Some things are easier to do in a group. If you have like-minded friends you’d like to build a resistance pod with, we’ve tagged simple tasks that lend themselves to group activities, like visiting a museum or forming a book club. Build on the relationships you already have and create an agile ready-response team that can tackle whatever comes up!
Roadtrip
Common Power is running teams of door-knockers, and they could use financial support! Consider donating to the teams they already mobilized in critical races nationwide. CommonPower.org
Small Spectacles
From bubble guns to inflatable frogs, joy is resistance. Pro-voting visibility is important now! Pick up a bubble maker or pull out your costume and get out there with a sign for a race you care about, or important voting information!
Small Spectacles Find Out How »
Zines
Help us get the word out about Simple Resistance, by printing and distributing a zine with links to our site and others. Click through for the download link, folding instructions and more.
Expand your comfort zone
Fascism trains us to comply. It starts subtly, with social pressure to peel your Kamala bumper sticker off, or a prayer at the school board meeting. Do something uncomfortable! Go shopping dressed as a circus clown or wear mis-matched socks — the point is to stretch YOUR boundaries, so do something that makes you slightly uncomfortable.
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Time Banking!
The idea is simple: trade favors, collectively. Maybe you’re great with taxes, and Julie needs help. You need someone to clean the gutters, but Julie can’t climb ladders. With a time bank you help Julie…and Jim and Joe, then David helps you. He’s happy to do it. Julie, the registered nurse, was a lifesaver after his wife’s surgery!
Stop the Bleed
One of the most useful first-aid skills to learn, according to every medical professional we talked to, is how to stop bleeding. Stop the Bleed exists to teach you how to save a live. You can take an in-person or online class to learn basic skills that are useful in a crisis.