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!
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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.
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.
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 about a barter, if you know a great cook!
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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 stressful moment.
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.
