Email to Indivisible Mobile re "Practicing non-cooperation at scale"
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: indivisiblemobileal@gmail.com <indivisiblemobileal@gmail.com>
Cc: Jeremy@jeremytakesthehouse.org <jeremy@jeremytakesthehouse.org>; "jeremy@jeremytakesthehouse.org" <jeremy@jeremytakesthehouse.org>; Info@CandiceDuvieilhforCongress.com <info@candiceduvieilhforcongress.com>; "info@candiceduvieilhforcongress.com" <info@candiceduvieilhforcongress.com>; hello@howardjrforalabama.com <hello@howardjrforalabama.com>; info@sneedforcongress.com <info@sneedforcongress.com>; contact@markwheelerforsenate.com <contact@markwheelerforsenate.com>; citizensforapusczek@gmail.com <citizensforapusczek@gmail.com>; Elizabeth Anderson <elizabeth@eaforcongress.com>; purplepeopleresistance@gmail.com <purplepeopleresistance@gmail.com>; hivealabama@gmail.com <hivealabama@gmail.com>; shelbycountydems65@gmail.com <shelbycountydems65@gmail.com>; nayoungdems@gmail.com <nayoungdems@gmail.com>; Blueprintalabama Info <info@blueprintalabama.com>; Membership Coordination <membership@birminghamindivisible.org>; alabamademocraticchairs@gmail.com <alabamademocraticchairs@gmail.com>; indivisiblewestalabama@gmail.com <indivisiblewestalabama@gmail.com>; Celeste Davis-Dill <cdavisdill@gmail.com>; Udval Info <info@udval.org>; Laurie Beth Kesterson <lauriebethkesterson@gmail.com>; Barry Marks <barry@leaselawyer.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2025 at 06:29:49 PM CDT
Subject: Practicing non-cooperation at scale
Dear Indivisible Mobile:
This email is prompted by your Facebook post announcing a training session "to build the necessary strength to practice non-cooperation at scale"
Your Facebook post says:
Non-cooperation is a key component of nonviolent resistance, and was a hallmark of the Civil Rights movement, as well as having been a successful strategy for striking back against authoritarian regimes all over the world and throughout history. Non-cooperation is best aimed at the pillars that in good times support a healthy society, but in bad times can be forced to serve an authoritarian regime. The main pillars are Business, Labor, Faith Organizations, Educational Institutions, the Civil Service, the Military and Police. (I would include the Media and Health Care, and you can probably think of some others.)
I think targeted emailing I have been doing in Alabama directed at the legal profession, chambers of commerce, local TV stations, educational institutions, churches, and public health constituents has potential for being strong "non-cooperation."
Some of my targeted emailing is set out at Citizens Acting to End the Trump Presidency: Rage Against The Regime challenge.
I have been soliciting Alabama Trump resistance groups and others to join in to do ORGANIZED, targeted emailing that I think could make for "non-cooperation at scale." Citizens Acting to End the Trump Presidency: Continuation of appeal for organized, targeted emailing
Please call me if you see potential here for discussion.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Rob Shattuck
Mountain Brook
205-967-5586
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From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: Indivisible Mobile <indivisiblemobileal@gmail.com>
Cc: Jeremy@jeremytakesthehouse.org <jeremy@jeremytakesthehouse.org>; Info@CandiceDuvieilhforCongress.com <info@candiceduvieilhforcongress.com>; "info@candiceduvieilhforcongress.com" <info@candiceduvieilhforcongress.com>; info@sneedforcongress.com <info@sneedforcongress.com>; contact@markwheelerforsenate.com <contact@markwheelerforsenate.com>; citizensforapusczek@gmail.com <citizensforapusczek@gmail.com>; Elizabeth Anderson <elizabeth@eaforcongress.com>; purplepeopleresistance@gmail.com <purplepeopleresistance@gmail.com>; hivealabama@gmail.com <hivealabama@gmail.com>; shelbycountydems65@gmail.com <shelbycountydems65@gmail.com>; nayoungdems@gmail.com <nayoungdems@gmail.com>; Blueprintalabama Info <info@blueprintalabama.com>; Membership Coordination <membership@birminghamindivisible.org>; alabamademocraticchairs@gmail.com <alabamademocraticchairs@gmail.com>; indivisiblewestalabama@gmail.com <indivisiblewestalabama@gmail.com>; Celeste Davis-Dill <cdavisdill@gmail.com>; Udval Info <info@udval.org>; Laurie Beth Kesterson <lauriebethkesterson@gmail.com>; Barry Marks <barry@leaselawyer.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2025 at 06:34:28 PM CDT
Subject: Re: Practicing non-cooperation at scale
Thank you very, very much, Maura. Your reply email is immensely encouraging to me.
