January 16, 2026 Email to Active Group

------ EMPATHETIC LISTENING TRAINING

In case you missed our hit training on empathetic listening with Dave Martinez, he's running a repeat (just Swing Left) on Jan. 31: https://www.mobilize.us/swingleft/event/886489/

To use the training, please sign up for our phone banking team, as well as the January 24th Ground Truth Phonebanking with Swing Left.

------ ICE AWARENESS CORPS & VISIBILITY BRIGADE

Both our ICE Awareness Corps and Visibility Brigade will have events coming up soon; they're not publicly listed, so please let me know if you'd like to either:

a) canvass local businesses and help them understand their rights and how to protect their workers and our neighbors

b) provide awareness to folks driving on our highways with pointed signage on banners and flags

------ UPCOMING IBT EVENTS

Upcoming IBT events:

• Jan. 18: Come help me make postcarding packages (and possibly zines): https://www.mobilize.us/itsblueturn/event/823313/
• Jan. 19: Join Hilary & The Chalking Team to chalk the streets: https://www.mobilize.us/itsblueturn/event/808743/
• Feb. 7, 10am-12pm, Palo Alto: "Fighting for America: How We Win 2026." Help build long-term power: tools, strategy, and concrete ways you can help win critical elections in 2026 and strengthen democracy for the long run. RSVP: https://www.mobilize.us/itsblueturn/event/884935/   
• Feb. 7, 3pm, Mountain View: "ICE Out For Good" protest (together with TWW). Demand that ICE be defunded and dismantled as a secret, masked police force terrorizing our communities. RSVP: https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/886224/

------ FROM OUR FRIENDS & ALLIES

From our friends and allies:

• GoFundMe is hosting a fundraiser that never should have been allowed, and you can help push to have it removed. It was created for the legal defense of the moral monster that shot Renee Good, but it is obviously horrific and against the terms of service. Here's what you can do.

• Since Trump took office on January 20 last year, his presidency has been a disaster for our democracy, our communities, and our future. This year's Tuesday, January 20, Women’s March, 50501, and other pro-democracy groups are calling for a nationwide Free America Walkout. There are many events, but the one we’re urging people to attend is the protest at Palantir, the Silicon Valley company building the data engine that powers ICE’s deportation machine: https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/886520/.

• League of Women Voters Palo Alto is looking for volunteers to join their candidate forum (CF) teams preparing for the June primaries and November midterms. They are having informal coffees this Friday Jan 23 at 4 pm and Saturday January 24 at 10 am, 306 Emerson St, Palo Alto to explain the CF tasks, both large and small. They need people to be zoom masters, write and sort questions, arrange for candidate participation, research and present pros and cons, and table or otherwise appear in the community with registration forms and election information. Those interested should email elizabeth.ratner@gmail.com and let Lisa know if you're coming on Jan.24 or interested in general in being in the CF.