Trump’s budget was carefully crafted for the worst effects to kick in after the midterms. If you think the rural hospital closures are bad, just wait until the real Medicaid changes kick in! Learn about the timeline, and publicize it. Click through for useful graphics.
If you garden, share your seeds! Find out if you have a seed exchange in your area. If you do, give surplus seeds, or take some. If not, gift your extras on a Buy Nothing group, organize a seed swap, trade with a friend, or start a whole seed library!
Looking for a good community-building activity? Throw a toiletry kit “potluck.” Decide how many kits you’ll make, then ask each person to bring one travel-sized item in sufficient numbers. If you have extra people, throw in a treat or some cash. Click through for lists and more ethical places to buy. Keep them in the car to hand out, put in community pantries, or donate to a shelter.
Prepare an “elevator pitch” to use for whatever awful new thing the regime has done that matters to you. Choose something you find yourself answering a lot, or something you wish more people understood, and distill a short, non-confrontational, educational pitch.
Each Step Home focuses on the the least empowered victims of our inhumane deportation policy: children. From funds to fill commissary cards for clean water and food, to obtaining passports for children left behind when parents are deported, they help. Donate something today, or consider one of their many volunteer roles.
Voting is the ante in a democracy. It gets you in the game, but once you’re there, you have to show up. Right now we’re facing midterms that will determine how much Trump can get away with for the rest of his term. If it didn’t matter, there wouldn’t be so much voter suppression. Change your avatar and post about voting…boost the signal!
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