Absolutely, please have an Indivisible Mobile member follow up with me.
I am copying on this email (which includes your reply to me) the parties I copied on my original email to you, with a view to nudging them further to take up the organized, targeted emailing I am advocating.
Sincerely,
Rob
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On Wednesday, August 20, 2025 at 11:29:37 AM CDT, Indivisible Mobile <indivisiblemobileal@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello, Rob, and thank you for getting in touch!
This targeted emailing is exactly the kind of noncooperative effort that we would like to help with or organize among our own members. I see that you are in Birmingham, so would not be able to attend our One Million Rising training here in Mobile this Saturday, but we plan to offer attendees a number of different campaigns to choose to work on. May I include your target emailing campaign and have a member follow up with you?
Best,
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Indivisible Mobile
Email re Joyce Vance book
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: Indivisible Mobile <indivisiblemobileal@gmail.com>; Jeremy@jeremytakesthehouse.org <jeremy@jeremytakesthehouse.org>; "jeremy@jeremytakesthehouse.org" <jeremy@jeremytakesthehouse.org>; Info@CandiceDuvieilhforCongress.com <info@candiceduvieilhforcongress.com>; "info@candiceduvieilhforcongress.com" <info@candiceduvieilhforcongress.com>; info@sneedforcongress.com <info@sneedforcongress.com>; contact@markwheelerforsenate.com <contact@markwheelerforsenate.com>; citizensforapusczek@gmail.com <citizensforapusczek@gmail.com>; Elizabeth Anderson <elizabeth@eaforcongress.com>; purplepeopleresistance@gmail.com <purplepeopleresistance@gmail.com>; hivealabama@gmail.com <hivealabama@gmail.com>; shelbycountydems65@gmail.com <shelbycountydems65@gmail.com>; nayoungdems@gmail.com <nayoungdems@gmail.com>; Blueprintalabama Info <info@blueprintalabama.com>; Membership Coordination <membership@birminghamindivisible.org>; alabamademocraticchairs@gmail.com <alabamademocraticchairs@gmail.com>; indivisiblewestalabama@gmail.com <indivisiblewestalabama@gmail.com>; Celeste Davis-Dill <cdavisdill@gmail.com>; Udval Info <info@udval.org>; Laurie Beth Kesterson <lauriebethkesterson@gmail.com>; Barry Marks <barry@leaselawyer.com>
Cc: Joyce Vance <jvance@law.ua.edu>
Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2025 at 10:35:58 AM CDT
Subject: Organized, targeted emailing regarding Joyce Vance's book?
To Alabama Trump resisters:
Joyce Vance has a book coming out entitled Giving Up Is Unforgivable: A Manual for Keeping a Democracy.
I have some ideas for organized, targeted emailing utilizing Joyce's book.
Is there anyone who is interested in joining me on this?
Please contact me if you are.
Thanks.
