If you’d like to honor Dolly Parton’s life, we believe your best choice is to donate to the local school’s band uniform fund, or a local literacy program. We suspect Dolly has provided for her charities. If it’s important to you to donate to a Dolly charity, her family asks you to consider the Imagination Library, a project dear to her.
Imagination Library Find Out How »
Deescalation isn’t just for protests—it might be useful at family gatherings or in a public restroom! Brush up on ways to reduce conflict and keep people safe, whether it’s a MAGA counter-protester or good old Uncle Tim.
Learn to deescalate Find Out How »
Invite friends over for a night of anyone-can-do it art and snacks. Provide everything yourself, or have folks bring something for the charcuterie tray, a bottle of wine, and a couple of old magazines to cut up. Express yourself, make your next protest sign, or laugh and build community.
Collage and Charcuterie Find Out How »
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Life gets busy. Dump the guilt and make make a plan! Whether you do one big thing like join a standing protest, or several small things, schedule what you’ll do to push back against the fascists next weekend! (Visit SimpleResistance.US for hundreds of ideas.)
Weekend Warrior Find Out How »
Do you run a mutual-aid or community-building space? Set up a snack stop. Free fruit for kids, or “take one, leave one” for staff and visitors. Make it feel entirely normal to grab a granola bar “because it’s convenient”. It might be the only thing someone eats that day.
