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| Action (Source) | Description | When | How long? | Cost | Issue(s) | Type of action | State(s) affected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Urge Congress to Defend Healthcare Access and Strengthen the ACA (5 Calls) | While the Trump administration has thrown its weight behind a lawsuit that would declare the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional, House Democrats have introduced legislation to expand, strengthen, and protect the ACA for all. |
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1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
Healthcare | Phone call | ALL |
| Support Legislation Protecting Preexisting Conditions (5 Calls) | This week the House will voted on the Protecting Americans with Pre-existing Conditions Act, ending the Trump administration rule allowing people to purchase short-term junk plans as part of the ACA. It moves to the Senate. |
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1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
Consumer Protection, Healthcare | Phone call | All 50 states |
| Support Expanded Background Checks for Gun Purchases -- Passed House (5 Calls) | Gun reform organizations estimate 20% or more of gun sales currently don’t include a background check, illustrating the clear need for the new legislation. Public support for expanded background checks has risen to over 90%, proving now is the time for Congress to take action against rampant gun violence in our country. |
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1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
Guns | Phone call | ALL |
| Urge Congress to Act on the Climate Change Crisis (5 Calls) | With little time to act, our leaders must work quickly and seriously to prevent the worst impacts of climate change. Demand they prioritize climate change as a threat to our national security and future, and make immediate steps to avoid the devastation of our planet. |
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1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
Environment | Phone call | All 50 states plus District of Columbia |
| Tell your Legislator to support Extreme Risk Protection Orders in PA (CeaseFire PA) | The PA legislature has the chance to do something that makes sense and saves lives: enact an extreme risk protection order bill. This bill creates a civil court process family members and law enforcement can use to temporarily bar access to firearms by a family member at risk of harming himself or others. Over a dozen states have this type of process, and it is preventing suicides, and likely homicides and mass shootings. |
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1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
Guns | Online | Pennsylvania |
| Support HR 1 to Strengthen Our Democracy (Indivisible) | Call your MoC and ask them to co-sponsor H.R. 1 and publicly demand that it remain a bold, progressive, comprehensive democracy package that includes reforms on voter empowerment and access, money in politics reforms, and corruption fixes. |
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1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
Gerrymandering/Redistricting, Good government, Government corruption, Voting rights | Learn, Phone call | All 50 states |
| Demand the Immediate Release of Aid Funding to Puerto Rico (5 Calls) | While is still recovering from two destructive hurricanes, a series of devastating earthquakes have recently rocked the island of Puerto Rico. Even though Congress has already allocated money for recovery, the Trump administration has only released a fraction of the funds and is now adding further unreasonable restrictions on the aid. |
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1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
Budget and spending, Good government, Government corruption | Phone call | All 50 states |
| Demand Action Against Gun Violence (5 Calls) | How many mass shootings have occurred in the United States since you last made a call about gun safety? Too many. Pick one of these four reasonable legislative approaches to fixing this uniquely American problem. |
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1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
Guns | Phone call | All 50 states plus District of Columbia |
| Demand ALL States Are Removed from Off-Shore Drilling List, Not Just Florida (Rogan's List) | Due to the bipartisan outcry, Zinke has taken Florida off the states from which off-shore drilling will be allowed. (Link to thehill.com article) Let’s continue this bipartisan outcry until all the states get that same treatment. |
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1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
Environment | Email, Letter, Online, Phone call, Social media | ALL |
| Support the No Federal Funds for Public Charge Act (5 Calls) | On Jan. 27, the Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 vote to allow the Trump administration to implement its xenophobic “public charge” rule. This rule penalizes legal immigrants for accessing common public services, and is designed to screen out green card applicants seen as being at risk of becoming “public charges.” Call to support HR 3222 to stop the public charge rule by blocking the use of federal funds for its implementation. |
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1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
Immigration | Phone call | All 50 states |
| Support Legislation to Reduce Prescription Drug Prices (5 Calls) | Democrats in the House and Senate have introduced a number of bills designed to meaningfully decrease prescription costs, some of which have bipartisan support from Republicans. As these bills are introduced and considered, constituents must urge their representatives to support legislation to substantively control prescription drug costs. |
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1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
Healthcare | Phone call | ALL |
| Support Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (5 Calls) | With a new Congress now in place, Rep. Jackson Lee is again pushing forward with a new and expanded VAWA reauthorization bill. Congress must act quickly to restore funding for crucial programs while also modernizing the legislation to be more inclusionary. |
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1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
Phone call | ALL | |
| Raise the Federal Minimum Wage (5 Calls) | Increasing the minimum wage would benefit not only struggling workers and families but also the US economy. Consumer spending would increase, and the need for taxpayer funded public-assistance programs would decrease. Congressional support for the Raise the Wage Act is at an all-time high with 30 co-sponsors in the Senate and 188 co-sponsors in the House. The time for Congress to act is now. |
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1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
Phone call | ALL | |
| Support Legislation to Protect Transgender Troops (5 Calls) | Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Representative Jackie Speier (D-CA) have introduced legislation to allow transgender military members to continue their service, uninterrupted by Trump’s bigoted and hateful transgender service ban. Call your reps and make sure they support this much needed legislation. |
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1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
LGBT rights | Phone call | All 50 states |
| Support Medicare for All (5 Calls) | The Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act would replace our patchwork system of private and public insurers with a single public payer by expanding Medicare access to all Americans. Medicare would cover all essential healthcare, while private insurers would continue covering elective procedures like plastic surgery. While the bill would require a significant tax hike, primarily among the wealthiest Americans, major reductions in healthcare spending would outweigh tax increases. |
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1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
Healthcare | Phone call | ALL |
| Tell your Member of Congress to Support Medicare for All (Indivisible) | Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) has introduced the Medicare for All Act, which will not only ensure universal coverage—it will improve the quality of coverage, while allowing the US to better control the cost of care. Call your Member of Congress (MoC) and tell them: co-sponsor the Medicare for All Act! |
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1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
Healthcare | Phone call | All 50 states |
| #StoptheShock - Ban electronic stimulation device use at the Judge Rotenberg Center for children and (Autistic Self Advocacy Network (h/t Rogan's List)) | Administration (FDA) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb announced that the FDA would be issuing a ban on electronic stimulation devices, which have been classified as torture by the U.N. and human rights groups. The Judge Rotenberg Center (JRC) is an institution in Massachusetts for children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD), mental health disabilities, and learning disabilities, including many autistic people an is the only place where this is in use. Let's ask our MoCs to urge the FDA to #StoptheShock. The Autistic Self Advocacy Network has call scripts, as well as sample e-mails and letters available. We can also check out their #StoptheShock social media toolkit here to learn about more ways to get involved. |
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1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
Disability rights, Healthcare | Donation, Learn, Letter, Online, Phone call | ALL |
| Be a Net Neutrality Hero: Join Our Volunteer Team (Free Press) | The Save the Internet Act (H.R. 1644), which restores Net Neutrality, has made it out of subcommittee. Now it is up to us to get it passed and Free Press has several ways we can help, including calling lawmakers, sharing on social media, collecting petition signatures, writing a letter-to-the-editor meeting with our rep's office and more. |
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3 A few hours |
5 You determine |
Consumer Protection, Science & Technology | Demonstration, Donation, Email, In-person, Learn, Letter, Online, Phone call, Social media | ALL |
| Support the Reward Work Act (Americans for Financial Reform) | The Reward Work Act ends corporations’ ability to buy back their stock on the open market, and will ensure that one-third of their board is elected by workers. Please use our online tool to find your Senators and send them an email, urging them to support the Reward Work Act. Profits and decision-making should be in the hands of the workers, not just executives. |
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2 An hour or less |
1 Free |
Email, Online | All 50 states | |
| Support LGBTQ Rights with the Equality Act of 2019 (5 Calls) | The House Judiciary Committee is scheduled to hold hearings on the Equality Act, legislation that would enact long overdue federal level protections for LGBTQ people by updating existing laws to explicitly ban discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation. |
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1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
LGBT rights | Phone call | ALL |
| Support HR 9 to Keep the US in the Paris Climate Agreement (5 Calls) | The House passed HR 9, the Climate Action Now Act, which would require the United States to remain in the Paris Climate Agreement. It also established a reporting procedure to ensure appropriate steps are taken to meet our commitments and goals. The legislation has moved to the Senate for consideration. Call to demand climate action. |
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1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
Climate change, Foreign relations | Phone call | All 50 states |
| Support the Equal Rights Amendment (5 Calls) | For the first time in 36 years, the House Judiciary Committee will hold hearings on the Equal Rights Amendment. With momentum on our side, now is the time to establish constitutional protections against sex discrimination. |
