Join us at the Federal Courthouse, 255 W Main Street, at noon on Wednesday May 21st.

Donald Trump thinks he’s above the law. Let’s tell him that he is not! Support an independent judiciary!

Protests are working! In mandatory reporting, Tesla recently acknowledged that protests had changed the "political sentiment" and “could have a meaningful impact on demand for our products in the near term.” Tesla reported a 71 percent drop in profits!

So let's keep it up! Join us Saturday, May 17, at 1PM, for a peaceful protest along the sidewalks outside Stonefield (intersection of 29 and Hydraulic).

Bring signs--big signs with large, clear lettering work best. Be kind & courteous to people working in the area.

View our protest safety tips here: indivisiblecharlottesville.org/protest-safety

See you there! Sell Your Tesla! Dump Your Stock!

Come to the Federal Courthouse in Charlottesville at 5PM Thursday 5/8. Bring signs in support of Gaza and against the war!

The Israeli government’s blockade of all food, water, electricity and medicines in the midst of an ongoing bombardment which has already killed over 50,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, is a war crime and a moral atrocity.

Come show your support for an end to the death and destruction, and for the reconstruction of Gaza for Palestinians!

This is an ongoing Thursday protest, organized by cville4palestine.

Cville is for Unions!

Join us at IX Park on Sunday May 4 from 2 - 4 PM

Albemarle County Office Building

401 McIntire Rd

NOTE: The Albemarle County Office Building parking lot will NOT be available for this event—there is an evening meeting. Free parking is available nearby at Carver Rec Center, 233 4th St NW.

Across the country—from fruit fields in California to classrooms in Chicago, from kitchens in Queens to loading docks in Atlanta—working people are rising up. We are demanding a country that puts our families over their fortunes—public schools over private profits, healthcare over hedge funds, housing over homelessness.

Musk, Trump and their fellow profiteers are trying to create a race to the bottom—on wages, on benefits, on dignity itself. They want to erase labor rights, break our unions, and silence immigrant voices.

May Day 2025 we are standing united. We're organizing for a world where every family has housing, healthcare, fair wages, union protection, and safety—regardless of race, zip code, or immigration status.

They’re defunding our schools, privatizing public services, attacking unions, and targeting immigrant families with fear and violence. This is a war on working people—and we will not stand down. Using the principles of nonviolence and peaceful protest, we will stand together and stand strong.

This May Day, we will turn the page. This is the beginning of a new era—one where working families lead, immigrants are protected, and no one is left behind. This is not charity. This is not a request. We are reclaiming our power from corporate elites, and we will not be intimidated by Trump, Musk, or their billionaire backers. They’ve ruled for too long. Their time is up.

STOP THE BILLIONAIRE TAKEOVER. WE ARE THE MANY. THEY ARE THE FEW. THIS IS MAY DAY. JOIN US.

Saturday, April 26th, 3-4:30pm

Martin Luther King, Jr. Performing Arts Center at Charlottesville High School

Representative John McGuire (VA-05) hasn't held a town hall or taken constituent questions in person since he was elected. But people have a lot of questions for him--about DOGE's firings of hardworking Federal workers, about the tariffs that will raise prices for all of us, about illegal deportations, and about his and Elon Musk's efforts to gut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.

So we invited him to attend a town hall in Charlottesville on April 26, and we're going to hold it whether he comes or not. Join us, and bring your questions for McGuire and the Republicans who are running Washington for their billionaire buddies.

Peaceful protest along the public sidewalks at the intersection of Barracks Rd. & Emmet St N. Sign suggestions: TARIFFS = TAXES, TARIFFS TAX YOU!, TAX THE RICH! Tariffs ARE Taxes!

April 15, 5-6:30 pm.

Peaceful protest along the public sidewalks starting from the intersection of 29 & Hydraulic - this Saturday, April 5, 1-2 pm. Parking may be difficult. Please be respectful and kind to people working on a Saturday in the vicinity!

