During Black History month, spend some time learning about the American history the regime is trying to hide. Click through for lists of books and movies to get you started, or search #blackhistorymonth and look for Black pages willing to educate.
Cops use small issues like failed taillights to pull people over for identity checks. For vulnerable populations a simple mechanical issue can cascade into life-changing events.
NorCal Resistance hosts clinics to fix cars! Donate to their effort, or if you’re inspired, start a program where you live!
Fix Brake Lights Find Out How »
Protests work by building community, but you have to take the next step. If you collected a contact card or flyer at a recent protest, reach out now! Sign up for a mailing list or Signal chat and just lurk for a while. If you have no contacts, both Indivisible and NDLON are very experienced at integrating new folks.
Rent is due, and a lot of families in Minnesota are missing their wage-earners, can’t risk going to work, or have lost wages fighting ICE due to closures, walkouts, and tear gas shutdowns.
Help Minnesota pay rent! Donate what you can to a vetted fund on StandwithMinnesota.com! (It’s the first section under “Mutual Aid.”)
We’ve been at this for more than a year now. Energy waxes and wains, and sometimes life gets busy for all the normal reasons. It’s easy to skip the resistance for a day that turns into a week or a month. Push back : pick a default task to do on a regular schedule when you’re too tired to make a plan.
While we we’re all focused on the Epstein files and ICE abuses, House Republicans are trying to steal the midterms. Remember the SAVE act, that would make voting harder for anyone whose name has changed (like many married women)? This does all that and more, including ordering states to discard mail-in ballots delivered late by the USPS, even if they’re post-marked on time. Call House members of BOTH parties to tell them you noticed.
