Protesting is key to visibility and growing the movement. When we show up in the streets we let others know nothing is normal, and we build the movement. Whether you love the big dates, or prefer a quiet overpass, you’ll find tips for making protests more fun, more effective, and safer.
Look for three humorous or inspiring stories about resistance, post about what you’re doing, or share pictures of your favorite clever protest signs. Help raise faith by increasing the visibility of creative, positive, encouraging actions.
Be Darth Vader and visibly stand with evil! People across the political spectrum absorbed Star Wars as a formative story and have a visceral reaction to the trappings of evil depicted there. Leverage satire to use fictional characters: where would Darth Vader stand on data centers? What would the Ferengi think? Plan theatrical protests to make a point.
The big protest groups are pausing to focus on midterm prep, but there are pop-up protests everywhere, all the time. If you need a bit of protest energy there’s one near you! Join for an hour, or become a regular!
Are you puttering around the house, doing laundry and getting ready for another busy week? Put on a protest playlist to fire up your motivation and help you keep resistance on the chore list. Click through for starter lists on various platforms, or curate your own mix-tape of songs that fire you up.
Protest Playlist Find Out How »
Concerned about phone security? We have a run-down of articles ranging from basic security everyone should engage, to installing a custom OS that will wipe your phone if you enter a distress code (alternate “unlock” code.)
Remember how we all learned our home phone number as kids? Today, I couldn’t call my own mother from memory. Choose one person you could call in an emergency and memorize their number. Choose someone who isn’t likely to be with you. The perfect person lives far enough away not to be caught up in the same events, but close enough to help.
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