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There were ten posts in the community in the past two months:

On Sept. 10,

watersword posted about the Restore Trust in Congress Act:
https://thisfinecrew.dreamwidth.org/315708.html

On Sept. 13.

toastykitten posted a link roundup about Palestine/Gaza awareness and possible actions.
https://thisfinecrew.dreamwidth.org/316064.html

On Sept. 24,

gingicat reminded people about 5 Calls dot Org, and suggested some calls for people in Massachusetts:

https://thisfinecrew.dreamwidth.org/316387

On Oct. 1,

gingicat posted about the government shutdown:
https://thisfinecrew.dreamwidth.org/316542.html

On Oct. 2, I posted about a Boston Globe request for letters about anti-trans views of foster parents:
https://thisfinecrew.dreamwidth.org/316711.html

On Oct. 7,

toastykitten asked people to call California Gov. Newsom about trans issues:
https://thisfinecrew.dreamwidth.org/317077.html

On Oct. 10,

mxcatmoon posted about nonviolent resistance training:
https://thisfinecrew.dreamwidth.org/317190.html

On Oct. 21,

gingicat posted about the What’s Next after No Kings livestream:
https://thisfinecrew.dreamwidth.org/317532.html

On Oct. 23,

toastykitten posted updated links about Palestine/Gaza:
https://thisfinecrew.dreamwidth.org/317729.html

On Oct. 29,

otter posted about a Minnesota Medicaid fraud investigation, noting that they weren’t sure what to ask, say, or do about it:

https://thisfinecrew.dreamwidth.org/318026.html

And on Nov. 2.

toastykitten posted about a call to end arms sales to the United Arab Emirates:
https://thisfinecrew.dreamwidth.org/318426.html

Thanks to everyone who posted.

Here's a poll to tell us what you've been doing:

Poll #33801 November check-in

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 19

View Respondents

In the last two months, I

View Answers

called one or both of my senators
6 (31.6%)

called my member of Congress
4 (21.1%)

called my governor
1 (5.3%)

called my mayor, state rep, or other local official
0 (0.0%)

voted
15 (78.9%)

did get-out-the-vote work, such as post-carding or phone- banking
4 (21.1%)

sent a postcard/email/letter/fax to a government official or agency
9 (47.4%)

went to a protest
8 (42.1%)

attended an in-person activist group
1 (5.3%)

went to a town hall
0 (0.0%)

participated in phone or online training
2 (10.5%)

participated in community mutual aid
2 (10.5%)

donated money to a cause
11 (57.9%)

worked for a campaign
1 (5.3%)

did textbanking or phonebanking
1 (5.3%)

took care of myself
13 (68.4%)

not a US citizen, but worked in solidarity in my community
1 (5.3%)

committed to action in the current month
2 (10.5%)

did something else (tell us about it in comments)
3 (15.8%)

As always, everyone is free to make posts about any issues and actions they think the comm should know about. You can also drop 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.