If you’re feeling hope, share that as widely as you can. If you’re feeling despair, treat it like the flu: try not to spread it, treat the symptoms, and work to recover. Neither hope nor despair is an objective fact, but despair saps your energy to bring about change. Treat it, don’t feed it.
Buy lunch for a friend or coworker who is demographically (age, race, class, etc.) different from you. Ask them how they’re doing, and really listen to what they say.
Don’t dive directly into politics. Just build the relationship naturally, one lunch at a time.
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 »
This action is for the people who hear about protests after they’re over, aren’t sure how to get involved, or are struggling with despair. Join one of the hundreds of Indivisible groups nationwide. You’ll meet people who are doing things, and hear about events you might want to join. If you don’t know how to start, start with Indivisible.
Join Indivisible Find Out How »
Thousands of “ICE out for Good” protests are happening in a rolling protest that began spontaneously and is gaining momentum. Organizing large events takes time, so this is happening everywhere — there are six protests within ten miles of me this weekend. If you attend a protest with fewer than 100 people, submit a report to the Crowd Counting Consortium and Alt Nat’l Parks. Instructions at link.
Help Count Crowds Find Out How »
Big groups of people can be unruly. There have been plenty of riots after sports games. To protect yourself and present peaceful resistance, learn new skills.
The ACLU, Indivisible, No Kings and others have online trainings about your rights at a protest, how to de-escalate, and more.
