if you (or your partner) are worried about protest safety Oct18th, start small. Find a corner or overpass event today and drive past, honking encouragingly. If it looks fine, park and walk by to get a feel for it. Stop for fifteen minutes, or say hello and make new friends. Click through for much more.
Get tickets to a museum or arboretum. Have lunch at a local restaurant. Check shops for locally-made holiday gifts. Find out what makes your home great, invest in local venues and products, and tell people!
Bonus: if you’re near a target city (Portland, Chicago etc.) take a road trip and post pictures!
Locate minority owned businesses in your area. Restaurants are a good start, but branch out. Create a list of interesting local places and then visit them. Leave reviews (google, facebook, yelp) when you find “local gems.”
Minority Business Find Out How »
Remember how we all learned our home phone number as kids? Today, I couldn’t call my own mother without looking her number up on my phone.
Choose one person you could call in an emergency who is NOT likely to be with you. Memorize their number.
Memorize one Phone Number Find Out How »
Remember paper address books? Begin rebuilding analog records. Imagine that you lost your phone and the data was unrecoverable. What would it take to get back in touch with your people *without* getting online and asking them to ping you?
Analog Addresses Find Out How »
From Portland’s Fearless Frog to historic characters with a message, costumes add spectacle and defray the fear-based messaging of the right.
Create a persona for your protesting activities. Make it silly or pointed — it’s dress-up time!
