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notasupervillain asked in a comment on another post if we knew of any communities similar to this one for UK activism. I thought I'd make a top level post, as I know we have other members from the UK who may be able to provide an answer and may not see that comment.

And as we have members from other countries outside the US (*waves at Canadians* Not sure which other countries are represented!), I thought I'd throw the question open even wider and make this a general resource post for people to share links to any local activist communities they'd recommend.

Communities don't have to be on Dreamwidth -- any group with a (positive!) online presence somewhere for sharing ideas and actions is good. :-)

tanaqui

It's been a while since our last check in. I've been traveling, with limited internet access, so I'm not sure I've caught up on everything that happened while I was offline. But enough to know that Trump, Pence and their minions continue to be despicable.

Thanks to everyone who's been posting action items and links! Here's a reminder of what's been happening in the comm since our last check in:

Support The No Ban Act
National Nurses United Medicare For All Tools
Signal Boost: Captain Awkward On Activism In These Stressful Times
Two Worthwhile Newsletters For Local Action
Trump Baby Will Fly Again -- For A Price
Submit A Public Comment On The New Rule Discriminating Against Trans People

So, what have you all been up to in the last week or are planning to get involved in next week?

Poll #22086 The Week

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 6

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called my one senator
2 (33.3%)

called my other senator
2 (33.3%)

called my representative
1 (16.7%)

called my governor
1 (16.7%)

called my state reps
0 (0.0%)

sent a postcard/email/letter/fax
3 (50.0%)

attended a town hall
0 (0.0%)

donated money to a cause
2 (33.3%)

attended an in-person activist group
1 (16.7%)

participated in phone/online training
0 (0.0%)

went to a protest
1 (16.7%)

signed up for alerts
0 (0.0%)

worked for a campaign
0 (0.0%)

did textbanking/phonebanking
0 (0.0%)

took care of myself
3 (50.0%)

not a US citizen but worked in solidarity in my own community
1 (16.7%)

did something else
2 (33.3%)

committed to action in the coming week
1 (16.7%)

starlady

I've been thoroughly enjoying the newsletters from Primaries for Progress and Give Smart. You may remember the latter as the people who masterminded late-breaking lightning rounds of donations for down-ticket candidates with the best possible chance of using the money effectively late in the 2018 election; it's a project of FutureNow. The former is associated with Data for Progress and is dedicated to the idea of getting better candidates in Democratic seats and blue regions.

Primaries for Progress has both a paid and non-paid version; I get the free version and it's chock full of useful information including people to support (and not to support), people who really need a primary challenger, and more, nationwide. The GiveSmart newsletter is totally free.

redbird

I want to recommend Captain Awkward's recent post "We Have Always Lived In Presidential Primary Season: A Half-Assed Activist Post About Getting Through This Shitshow Without Perpetuating Or Tolerating Bad Behavior And Keeping Some Tiny Spark Of Hope Alive". The article is a combination of things Jennifer thinks, or hopes, might be useful politically, and suggestions on not driving yourself up the wall in the process. It's a public post on her Patreon page, which she's encouraging people to link to.

As she says there, she's not interested in re-litigating anything about the 2016 elections or in debate about specific candidates or political leanings.

sathari

For all US folks going into the election, here is an excellent multimedia resource for anyone having difficulties voting: 866ourvote.org.

And, yes, that is also an actual phone number, 866-687-8683 and a text resource, where you can text "Our vote" to 97779. The hotline is run by the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law. They also have a bunch of affiliates for speakers of languages-not-English.

ETA: thanks to

julian who commented with more hotline numbers for speakers of different languages, and I quote:

"888-Ve-Y-Vota is the Spanish-language hotline.

844-Yalla-US is the Arabic one

and 888-API-VOTE serves a number of Asian and Pacific Island language"

and I added the sign language video hotline: 301-818-8683

rydra_wong

Useful for anyone doing door-to-door or phone banking, also potentially useful to think about for people trying to informally drag friends and acquaintances to the polls:

https://twitter.com/KillerMartinis/status/1055482288983674880

sathari

Volunteer to help elect Democrats!

BallotReady.org, which lets you research all the races and referenda on the ballot for your location.

Motivote, which sort of "gamifies" the midterm voting process (you sign up at the site and as you complete various actions to prepare to vote, you're entered to win prizes.)

sathari

In honor of National Voter Registration Day in the US, here is a lightly annotated list of links to voter information/registration sites and related information for all 50 states and the District of Columbia, with an emphasis on getting information about statewide referenda/ballot initiatives/other laws and similar that might be on a given state's ballot. (Edited 10/8/18 with a missed text link!)

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Current Mood: productive

executrix

The Notifica app is designed for use by immigrants--they can immediately notify family members, friends, attorneys, etc. if they are detained or other immigration action is initiated against them:

https://notifica.us/?link_id=0&can_id=8a862b6f2873206cd5111e31602e9c90&source=email-download-notifica-now&email_referrer=email_327511&email_subject=download-notifica-now

tanaqui

Following suggestions made in comments to our Anniversary Post, we now have a Friending Meme and a (locked) post where you can connect with others who live in the same area. We hope you find both of these posts useful!

Feel free to make more suggestions for how we might develop the comm in the Anniversary Post.

