Freedom Writers of Western MA: Unmask ICE (3 actions) + Stand outs
Freedom Writers - Western Mass - 7/26/25
Hello, Freedom Writers of Western Mass! We’re so glad you’re here!
In Today’s Post:
ICE is now the largest federal law enforcement agency in our history
ACTIONS:
Action 1 » Demand the Unmasking of ICE Agents
Action 2 » If you’re in a Blue State, you can make a bigger difference by calling voters in red states …
Action 3 » Join Indivisible’s Million …
Action 4 » Western Mass Standouts and Protests! Sign up for one near you!
INFO SHEETS - For Your Information
There’s a lot coming at us right now, so if you’re feeling like you just want to hide under your bed for a little while … you’re not alone.
… but, while I’m right there with you (under my bed), the one thing that has kept coming up for me this past week was the powerful email that Indivisible co-founder, Ezra Levin sent about ICE on 7/7/25.
In it, he says of all the yucky-ucky no good things hidden in Trump’s Big Bill of Betrayal, the one that we would see the soonest is ICE’s giant leap of funding. The BBB ballooned ICS’s annual budget to $37.5 billion, thereby making it the largest federal law enforcement agency in the history of our republic.
“They want to take the terror and militarization that they brought to Los Angeles and do the same thing in communities around the country.”
The Trump administration has begun hiring 10,000 goons for Kristi Noem and Tom Homan and has started building 100,000 new detention beds in mega- detention camps around the country.
Remember, before the election, when Trump promised to deport a million people, and the nay-sayers said, “Impossible! ICE doesn’t have the funding to do that.”
Yeah, well … here we are.
But what can we do?
3 things to start:
Call your congress people (see Action 1 below)
Get others to call their congress people (see Action 2 below)
Meet this historical moment with historical resistance (see Action 3 below)
So, yes. We have to come out from under our beds. Our country needs us. Please join us so we can take on these threats together.
Thank you for helping us save our democracy.
EB Freed and Billy J
Action 1 » Demand the Unmasking of ICE Agents
This is a 5 Calls action. To learn more about 5 Calls, read this excellent Info Sheet on how to install the 5 Calls app on your phone.
Action: Click here to go to 5 Calls online and call both your State and Federal Representatives and urge them to to to support and enact laws to ensure the proper identification of ICE agents. Or, download the app to your phone, and make your calls that way.
Action 2 » If you’re in a Blue State, you can make a bigger difference by calling voters in red states …
Action: ON JULY 28th, and every month after that, you can participate in Mobilize’s monthly phone banks to red state voters to get them to call their congress people and demand that ICE not wear masks! Sign up HERE.
Action 3 » Meet historical injustice with historical resistance - Join Indivisible’s “One Million Rising”
Indivisible has launched “One Million Rising” — a national plan of action to train one million people in the practice of non-cooperation, as well as community organizing and campaign design. It consists of 3 trainings, one of which has already happened, but you can watch the video of it. Click HERE to get started.
Action 4 » Western Mass Standouts
The good news is there are SO MANY standouts and rallies happening in Western Mass that we can’t list them all here.
Go to MOBILIZE to get information on most of them. When you get there, click on the FILTERS button and enter Type = Visibility events, then Near = Your Town.
In addition to the ones you’ll find on MOBILIZE, here are some more:
Thu 7/31/25 4:00 - 5:30 pm Town: Longmeadow LARC-LDTC Standouts LARK-LDTC FOR MORE INFO: Corners of Longmeadow Street and Western Drive.
Held every 3rd and 5th Thursdays. For more info: 413-567-3451
INFO SHEETS - For Your Information
If you’re new to the Freedom Writers, WELCOME! Check out these INFO SHEETS with lots of great background information:
INFO SHEET: Get Started - Taking Action with Indivisible - Get the most up-to-date information about what is happening in your area through a local Indivisible group!
INFO SHEET: Keeping Your Cool Under the Trump Regime - Access reliable, free news when it counts the most!
INFO SHEET: How to Contact Your Elected Officials - Find out why we act the way we act.
Three AOC Videos About the Importance of Phone Calls Now - Don’t let the MAGAts win the calling our elected officials game.
5 Calls App - Set Up Instructions - This beautiful instruction sheet was written by 3 people who are all over 70 years old. If they can do it, you can do it.