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1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
Phone call | ALL | |
| Actions You Can Take Against Dwindling Abortion Access (@StephHerold) |
Hopping mad about dwindling abortion access? Welcome, we've been waiting for you. Here are some ways you can show up today in your state -- please settle in for the long haul. We need you now, and we need you for the weeks, months, and years to come. |
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1 A few minutes |
5 You determine |
Reproductive rights | Donation, In-person | ALL |
| Tell your MoCs: Prevent a New War in Iran (Indivisible) | Donald Trump and his war cabinet seem to be itching for a new war with Iran. First, the Trump administration violated the Iran nuclear deal. Then, they mounted an Iraq War-style campaign to prime the public. Now, they’re trying to provoke a reaction from Iran. p> For those who recall the lead-in to the Iraq War, this all probably feels pretty familiar. But history must not repeat itself. It’s essential that Congress use its powers to stop this march to war. |
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1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
Foreign relations | Phone call | ALL |
| Protecting Voting Rights by Ending Crosscheck (Indivisible) | The Interstate Voter Registration Crosscheck program (“Crosscheck” for short) is one major tool used by voter suppression advocates to limit access to voting — not to mention the fact that it poses a serious data privacy risk. It is an anti-voter program designed to disenfranchise marginalized communities and suppress turnout through built-in racial biases. As of 2018, 26 states take part in this blatantly discriminatory program. In this toolkit, we will provide you with the information and tools you need to help your state leave the Crosscheck program. |
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1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
Consumer Protection, Voting rights | Phone call | Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia |
| Support the Consumer First Act (5 Calls) | This week, the House will vote on HR 1500, The Consumer First Act. This important legislation will reverse the Trump Administration’s anti-consumer agenda and return the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to its original mission: protecting American consumers. |
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1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
Consumer Protection | Phone call | ALL |
| 3 Ways to Take a Stand Against Gun Violence (The Rabbinical Assembly) |
Friends, we have witnessed the devastating carnage of gun violence too many times, most recently in Virginia Beach. Let us agree that such deaths must not become the norm in the United States. Please, make right now the time you take a stand for gun safety and sanity. Today, June 12, 2019, on the three-year anniversary of the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando, our RA is launching a digital campaign against gun violence using #NotOneMore on social media. The campaign centers on three concrete action steps to improve United States gun laws. |
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2 An hour or less |
1 Free |
Guns | Email, Letter, Online, Phone call, Social media | ALL |
| Join Hillary Clinton and Donate to Support Refugee Children and Families | Hillary Clinton tweeted, "There are amazing groups at the border and beyond doing critical work to defend the rights of immigrant and refugee children. If you can, please chip in to support a few of them today." The link takes you to ActBlue, where you can donate to 11 organizations in just a few clicks, or take a few more clicks and change the apportionment to the organizations. |
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6 Ongoing |
5 You determine |
Immigration, Refugees | Donation | ALL |
| Write Your Rep: Immigration and ICE/CPB Abuses (Rogan's List) | There’s a concerted effort across the country to demand that Speaker Pelosi start Congressional hearings on Trump’s deportation machine. This effort includes delivering a letter (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TibDkDlyGMZdrJaQyyurq4yn5Sg_dryMX5xbto7KMf0/edit) to the highest ranking staffer at our local Democratic Congressional Office, and videoing the conversation with the staffer to post on social media. Talking points are here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PPtzzojX7HFwPoHuouErx1tyNRrWMF5GT2uph1331eE/edit |
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2 An hour or less |
1 Free |
Human rights, Immigration, Refugees | Email, Letter | ALL |
| Call Congress: Stop Trump from Starting War with Iran (NIAC Action) | This is an emergency. We’ve never been this close to military action against Iran. Now is the time that we must reach out to our members of Congress to make sure they put a check on the warmongering administration. Given the seriousness of the situation, we need to act now, and calling [with the attached script] is our most effective option. [Also on the page is a form to email your MoC.] |
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1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
Foreign relations, Good government | Email, Online, Phone call | ALL |
| Demand Congress Act to end Abuses of Detained Imigrants (5 Calls) | With the Trump-created humanitarian crisis at the border continuing to worsen by the day, we must demand lawmakers apply maximum pressure on the administration. Congress must investigate and use the power of the purse to end the criminal treatment of asylum seekers. Use this script to call. |
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1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
Human rights, Immigration, Refugees | Phone call | All 50 states |
| Support Securing America's Federal Elections with the SAFE Act (5 Calls) | With the 2020 election swiftly approaching, Congress has yet to act to secure out election systems from outside interference. The House will vote on the SAFE Act this week, which would require voter-verified paper ballot systems and provide states funding to increase security standards. |
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1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
Elections, National security | Phone call | All 50 states |
| How You Can Help End Child Detention Horrors TODAY (Together Rising) |
Holly and her team of warriors are one of only a handful of legal teams in the world who have the right to access CBP facilities — including the infamous “dog cages” and “hieleras” (iceboxes) where the kids are being held. Because Holly is an attorney of record in the crucial FLORES settlement, in which the federal government agreed to certain basic standards relating to detaining children, she is among a very few with the right to demand inspections of facilities, to obtain full medical records and procure the census of every child detained each month across the country. Her team’s unique right to access CBP facilities makes them absolutely vital to investigating, communicating and advocating in the nationwide movement to get safety for these children, end the abuse, and shut down these horrifying kid prisons. Holly’s team has brought three class action lawsuits with national impact to protect these kids. Her funding is gone to see these suits to completion and we must ensure this vital work continues. $240,000 will get Holly’s team what they need to continue this AND/BOTH work for 2 years: to get to the sites for inspections, interview the kids, remove them to protect their health and safety, and build legal cases to ensure that the government is not permitted to perpetuate the abuse. |
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1 A few minutes |
5 You determine |
Human rights, Immigration, Refugees | Donation | ALL |
| Oppose Changes to SNAP that would Exclude 3 Million from Assistance (5 Calls) | The Trump administration has proposed changes to SNAP eligibility that could exclude over 3 million people from received food assistance, including school meals for over 250,000 children. Trump’s unnecessary war on social assistance programs only hurts hungry children and working families. |
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1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
Entitlements | Phone call | All 50 states |
| Tell Your MoC: Improve H.R. 3, the Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019 (Indivisible) | H.R.3 is headed to the Ways and Means committee this week (10/21/19), and probably to a floor vote not to long after that. We’re running out of time to make this bill better. There’s so much more we can do to benefit the average American family and the daily battles with prescription coverage. We need Congress to put a face to this fight. And maybe that face is yours. So be sure to tell your Member of Congress just how important expanding H.R.3 is to you and your family. |
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1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
Healthcare | Phone call | All 50 states |
| Safeguard Our Elections from Foreign Interference with the SHIELD Act - Passed House (5 Calls) | With the election one year away, Congress must get serious about election interference. The SHIELD Act would require campaigns to report offers of election assistance from foreign governments and makes social media ads subject to the same disclosure rules as TV and radio. |
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1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
Elections, Government corruption | Phone call | ALL |
| Support the Corporate Transparency Act to Keep LLCs Honest - Passed House (5 Calls) | The Corporate Transparency Act is overdue legislation that would require LLCs to report their true owners to the federal Treasury Department, making it harder for criminals and kleptocrats to launder money in the United States. |
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1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
Consumer Protection, Government corruption, Government transparency | Phone call | All 50 states |
| No Forced DNA Collection in Immigration Detention Centers (ACLU) | The Trump administration has outlined plans to take DNA samples from hundreds of thousands of people living in detention centers without their consent. The Justice Department is claiming it will help solve crimes, but history shows us that the government often abuses mass surveillance tools to violate fundamental rights. Act now: Submit your public comment against forced DNA collection. The DOJ is accepting comments until Nov. 12 – so your comment could be the difference it takes to stop this proposed rule. |
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2 An hour or less |
1 Free |
Human rights, Immigration, Refugees | Online | ALL |
| Call Congress about the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act of 2019, H.R. 763 (Citizens' Climate Lobby) | A bill to impose a fee on carbon and give the revenue directly to households, the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act (H.R. 763), is gaining traction in Congress with 68 cosponsors. Call your representatives to tell them to vote yes. Script included. (H/T To The Nation) |
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1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
Environment | Phone call | All 50 states |
| Support HR 4 to Restore Federal Protections Against Voter Suppression - Passed House (5 Calls) | In 2013 the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act of 1964, allowing several states to implement restrictive voting suppression measures. This week, congress will vote on H.R. 4, the Voting Rights Advancement Act, which will restore the protections of the Voting Rights Act. |
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1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
Voting rights | Phone call | All 50 states |
| Protect Care for ALL |
The Trump administration just released a proposed new rule that would allow the Department of Health and Human Services to award grant funds to groups that refuse critical social services or care to people based on their gender identity or sexual orientation. It's a sweeping, needlessly cruel proposal that could impact everything from the ability to access contraception through Title X to HIV and STI prevention programs to youth homelessness services to foster care placement and adoption.