See you tomorrow, Saturday, March 15, at noon, for a peaceful protest along the sidewalks outside Stonefield (intersection of 29 and Hydraulic). Bring signs, and remember to be kind to people working retail jobs in the area.

And if you feel like extending your activism after this event, you can put this on your calendar for Monday: email Stonefield management at manager.stonefield@oconnorcp.com and call the parent corporation at (212) 308-7700 to tell them Tesla is not welcome here!

March from Federal Building to Free Speech Wall

Science is for everyone! March from the Federal Building to the Free Speech Wall. Bring signs and noisemakers or just join us.

Charlottesville Federal Building

Show your support! Wear blue/yellow. Bring signs and flags.

Preserve Democracy for Our Kids!

Albemarle County Office Building

401 McIntire Rd

Albemarle County Office Building

401 McIntire Rd

5 - 6:30 PM

Join us Wednesday, May 6th from 5-6pm for Indivisible Charlottesville's first virtual happy hour and meetup! We've all gotten so good at distancing, and now it's time to reconnect with your fellow Indivisibles. So raise your favorite beverage and let's talk about taking meaningful action in these strange times, or just share a small joy that's made you smile. Together we'll figure out how to adapt all our skills and energy to win in November—here in VA-05 and beyond. We'll use Zoom for this event. To get the Zoom link, please RSVP here: https://forms.gle/1TPGqDTbT1GZPwXP9

“Birddogging” is the tactic of putting a policy maker, elected representative, or candidate on the spot, in public and on camera, with inescapable, bullet-proof questions. A birddogger may decide to be perceived as a friend or foe of the politician, and birddoggers may come in groups small or large. This form of simple, direct advocacy is amazingly effective---and yet, astonishingly rare. In 2020’s election year, birddogging is how we will win the policies we need for equity and justice in our community.

Even though politicians like Denver Riggleman have stopped holding town hall meetings out of fear of their own constituents, campaign season has arrived and they must come out in public. Now is the time to learn how to ask your questions in the most effective and compelling way.

Trainer: Elizabeth Deutsch. Elizabeth is the Director of NY State and New England Community Mobilization at Housing Works. She joined the Advocacy Dept. at Housing Works in 2018 after twenty-two years in nursing to use her knowledge of the healthcare system to make effective change in public health policy. She has been an organizer for both federal and local rallies, protests, and non-violent civil disobedience including saving the ACA, fighting the tax scam, and protesting ICE and the Kavanaugh hearings.

RSVP on our Facebook page here or just show up!

Location: Century Room of the Gordon Avenue Library, 1500 Gordon Ave, Charlottesville, VA 22903-1916

After three long years, 2020 is finally here, and we can’t wait to defeat Trump at the ballot box! But to save our democracy, we know we’ve also got to flip the Senate and hold the House in November. In 2018, Indivisible Charlottesville volunteers wrote over 20,000 postcards to voters and dramatically increased Democratic turnout in our House district. Now, we are taking that incredible energy to races across the nation to help flip the Senate with peer-to-peer texting! We’ll be joining the national “Payback Project” to engage voters across nine target states to take action with Indivisibles in their area and mobilize to defeat their Trump-enabling Senators. #TextingIsTheNewPostcards

Why texting?

1. Texting is new and exciting! We're working with National Indivisible to get the same texting app that is used by organizations like Vote.org and at least one presidential campaign.

2. Texting is powerful! You can reach hundreds of voters per hour and the system automatically gathers data.

3. Texting is easy! All you need is your laptop (or a tablet with an external keyboard). We'll walk you through everything you need to know. Once you get set up and comfortable with the program, you can start texting from your phone!

4. Texting is fun! We’ll be gathering in the back room at Beer Run for a snack and beverage and a chance to mingle with Indivisible friends while reaching out to voters.

FAQs:

“Do I need to worry about my privacy?” No! The platform we are using does not use your personal phone number, and voters do not see your last name.

“I don't know what to say.” That's OK! The texting platform automatically fills in the initial outgoing message, and you’ll have dozens of pre-written scripts.

