Celebrate Black History month by spending money in Black-owned businesses. Create a list of interesting local places to browse, or visit a restaurant with good reviews. Don’t forget to leave your own review afterward!
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Buy tickets for yourself (and a friend?) and attend a local entertainment event, especially if it’s a benefit for a cause you value! Musicians, spoken word poets, theater—joy is resistance!
Choose venues and artists who live in your region, and spend what you can to bolster the local community. The economic downturns hit artists hard.
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Service members are in a tight spot: it’s illegal to refuse legal orders, or to follow illegal ones. Courts take months to decide, and service members face prison if they get it wrong. Show a friend or family member we have their back, especially if they face deployment to a place we shouldn’t be, like Venezuela, Greenland, or Minneapolis.
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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.
Buy lunch for a friend or coworker who is demographically (age, race, class, etc.) different from you. Ask them how they’re doing, and really listen to what they say.
Don’t dive directly into politics. Just build the relationship naturally, one lunch at a time.
