We need A LOT MORE PEOPLE in our groups, campaigns, doing mutual aid etc... Bring your nerdy, cringe, loser selves. Revel in being uncool. Join other people who are doing things in community [mostly quietly and without fanfare]. We need many more people. - ThreadSky

prisonculture.bsky.social • 80 days ago

We need A LOT MORE PEOPLE in our groups, campaigns, doing mutual aid etc... Bring your nerdy, cringe, loser selves. Revel in being uncool. Join other people who are doing things in community [mostly quietly and without fanfare]. We need many more people.

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patientadvocacy.bsky.social•80 days ago

I’m disabled so I participate online because of mobility issues & poor health atm - but please include disabled people who need some help to get involved.

prisonculture.bsky.social•80 days ago

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OSWxykA1WHOi0vTPLAJDaCeVhR3uSfh7PhlCj4t4yT0/edit?usp=sharing

patientadvocacy.bsky.social•80 days ago

Thank you!!

sarajanemaki.bsky.social•80 days ago

Thank you

beddy63.bsky.social•80 days ago

This is a great resource. Thank you!

rotanen.bsky.social•80 days ago

I can't chant or be loud at protests but I've found that a powerful way for me to contribute is to get several professionally-printed signs and bring extras to distribute to people who want them.

blkreparations.bsky.social•80 days ago

Never thought I’d see the day you’d come for our hidden selves like this, MK

Alas, today is the day

prisonculture.bsky.social•80 days ago

LMAO!!!!

onefabulousrascal.bsky.social•80 days ago

Il there's one in your area, a Unitarian Universalist congregation often can act as a switchboard connecting to local social justice organizations. It can also serve as a community to join with zero pressure to subscribe to a particular religion.

mrk707.bsky.social•80 days ago

And if we are forced to declare a religion (as Project 2025 plans) that will be mine

catharsis23.bsky.social•80 days ago

My town's first attempt at a "guilt GOP reps" town hall was at a UU church

jesscoxdenver.bsky.social•80 days ago

💯 💯 💯

chorongomon.bsky.social•80 days ago

✋🏼✋🏼

ellamennopie.meatjacker.social•80 days ago

Find the nerdy, uncool bits of organizing that interest you and/or draw on your skills! It’s not exactly sexy and fun to aggregate data & confirm accuracy, but DAMN if that’s not how a good deal of mutual aid gets distributed! Above all, plug the fuck in!

thednageek.bsky.social•80 days ago

How do I plug into the data stuff because that shit is 🔥!

ellamennopie.meatjacker.social•80 days ago

Try a web search for mutual aid groups in your area! Can’t tell your locale beyond CA from a peek at your profile, but there’s almost certainly a group distributing food to people in need, advocating for unhoused neighbors, or running free stores in your area. At scale, they need coordination 😊

ellamennopie.meatjacker.social•80 days ago

Often established groups have some sort of web presence, scheduling system, client onboarding practices but given these are mostly shoestring operations run by volunteers, it can be helpful to show up and say “I can record and review the event surveys” or “I can refine our process, gimme excel” :)

thednageek.bsky.social•80 days ago

Thank you for the suggestions!

roguesecunit.bsky.social•80 days ago

I beg your pardon, accurately aggregated data is sexy af and I shall not hear otherwise.

ellamennopie.meatjacker.social•80 days ago

Ha! Fair, but generally speaking, not the type of organizing that most people think of when looking to join forces in protest. More just wanted to make the point that attending/agitating at big flashy events isn’t the only way to pitch in. Bring your strengths & talents to the fight, we can use em!

roguesecunit.bsky.social•80 days ago

You and agree completely on this! Cheers.

boulderbluejay.bsky.social•80 days ago

📌

lakauffman.bsky.social•80 days ago

For folks who want to join an existing group, there's a new directory of progressive organizations that have both the desire and ability to welcome and incorporate new volunteers.

