I can't stress this enough, join groups online or in person with people who clearly see what's happening currently. It will ground you and make you less fearful.
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Listening to my congresswoman's town hall, along with our state AG and thousands of other concerned citizens was the best thing I have done since the 20th.
I feel like there are none locally, none that are willing to stand up and stand out anyway. The groups online just make me feel like everything is on fire and I can't do anything about it.
The whole thing is an exercise in futility as a citizen.
You should also join or coordinate with your local black civil rights groups. They know what it is like to have to fight for their rights everyday. They bring the fire 🔥 born of experience we are all going to need these coming years.
That “seems” wrong on so many levels.
If you supported your black communities before all this happened ok, but if you’re reaching out the black people to help save your sorry ass, that’s gross 🤮 & typical white oppression bs! IMHO
I agree with you too in the sense that it shouldn't need a crisis to make people care about the rights of others – but what matters most is that we all coordinate and that people learn that protecting the rights of diverse people at home and abroad is ultimately protecting all of us
At this point this authoritarian breakthrough cannot be stopped by any other means than large scale and disruptive popular mobilization. My fear is that we don’t have leaders to imagine or lead such a resistance.
In the US, women control between $5 to $15 trillion in consumer spending annually. Women control more than 60% of personal wealth! Women purchase over 50% of traditional male products, like automobiles, home improvement products, and electronics
Let's use our power! Don't buy anything on Wednesdays
Make eye contact and small talk. It is part of being a good citizen and a responsible member of society. Whether Italy in the 1920s, Germany of the 1930s, the Soviet Union of 1937-38, or Eastern Europe in the 1940s, people remembered how their neighbors treated them. From On Tyranny by T. Snyder.
Last time he was in office I started a group for “woke” Catholics in my area. I started another one that is a resistance prayer group for anybody of any or no religion who prays. It does mean a lot
Try a church near you that’s pretty liberal. If you’re not Christian, or atheist or something, try a Unitarian Universalist church. My UU church has helped me *immensely.*
It'll have to be online for me. My stepbrother and I are the only ones in the family who aren't conservative and he lives like 600 miles away. I know maybe one or two people other than him IRL that aren't conservative. I am also deaf in a community without ASL access. TLDR: I'm drowning
I don’t know why Americans should be paying taxes at all if all of the programs we have paid into (EX: Social Security) that are meant to be there when we become too old to work are being gutted and the agencies and institutions we care about are all being denied funding.
I realize some people have moved on, but I know USAID/ development workers are *highly organized* & pushing back. Many of these people work in democracy, human rights, combatting mis/disinformation, have experience in authoritarian countries - they recognize what is going on and aren't giving up.
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I also think sharing inspirational and uplifting perspectives can definitely help. Yes, there is crisis, but there are also opportunities to rally around new narratives for a better more inclusive world, that doesn't rely on party politics or voting every few years.
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Seems like a sign we should get organized and host marches straight on through the month. From 1 to 31. #March231
You may have to try more than one group before you find something that's a good enough fit for you.
The whole thing is an exercise in futility as a citizen.
Followed, with no expectations. 😊✌️
If you supported your black communities before all this happened ok, but if you’re reaching out the black people to help save your sorry ass, that’s gross 🤮 & typical white oppression bs! IMHO
I agree and disagree with you at the same time.
You’re absolutely correct.
Thanks for taking the time.
🏈USAID would’ve spent $ to buy enough emergency food-aid products made in Georgia and Rhode Island to treat
880,000 severely malnourished children
This Superbowl Sunday, tell Congress to #saveforeignaid and #standwithUSAID
"Don't Quest alone,
Quest with a crew"
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Americans United for Separation of Church and State
https://americansunited.bsky.social
Freedom From Religion Foundation
https://ffrfaction.bsky.social
American Civil Liberties Union
@aclu.org
They need our support now more than ever.
My parents... Not so much.
Corruption Disruption happens on Sundays,
February 9th 7pm-8pm ET http://communityBridge.com/cd
The CommunityBridge Calendar of Events
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I wonder how many people will revolt?
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bearing witness and seeing each other confirms the truth and depth of what's really happening