Jan 20: Indivisible Santa Fe Newsletter

National purpose with local action

Next meeting: January 26, 2026 at 7:00pm
Christ Lutheran Church
1701 Arroyo Chamiso Road, Santa Fe

A history of change ✊ This week as we celebrate Martin Luther King's legacy of advocating for and effecting change, let's remember that our current National Purpose is is a reminder of what the Civil Rights movement achieved. That incremental progress, affording to a large class of people their self-evident rights, will be undone along with those of so many others if a fascist regime is allowed to take hold. Look no further than the assault in Minnesota to understand what that will look like.

Americans Should Understand MLK, Jr.’s True Legacy

The Voting Rights Act was King’s greatest achievement

The ContrarianJennifer Rubin

January 18, 2026

You hear sometimes, now that we know the sordid details of the lives of some of our leading figures, that America has no heroes left.

Letters from an AmericanHeather Cox Richardson

Signs of Fascism

Signs of Fascism Demonstration is a slow walking vigil done single file. The participants are dressed in black from head to toe. It is done in silence while holding signs that clearly state what Fascist Regimes do to dismantle democracies.
We are scheduling the SOF crew for every other week, weather permitting.
This week will be at Home Depot at 10. We will stand on the public sidewalk to the side of the store. Please do not park in the Home Depot parking lot. There's an IHOP that could accommodate a few cars. There are dude streets and other businesses where parking for a short time may be acceptable. We've heard snow is in the forecast so stay tuned.
Our next walk will be at the Plaza on February 7th. 11:30 Convention parking garage.
If you would like to join us please respond on the Element Demonstration Room. Scott is working to get the group switched to SOF room. Please RSVP so we know if the vigil is a "GO" Thank you everyone for the support!

Regular protests

Wednesdays: Walk the Talk

Walk The Talk Wednesdays! 12-1 at St. Francis & Cerrillos

Indivisible Santa FeDonovan Kolbly

Saturdays: Tesla Takedown

Meet Saturdays from 10-2 across from the Tesla Albuquerque dealership at US Hwy 550 & Rio Rancho Blvd

Indivisible Santa FeDonovan Kolbly

Santa Fe Housing Initiative

Jean Palmer spoke at Monday's meeting, giving us all a perspective on what's going on in Santa Fe to support our unhoused neighbors.

S3 Santa Fe Housing Initiative

Safe, Stable, and Supportive housing for all Santa Fe

S3 Santa Fe Housing Initiative

Project Jupiter and NM Microgrids

Source NM put together an article describing the ecological impact of data centers and their on-site power grids.

A “microgrid” describes developments that generate electricity without drawing from a larger power company’s grid. These projects currently are not bound by requirements to generate power with cleaner energy sources and face less scrutiny by the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission

2026 Legislative Session

🗳️ The short session starts today; lots of bills were pre-filed. Don't forget to stalk the legislature website – it's a little clunky but let you see what's going on that's interesting to you – and it's easy to join a session by zoom.

American Imperialism Meets Dementia

This note, [Anne Applebaum] writes, “should be the last straw.” It proves that “Donald Trump now genuinely lives in a different reality, one in which neither grammar nor history nor the normal rules of human interaction now affect him. [...]"

January 19, 2026

Late last night, Nick Schifrin of PBS NewsHour posted on social media that the staff of the U.S.

Letters from an AmericanHeather Cox Richardson

(IMHO Heather Cox Richardson's letters are going to be an invaluable index to our political collapse for whoever writes The Rise and Fall of American Power. And hopefully the larger part of that fall is only temporary🤞though it's becoming clear some damage is already permanent. Trust is really hard to win back, once lost.)

Dispatches from the Indivisible Santa Fe Desk

Faith in Equal Dignity

The idea that every human being has, from birth, the same value, the same worth, the same entitlement to rights as every other lays waste to any kind of superiority or supremacist ideology.

Indivisible Santa FeGuest post

Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr.

Today, January 15th, is the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr., born almost a century ago. It is important to remember who he was. When he was murdered in Memphis in 1968, Dr. King was in the city to support striking sanitation workers. The garbage men there—almost all of

Indivisible Santa FeGary Kowalski

And Bruce reminds us that, like when Martin Luther King was fighting for civil rights, it is us, not the politicians, who must reclaim our democracy:

The Struggle for the Soul of America: In the Spirit of Martin Luther King, Jr., It’s Time to Stand Up for Our Country

You know about the atrocities. Armed ICE agents are making communities across our country less safe and considerably more dangerous, particularly in Minneapolis. Masked agents in unmarked vehicles …

Breaking Big Money's Grip on AmericaAuthor: Bruce Berlin

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