Someone shared this article about protest on Mastodon and I found it useful. I feel that what made ACT UP so effective during the AIDS crisis is that they engaged in these non-violent but non-normative forms of protest like die-ins and protests in churches.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-psychology-of-intergroup-conflict-and-reconciliation/202011/what-kinds-of-protests