Other posts in the comm this week covered:

Net Neutrality
Ballotpedia: resource for keeping track of federal and local politics news

Housekeeping (the usual stuff)
Reminder that we have a suggestion post if there’s a topic that you’d like to see discussed but would like to ask the mods to look into. This can be anything from general information, or a how-to-do-a-thing, or something you may want to discuss as a community. Folks are welcome to post directly to the comm as always, but if you’re not comfortable/don’t have spoons, we can help too.

As we don't always get the time to pull things out of the suggestions post into their own separate posts, it may be worth checking every week (or tracking the post) to see if there's any new information you're interested in.

Also if you need help with tags, PM

redbird, who is our tag guru. Both

tassosss and I are very grateful for the help.

So, what have you all been up to in the last week or are planning to get involved in next week?

Poll #19152 The Week

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 10

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This Week, I...

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called my one senator
3 (33.3%)

called my other senator
3 (33.3%)

called my representative
2 (22.2%)

called my governor
0 (0.0%)

called my state reps
0 (0.0%)

sent a postcard/email/letter/fax
5 (55.6%)

attended a town hall
0 (0.0%)

donated money to a cause
6 (66.7%)

attended an in-person activist group
1 (11.1%)

participated in phone/online training
0 (0.0%)

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went to a protest
1 (14.3%)

signed up for alerts
2 (28.6%)

took care of myself
4 (57.1%)

not a US citizen but worked in solidarity in my own community
1 (14.3%)

did something else
3 (42.9%)

committed to action in the coming week
1 (14.3%)

snickfic

I've talked about Ballotpedia before, but I'm going to do it again, because they just keep being such a great resource. The website is a wiki written by professional staffers and committed to neutrality. If you want to look up new or old races, down to state legislative and sometimes even local races in your state, the website is great.

My favorite project of theirs, however, is their weekly newsletter The Tap. Here is this week's state/local edition and here is the federal edition, with tons of useful political news happening all across the company. If you want to know what legislation is getting close to being passed in other states, Ballotpedia has it. If you want to know about the recent and future Supreme Court activity, Ballotpedia has that, too. They are a GOLDMINE.

executrix

https://anothergulf.com/a-just-harvey-recovery/

Lots of great resources, worthy places to donate you probably haven't seen yet, what supplies are needed--and putting the storm in the context of a broader recovery effort.

rydra_wong

Traitor Radio's "Hurricane Harvey: How To Help"

An extensive list from Texan Andrea Grimes.

executrix

Just a reminder that terrible things aren't just happening in Houston, they're happening everywhere! The Immigrant Legal Resource Center has published a guide about what happens if DACA is eliminated:

https://www.ilrc.org/sites/default/files/resources/if_daca_ends.pdf

executrix

People for the American Way has one-page fact sheets (great for tabling and canvassing!) about, e.g., the Mueller Russia investigation, voter suppression, separation of church and state, and opposing white supremacist hate:

http://act.pfaw.org/go/529?t=3&akid=126%2E3037677%2EcD6eBT

The site has lots of other tools and graphics too.

executrix

MoveOn.org Resistance Recess toolkit and training materials:

https://www.resistancerecess.com/survey/aug-resistance-recess-materials/

redbird

The city of Boston has put up a climate change website that republishes EPA and other federal government stuff that the current administration has scrubbed:

http://climatechangedata.boston.gov/

The top of the home page identifies it as a City of Boston site, and says
The City of Boston wishes to acknowledge and attribute this information to the United States Environmental Protection Agency and other federal agencies for the decades of work that they have done to advance the fight against climate change. While this information may not be readily available on the agency’s webpage right now, here in Boston we know climate change is real and we will continue to take action to fight it.

I haven't explored very much yet, but there's a lot there.

executrix

Why talk to the monkey when the organ grinder's line isn't busy?

Contacts for the staff person handling health care issues for each senator: https://www.indivisibleguide.com/resource/senate-health-care-staffers/

executrix

A table of official Senate twitter IDs, Senate staff twitter IDs, campaign/other, and Facebook info for the Senate:

http://www.socialseer.com/resources/us-senator-twitter-accounts/

tanaqui

Volunteer your time in bite sized chunks, from your own home, on demand and on your own terms. Benefit worthy causes to suit your lifestyle via non-skilled actions. Dip in and dip out with absolutely no commitment. It’s all FREE!

http://helpfromhome.org/

(I found this, and the links in my previous post over in the US Politics thread at

fail_fandomanon, where I often find good links and good discussions.)

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tanaqui - Activist communities for other countries
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Activist communities for other countries

Check In 26 May

Two worthwhile newsletters for local action

Signal boost: Captain Awkward on activism in these stressful times

Resource: 866-OUR-VOTE

Excellent thread on effective voter contact

More links!

Link(spam): US Voter information

UnitedWeDream Notifica App

Weekly Check In December 3

Ballotpedia: resource for keeping track of federal and local politics news

Amazing Web Page on Harvey Recovery

Via Captain Awkward

Resources if DACA Ends

PFAW Fact Sheets for Recess

The Boys are Back in Town

climate change website

Indivisible Guide: Contact for Senate Staffers

Let's All Sing Like the Birdies Sing

Action/Resource: Microvolunteering site

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