“I really love writing POSTCARDS. Can I still do that?” Yes! We’ll some have some postcards from Postcards to Voters as well! There’ll be something for everyone. But don't forget to BRING YOUR LAPTOP OR TABLET IF YOU WANT TO TEXT!

Come out and learn the ropes so that you can be part of the local team of Indivisible texters that is making a difference in Senate races across the country.

RSVP to our Facebook event here or just show up!

Location: Back Room of Beer Run

BRING YOUR LAPTOP OR TABLET!

Trump did the crime. Riggleman and the GOP said it was OK. What will YOU do about it?

This Wednesday, hundreds of thousands of Americans will mobilize with a simple demand: Reject The Coverup.

Together, we’ll demand:

Accountability -- Trump and the Senators and members of Congress who voted to cover up his crimes will be held accountable by their constituents.

Democracy -- Now more than ever, we need to ensure a free and fair election in 2020, which means real election security reform and an end to voter suppression.

Reform -- As after Watergate, we demand structural reforms to end the corruption and abuses of power that allowed Donald Trump’s criminal behavior in the first place.

It’s up to us to mobilize like never before -- and ensure that this dark moment in our nation’s history is followed by an unprecedented level of civic action.

Join Indivisible Charlottesville to watch the sixth 2020 Democratic Primary debate!

On December 19, the Democratic presidential candidates will take the stage and share their vision for the country. This is another chance for us to compare all the candidates as they dialogue together; it’s also a great chance for us to catch up, meet new people, and cheer on our favorite candidates! Debates are much more fun to watch with friends!

Thursday, December 19th, 8pm- 11pm

Location: Kardinal Hall

RSVP on our Facebook event page now to stay updated!

Impeachment rallies will be held throughout the country on Tuesday, December 17th at 5:30 p.m. local time, the eve of the House of Representatives' likely vote on impeachment.

Register to join us at the Albemarle County Office Building: https://act.moveon.org/event/impeach-and-remove-attend/125948

We need to show Rep. Riggleman that there is overwhelming support for impeachment in VA05. Bring signs, a raincoat, maybe a flashlight, and your friends! #NobodyIsAbovetheLaw

Note: The LOWER LOT of the County Building is open to the public after 5pm. There is also nearby street parking.

Your hard work paid off on Election Day and you deserve to celebrate! We're all thrilled about the new General Assembly, but do you know how YOU can help get progressive legislation passed? Come learn! Join us for a celebratory afternoon as we cheers to our statewide wins and mobilize for the 2020 General Assembly!

If you've got questions about how the General Assembly works, you're not alone! We'll demystify the process and learn more together about what we can expect in the upcoming 2020 legislative session. We'll hear from local groups with experience pushing legislation through and get plugged in to local and statewide efforts to pass progressive legislation up for consideration this session (ERA, Redistricting, Green New Deal, etc). Finally, our state legislators Sally Hudson and Creigh Deeds will be in attendance to share their perspectives on how we can work with them and use our citizen power to finally get the progressive change we want!

Come share food and a beverage as we celebrate together and regroup for 2020!

Election Day is almost here. This is your last chance to Get Out The Vote so we can WIN November 5!

Come help us talk to your neighbors about how critical this election is.

This event has shifts from 10AM to noon, noon to 2PM, 2PM to 4PM, and 4PM to 6PM. Sign up for one, or two, or three! on our Facebook event page here.

Election Day is almost here. This is your last chance to Get Out The Vote so we can WIN November 5!

Come help us talk to your neighbors about how critical this election is.

This event has shifts from 10AM to noon, noon to 2PM, 2PM to 4PM, and 4PM to 6PM. Sign up for one, or two, or three! on our Facebook event page here.

Election Day is almost here. This is your last chance to Get Out The Vote so we can WIN November 5!

Come help us talk to your neighbors about how critical this election is.

This event has shifts from 10AM to noon, noon to 2PM, 2PM to 4PM, and 4PM to 6PM. Sign up for one, or two, or three! on our Facebook event page here.