If making NYE resolutions is your tradition, include resistance! There are hundreds of ways to focus on resistance, or to sneak it into things you already wanted to do. From “call Congress once a week” to looking for a better job, make resistance part of your thinking. We’ve got dozens of suggestions!
We’re all hungry for hope, and malign actors are meeting that need with a proliferation of fake feel-good tales. False hope is more dangerous than no hope at all, so I only share stories I can verify — and that keeps getting harder. Today we offer a year-end wrap up of hopeful real stories. If you need a boost, click through!
Food insecurity is only going to get worse in America. Between rising grocery prices, crops lost due to climate change and deportation, and new, draconian SNAP requirements, people are going to be hungry. Add in a fertilizer shortage and we face tough times ahead. Start building mutual aid now!
If you don’t know anyone transgender and the whole thing makes you uncomfortable, watch “Will & Harper,” a documentary about Will Farrell taking a road trip with an old friend, newly out. If you already on-board get a button to wear, print zines, and don’t forget to call your state Senator to ask if there’s legislation you need to oppose!
Trans(cend) bigotry Find Out How »
The “Community Emergency Response Team” program trains people to step up in emergencies. Focused on closing the inevitable gap until trained professionals could be deployed, this training is more relevant than ever as agencies are dismantled and climate change worsens. Click through for information about taking classes.
Protests aren’t for everyone. If you can’t attend, subsidize the protest! Sponsor a seat on a community bus, offer to taxi friends, help with sign making, or shop at sympathetic businesses. (Tell them why!) There are lots of ways to support participation, even if you can’t attend the protest Sunday. Click through for more inspiration.
Patron of Protest Find Out How »
Protests work by building community, but you have to take the next step. If you collected a contact card or flyer at a recent protest, reach out now! Sign up for a mailing list or Signal chat and just lurk for a while. If you have no contacts, both Indivisible and NDLON are very experienced at integrating new folks.
