sathari: (Waiting for ourselves)
We're gonna do this. ([personal profile] sathari) wrote in [community profile] thisfinecrew2017-01-07 11:47 pm
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Brainstorming post

In addition to the master post of ideas and suggestions, on the encouragement of one of our wonderful mods [personal profile] tassosss, I'm offering up a brainstorming post for batting ideas back and forth--- things we've done that seem to be effective, ideas we have, especially for making activism easier in general... and, because of the fannish spirit of this comm, any ideas for activism/tools/etc. that you've gotten from fiction and other media? Or for that matter any stories/art/music/other creations that inspire and support your activism that you want to share?
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[personal profile] tassosss 2017-01-10 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe one thing we could do is put each state up for claiming (people could take their own, or another if there's multis) and then have that person/group track google alerts, webpages, press releases, etc and once a month put up an update to the comm?

... the more I think about this, the more I feel like we're going to be reproudicing a secondhand news room, which isn't necessarily a bad model. If folks claim a topic like healthcare or immigration they can track the reporters and organizations who are doing the most useful coverage on where to put pressure in congress and we can ask the folks on the comm (or in our own journals) in those states to make the call.

We could even have people sign up for a topic to watch by month like a reccing comm.
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[personal profile] executrix 2017-01-10 02:20 pm (UTC)(link)
I bought a bunch of pre-stamped postcards at the Post Office, addressed them to my representative (and left some blank for senators and local officials) and stuck on some of the mailing labels I get for being on every sucker list in America. Then, when I want to express an opinion, I just grab one and write "Please vote for Bill because" or "Thank you for voting for Bill because"--waiting for my computer to warm up is a good time for this, or as soon as I see something on the news.
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[personal profile] watersword 2017-01-10 06:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Holy crap this is a GENIUS idea.