if you (or your partner) are worried about protest safety Oct18th, start small. Find a corner or overpass event today and drive past, honking encouragingly. If it looks fine, park and walk by to get a feel for it. Stop for fifteen minutes, or say hello and make new friends. Click through for much more.
This short book can be read in an hour, but it provides a great deal of historical insight and advice for how to engage in a post-truth (or as Snyder calls it, “pre-fascist”) society.
If you’re not entirely sure what fascism means, or whether we’re already there, start with this quick read.
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons From the Twentieth Century Find Out How »
A quick read that traces the path of a white Catholic mother of six from her assigned destiny into a world of activism she never imagined. Along the way, pick up practical organizing tips.
What my Left Hand was Doing: Lessons from a Grassroots Activist Find Out How »
This is my favorite book about activism and uprising. It’s where I first encountered Erica Chenoweth’s 3.5% rule, learned about several successful foreign resistance movements, and discovered new details about our own civil rights movement.
This is an Uprising : How Nonviolent Revolt is Shaping the Twenty First Century Find Out How »
Locate minority owned businesses in your area. Restaurants are a good start, but branch out. Create a list of interesting local places and then visit them. Leave reviews (google, facebook, yelp) when you find “local gems.”
Minority Business Find Out How »
Remember how we all learned our home phone number as kids? Today, I couldn’t call my own mother without looking her number up on my phone.
Choose one person you could call in an emergency who is NOT likely to be with you. Memorize their number.
Memorize one Phone Number Find Out How »