HHS is required to collect comments from the public about any new rule they propose. Let's flood HHS with comments in opposition to this dangerous and cruel policy: Add your comment today (it only takes a minute or two — and it has a huge impact!). |
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2 An hour or less |
1 Free |
Healthcare, LGBT rights, Religious freedom, Reproductive rights | Online | ALL |
| Make Your State a Clean Energy Leader (Re:act and Union of Concerned Scientists) |
From pulling out of the Paris climate agreement to nominating climate deniers throughout the government, the Trump administration is working hard to make US climate leadership a thing of the past. But states are picking up the charge and powering ahead with or without federal leadership.
Coast-to-coast and across party lines, states are taking advantage of renewable energy, such as as wind and solar; energy efficiency; as well as electric vehicles, and embracing the health and economic benefits that come along with a clean energy transition. Now more than ever, continued state leadership is necessary to keep up this nationwide momentum. Write your state legislators today and tell them: keep accelerating on clean energy! |
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1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
Climate change, Energy, Environment | Online | All 50 states |
| Throw Them Out: An Action Plan to KIck Out Lawmakers Beholden to the Gun Lobby | We’ve had enough. Thoughts and prayers are not enough to honor the victims of gun violence. What we need now is ACTION. Lawmakers have had enough time to come around to common sense, and we’re done waiting. We must now elect leaders who will finally act to save lives from gun violence. It’s time to throw them out. Take action. |
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2 An hour or less |
1 Free |
Guns | Learn, Online, Phone call | ALL |
| How Local Governments Can Provide Network Neutrality, Privacy, and Access for All (ACLU) | As the Federal Communications Commission in the Trump era dismantles vital rules protecting net neutrality and users’ privacy, Americans need an internet provider that they can trust and is accountable to the public, not profits. Municipal governments can provide this by offering broadband service themselves and implementing the net neutrality and privacy protections that are no longer required of private companies by federal policies. |
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2 An hour or less |
1 Free |
Consumer Protection, Science & Technology | Email, In-person, Learn, Letter, Online, Phone call | ALL |
| Block the Trump-Pence Administration's "Gag Rule" Preventing Women From Safe Health Care (Planned Parenthood) |
Donald Trump has said from day one he wants to control women. With a new gag rule, he and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar are now trying to make it official government policy.
The Trump-Pence administration’s new rule would block patients from care at Planned Parenthood. It would also prohibit doctors, nurses, hospitals, and community health centers across the country from being able to refer their patients for safe, legal abortion. |
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1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
Healthcare, Reproductive rights | Online | ALL |
| Oral Health for All (Families USA) | Our findings show that emergency-only dental coverage is better than nothing, but states should invest in comprehensive Medicaid dental coverage for adults if they want to effectively keep their populations healthier and reduce other health care costs. |
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2 An hour or less |
1 Free |
Healthcare | Email, Learn, Letter, Online, Phone call | ALL |
| States: Pass Common Sense Gun Reform Laws (5 Calls) | State representatives need to hear directly from their constituents that gun safety is a top priority, and that now is the time to enact reform. |
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1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
Guns | Phone call | All 50 states |
| How to Address Trump's Threatened ICE raids (Celeste Pewter) | Celeste Pewter has a lengthy newsletter enumerating a number of things you can do. Share information on social media to help potentially affected immigrants. Write/call your Rep. Support organizations that are able to help. Contact your city and/or county officials and ask how they will respond to the ICE raid. Bonus actions include help for the crisis in the border camps. |
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2 An hour or less |
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Human rights, Immigration, Justice system, Refugees | Donation, Email, In-person, Learn, Letter, Online, Phone call, Social media | ALL |
| List of Organizations that are Mobilizing to Help the Influx of Immigrants Crossing the Texas-Mexico (The Texas Tribune) | Government agencies are grappling to respond to the number of immigrants coming into the country. Many tax-funded shelters housing immigrants are overcrowded, and there are reports some have substandard living conditions. We’ve compiled a list of organizations that are mobilizing to help. |
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1 A few minutes |
5 You determine |
Human rights, Immigration, Refugees | Donation | ALL |
| Use the Dream Act toolkit to help protect Dreamers (Indivisible and Center for American Progress) | Keep calling on Congress to pass a #DreamActNow! |
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1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
Immigration | Phone call, Social media | Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, Maine, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin |
| Support the Green New Deal (5 Calls) | Although unlikely to be taken up in the Republican-majority Senate, if House Democrats can pass this progressive resolution then it will be a key focus for the 2020 elections. If the election results in a Democratic Congress and President, this momentum will rapidly carry the Green New Deal into law. Tell your Representatives and Senators that supporting the Green New Deal is critical to ensure both environmental and economic security for all Americans. |
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1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
Climate change, Environment, Healthcare, Transportation | Phone call | All 50 states plus District of Columbia |
| Tell Apple & Android Execs: Remove the TacSwipe app! (The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence) |
As if it wasn’t already too easy for dangerous people to get their hands on guns -- now a new app for iPhone and Android users makes it even easier. TacSwipe is designed to let people buy and sell guns and gun accessories to strangers in their area -- no questions asked. The app provides no information for getting background checks -- leaving it up to buyers and sellers to do the right thing. In fact, they don’t even mention background checks at all - not even in the terms and conditions where the developers try to absolve themselves from anything that happens with items sold on the app. And, while the app recommends that you don’t download it unless you are 17 or older, there is no way to prevent this - and in most areas, you need to be 18 to buy a gun. Apple and Android have rejected many apps before because of simulated violence. Tell them today to reject this app that could cause real-world violence and even death! |
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1 A few minutes |
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Guns | Online | ALL |
| Sign up for updates from Climate Mayors (Wall-of-us and Climate Mayors) | The MNCAA — founded by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, former Houston Mayor Annise Parker, and former Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter — commits U.S. mayors to working together to strengthen local efforts for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and to supporting efforts for binding federal and global-level policymaking. |
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1 A few minutes |
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Civil Rights, Environment | Online | ALL |
| Oppose BLM Sale and Lease of Sacred Native American Lands (Rogan's List) | U.S. land managers will move forward in March with the sale of oil and gas leases that include land near Chaco Culture National Historical Park and other sites sacred to Native American tribes. We can read more at AP News. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) website will be accepting our protest comments from Feb. 11 to Feb. 20. Let's get ready to submit our public comments in opposition to these sales and mark Feb. 11 on our calendars so we don't forget. Let's compose our comments today so we can cut and paste them then. Let's spread the word to other environmental protectors. Our collective voices can make a difference on this issue. |
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1 A few minutes |
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Environment, Religious freedom | Online | ALL |
| Become a child advocate for an unaccompanied immigrant child (Re:act) | Become a Child Advocate by volunteering to represent an unaccompanied immigrant child with The Young Center. Opportunities available in Chicago, IL; New York, NY; Harlingen, TX; Houston, TX; San Antonio, TX, Los Angeles, CA, Phoenix, AZ, or Washington D.C. |
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6 Ongoing |
5 You determine |
Immigration | In-person | Arizona, California, District of Columbia, Illinois, New York, Texas |
| Call on your state legislators to support automatic voter registration (AVR). (Re:act) | There are currently bills to introduce or expand AVR in a number of states. Call your state reps and state senators in support. |
