What can you do?

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Dear Fellow American,

I fear for our democratic republic! We're facing a crisis in the United States. The recent Supreme Court decision allowing immunity for "official acts" gave essentially unfettered power to Donald Trump. 

That, with the authoritarian bent of Project 2025 makes it a perilous time.

Trump must be prevented from taking power again, because our very democracy is in peril. This is way beyond policy. Policy can be debated and changed. We will not be able to come back from the death of our democracy.

Will you help me? Together, we can be heroes!

We must all mobilize and use our individual skills to help defeat Donald Trump and right our country's ship. Do what you do best!

First of all, learn about Project 2025. This manifesto closely aligns with both Trump's "Agenda 47" and the official GOP platform. 

Be ready to talk to your friends, neighbors, and family about the dangers of Project 2025. What they want goes against many of the foundations of our nation. Their ideas set our progress back decades.

Do you like to write? Write letters to the editor. Write to your Members of Congress. Resistbot can help with both. Write postcards; Postcards to Voters can get addresses and messages in your hands. You provide the postcard and the stamp. 

Are you artistic? Make art! Draw a cartoon; make your ideas known through your craft. Volunteer your skill to a group that needs you.

Are you musical? Write a new song or sing an old protest song. 

Are you on TikTok? Post that song or skit – engage your audience. Spread the word. Share others' work. The key to educating young people is bite-size videos. Go make them!

Are you on social media? Speak up. Share things. Get the word out. Share this post that you are reading. Share articles, art, music, information.

Are you an organizer? Organize a rally or a protest march. Get a group together to brainstorm and mobilize. Indivisible, Move On, or Red Wine & Blue can point you to ways to take action. Make good trouble!

Attend your member of Congress's town hall meetings. Talk to other voters. Talk with your representative how you can help. Find out about your representative's town hall meetings by finding your representatives and visiting their websites. 

Do you have a printer? Print out leaflets, cartoons, handbills, or posters and put them around town (shout out to chief mischief maker Sister Resister Anne for this old idea whose time has come again!). Let people know the situation and share information about what they can do. 

Do you have time or money? Volunteer or donate to a candidate or another organization helping to get the vote out and spread information. Here are some ideas for that:

• Learn about your local races and ballot measures at The League of Women Voters's Vote411.com. Volunteer or donate.

• Volunteer to be a poll worker. Vote411 can also help you find out how.

• Help people get registered to vote. Rock the Vote can help you learn how. So can the League of Women Voters.

• Find the candidates running in your area, learn about them and their stand on the issues. Help one of them get elected. Vote Smart can help you find that information. So can Ballotpedia or Vote.org.

Read Indivisible's Action Guide to get more ideas!

Comment below in the comments section and share your ideas. 

But most of all - don't despair. Don't be paralyzed. Be kind to yourself and give yourself grace if you can't do that one thing today. Recognize what you cannot control and just do what you can, when you can. Even if it's one small little act. Small acts together become a movement.

“A people fired ... with love of their country and of liberty, a zeal for the public good, and a noble emulation of glory, will not be disheartened or dispirited by a succession of unfortunate events. But like them, may we learn by defeat the power of becoming invincible.”  ― Abigail Adams

Thanks for reading! 

With respect and admiration,

Little Sister Resister