Still looking for your crew? May Day offers an opportunity: call an old friend and invite them to play hookie with you. You can attend a protest together, or pretend you’re back in high school and call in sick! It’s a chance to reconnect, find out who your allies are, and build connections. It could even be the nucleus of your resistance pod!
“Rise Up, Sing Out” is a 90-minute live event celebrating the freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment. Invite neighbors over for a 90 minute American celebration…and take the air out of that thing happening on what was once the White House lawn. 4:30pm PST at RiseUpSingOut.com
The key to rapid mobilization of any kind is a decentralized mesh of pods that can quickly spread the word and jump into action. The best way to get started is to join a group. Give it a decent try, and if the fit just isn’t there, try again. Or build your own pod by inviting 2-4 friends to do something simple and building from there.
As we head towards Juneteenth, donate to the National Association of Black Storytellers: “NABS promotes and perpetuates the art of Black storytelling—an art form which embodies the history, heritage, and culture of African Americans.” They host an annual conference, and offer free storytelling for qualifying institutions: nabsgriots.org
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House Democrats launched an information-collection portal for ICE abuses. If you often say “they all need to be prosecuted” this is where the records are collected for that day. Make sure people know about it, and if you have first hand knowledge of immigration abuses, report them. It’s also worth a few minutes to skim through the database of existing reports. The Iran war may have shifted ICE out of the headlines, but they’re just as active.
Signal is as simple to use as SMS or FB Messenger, but provides end-to-end encryption and a platform designed for security. We don’t recommend planning your next war on it, but it offers enhanced privacy compared to other easy-to-use options, and the more of us who use it the less notice using it will draw. Install Signal, learn to use it, and begin building your network there.
