GVI 7-28 Newsletter | We are in a race against time: Our people power vs the regime.
July 28, 2025
GVI T-shirts AVAILABLE!
Our first Tshirts will be a dark green with yellow lettering and yellow logo artwork!
Colors in illustration below may vary from finished product.
Left Chest Text Block Back of Shirt Graphic
About 3 inches About 10 inch diameter
We are requesting donations of $15 per shirt (sizes Adult Small through Adult XLarge), $17 for size Adult XXLarge, and $18 for size Adult XXXLarge.
Order forms are available at
- GVI weekly meetings on July 31st and August 7th
- David Cay Johnston speech on Augusth 5th
- Online using this Order Form (deadline to order is Tuesday, 8/5)
A second round of Tshirt orders will be scheduled later in August.
JOINT ACTIONS
GVI Weekly Rallies for Democracy
Gateway Park, Geneseo, NY
Corner of Lakeville Rd & Volunteer Rd
GVI Weekly Community Meetings
Thursdays – 6:30pm
St. Michael’s Episcopal Church
Geneseo NY
Agenda:
6:30pm to 6:50pm – Track A – Volunteer Training for members helping at the David Cay Johnston talk
6:30pm to 6:50pm – Track B – Guest Facilitator leads group discussion of current events and/or backward look at GVI’s July.
7:00pm to 8:00pm – Team meetings
6:30pm to 8:00pm – Side track – Steering Committee members & Team Leads meet to discuss draft GVI Mission Statement
August 28th – SAVE THE DATE – Picnic Social at Highland Park in Geneseo, NY
Rage Against the Regime Rallies & Marches
Saturday, August 2nd
Saturday, August 2nd
Fairport — 10am to Noon
Canandaigua — 2pm to 4pm
Rochester — 4pm to 6pm
Details
Rochester — 4pm to 6pm
Details
GVI “How to Save Democracy” featuring David Cay Johnston
Pulitzer prize-winning journalist David Cay Johnston shares his decades of experience and insight into our economy, or politics, and, in particular, his understanding of Donald J. Trump.
Tuesday, August 5th – 7:00pm to 8:30pm
The Geneseo Riviera
Geneseo, NY
Ticket/Reservations Information: All tickets have been reserved.
Annual Vigil for Hiroshima & Nagasaki – 8/6/25, 7:30pm
This year marks the 80th anniversary of that horrific event, the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, to end World War II. Organized by Genesee Valley Citizens for Peace – Details
INDIVIDUAL ACTIONS
GVI Postcard, Letter, Phone Call & Email Actions
Contact GVI Member Phil Jones to receive a weekly email with action items for you to take each week!
Postcarding includes a brief introduction about receiving postcard addresses, scripts, and postcards. Ask Phil.
Support GVI
Help bring speakers like David Cay Johnston to our area!
Donate at Thursday meetings, or
GVI Media Consent Form
Genesee Valley Indivisible now offers a Media Consent Form. Photographs and video collected at GVI meetings and events are used on our website and in social media. We are asking members to consent, or opt-out, of allowing GVI to use their likeness in our online and print publications. Starting September 1st we will ask new members to sign a Media Consent Form when they join GVI. Current members may sign the form at this link.
READ, VIEW, LEARN
Protests are near constant. Do they work?
Reporting from National Public Radio’s Code Switch Show
Beyond Protests: Actions of Nonviolent Noncooperation
One Million Rising, is Indivisible’s national program to pivot from simply holding rallies and writing postcards. In addition, our goal is to recruit an additional one million people to our movement. Learn how to share your values in a simple conversation and invite others to join. This is how we build people power that cannot be ignored.
Join 3 Zoom workshops on July 16 (recording available), July 30, and August 13.
Wednesdays, 8pm to 9pm EDT.
Register and link to a recording of the first session.
Register and link to a recording of the first session.
Consider joining a Genesee Valley Discussion Group following the workshops, so we can work together. August or September date TBD.
Indivisible National Weekly Newsletter (Subscribe)
7-28-2025 – Indivisible updates + actions: exposing the Epstein cover-up, reasons for optimism, and your weekly to-dos
7-21-2025 – Indivisible updates + actions: Colbert cancelled as CBS caves, Epstein covered up as Trump rants and raves — plus your weekly to-dos
7-14-2025 – A big week in the fight against authoritarianism.
7-28-2025 – Indivisible updates + actions: exposing the Epstein cover-up, reasons for optimism, and your weekly to-dos
7-21-2025 – Indivisible updates + actions: Colbert cancelled as CBS caves, Epstein covered up as Trump rants and raves — plus your weekly to-dos
7-14-2025 – A big week in the fight against authoritarianism.
Solidarity in Action Speaker Series
Monthly Webinar from Indivisible
June 2025 through December 2025
Discover how vulnerable people and minorities experience the American Dream differently than middle-class professionals. Improve your understanding of this difference to improve your ability to speak to our shared reality. A shared reality that demands solidarity AND action. Pick just one or two topics in this series and we are confident you will come back for more! Recordings are available within a week of the original meeting date.
June 2025 through December 2025
Discover how vulnerable people and minorities experience the American Dream differently than middle-class professionals. Improve your understanding of this difference to improve your ability to speak to our shared reality. A shared reality that demands solidarity AND action. Pick just one or two topics in this series and we are confident you will come back for more! Recordings are available within a week of the original meeting date.
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