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1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
Voting rights | Email, In-person, Letter, Phone call | Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington |
| Work to eliminate gerrymandering and change the redistricting process in Pennsylvania (Fair Districts PA) | Fair Districts PA is a coalition of citizens and organizations who believe that in American democracy, elections should represent the will of all the people, not just the politicians, and should provide citizens with meaningful choices in electing representatives. When partisan politicians manipulate voting maps to keep themselves and their parties in power, they shape election outcomes before the first vote is cast. When that happens, voters feel they have no voice, and legislators feel less need to listen to constituents. We believe Pennsylvania needs to reform its redistricting rules and make the process of drawing districts impartial, transparent and accountable - promoting competitive elections and partisan fairness so our government truly is of, by and for the people. |
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Gerrymandering/Redistricting | Donation, In-person, Online | Pennsylvania |
| Give what you can to Trans Lifeline (Re:act) | Give what you can to Trans Lifeline: The organization is a 501(c)3 non-profit that runs a hotline by transgender people and for transgender people, with volunteers ready to support any needs that members of the community might have. |
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1 A few minutes |
5 You determine |
LGBT rights | Donation | ALL |
| Donate to Puente Human Rights Movement (Signal Boost) | The Puente Human Rights Movement is a grassroots migrant justice organization based in Phoenix, Arizona. We develop, educate, and empower migrant communities to protect and defend our families and ourselves. |
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1 A few minutes |
5 You determine |
Immigration | Donation | ALL |
| Donate to LUPE to Resist Anti-Immigrant Actions (Alida Garcia @leedsgarcia) | La Union del Pueblo Entero, LUPE, provides help to those struggling through poverty in the Rio Grande Valley, where there are high volumes of immigrant parents separated from their children. |
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1 A few minutes |
5 You determine |
Advocacy, Immigration | Donation | ALL |
| Donate to the Texas Civil Rights Project (Alida Garcia @leedsgarcia) | Alida tweets: "The Texas Civil Rights Project has been able to try to bring some oversight into the separations/prosecutions in the Rio Grande Valley - they've put out stories of parents who have been separated & have been reporting the volume of separations. They need help to cover more proceedings in more courthouses so that litigators trying to stop this have a better sense as to what is happening as this process lacks transparency across the board.:" |
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Advocacy, Civil Rights, Immigration | Donation | ALL |
| Donate to RAICES Family Reunification and Bond Fund (Alida Garcia @leedsgarcia) | The Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that promotes justice by providing free and low-cost legal services to underserved immigrant children, families and refugees in Central and South Texas. Alida tweeted that they work with parents in detention and have a bond fund to help reunited families to fight their cases. |
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Immigration | Donation | ALL |
| Donate to Bail Funds to Support Undocumented Families Separated at the Border. (Repair the World) | A powerful way to use your financial resources to support undocumented families separated at the border is by donating to bail funds. Bail for undocumented people detained by ICE or U.S. Customs and Border Protection must be set at a minimum of $1,500; on average, it is closer to $10,000 per person. Donations help families reunite. A list of national and local organizations funding bail and legal services can be found at the link. |
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Immigration, Justice system | Donation, Learn | ALL |
| Project Corazon Travel Fund (Lawyers for Good Government) | Since its creation in July 2018, the Project Corazon Travel Fund (run by the Lawyers for Good Government Foundation) has sent 37 volunteer lawyers and law students to the front lines of the humanitarian crisis caused by inhumane immigration policies. Our pro bono attorneys take time away from their homes and families, often traveling long distances, to provide free legal services to men, women, and children seeking asylum in the United States. Your donations help us cover travel costs such as flights, hotels, rental cars, and meals for volunteer attorneys who otherwise could not afford to make the trip to remote detention centers, refugee camps, or other areas where their help is desperately needed. |
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Immigration, Justice system, Refugees | Donation | ALL |
| Amplify the Children | Project Amplify is a national campaign launched to establish legal protections for children in government care so that the brutality discovered on the border in June never happens again. How? We are sharing the children's stories themselves in their own words with the public in a variety of amplification events around the country over the next 16 months, starting with an official launch September 12-22. |
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Government corruption, Human rights, Immigration, Refugees | Demonstration, Donation, Email, In-person, Learn, Letter, Online, Phone call, Social media | ALL |
| Tell your MoC to pass a strong Dream and Promise Act (Indivisible) | Dreamers and TPS holders remain at risk of deportation due to Trump’ elimination of protections for these groups. This bill would provide permanent relief to Dreamers, TPS holders, and DED holders. |
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1 A few minutes |
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Immigration, Refugees | Phone call | All 50 states |
| Protect the Grand Canyon from Uranium Mining (Indivisible Ventura) | HR 1373 – The Grand Canyon Centennial Protection Act would make the 2012 temporary ban permanent, which would eliminate speculative mining claims that mining companies and individuals have staked on public lands without having made a valid discovery of minerals. As of February 2018, there were over 800 active mining claims in the ban area. The Act would also prevent companies and individuals from staking new claims, although prior claims with valid existing rights could be developed. We're already calling our MOCs about it today, but there's more we can do. [H/T Jessica Craven, Chop Wood, Carry Water] |
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Environment | Phone call | ALL |
| Help the Amazon Forest by Donating to the Rainforest Action Network (Rainforest Action Network) | Donate to fund the Protect an Acre program. Funds will go to helping local efforts save forests and there's a special earmark for the Amazon rainforest fires. |
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Environment | Donation | ALL |
| Protect the Rainforests by Donating to Rainforest Trust (Rainforest Trust) | Rainforests are Burning! The increasing uncontrolled human-driven fires in the Brazilian Amazon and around the world release stored carbon into our atmosphere at dangerously unnatural levels. Without the defense of the Earth’s rainforests, our planet will be left increasingly vulnerable to the climate crisis which threatens all species, including us.Donate Now to Protect Rainforest! |
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Environment | Donation | ALL |
| Donate to Plant Trees in the Amazon Rainforest (One Tree Planted) | More than 60% of Peru is covered by the Amazon rainforest. This reforestation project is located in the Madre de Dios region, home to over 10 percent of the world's bird species. The goal is to restore and protect the "buffer zone" between Tambopata National Reserve, Bahuaja-Sonene National Park, and the city of Puerto Maldonado. This area has been identified as a high risk zone for deforestation and degradation due to unsustainable agricultural practices in the region. Planting trees here will help conserve habitat for the Jaguar and hundreds of other species living in the protected areas, while providing sustainable livelihoods to local people. |
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Environment | Donation | ALL |
| Donate to the Arbor Day Foundation's Amazon Rainforest Rescue Fund (Arbor Day Foundation) | Tropical rain forests cover just 2% of the earth’s surface, and yet they provide habitat and food for nearly half of all known living species. They convert carbon dioxide to oxygen, provide us with new medicines, and protect many of the undiscovered wonders of our planet. Rain forests are a beautiful, vital part of life. And they need our help. Rain Forest Rescue® is making important strides by supporting local partners and communities in their efforts to protect, sustain and restore tropical rain forests. |
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Environment | Donation | ALL |
| Donate to the Amazon Conservation Association (Amazon Conservation Association) | Protecting the Amazon means safeguarding millions of species of animals, plants, and insects who call it home. It means allowing indigenous communities and locals whose livelihoods depend on the forest to thrive. It means stabilizing our planet's climate and protecting 20% of the oxygen production of our world. It means a lot. |
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Environment | Donation | ALL |
| Donate to Protect the Amazon Rainforest and Indigenous Groups. (Amazon Watch) | Supporting Amazon Watch is a critical way to protect the rainforest, defend indigenous rights, and address climate change. The immediate crisis of catastrophic fires in the Amazon are an urgent threat to its indigenous inhabitants, the forest itself, and our global climate. Your donation will go directly to our work with indigenous communities to stop the destruction and defend their rights and homes. |
