Media Response Team
Inspire, educate, and move people to take action
Who We Are
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As the media production team for West Seattle Indivisible, we use all available media tools to inspire, educate, and move people to Take Action.
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To mobilize 7% of the population of Seattle to the streets using Non Violent Protest (NVP) to push back on the policies of the current administration.
Research shows that just 3.5% of the population consistently, persistently, and publicly protesting in the streets is enough to topple dictatorships. As “the upper Lefthand corner of the U.S,” we can do better.
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By creating and growing a diverse team of media-oriented citizens, we make short videos to distribute across all web and social media channels to reach our Target Audiences.
First Phase: To motivate our like-minded passive allies to become active allies and join this movement in the living rooms of their friends and neighbors and in the streets.
Second Phase: To educate those more neutral about the implications of the current policies and the affect these policies are already having on their lives.
Third Phase: To reach out to the passive allies of MAGA who feel betrayed by his rabid pursuit of the destruction of the economy regardless of who it hurts and how badly.
To do this all with Joy, Humor, and Goodwill, we need to make allies among groups across the region and the country.
This coordinated effort will prevail!
Featured Video
Bring a friend to the NO KINGS rally and march on June 14th! Part of a national movement to protest the excesses of the military parade in Washington DC.
We believe in the 1st Amendment rights of the people to push back against a tyrant.
Wait, isn’t that what was going on 250 years ago? In America, we have no Kings! Join Us!
We’re Looking for Volunteers
camera operators | producers | interviewers | crew | editors
Do you like to talk to people? Care what they are thinking about this mess?
Do you want to make videos? Tell stories?
Motivate people to push back?
Create social media and reach out? Livestream?
Whether you are already highly skilled, or know nothing, but are eager to LEARN in a collaborative environment, you belong with us!
Media Response Team
We offer training sessions - Thursday June 26, and every 2 weeks after that. Sign-up link here.
Also: let us know if you have any Local News experience or know someone who does!
Contact Terry:
vrt.terry63@gmail.com
What Inspires Us
Because we have an urgent message, and people need to see it!
The Media Response Team has been filming events, rallies, and marches with a mission to Protect our Democracy and push back on the Trump changes since mid-February.
We have interviewed dozens of people affected by this dismantling of institutions, all as compassionate and eloquent as Robert. Amazing!
We Need Editors!
So far we have produced more than 30 short videos, posting them on our Website and Social Media channels (Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky, YouTube). We have hours of great stuff “in the can” Help us get it out.
June 11: Welcome!
At this moment, we are all preparing for two major events: the June 14th “NO KINGS” Rally/March in Seattle and a June 28th Rally in West Seattle (see all Events). My goal is to field 10 camera teams, feed clips to local news stations, post a scripted announcement, finish an important piece on Immigration, & get editors to work combing through the hours of footage we have for pieces on Reclaiming Patriotism (4th of July) and Trump’s Betrayal of his base voters with his radical autocracy and economy-deflating tariffs (every day).
New today: Vashon Islander James’ edit of “Why Research Matters to YOU!”
Which of that interests you? Take a look at what we’ve done so far - much of it is still relevant. Help shape history before it squashes us.
-Terry, MRT Lead
April: Hands Off!
Rally at Seattle Center
Thousands of patriots in Seattle joined millions of patriots in every one of our United States to demand the Trump/Musk administration get its Hands Off! our freedom, education, health, veterans' benefits, science, parks and everything else that makes America great!
West Seattle Indivisible’s own poet Jeanne Moore was there and presented her rally poem written for the event, “Hand’s Off.”
April: Street Rally for Democracy
These three short videos captured the feel and content of recent street rallies in West Seattle and beyond. It shows that attending rallies is a good chance to connect with people, uplift our spirits, and build community.
April 19: West Seattle
West Seattle showed up to push back on the Trump agenda. The event was a celebration of community, diversity and inclusion.
People of Seattle talk about the real impact of Tariffs. Recorded at Hands-Off and the West Seattle Street Rally
West Seattle Street Rally
Citizen’s sound off in the West Seattle Street Rally
Other Recent Events we covered
Why Research is Important to YOU! Part 1
Trump Betrays Veterans
Defund Musk: Protest at Tesla
Media Resource Team on Social Media
Our Interview teams and editors produce these shorter versions of the main videos for our social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, BlueSky and YouTube. Subscribe… Like… and Share . We are currently looking for people who want to admin these sites. Could that be You?
Social Media for breaking news
The Team also facilitates quick turnaround on Social Media for roll-outs and announcements like these. And YOU can help us get these out! Scroll to the bottom. of this page, click on your favorite social media icon- Facebook or Bluesky or whatever. That's our page! Pick something you like, and share it right now with a friend, or a group ... someone who'll appreciate this. Thank you - you just reached out beyond our bubble!
BTW, we are looking for people who know how to Livestream from Events. Send an email to vrt.terry63@gmail.com (that will give you an idea how much we need younger people to help!)
Randy’s invitation to June 14th “No Kings” Rally & March
Announcements & Shorts Archive, past months
We’ve made a bunch of these for roll-outs and announcements—also just quick moments. And several people in WSI have begun to make them. Timely, fun, immediate, fresh. These are some of our favorites, and they were very easy to create. You could do it!
Send an email to vrt.terry63@gmail.com
Poems of Protest
Jeanne Moore, a member of West Seattle Indivisible since early 2025, has dedicated her work to pushing back against the forces of evil surrounding us today. Here are some of these pieces with her commentary. More COMING SOON! To see all of her recent work, visit jmoorepoems.com
Protests at the Federal Building
Among our first videos. Sadly, the comments are still relevant today. One win: Musk is out at DOGE! But his minions are still shredding institutions.
Why Are You Here?
American Values: “Do You Hate America?
DOGE vs USAID: Is This Efficiency?