end-of-May check-in

[redbird]

It's been a slightly quieter month since the last check-in, but still busy:

* wispfox posted a heads-up about mifepristone access.
* otter posted about harmful misinformation about a trans resource
* Massachusetts: a petition asking the governor to protect immigrants
* contact Congress about obscenity and censorship\
* Massachusetts: Medicaid paperwork deadline
* Call congress about proposed a href="https://thisfinecrew.dreamwidth.org/308901.html">Medicaid cuts and more onerous requirements to keep benefits.
* Comment to the FDA about proposed: restrictions on who can get the covid vaccine
* mxcatmoon posted a link to a weather and climate livestream.


Thanks to everyone who posted. Here's a check-in poll to tell us what you've been doing:

Poll #33196

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 21

View Respondents

In the last month, I

View Answers

called one of my senators
10 (47.6%)

called my other senator
10 (47.6%)

called my congressmember
6 (28.6%)

called my governor
0 (0.0%)

called my mayor, state rep, or other local official
2 (9.5%)

did get-out-the-vote work, such as postcarding or phone banking
0 (0.0%)

voted
1 (4.8%)

sent a postcard/email/letter/fax to a government official or agency
9 (42.9%)

went to a protest
3 (14.3%)

attended an in-person activist group
2 (9.5%)

went to a town hall
0 (0.0%)

participated in phone or online training
0 (0.0%)

donated money to a cause
13 (61.9%)

worked for a campaign
1 (4.8%)

did textbanking/phonebanking
0 (0.0%)

took care of myself
12 (57.1%)

not a US citizen, but worked in solidarity in my community
1 (4.8%)

did something else (tell us about it in comments)
3 (14.3%)

committed to action in the coming month
5 (23.8%)

As always, everyone is free to make posts about any issues and actions they think the comm should know about. You can also drop some information into a comment to our sticky post if you'd like the mods to do it.

If you're looking for information on anything else, you can use our tags to check for any ongoing actions or resources relevant to the issues you care about. I try to keep the tag list up-to-date. If you need a tag added, you can DM me.

Comments

[julian]

Other: Therapisted. Which is relevant since I have several queer and/or trans clients, plus some women, plus some African-American & Hispanic clients. Support 'r us.

[redbird]

Other: sent a letter to the president of New York University, demanding free speech for NYU law students.

[flamingsword]

I also linked several people here and to other empowering forms of activism on a Discord server.