VFR Steering Committee Meets
We welcome folks with ideas, time, or energy. Help us figure out ways to effectively use social media. Help us plan efforts to put guardrails on the Trump administration.
Pick up and/or return postcards from 5pm to 6pm
Postcard writing party #2
Voices for Reason is hosting its second postcard-writing party on May 28 in the side room at the Fish House from 6:00pm to 7:45pm. Come write with us! Stay as long as you are able. If you cannot write with us during the party, come and pick up a packet of cards to take home. If you have already finished writing cards that you received earlier, this would be a good time to return them.
VFR steering committee meeting
The VFR steering committee meets every other week. Next one: Wednesday, May 27 in the small meeting room at the Ketchikan Public Library. Supporters are welcome.
Postcard Distribution
Pick-up postcards, address labels, sample scripts, and writing instructions in the art room at the Rec Center on Sunday, May 17.
VFR steering committee meeting
Voices for Reason PAC steering committee meets.
Pick-up and/or return your postcards.
Ketchikan Postcard Writing Party #1
Voices for Reason is hosting its first postcard-writing party of the 2026 election cycle. We’ll be writing messages on Alaska themed postcards donated by local artists. This year we will be writing to fellow Alaskans to increase voter turnout and to elect pro-democracy candidates for the Senate and House of Representatives. Come write with us! If you cannot write with us at the party, come to the party and pick up a packet of cards to take home. We are just getting started on this year’s campaign. More information will be available next month.
Mayday for Democracy
A peaceful protest, organized by Ketchikan Mayday for Democracy, on the sidewalks in front of the Federal Building. Make a sign, bring a friend, and stand side by side with other citizens as they exercise their 1st Amendment rights. We cannot remain silent as the Trump Administration undermines our freedoms, our economy, our Constitution and our values. See you there!
May Day
On International Workers Day Mayday Strong and Indivisible are calling for a national day of noncooperation on May 1st. “On May 1, 2026, workers, students, and families take action across the country to demand a nation that puts workers over billionaires, with many refusing business as usual through: No School. No Work. No Shopping.”
Town Hall
Voices for Reason invites you to our second community forum where citizens of Ketchikan are invited to share their experiences and knowledge of how their lives have been affected or will be affected by recent actions of the federal government.
NO KINGS 3.0
Ketchikan will participate in a nationwide mass peaceful protest organized by the No Kings Alliance, a coalition of over 290 pro-democracy organizations. Over 3000 communities in America will hold protest rallies. The organizers predict this to be the largest protest in American history.
For the Love of Democracy
KTN MAYDAY for Democracy is organizing a peaceful protest for Valentines Day. Spread the word. Make your signs.
PotLuck & Movie Night
Bring some finger foods for the Potluck at 5:30 pm at the Discovery Center on January 31. Stay for some brainstorming, Constitution Trivia and the movie Dave. It should be a lot of fun.
Stand-up to ICE Protest
50501 and other organizations have called for a nationwide protest. Ketchikan’s Mayday for Democracy has set Ketchikan’s participation in the event for noon today at the Federal Building.
ICE OUT peaceful protest
Local Ketchikan community members have organized sign waving to protest the fatal shooting of Renee Macklin Good by an ICE officer and the subsequent gaslighting by the federal government.
Reject Autocracy
Another Peaceful Protest. Speak up, Stand up on the sidewalks in front of the Federal Building. Let’s remind Ketchikan that our democracy is at greater and greater risk. Let’s remind voters that the Trump Administration is continuing to consolidate power through unlawful, unconstitutional, and unprecedented actions.
VFR PAC steering committee meeting
All supporters welcome to attend and help us plan ways in which we can defend democracy and support the principals of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
No Kings II Rally
“No Kings” A mass nationwide peaceful protest will occur on Saturday, October 18.
In Ketchikan, the plan is to gather in front of the Federal building at noon and display our signs protesting the increasing authoritarian actions of the Trump Administration. Then at 12:30 we will march together from the Fed building to the covered area at Berth 3 (just south of Sockeye Sams) where we will rally in support of democracy.
Ketchikan Community Forum
Attend the community forum at the Ted Ferry Civic Center on Wednesday, October 8th, at 5:30 pm. The purpose of the meeting is to hear directly from Ketchikan residents about how recent changes in federal programs and policies are affecting daily life here. Topics include things like Medicare, SNAP, the US Forest Service, the National Weather Service, and tariffs.
Voices for Reason PAC Steering Committee Meeting
We meet every other Wednesday. We welcome input regarding how best to stop the spread of authoritarianism. We welcome new members who want to commit some time and energy to our mission.
Workers Over Billionaires Rally
Join us on Labor Day, Sept 1, 2025 from 12-1pm in front of the Federal Building in Ketchikan as we celebrate American workers and demonstrate against the administration’s authoritarian policies that support the rich and powerful at the expense of hardworking Americans.
Resist the Regime Rally
Trump wins and America loses when we stay silent. Life up your voice at the Resist the Regime rally on Aug 9 from 12-1pm in front of the Federal Building in Ketchikan.
Good Trouble Lives On
A nation-wide action to respond to the Trump adminstration’s attacks on civil and human rights
July 4th Parade
Celebrate Independence Day by cheering on VFR and Mayday for Democracy floats at the parade.