Rob Shattuck
205-967-5586
(for filing in Citizens Acting to End the Trump Presidency: Continuation of appeal for organized, targeted emailing)
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: fhelmsing@joneswalker.com <fhelmsing@joneswalker.com>; mendheimforalabama@gmail.com <mendheimforalabama@gmail.com>; Brannon Buck <bbuck@badhambuck.com>; Terri B. Lovell <terri.lovell@alabar.org>; mckinney@watsonmckinney.com <mckinney@watsonmckinney.com>; suzanneduffey@mc-ala.org <suzanneduffey@mc-ala.org>; flatta@burr.com <flatta@burr.com>; wbrewbak@law.ua.edu <wbrewbak@law.ua.edu>; sgarrett@bsol.com <sgarrett@bsol.com>; ccampbell@faulkner.edu <ccampbell@faulkner.edu>; blakehudson@samford.edu <blakehudson@samford.edu>; christy.crow@jinkscrow.com <christy.crow@jinkscrow.com>; richard.raleigh@wbd-us.com <richard.raleigh@wbd-us.com>; daoffice@baldwincountyal.gov <daoffice@baldwincountyal.gov>; baldwinDA@baldwincountyal.gov <baldwinda@baldwincountyal.gov>; "baldwinda@baldwincountyal.gov" <baldwinda@baldwincountyal.gov>; bob@schreiberadr.com <bob@schreiberadr.com>; jvance@law.ua.edu <jvance@law.ua.edu>; jws@willsellers.com <jws@willsellers.com>; cdobson@maynardnexsen.com <cdobson@maynardnexsen.com>; jwilson@birminghambar.org <jwilson@birminghambar.org>; Ross Cohen <rcohen@bakerdonelson.com>; spratling@wskllp.com <spratling@wskllp.com>; Mark Ezell <mee@ezell-law-llc.com>; John Steiner <john@steinerlawllc.com>; spoer@scottdukeslaw.com <spoer@scottdukeslaw.com>; ddowd@burr.com <ddowd@burr.com>; Chris Christie <chris.christie@dentons.com>; Gwen Windle <gwindle@charter.net>; hello@waterssullivan.com <hello@waterssullivan.com>; ryeilding@bradley.com <ryeilding@bradley.com>; glondon@burr.com <glondon@burr.com>; katherine.robertson@alabamaag.gov <katherine.robertson@alabamaag.gov>; Barry Marks <barry@leaselawyer.com>; Fasking Info <info@fasking.law>; Celeste Grenier <furgren@gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2025 at 11:24:48 AM CDT
Subject: "Non-cooperation at scale" in Alabama - Joyce Vance's book
To Alabama lawyers:
This email avails of Joyce Vance's new book, Giving Up Is Unforgivable: A Manual for Keeping a Democracy, for my making an initial foray for trying to build "non-cooperation at scale" in Alabama.
The "non-cooperation" terminology comes from an Indivisible Mobile Facebook post , which said, among other things, as follows:
"Non-cooperation is best aimed at the pillars that in good times support a healthy society, but in bad times can be forced to serve an authoritarian regime. The main pillars are Business, Labor, Faith Organizations, Educational Institutions, the Civil Service, the Military and Police." (I [the Facebook poster] would include the Media and Health Care, and you can probably think of some others.)"
I believe the Alabama legal profession is such a main pillar that is being forced to serve an authoritarian purpose.
I hope many Alabama lawyers join in non-cooperation as regards the Alabama legal profession.
If you disagree with my belief that the Alabama legal profession is being forced to serve an authoritarian purpose, please speak up.
Thank you.
(for filing in Citizens Acting to End the Trump Presidency: Non-cooperation in Alabama at scale)
From: Rob Shattuck <rdshatt@aol.com>
To: [Sent to 52 members of Alabama State Bar Bench & Bar Relations Committee. Email addresses were obtained from Alabama State Bar website. It is believed the email address information is not available to general public, and email addresses are omitted here.]
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2025 at 02:01:21 PM CDT
Subject: "Non-cooperation at scale" in Alabama - Joyce Vance's book
To Alabama State Bar Bench & Bar Relations Committee:
