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Join a Team
The work of IEB is now centered around a collection of around 20 teams that represent all the different things we do. Check out the Teams list below. Find the one that speaks to you — and select to join it!
If you’d like to volunteer, but don’t know your best fit yet, you can chat with someone from the Welcome Team! In this conversation, you can (1) get your questions answered about how IEB works, (2) talk over what team might be a good fit for you, and/or (3) kick around ideas for more ways for IEB to have impact? Click here to connect with a friendly Welcomer at our Help Desk!
MOC [Member of Congress] Teams
Working with MOCs (Members of Congress) is the bread and butter of indivisible groups! Indivisible is founded on the principle that constituent pressure works. We push our MOCs to do better when they fall short, and cheer them on when they do the right thing.
Senate Team
IEB’s Senate Team is part of a coalition of Northern California Indivisible groups that sets up meetings with staff from Senator Padilla’s and Senator Schiff’s offices. Senate Team members can choose one Senator to focus on, or can work with both. We contribute to meeting agendas, attend meetings, and make our voices heard.
To join the Senate Team: CLICK HERE!
CA-8: West Contra Costa Team
This team gathers the third Wednesday of each month from 7:00-8:00 (mostly on Zoom and sometimes in person). Through engaging with this team, you will find good opportunities for involvement - from candidate meet & greets, to GOTV (get out the vote) activities, to forums on local issues. You will also have the option of joining meetings with House Representative Garamendi, representing District 8.
To join the West Contra Costa Team or find out more: CLICK HERE!
CA-10: DeSaulnier Team with Indivisible ReSisters Contra Costa
Indivisible East Bay does not have its own team that works with Rep. DeSaulnier. Instead, we partner with our friends at Indivisible ReSisters Contra Costa (IRCC) - this group has an active MOC group that works with Rep. DeSaulnier. Join here!
To join the IRCC DeSaulnier Team: Send an email to IndivisibleResisters@gmail.com and put “DeSaulnier” in the subject line!
CA-12: Team Simon
Join Team Simon to learn about events and actions related to CA-12 Congresswoman Lateefah Simon.
To join Team Simon: CLICK HERE!
CA-14: Swalwell Team with Indivisible Tri-Valley
Indivisible East Bay does not have its own team that works with Rep. Swalwell. Instead, we partner with our friends at Indivisible Tri-Valley - this group has an active MOC group that works with Rep. Swalwell.
To join the ITV Swalwell Team: CLICK HERE!
Connection to Indivisible CA StateStrong
Join fellow “citizen lobbyists” in a dynamic and influential statewide coalition that campaigns for our state senators and Assembly members to enact progressive policies. The core effort happens in five issue-area workgroups. (Technically there are two overlapping organizations: Indivisible California, which is the collection of Indivisible groups coordinating with each other in general, and California StateStrong (CASS), which is the coalition of activists working specifically on state policy as described.)
To join Indivisible CA StateStrong: Write to info@indivisibleeb.org and put “CASS” in the subject line!
Issue Action Teams
IEB has four issue-focused Action Teams! Join one and be part of a community of passionate, committed people fighting to protect the people and the planet from harm.
Climate Action Team
CAT works to minimize damage to climate progress and make additional climate progress; advance climate justice; and grow the number of people taking climate action. We have a Federal Workgroup and a State Workgroup, and plan to form Local Workgroups. To take action, each Workgroup partners with established climate organizations, supporting their initiatives and building our own advocacy skills. In addition, we offer several ways to take “bite-sized” actions: our Climate Action Hour Crew supports people to take effective climate action in just one hour; and our Tabling Crew shares important information with the public and brings in new supporters, while hanging out in the sunshine at farmers markets!
To join the Climate Action Team, CLICK HERE!
LGBTQ+ Action Team
Our LGBTQ+ Action Team works to build solidarity and protect LGBTQ rights, services and supports in the East Bay and beyond.
To join the LGBTQ+ Action Team, CLICK HERE!
Immigration Action Team
IAT supports immigrants in our communities and fights attacks on immigrant rights. We are organizing IEB teams to: 1) provide direct support to immigrants and asylum seekers; 2) fight attempts to abduct campus activists for public speech 3) support sanctuary policies at the state and local levels; 3) support the campaign to stop ICE from turning the Dublin Prison into an immigrant detention center; and 4) distribute Know-Your-Rights information in immigrant communities.
To join the Immigration Action Team, CLICK HERE!
Public Bank Campaign Team
We are really excited to put a measure on Berkeley’s November 2026 ballot to provide start-up funds for a public bank in the East Bay! Currently, private banks invest our money in private detention centers, fossil fuels, and wars abroad. A public bank will make the East Bay more resilient to federal chaos and fund a future we want to live in with renewable energy, affordable housing, and thriving small businesses! We have several roles you can take on: signature gatherer, signature-gathering event lead, signature-packet logistics coordinator, and house party host. Other skills or ideas are welcome too!
If you are interested in being on the Public Bank Campaign Team, please sign up HERE.
Group Operations Teams
Group operations teams enable the day-to-day workings of IEB, develop members’ skills, foster solidarity (among members and with allied groups), and facilitate our ability to take more strategic and effective action. These teams help make IEB a “political home” for East Bay residents, lay the foundation for long-term resilience, and build our people power.
Steering Committee
This committee provides overall direction of the group: sustaining group infrastructure, coordinating key activities, planning our All-Member meetings, and supporting IEB’s teams. We welcome new members! Requirements include: (1) basic alignment with Indivisible’s strategy; (2) a commitment to nonviolence; (3) having been a member for at least six months; (4) experience as a leader within IEB team (preferably a leadership role on an IEB team); (5) willingness to attend all monthly Steering Committee and All-Member meetings; and (6) an ability to dedicate a minimum of 10 hours/month to IEB (including meetings). If you would like to apply (or to find out more about the Steering Committee and how to apply), write to info@indivisibleeb.org and put “SC membership” in the subject line.
Welcome Team
This team does the mission-critical work of individual outreach to new members to make them feel welcome, and to help them find good ways to plug in. Even though this team has eleven members, with so many new people coming into IEB each week, our Welcomers have a hard time keeping up! If you love to help people feel at home in a new space, and have been with IEB at least three months (so that you are familiar enough with how IEB works to answer questions about our group), consider joining the Welcome Team!
To let the Welcome Team know that you’re interested in joining: CLICK HERE!
Events Team
This team plans many IEB events, including rallies, marches, protests, press conferences, membership meetings, and social events. This team provides the important function of being able to stand up events relatively quickly when Indivisible calls for a national day of action. The key functions on this team are: logistics (scouting and reserving sites for our events); sound (arranging for a sound system that works for the space); speakers (building up a “speakers bureau” of people we can call upon to be in speaker line-ups); promotion (getting the word out and crowd-building); and event project management (overall coordination of events and volunteer management). The Events Team partners closely with two other IEB Teams: the Peacekeeping Team (so that our events are safe and peaceful) and the Media Team (so that our events get press coverage).
To share your interest in the Events Team and tell us about your skills and experience: CLICK HERE!
Peacekeepers Team
The Peacekeepers Team (AKA Safety Team) is absolutely vital to the effectiveness of our movement. Peacekeepers embody principles of nonviolence. Not only is such a discipline important for safety, but it’s also strategic: nonviolent resistance is much more likely to succeed than movements that turn violent. Peacekeepers wear yellow vests at our protests, rallies, and marches - where they keep protesters safe, direct marchers to stay on the route, and de-escalate any conflicts that may arise. Team members receive trainings in topics such as protest safety, nonviolence, de-escalation and walkie-talkie use.
To join the Peacekeepers Team: CLICK HERE!
Newsletter Team
This mighty team puts out IEB’s weekly newsletter, informing our membership about how to take action, events to join, more ways to get involved, and what IEB volunteers have been up to. To let the Newsletter Team know you’re interested in helping out, CLICK HERE!
Media Team
This team helps shape the public narrative by getting our actions and perspective covered by the media. The team also works to align our messaging with the broader narrative promoted by progressive messaging experts (in addition to following messaging advice from Indivisible, we primarily turn to: Research Collaborative, Winning the Jobs Narrative, and the Focal Points Strategy Group). Activities include: cultivating relationships with reporters, keeping our local media list up to date, and writing media advisories and press releases about IEB events. In addition, the team will run trainings for IEB members who would like to be effective spokespeople at events, or to publish op-eds or letters to the editor.
Digital Media Team
This team oversees all of IEB's digital media presence. There are two separate subgroups.
