Indivisible Group Forms in Darrington
November 19, 2025 by Sylvia Stauffer
Since the October 18 No Kings rally when a number of Darrington residents turned out, two meetings have been held at the Darrington library. The first meeting on November 10 was attended by about eighteen people with much enthusiasm, introductions, and wide-ranging discussion. On Saturday morning Nov 15, another group of about ten, with five new participants since the first meeting, met again at the library to talk more about what such a group might look like. We watched a short video about INDIVISIBLE, the organization, and talked more about local interests, such as public lands and taking care of the environment.
The group, "Darrington Indivisible" is listed as a local group under Indivisible.org, a grassroots national movement to promote democracy. This local group has no membership forms, no fees, no requests for donations, or other typical aspects of "joining" related to a group.
Organized by Victoria Matin, who agreed to be leader and Sylvia Stauffer, the purpose of the group is to join with others who live in the area and work together to promote democracy, always in a non-violent, peaceful way. Activities such as waving signs on street corners, visiting with local organizations and churches, doing some kind of art, craft or music project to promote democracy – ideas are wide open and no decisions have yet been made as to how to proceed or what to focus on. The point is to act together for what we learned as children to recite – our country is "one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
About Indivisible, active since 2016
Started in 2016 around the time of the presidential election, a group of individuals decided to organize national resistance to what appeared to be the coming of an authoritarian agenda for the country. Google documents were created and circulated to organize and provide resource for the purpose of building a real democracy – of, by, and for the people. Part of the effort is to make sure that elected leaders, regardless of political party, work for our democracy.
The following are direct quotes from Indivisible.org, viewed online in November 2025:
We’re a grassroots movement of thousands of local Indivisible groups with a mission to elect progressive leaders, rebuild our democracy, and defeat the Trump agenda.
We Are Indivisible. Our opponents depend on a divide and conquer strategy, so we treat an attack on one like an attack on all. We show up for each other, and particularly for those facing the brunt of ideologues’ attacks - often immigrants, people of color, and low-income people. We share a vision: a real democracy, of, by, and for everyone.
Indivisible’s Commitment to Nonviolence
Since our founding in 2016, Indivisible has been rooted in the belief that organized people can beat organized hate—and that our power comes not just from our numbers, but from how we show up. From the start, we've been committed to non-violence as a guiding principle in everything we do: our protests, our organizing, and our advocacy.
Non-violence doesn’t mean backing down. It means standing firm in our values, channeling our anger and our hope into action, and refusing to become what we’re fighting against. We are up against a movement that feeds on fear and chaos. Our answer is a movement grounded in courage, solidarity, and the unshakable belief that a better, more just democracy is worth fighting for—together.
Non-violence is our strength.
We are firmly committed to non-violence. That’s not just a moral stance—it’s how we build durable power. We reject political violence and intimidation in all forms.
We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values.
Our Values
Democracy is for everyone.
We believe in a multiracial, inclusive democracy—one where everyone has equal rights and equal power, no matter where they live or what they look like.
We lead with hope—not fear.
Authoritarians want us to feel powerless. They rely on fear and division to keep people on the sidelines. We reject that. We believe in the power of people to change what’s possible, and we act like it.
We organize—we don’t idolize.
We don’t put our faith in individual politicians. We put our energy into organizing. That means holding elected officials accountable, even the ones we support, and supporting and collaborating with the people and communities most impacted by injustice.
A National movement, Local Events
Indivisible groups are all over the country, some in cities where neighbors are being kidnapped off the streets, so the action to take is to be literally helping your neighbors. Here in Darrington we have not seen anything like what is happening elsewhere, and probably won't, but such events have occurred in our state. A firefighter on the Olympic Peninsula was arrested last August for no reason other than for how he looked and that he refused to answer illegal questions based on how he "appeared" to be what immigration officers were looking for. In the process, the fire crew was disrupted in their essential job on an active fire. Held a month, the man was finally released for lack of evidence.
Firefighter arrested while battling fire is released by ICE in WA, lawyers say. Read more at: https://www.theolympian.com/news/state/washington/article312254671.html#storylink=cpy
Monthly meetings, 1st Saturday of the month, Library, 4 pm.
Next local meeting: Saturday, February 7, Darrington Library, 4:00 pm.
Come at 3:30 to help set up, socialize.
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