The annual holiday spending cycle fuels business in America as families gather and business shuts down. Instead of dreading it, leverage it!
We collect tips from how to choose a boycott, to how to navigate family gatherings with authenticity. Along the way leverage your gift-buying to support small and local businesses and charities. You might even find ideas to loop your MAGA relatives into resistance!
Artists drive resistance, so support the local arts community! Find a small-time artist who accepts commissions for bespoke work, and have something created for someone you love—or yourself! Commissioning art takes some faith and flexibility, but it creates a truly meaningful gift or memory.
Before fascism descended, we had real problems. Now we have all those and more. It’s easy to give up hope, but critical that we remember what we’re fighting for. Imagine what you WANT, not just what you’re afraid of. Brainstorm steps to build what you want with a friend, or throw a Hope Party!
Memorial day is hard on military folks. Even if you’re estranged from military MAGA, reach deep for human compassion and consider reaching out today. Don’t wish them a happy Memorial Day — this is a day to honor those who died in service. This is a particularly good opportunity to rebuild connections fractured by politics. A simple “Thinking of you and hoping you have a meaningful day” works.
Military Connections Find Out How »
Go spend time in the place you live! Visit a museum, stroll through an arboretum, or visit local shops with an eye out for graduation gifts. Be a tourist in the place you live and bring new eyes to the experience. Chat with shop owners and get to know your own city in a new way.
As the end of the school year approaches, you may be planning gifts for teachers and volunteers. Skip the Starbucks gift certificate. Once the same pick, more and more people are boycotting them for union busting. Instead, pick up gift certificates to a locally owned coffee shop, or other local business. It’s easy to do!
Local Gift Certificates Find Out How »
Whether you participated in yesterday’s buy nothing strike or not, spend this weekend consciously choosing to shop small and local. Help the most vulnerable businesses make up for any losses, and deprive big box stores of every dollar you can, today and every day. Take “Small Business Saturday” year-long!
Small Business Saturday Find Out How »
