ICE is a disorganized agency that relies on local contractors. From detention facilities to lodging, it needs local alliances to function. If direct observation (and possible confrontation) isn’t in your comfort zone, move one step out: focus on the places profiting from ICE’s cruelty. Sludge has created a map to help you locate local businesses profiting from hate.
Democracy is an average of who shows up, so GOTV. Volunteer with FieldTeam6.org if you’re all-in on elections. Choose SeedtheVote.org if you’re ambivalent — they build local organizing power that outlasts elections.
Buy tickets for yourself (and a friend?) and attend a local entertainment event! Find a benefit event if you can! Joy is resistance, and artists lead the path to change.
Choose venues and artists who live in your region, and spend what you can to bolster the local resistance community.
Missing protest energy in the run-up to the elections? Create a spectacle and educate people with signs about registration deadlines, USPS issues, or even a specific candidate you support.
Give people something to look at while you sneak in some nutritional facts!
Regional organizations that help trans folks move to safer places are flooded. Offering everything from moving expense help to job search support, cities in Blue states are particularly overwhelmed. Click through for resources and make a donation if you can.
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Experts on resisting fascism recommend that we identify our values. When we know what our bottom line is, it’s harder to be shoved past it. Identify your values and priorities and find your lane for resistance.