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Environment | Donation | ALL |
| Donate to Rainforest Alliance (Rainforest Alliance) | THE LUNGS OF THE WORLD ARE IN FLAMES. The Amazon rainforest is vital to global climate stability and home to 1 million Indigenous people—as well as countless plant and animal species. Its survival is critical to our collective future. Learn more about what we're doing to respond to the Amazon wildfire crisis and how you can help. |
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Environment | Donation | ALL |
| Trump Is Guilty Demand Removal |
GOP Senators have betrayed their Oath of Office and are dismantling all checks and balances. What more will they destroy? Trump is Guilty and Must Be Removed. There will be no exoneration without witnesses or documents in a rigged process by a corrupt GOP. Join us as we #SwarmTheSenate every day until the end of this sham trial. With our actions we will channel and embody the rage and disgust of the overwhelming majority of Americans. Noon-5pm, Hart Senate Office Building, Washington DC |
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3 A few hours |
5 You determine |
Government corruption | In-person | District of Columbia |
| Require Congressional Approval for the Use of Military Force -- Passed House (5 Calls) | On September 14, 2001, in the days following the largest ever terror attack on American soil, Congress passed the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF), granting the President the authority to use “all necessary and appropriate force” against those who “planned, authorized, committed or aided” the attacks of September 11th “in order to prevent any future acts of international terrorism against the United States.” For 18 years, the executive branch has used this overly broad and outdated authorization to wage unending war against terrorism with little or no appropriate congressional oversight. On 1/30/2020, the House has passed an amendment to HR 550 to include a repeal to the 2001 AUMF. The legislation will now return to the Senate for passage. |
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1 A few minutes |
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Foreign relations, Good government, National security | Phone call | All 50 states |
| Help Get Out The Vote by Writing Postcards (h/t Rogan's List) | Letters from citizens urging their fellow citizens to vote have been shown to increase voter turnout, in some cases by as much as 3.9%. Vote Forward has a program in which we can start writing and stockpiling letters to voters in key states now and mail them on October 27, 2020, a week before the November 3, 2020, Presidential Election. If we download and personalize just five letters a week, we’ll be putting almost 200 GOTV letters in the mail just before the election NOTE: Signup required -- go to the Dashboard to see the open campaigns, organized by state. |
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Elections | Letter | ALL |
| Support "Savanna's Act" to Address Violence Against Native American Women (5 Calls) | The Senate passed the bill unanimously in 2018, but former Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) single handedly blocked a House vote on the legislation. However, Goodlatte is no longer in Congress, and on January 28, Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) reintroduced Savanna’s Act. Congress must act swiftly to pass this critical legislation to help curb the epidemic of violence against Native women. |
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1 A few minutes |
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Phone call | All 50 states | |
| End the Gender Pay Gap: Support Equal Wages for Equal Work (5 Calls) | Demand your representative make equal pay a legislative priority in 2019 and support this important legislation to close the wage gap. |
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Phone call | ALL | |
| Tell your Representative: End our unauthorized war in Yemen (Indivisible) |
The United States is enabling war crimes in Yemen, and even Trump’s most vocal enablers are turning against him on this one. The Republican-controlled Senate voted to end U.S. support for Saudi war crimes in Yemen, since Trump won’t do it himself. The Democratic-controlled House also voted to end U.S. support for this cruel war in February 2019, but, in order to send it to Trump’s desk, they must now pass it one more time. Their task is to reject any Republican procedural maneuvers, like motions to recommit, to derail this historic bill’s passage. |
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1 A few minutes |
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Foreign relations | Phone call | All 50 states |
| Stop the sexual assault of migrant children and women under Trump. Defund ICE and CBP. (Ultraviolet) | Members of Congress have been facing demands to hold ICE and CBP accountable for months, but the increasing reports of abuse may be enough to get them to change this fundamentally abusive and racist system. Immigration rights and progressive leaders like Alexandria Ocasio Cortez have been calling to abolish ICE altogether to push back against Trump's policies of hate and fear. Join them in calling for an end to this violence--tell Congress to defund ICE and CBP for good. |
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1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
Immigration, Refugees | Phone call | All 50 states |
| Tell Congress: Support the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) (Ultraviolet (h/t Rogan's List)) |
Trump's government shutdown shamefully allowed the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) to lapse. The bipartisan legislation has now been reintroduced--and it's up to all of us to make sure it passes. VAWA has provided funding for life-saving services for survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking as well as efforts to prevent this violence for the past 24 years. |
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Phone call | All 50 states | |
| Protect Legal Immigrants' Rights to Access Healthcare and Benefits (5 Calls) | The Department of Homeland Security is planning to implement a new rule to penalize legal immigrants from accessing a wide range of public benefits. This rule change, which is slated to begin on October 15th, is yet another punitive attack on immigrants to the United States. |
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1 A few minutes |
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Healthcare, Immigration | Phone call | ALL |
| Support the Help America Run Act -- Passed House (5 Calls) | The Help America Run Act would authorize candidates to use campaign funds to cover child care, elder care, dependent care and health insurance, allowing for everyday Americans, not just wealthy ones, to run for federal office. |
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1 A few minutes |
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Elections, Good government | Phone call | All 50 states |
| Demand Congress provide funds to states to upgrade voting systems (The Loyal Opposition (H/T Rogan's List)) | "Russia hacked into state voter systems in the 2016 election, successfully penetrating several of the systems in the 21 states they attempted to hack." Voting won't mean much if the results can be tampered with, but states need funding to run secure elections. SO: "Call your members of Congress and urge them to act quickly to provide money to the states to upgrade their voter systems to ensure a paper trail that can be audited." |
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1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
Elections | Phone call | All 50 states |
| Urge Congress to Pass Legislation to Prevent Future Shutdowns (5 Calls) | Federal employees, contractors, and the millions of Americans who depend on the federal government for services should not be held hostage during contentious appropriations debates. Congress must act to pass commonsense, bipartisan legislation to prevent future government shutdowns. |
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1 A few minutes |
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Budget and spending, Good government, Government corruption | Phone call | All 50 states plus District of Columbia |
| Future Now Fund and Give Smart (Future Now) | Future Now Fund is building the power to improve Americans’ lives – by winning state legislative majorities and working with them to achieve goals for the common good. We win state legislative majorities by focusing on strategic races and chambers, crowdfunding with Giving Circles, and providing substantial-on-the-ground support. |
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Elections | Donation, Online | ALL |
| Support Ultraviolet (Ultraviolet) | UltraViolet is a national advocacy organization that drives feminist cultural and political change. Through people power and strategic advocacy, we work to improve the lives of women of all identities and backgrounds by disrupting patriarchy and creating a cost for sexism. |
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Advocacy | Donation | ALL |
| Make Your Comment: Census Citizenship Question Intends to Harm Immigrant Communities (ACLU) | The citizenship question undermines the purpose of the census and discriminates against immigrants. There's still time to stop this, and your voice could make the difference. The Commerce Department is accepting public comments before the 2020 census questionnaire is finalized. Make your voice heard: Leave a public comment demanding the 2020 census not include a citizenship question. |
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Budget and spending, Good government, Immigration, Refugees | Online | ALL |