The first subgroup oversees our Website (www.indivisibleeb.org). Primary activities include: writing and posting blog entries (text and graphics), keeping our Events calendar up-to-date — and "back-end" maintenance of the entire site (which runs on WordPress). Prior experience with Wordpress is not required, but desirable.
The second subgroup oversees our Social Media (Bluesky, Facebook, YouTube, etc.). Activities include: posting to the various media on a regular basis, responding to feedback from users — and general maintenance of the accounts. We strive to promote IEB actions and increase user engagement — making our social media presence a significant political force.
To join the Digital Media Team or find out more, CLICK HERE!
Power Building Team
The Power-Building Team (PBT) focuses on the work that turns participation into real, durable power. Strong social movement organizations rely on three critical sources of power: solidaristic bonds, distributed leadership, and diversity. The PBT develops and supports these by helping people find welcoming on-ramps into IEB, supporting members to grow into leadership, and building the relationships and practices that make sustained action possible – while intentionally diversifying our membership and leadership. The PBT includes roles like Navigators, Leadership Development Coaches, and Trainers. Do you want to help people find the volunteer roles that light them up? Deepen the bonds among IEB members? Diversify leadership and distribute it more broadly throughout the organization? Then we’d love to hear from you!
To fill out the interest form for the Power Building Team, CLICK HERE!
Affinity Groups
IEB has a few groups that form around shared interests or activities. We are open to forming more! If you have ideas for an affinity group that you want to form and that you are willing to run with support from the IEB steering committee, write to info@indivisibleeb.org, and write “Affinity Group” in the subject line.
Youth Action Caucus
The Youth Action Caucus provides a space for Indivisible members under 35 to share ideas, address issues impacting young people, and create a motivated and vibrant community of activists. The YAC plans to host events including workshops, socials, and movie nights. Our goal is to encourage new activists to join Indivisible and work alongside action groups to provide community, training, and support.
To join the Young People’s Caucus or find out more: CLICK HERE!
Visibility Brigade
The Visibility Brigade uses giant letters to share messages in public spaces - most notably, overpasses! Short, punchy messages that thousands of drivers see in an hour can pique interest, persuade through salience and repetition (if messages appear elsewhere too), and make people feel that they are not alone in their worry, fear, or outrage. This type of narrative-shaping work can draw more people into a movement. Joining the Brigade can mean coming to an art build to make more giant letters, attending an Overpass Visibility Brigade event, or hosting your own event using IEB’s letter library! The Brigade even has a Letter Librarian, who stores the letters and runs a letter check-out system.
To find the Visibility Brigade, join Slack and then join the #overpass-visibility-brigade channel!
Artivism Crew
IEB has many artivists: people who have artistic skills, and want to bring them to activism! Throughout history, the visual and performing arts have been integral to social justice movements, and our present moment is no different. Learn more about artivism here! Right now, our artivists constitute an informal group - but we hope that the Artivist Crew builds its numbers and capacity, becomes a team that coordinates actively with the Events Team, and helps IEB to make joyful and beautiful trouble!
To find the Artivism Crew, join Slack and then join the #artivism channel!
Storytelling Team
This is a small group of IEB folks reaching out to Indivisible chapters in red states to learn from them, help them be a beacon of truth in a sea of red, and support their efforts to hold their Members of Congress accountable using creative methods.
For more information on this team, write to info@indivisibleeb.org, and put “Storytelling” in the subject line.
Tactics Development Team
The purpose of this team is to develop tactics that contribute to Indivisible’s goal to defeat Trump, elect progressive leaders, rebuild democracy, and create the country that works for everyone. The team seeks to involve people from many different walks of life, finding new ways to lift their voices. The team generates tactic ideas, incubates them and collaborates with other key IEB teams to integrate them into our campaigns and to connect them to a broader Indivisible strategy.
To find the Tactics Development Team, join Slack and then join the #tactics-development channel!
Health Stories Working Group
There is a huge impact on our communities from the termination of federal and state funding for health. It impacts Medicaid, research , public health, clinical trials, nutrition programs and many other huge cuts that impact peoples’ health. We are documenting the personal impact of the federal and state cuts to health by telling the stories of individuals.
If you are interested in joining our group fill out the Health Stories Group Signup Form. We'll be in touch.