You can search by location, focus area, and type of participation: https://allofusdirectory.org/about

prisonculture.bsky.social•80 days ago

Thank u for this L.A.

besecretandexult.bsky.social•80 days ago

It's cool when someone you know knows someone whose writing you admire. Just wanted to say so, in my knew messy nerd-forward era.

lakauffman.bsky.social•80 days ago

My pleasure. The thanks really go to the conveners of the directory, a powerhouse group who identified this need and stepped up to fill it: https://allofusdirectory.org/conveners

worldahead.bsky.social•80 days ago

📌

reader9288.bsky.social•80 days ago

📌

creepychick.bsky.social•80 days ago

📌

quirkyhndl.bsky.social•80 days ago

Pertinent community building tips here. We need to become more self sustaining.

https://open.substack.com/pub/greedbane/p/greedbane-income-inequality-newsletter?r=2lkf6n&utm_medium=ios

informema.bsky.social•80 days ago

For we introverts who prefer text to phone calls and apps to face-to-face networking, is there a resource that lists local “help needed” volunteer opportunities?

acmerocket.com•80 days ago

Friend! We’re putting together local developer groups for bluesky app development. There are also IT and networking groups in most cities doing outreach and mutual aid. Your tech skills are useful in many ways!

Hit me up, I’ll help you find some local groups and projects!

roguesecunit.bsky.social•80 days ago

Ok if I DM? I’m doing some resource mapping & would love to include what you’re doing.

prisonculture.bsky.social•80 days ago

thank you

acmerocket.com•80 days ago

With great pleasure!

The work you do is inspiring, and I’m just following your lead.

Thank _you_, for everything you do!

acmerocket.com•80 days ago

If you're in Seattle, come to the BlueSky working group.

https://wiki.atprotocol.community/en/working-groups/seattle

There also a Discord group for organizing locally: https://discord.gg/XSp9sfk5qH

acmerocket.com•80 days ago

@ahsimlibrarian.bsky.social ! There interesting opportunities in the Seattle area, like @seattlecommunitynetwork.org. Is there anything nerdy over at SPL?

Any thoughts on community-run servers for public domain media or similar projects? Hardware and bandwidth are easier to source than volunteers.

doclb2.bsky.social•80 days ago

✊🏾

teamufyh.bsky.social•80 days ago

I’ve noticed a massive uptick in people getting involved with mutual aid in the programs I work with. Some have had participation nearly double in the last few months, which is encouraging. People just want a way to get involved and the easier orgs make it, the better!

prisonculture.bsky.social•80 days ago

yes. I wish that there were even more existing onramps for folks.

fdnieto.bsky.social•80 days ago

❤️❤️❤️❤️

ttt5701.bsky.social•80 days ago

👋🏻👋🏻 I'm in the East Valley, suburbs of Phoenix. Willing to be helpful, not sure what I can do. Looking for others in the Valley to brainstorm with...

courtneykey.bsky.social•79 days ago

This recording came across my desk a few days ago, I needed it, maybe ya'll do too 💗✊
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydYcAM7OlZk

bcinchicago.bsky.social•80 days ago

Everyone needs more people everywhere

zeetee.bsky.social•80 days ago

The Flatbush mutual aid group I joined runs bi weekly board gaming sessions too. A perfect mutual aid group for nerdy socially awkward people!

roguesecunit.bsky.social•80 days ago

I love this. It feels related to the reminders that protests often can and should have elements of celebration & joy. Saints bless every brass band that ever joined a march, and every d12 that ever brought a nerd to the Resistance.

prisonculture.bsky.social•80 days ago

Awesome!! This is how it's done.

kimleonard.bsky.social•80 days ago

REVEL IN BEING UNCOOL

davidmichaelmc9.bsky.social•80 days ago

Nice bitch-pitch.

doktor-x.bsky.social•80 days ago

I keep hoping to find proofreading-editing-ghostwriting stuff that I can do.

annekosseffjones.bsky.social•80 days ago

My experience on this (in addition to doing all of @prisonculture.bsky.social's A+ suggestions) is that it's not always easy to find groups that know they need that help, but as soon as I get involved in any other way in an organizing group (irl or online), there's *always* editing that needs doing!

kateschapira.bsky.social•80 days ago

Cosign. Newsletters, op-eds, internal/intergroup communications, informational zines/flyers/handouts...

prisonculture.bsky.social•80 days ago

check here: https://allofusdirectory.org/about - But also regularly post on all of your socials that you are available for this. I have found so many people to help me with various projects just this way. Recently on here I connected with 5 people to support design projects.

doktor-x.bsky.social•80 days ago

Thanks!

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