| Flip the USA Blue: Send Letters to Unlikely Voters (Swing Left) | Vote Forward volunteers sent more than a million letters to unlikely voters in 2018, causing thousands of extra ballots to be cast, and helping Democrats to win dozens of critical, close elections. The result: a net gain of 40 seats in the House. THANK YOU! What’s next? Vote Forward is planning campaigns for a number of state-level and special elections in 2019. We’re also laying groundwork for a massive effort to help win the Presidency and both houses of Congress in 2020. The letters you send are the most important contribution you can make to Vote Forward, but donations to help fund our 2019 and 2020 efforts are also very much appreciated. As an all-volunteer organization, our biggest expense is data. Donations gratefully accepted on ActBlue.Thank you again! |
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2 A few dollars |
Elections | Donation, Letter | ALL |
| Reclaim Our Vote (National Voter Corps) | “Reclaim Our Vote” is a nonpartisan voter registration and get-out-the-vote campaign, reaching out mainly to voters of color on “Unregistered” and “Inactive” lists in key voter-suppression states. The effort is directed by the Center for Common Ground, with help from the NAACP, Black Voters Matter and other organizations. Please register as a Reclaim Our Vote volunteer for 2019-2020 to make calls, fundraise, write postcards, or provide rides to the polls, |
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Elections, Voting rights | Donation, In-person, Letter, Phone call | ALL |
| The Tiny Pricks Project -- Stitch Up An Unpresidential Quote (The Tiny Pricks Project) |
On Jan. 8th, 2018 I stitched “I am a very stable genius” into a piece of my grandmother’s abandoned needlework from the 1960s. When I posted it on Instagram, the response was immediate and overwhelmingly positive. Assuming he would become more presidential over time, with only the occasional ridiculous tweet, I decided to stitch one Trump quote a week. However, it quickly became a daily practice, as I tried to keep up with the outpouring of “unpresidential” text. Friends asked if I would host workshops so that they could join the project. Tiny Pricks Project has since become the largest textile Trump protest EVER with over 700 Tiny Pricks and hundreds of participants globally. The series will go strong until Trump is out of office. The goal is to create 2020 Tiny Pricks by 2020! |
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Government corruption | Donation | ALL |
| Everytown for Gun Safety | Everytown is a movement of Americans working together to end gun violence and build safer communities. Gun violence touches every town in America. For too long, change has been thwarted by the Washington gun lobby and by leaders who refuse to take common-sense steps that will save lives. |
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Guns | Donation, Learn, Phone call, Social media | ALL |
| Giffords Courage to FIght Gun Violence | Following the mass shooting of 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary in December 2012, Gabby and her husband, Navy combat veteran and retired NASA astronaut Captain Mark Kelly, gun owners themselves, announced the formation of an organization to fight the gun violence epidemic. |
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Guns | Donation, Learn | ALL |
| Brady United | Jim and Sarah Brady accomplished the inconceivable by getting the bipartisan Brady Law passed in 1993. But there’s more work to be done. We know that ending America’s gun violence epidemic means accepting these truths: 1) Gun ownership demands responsibility; 2) Laws in existence must be upheld by those empowered to do that job; and 3) Gun violence is a uniquely American problem. Only when Americans unite and work together will it be solved. |
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Guns | Demonstration, Donation, Learn | ALL |
| Newtown Action Alliance | Newtown Action Alliance is a Newtown-based, national grassroots organization formed after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings. Our mission is to achieve the steady and continuous reduction of gun violence through legislative and cultural changes. |
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Guns | Donation, Learn, Online | ALL |
| Community Justice Action Fund: Building Power With and For Communities of Color to End Gun Violence | The Community Justice Action Fund is a nonprofit organization building power for and with communities of color to end gun violence. CJAF is changing the conversation on gun violence prevention by leading with the people closest to the pain of everyday gun violence. |
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Guns | Donation, In-person, Learn | ALL |
| Books for Kids About Shootings (h/t Rogan's List) | Talking to kids about shootings can be hard. Here are some that might help. Let’s use these titles and share this list with friends who may find it helpful. |
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Guns | Learn | ALL |
| Managing Stress After Mass Shooting (American Psychological Association) | From Rogan's List: "We may be struggling to understand how a shooting could occur and why such a terrible thing would happen. There may never be satisfactory answers to these questions. Tips from the American Psychological Association." |
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6 Ongoing |
1 Free |
Guns | Learn | ALL |
| Someone Made a Font out of Gerrymandered Congressional Districts | From Rogan's List: "One of the most powerful methods of voter suppression in that it prevents our votes from counting. Someone has come up with a fun idea to raise awareness of this partisan practice. “Someone made a font out of gerrymandered districts.” It’s called Gerry, and we can download and share it with our elected officials and fellow constituents." |
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6 Ongoing |
1 Free |
Gerrymandering/Redistricting | Email, Letter, Online, Social media | ALL |
| El Paso Victims' Fund | El Paso has had to deal with a terrible tragedy. On the morning of August 3, one confirmed shooter entered a busy retail location and opened fire. El Paso Community Foundation is accepting funds to help the families of those affected. The foundation will waive all administrative fees, and pay all credit card fees associated with this fund. We are working with the County of El Paso and the City of El Paso to try to help in any way we can. |
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Guns | Donation | ALL |
| Donate to the Dayton Foundation's Oregon District Tragedy Fund | We awoke on Sunday, August 4 to the terrible news about the mass shooting that occurred in downtown Dayton’s historic Oregon District. We are deeply saddened by this tragedy, and our hearts and prayers are with the victims, their families and friends as well as our entire region. The Dayton Oregon District Tragedy Fund is accepting donations to help those individuals most directly impacted by this tragedy. |
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Guns | Donation | ALL |
| Donate to The Collective PAC to Elect Black Progressive Leaders | For too long our representation has not reflected our people. That's why we created The Collective PAC to build black political power. In 2018 we made history, with nine federal, nine statewide, and 10 local and state legislative candidate wins. Together we elected a record-breaking number of black progressives to Congress. Supporters like you made 2018's big wins possible. Over $6.5 million raised, providing historic paid media and texting campaigns to get out the vote and $800,000 donated directly to candidates. But our work is far from over. In 2020, we can take back the White House and unleash another #blackwave all across the country. Chip in now and help us continue building black political power. |
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Elections | Donation | ALL |
| Philadelphia: Support Families Facing Deportation Through the Accompaniment Program (New Sanctuary Movement of Philadelphia) | NSM staff match families facing deportation with allied congregations through a carefully guided process of mutually agreeing to enter into the Accompaniment and adhere to the goals, agreements, and expectations of the program. NSM staff works to build the relationship between the congregational team and family in order to beat the deportation and keep families together. NSM staff also is in close contact with the family’s lawyer to support the legal battle. Through this process, the congregation and family develop critical leadership skills to engage in NSM’s campaign work. |
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Immigration | Donation, In-person | Pennsylvania |
| National Education Association (NEA): Take Action (National Education Association) | A lengthy list of issues pertaining to education that have a good explanation and links to take an easy action (usually a template to email your MoCs). |
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1 Free |
Education | Email, Phone call | ALL |
| Ask Google to stop funding Breitbart (MoveOn) | Google Adwords is the largest and most prominent ad network on Breitbart, the alt-right ‘news’ site of Steve Bannon and his white nationalist followers. Over the past few months, the incredible grassroots Sleeping Giants campaign has led thousands of companies, including most major corporations worldwide, to blacklist Breitbart in their Google advertising campaigns. Breitbart is by far the most advertiser-blocked website of all time. And yet, Google continues to place advertisers’ brands on Breitbart by default. Not only is Google failing to protect its advertisers, it is also directly funding the most prominent white nationalist website in the world. |
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1 A few minutes |
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Advocacy | Online | ALL |
