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 »
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!
Or in this case, books by banned authors. Mark Bray was dubbed “Mr. Antifa” by Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA for teaching a class on the history of “Antifa” from WWII to present. So buy his book: “Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook.” Drive it to the top of the lists.
Buy Banned Books Find Out How »
Reach out to someone you’re overdue to touch in with. Make amends over something that feels impossible. Tell someone how much they mean to you. Take a social risk. Build bonds.
Strengthen connections Find Out How »
If we don’t document what’s happening, who will? Take pictures of resistance: protests, graffiti, or things you witness.
When possible take pictures from multiple angles — it helps establish legitimacy. Post your pictures with a few words of context.
Document Resistance Find Out How »
Identify a local news organization with good content for your area. Subscribe or donate to them. Follow them and boost their signal.
Look for local businesses using their physical or virtual spaces to resist and check them out. Tell them why you stopped by.
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