Protests aren’t for everyone. If you value this direct action, but have limitations that keep you from showing up, you can still foster the protests that keep momentum going. Sponsor a protest, or a protester through donations of money or time.
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If it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing poorly! Go to the protest without a sign – you still count. Call your Senator and rant at the machine. Donate $5 when you can. Replace some of your Amazon purchases with local stores. If reading a history book is overwhelming, listen to inspiring fiction. Embrace the power of doing something, and together it will be enough.
Indivisible, MoveOn, ACLU, the Disappeared in America coalition and others—including local Minnesota organizing networks—are hosting a rapid response zoom JAN8th. Honor the memory of Renee Nicole Good and discuss next steps to hold ICE accountable : https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/881793/
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From the Library of Alexandria to the famous Nazi burning of the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft, lost knowledge carries a special despair. Since Trump took office the administration has razing knowledge from decades of climate data to NASA’s Goddard library, on the chopping block for its land. The Data Rescue Project exists to save what we can. Donate or volunteer today.
Staying informed but calm is a trick these days. To avoid disconnecting or shutting down with overwhelm, curate your news sources regularly. Do you have reliable, steady voices that use rational, calm language? Raise the volume on those, while minimizing ones that leave you feeling so panicked you can’t act.
Look for three humorous or inspiring stories about resistance today. Verify, then share them. There is a widespread idea that Americans aren’t doing anything, but in fact we’re everywhere, every day, creatively resisting. It’s up to us to get the word out.