| Ask Amazon to stop advertising on Breitbart (MoveOn) | A social media campaign called "Sleeping Giants" led more than 1,000 companies to stop advertising on the white nationalist website Breitbart.com. Virtually every major corporation worldwide has blocked their ads from appearing on Breitbart, but one glaring exception remains: Amazon. |
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1 A few minutes |
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Advocacy | Online | ALL |
| Directory of Transgender-Friendly Medical and Legal Services for Trans Southerners (Campaign for Southern Equality) | Tthe Campaign for Southern Equality released an updated and expanded version of Trans in the South: A Guide to Resources and Services to help transgender Southerners access the medical and legal services they need. The new edition of Trans in the South features an independently-vetted directory of more than 400 trans-friendly service providers – including primary care doctors, attorneys, counselors, endocrinologists, and more – across 13 Southern states. The guide is available in English and Spanish |
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6 Ongoing |
1 Free |
LGBT rights | Learn | Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia |
| Project ID - Changing Lives One ID at a Time (Project ID) | Our mission is simple - to help everyone obtain the identification they need to achieve their goals and fully participate in public life. We pay all fees and work with clients in 12 states (and growing) to help them through every phase of the process. If you’re missing paperwork, we’ll pay for it and do all the bureaucratic back-and-forth for you. If you don’t have a car or can’t afford gas right now, we’ll drive you to the DMV. If an application is confusing, our experts are here to help. |
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Advocacy | Donation, In-person, Learn | Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia |
| Drop Fox by Boycotting Cable TV | Fox News makes $1.55 per month, per subscriber, from every person with basic cable, satellite TV, and streaming service bundles. Don't support them. Cancel your subscription until either 1) they stop carrying Fox News, their white nationalist hate-spewing pundits and their amplification of lies by Trump and the GOP; or 2) Fox News decides to drop its pundits who traffic in misinformation, lies, and hate - Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham, Jeanine Pirro, Fox & Friends, etc. Make sure to tell your cable TV company WHY you are cancelling. Note: Sling TV is a streaming service that does not carry Fox News. |
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6 Ongoing |
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Advocacy, Church/State separation, Civil Rights, Constitutional Rights, Elections, Entitlements, Freedom of the press, Good government, Government corruption, Human rights, Immigration, National security, Religious freedom, Reproductive rights, Science & Technology, Voting rights | Learn | ALL |
| Get Loud Now -- Send a Physical Postcard (Get Loud Now) | A little bit of pressure can make a big difference. In a few clicks you can now send a personal and physical postcard on a variety of topics to any elected official at any level. |
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1 A few minutes |
2 A few dollars |
Budget and spending, Civil Rights, Climate change, Constitutional Rights, Consumer Protection, Disability rights, Education, Energy, Entitlements, Environment, Foreign relations, Gerrymandering/Redistricting, Good government, Government Appointment, Government corruption, Government transparency, Guns, Healthcare, Human rights, Immigration, Justice system, LGBT rights, National security, Refugees, Religious freedom, Reproductive rights, Science & Technology, Voting rights | Online | ALL |
| Get Her Elected: Helping Progressive Women Candidates (Get Her Elected) | Get Her Elected (GHE) is an initiative where people from all over the world offer their skills pro bono to progressive women candidates running for office at all levels of U.S. government. Skill sets from our current volunteers include everything from writing, editing, and graphic design to web design, data analysis, and fundraising strategy—and that’s just the start. By having people with these backgrounds fill in these gaps for no charge, we level the playing field and allow progressive women candidates to focus on bigger issues within their campaigns. Volunteer your skills to get progressive women elected. |
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Elections | Online | ALL |
| Volunteer with #standwithimmigrants (Repair the World) | Many different volunteer opportunities to help detained immigrants are available. |
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5 You determine |
Immigration, Justice system | In-person | ALL |
| Volunteer With or Donate To the National Immigrant Justice Center (Repair the World) | Attorneys, law students, interpreters, corporate sponsors, and donations are needed by the National Immigrant Justice Center. The National Immigrant Justice Center and its clients thrive on the financial support of caring individuals. Your gift can reunite a family, free a detained asylum seeker, or even save the life of an individual who faces deportation to a life-threatening situation. Your support also helps NIJC continue its work to ensure that immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers have access to the fundamental legal protections and due process rights Americans have always valued. |
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Advocacy, Immigration, Justice system, Refugees | Donation, In-person, Learn | ALL |
| Volunteer with the Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project (Repair the World) | There are many volunteer opportunities for attorneys, law students, interpreters, and others. The Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project (ASAP) prevents wrongful deportations by connecting refugee families to community support and emergency legal aid. We provide rapid representation at a distance, reaching families who could not otherwise access legal services in the United States. **NOTE: Due to the high demand (June, 2018), they are unable to train new volunteers right now, but join the listserv for more information ** |
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Immigration, Justice system, Refugees | In-person | ALL |
| Make Your Synagogue a Sanctuary Space with T'ruah (Repair the World) | T’ruah works as part of an interfaith network to mobilize synagogues and other communities to protect those facing deportation or other immigration challenges. By becoming “mikdash” or sanctuary synagogues, communities pledge to take concrete actions, which may include legal support, housing, financial help, and other assistance for the sojourners in our midst. If your congregation is interested in becoming a sanctuary community or in learning more, please contact T’ruah’s Congregational Organizer Salem Pearce at spearce@truah.org |
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Human rights, Immigration, Refugees | Learn | ALL |
| Check out the Hamilton 68 Dashboard to track Putin's propaganda on Twitter (Ctrl Alt Right Delete) | Do you often find yourself wondering what’s trending on Russian propaganda twitter? If that’s you (and if you’re reading this, it almost certainly is you) Alliance for Securing Democracy has you covered! This week they released Hamilton 68, a dashboard where anyone can find out what’s trending on social media and sites related to Russian influence operations in seconds. |
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National security | Online | ALL |
| Lawyers: Use your legal skills to make the world better (We the Action) | We The Action connects volunteer lawyers with nonprofit organizations. Together, they advocate for a more equitable, inclusive, and just society. |
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6 Ongoing |
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Advocacy, Animal Welfare/Rights, Budget and spending, Church/State separation, Civil Rights, Climate change, Consumer Protection, Disability rights, Education, Energy, Entitlements, Environment, Foreign relations, Freedom of assembly, Freedom of the press, Gerrymandering/Redistricting, Good government, Government corruption, Government transparency, Guns, Healthcare, Human rights, Immigration, Justice system, LGBT rights, National security, Refugees, Religious freedom, Reproductive rights, Science & Technology, Senior citizen issues, Trade, Transportation, Voting rights | In-person, Online | ALL |
| Donate to 5 Calls (5 Calls) |
The 5 Calls tool for contacting your representative has powered more than 1.6 Million calls since January 2017. Our policy write-ups help countless Indivisible groups around the country focus their efforts on what's actually happening in government. We need your help to continue providing these resources and developing new tools to turn this country blue again. |
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5 You determine |
Advocacy, Good government | Donation | ALL |
| Encourage advertisers to drop Sean Hannity (Fire Hannity) | Sean Hannity is a Fox News anchor and radio personality. He consistently spews hateful and bigoted rhetoric, endorses regressive policies, and defends right-wing conspiracy theories and propaganda. Recently, Hannity called for a boycott of MSNBC's Rachel Maddow. So we're countering with a boycott of him! |
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1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
Advocacy | Online | ALL |
| Support the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) (Re:act) | Find ways to support the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), including by becoming a member or volunteering. You can also order an equality sticker. |
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1 A few minutes |
