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One Day Ago:
Throw a fundraiser
Plan a party with a purpose. Charities do it all the time, and you can too! Plan a dinner with single-serve desserts and have an auction. Plan a bingo night with proceeds to the food bank.
Let people know what the plan is up-front, and enlist a friend to co-host.
Trans Youth
Authoritarians test new protocols on groups we’re ambivalent about. If we go along, they expand the program, and then you have to explain why it was okay for one group, but not another. Reducing your own bias is resistance work, so learn more about transgender people. Now linked : another study showing no advantage in…
The Commons
If you’re trying to figure out how to take action, confused about whether knitting red hats is really activism, or ready to take the next step to organizing, visit commonslibrary.org today. A “Social Change Library” they have lesson plans for the resistance.
Two Days Ago:
Gift the News
It’s graduation season! Gift new grads a year’s subscription to a local newspaper, national magazine, foreign paper, or the PBS station! Learning doesn’t have to stop when the classes do!
FCC: People Belong!
The FCC wants to slap warning labels on people. This is pure fascism, and the comment period ends May 22nd! Visit GLAAD for information and a link to comment: https://glaad.org/fcc
Refuse AI notes
Many medical offices are integrating AI-mediated note taking. In a different world where LLMs prioritized accuracy and practices weren’t squeezed for every dime of profit, this wouldn’t necessarily be a bad thing. That’s not our world. In this world over-worked medical staff don’t have the time to review notes based on pattern-matching and hallucination. Say…
Three Days Ago:
Public Libraries
Save money with a library card! They have ebooks, audiobooks, magazine and newspaper subscriptions, movies you can check out, printing and sometimes craft supplies! Not to mention events you can attend and a place you can sit without buying anything. Support the library by using it, then donate what you saved to a good cause!
Go to a Museum
Plan a trip to a museum, park, arboretum this weekend. Pay admission, or check your city for “public access” dates, discounts, or tickets from the library. Explore the place you live and expand your world!
Fix-it Clinic
Behind all the problems we face is an underlying thread: corporate power. Fixing things instead of replacing them is one way to take back control. Many areas have fix-it events now, where people with skills and tools make themselves available for everything from patching clothes to soldering connections. The Right to Repair movement thinks when…
Four Days Ago:
Thrift Better
Goodwill is convenient, but commercial, and religious charities may discriminate in distribution efforts. What to do? Most areas have at least a few thrift stores designed to benefit a specific target cause: DV victims or immigrants or animals. Some stores accept specific goods like home building or pet supplies that others won’t take. Research local…
Humanize People
Fascism relies on fear to control. They start with groups the general public already harbors doubts about, then expand the campaign. Push back by humanizing everyone. Don’t let mis-gendering of trans folks pass, and dismantle racist beliefs like the persistent idea that Black people have less sensitive skin. Look for the achilles heel in your…
Five Days Ago:
Feeding America
Recommended by food banks and Charity Navigator, Feeding America runs a nationwide food distribution network, channeling unsold “waste” food to food banks who distribute it to local charities. As we face yet more economic disruption, they have the infrastructure to respond at scale. Donate today.
Spread hope
Buy some fun post-it notes, stationery, or even a printer, and start leaving inspiring messages all around town and anywhere you travel for people to find, like tiny, any-time protest signs.
Help others vote
Voting is confusing, until you know how to do it. Help a first-time voter research issues and candidates, or offer rides to the polls for people who struggle with transportation.
Once a person votes, they are far more likely to vote again. Find your starfish, and help them vote!
Six Days Ago:
Get Fresh Meals
In many areas you can buy home-made meals cooked by local people through networks. It’s a popular side-gig, particularly with immigrants whose daily food is exotic restaurant fare here. From trunk Tamales and private chefs to networks of home cooks, shift your purchases from large take-out chains to good food cooked by neighbors. Or ask…
Save Our Signs
The Trump regime is “editing” educational signs about topics like slavery and women’s / minority’s contributions to national history. Save Our Signs is an initiative to document National Parks signs before and after they are censored. Help by finding undocumented signs and submitting pictures.
Out and Proud!
If you’re still trying to figure out how to navigate a MAGA relative (or six) check out our tips on being proudly open about your beliefs in healthy, boundary-respecting ways. If you think it doesn’t matter — peer pressure works all over the world, and MAGA is quiet quitting!
Seven Days Ago:
Take a Class
Take a class to build resilience (cooking, sewing) or meet people (art, sports) to build community, defeat burnout, and keep the local economy going. Start at your library or community college and look for something interesting! Many classes are sliding scale and taught by local people.
Cull Groups Online
AI slop has exploded in the past month or two, hitting volumes that even break into legitimate reporting. It’s an industry with real consequences, from fraud to elections. Fight back by redirecting your online attention to vetted, real people, producing valuable content. Tips at link.
Immigration #
Call a group tracking ICE detention in your area and ask if they collect live reports. If they do, ask where you can find their reporting guidelines. If they don’t, ask who to call if you see an event in progress where you live. Store that phone number under a nickname you’ll remember in a…