5 You determine |
LGBT rights | Donation, In-person | ALL |
| Find out where your members of Congress stand on net neutrality (Re:act and Battle for the Net) | Congress is split into two sides as well. On the one side, there's Team Cable: the members of Congress who will side with the cable companies and oppose net neutrality no matter what their constituents think. On the other, there's Team Internet: the ones who understand the Internet and have spoken out against the FCC's plan to gut net neutrality rules. Then there are some unkowns who just haven't taken a stand yet. We need to hold Team Cable accountable, and pressure the unknowns to join Team Internet. Use the tool below to contact them. |
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1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
Consumer Protection, Science & Technology | Online | All 50 states |
| Find a local group supporting refugees (Wall-of-us) | As scary as Trump's deportation machine is, allies are coming together at schools, churches, and community locations around the country to stand in solidarity with their undocumented neighbors, friends, and family members. Wall-of-us joined forces with other organizations to build a map of local immigration advocacy groups. |
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1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
Immigration | Online | ALL |
| Support the Southern Poverty Law Center (Re:act) | Donate to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry and to seeking justice for the most vulnerable members of our society. |
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1 A few minutes |
5 You determine |
Civil Rights, Disability rights, Education, Human rights, Immigration, Justice system, LGBT rights | Donation | ALL |
| Support Let America Vote (Re:act) | Support Let America Vote, a new project by Jason Kander, former Senate candidate and Secretary of State in Missouri, dedicated to supporting voting rights. |
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1 A few minutes |
5 You determine |
Voting rights | Donation | ALL |
| Donate to UNICEF's effort to help Syrian children (Re:act) | Make a donation to UNICEF’s effort to help Syrian children, which is the largest relief operation in history, affecting 8.4 million young lives. |
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1 A few minutes |
5 You determine |
Human rights, Refugees | Donation | ALL |
| Donate to the White Helmets (Re:act) | The White Helmets is a group of unarmed and neutral rescue workers who have saved more than 85,228 people from attacks in Syria. |
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1 A few minutes |
5 You determine |
Human rights, Refugees | Donation | ALL |
| Make an Activism Plan (Americas of Conscience) | Use this worksheet to formalize your action plan. It includes determining your priorities, gathering needed information (Congressional contact info, for example) and supplies (postcards and supplies), and committing to schedule both resistance work and self-care each week. |
5 |
2 An hour or less |
2 A few dollars |
Advocacy, Animal Welfare/Rights, Budget and spending, Church/State separation, Civil Rights, Climate change, Consumer Protection, Disability rights, Education, Energy, Entitlements, Environment, Foreign relations, Freedom of assembly, Freedom of the press, Gerrymandering/Redistricting, Good government, Government corruption, Government transparency, Guns, Healthcare, Human rights, Immigration, Justice system, LGBT rights, National security, Refugees, Religious freedom, Reproductive rights, Science & Technology, Senior citizen issues, Trade, Transportation, Voting rights | Learn | ALL |
| Get a letter printed and hand-delivered to your Senator (StampsLicked.org, via Rogan's List) | This free service lets you draft your letter online, then they'll print it and volunteers will hand-deliver it to your Senator. Consider a little donation, too, to help defray their costs. |
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1 A few minutes |
5 You determine |
Advocacy | Letter, Online | All 50 states |
| Avoid Patronizing Sean Hannity's Advertisers (Media Matters for America) |
Sean Hannity is functioning as a propagandist in order to advance a political agenda in support of Donald Trump. To this end, he peddles disinformation and aggressively promotes discredited conspiracies. Given the intensity of his promotion of Trump’s political interests as well as his reported clandestine collaborations, companies that sponsor Hannity’s show are essentially supporting financially a partisan operation. 21st Century Fox (Fox News’ parent company) has yet to hold Hannity accountable for his extremism, deceit, and reckless conspiracy peddling. |
5 |
6 Ongoing |
1 Free |
Freedom of the press, Government corruption | In-person, Social media | ALL |
| #ICalledmyReps -- A Weekly Newsletter (I Called My Reps) | A former political staffer sends a weekly newsletter with call scripts on the most important issues opposing this administration. |
5 |
6 Ongoing |
1 Free |
Advocacy, Animal Welfare/Rights, Budget and spending, Church/State separation, Civil Rights, Climate change, Constitutional Rights, Consumer Protection, Disability rights, Education, Elections, Energy, Entitlements, Environment, Foreign relations, Freedom of assembly, Freedom of the press, Gerrymandering/Redistricting, Good government, Government Appointment, Government corruption, Government transparency, Guns, Healthcare, Human rights, Immigration, Justice system, LGBT rights, National security, Refugees, Religious freedom, Reproductive rights, Science & Technology, Senior citizen issues, Trade, Transportation | Learn, Phone call | ALL |
| Volunteer with the Sanctuary Movement (Repair the World) | Volunteer with local organizational members of the Sanctuary Movement, a coalition of hundreds of congregations that are standing in solidarity with immigrants and providing spaces of sanctuary for individuals facing deportation or targeted by hate. |
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6 Ongoing |
5 You determine |
Human rights, Immigration | In-person | ALL |
| Tracking the United States Congress (govtrack.us) | Use GovTrack to track bills for updates by getting alerts and understand the broader context of legislation through our statistical analyses. Read our original research on GovTrack Insider and in our congressional misconduct database. |
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6 Ongoing |
1 Free |
Advocacy, Animal Welfare/Rights, Budget and spending, Church/State separation, Civil Rights, Climate change, Constitutional Rights, Consumer Protection, Disability rights, Education, Elections, Energy, Entitlements, Environment, Foreign relations, Freedom of assembly, Freedom of the press, Gerrymandering/Redistricting, Good government, Government Appointment, Government corruption, Government transparency, Guns, Healthcare, Human rights, Immigration, Justice system, LGBT rights, National security, Refugees, Religious freedom, Reproductive rights, Science & Technology, Senior citizen issues, Trade, Transportation | Donation, Letter | ALL |
| Stand with Our Immigrants by Supporting Sanctuary Restaurants (Wall-of-us) | We are asking you to literally put your money where your mouth is by supporting the Sanctuary Restaurants movement. Launched earlier this month by Restaurant Opportunities Centers United (ROC United), a restaurant worker advocacy group, and Presente.org, a Latinx social justice organization, Sanctuary Restaurants provides resources to restaurants, enabling them to support our community, including our undocumented immigrants. |
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6 Ongoing |
5 You determine |
Immigration | In-person, Learn, Online, Social media | ALL |
| Use Resistbot to contact your members of Congress via text messages (Resistbot) | Resistbot turns your text messages into daily letters to Congress— in the simplest and easiest way possible in under 2 minutes. We are working hard behind the scenes to make sure they are delivered and that your representatives take them seriously. |
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1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
Advocacy | Online | All 50 states |
| Donate to Alight (Formerly the American Refugee Committee) (Re:act) | "Everything we do begins with refugees. They know better than anyone the challenges they’re facing, the things they need, and what will make the biggest difference in their lives. When we deeply understand their experience, we’re able to co-design solutions that create new value and make meaningful change. We’re transforming the way we work around the world, making practical and breakthrough improvements in the way we help refugees return to normalcy." |
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1 A few minutes |
5 You determine |
Human rights, Refugees | Donation | ALL |
| Bookmark this site: ContactingCongress.org (Contacting Congress) | When someone says contact your representative - send them this site. Every member of congress, every phone number, address, social media account, how to request a meeting, attend a town hall, instantly searchable by zip, state, and name, filterable by committee, party, and chamber, plus re-election dates and vote share in the last election, and linkable search results. Get active. |
5 |
1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
Advocacy | Online | All 50 states plus District of Columbia |
| Sign up to show up for immigrants in your community (Signal Boost) | #HereToStay texts you if there’s ICE activity in your neighborhood. So you can help |
5 |
6 Ongoing |
1 Free |
Immigration | Online | ALL |
| Sandy Hook Promise | Prevent gun-related deaths due to crime, suicide and accidental discharge so that no other parent experiences the senseless, horrific loss of their child. |
5 |
6 Ongoing |
5 You determine |
Guns | Donation, Learn, Online, Phone call, Social media | ALL |
| Find out what's happening in your state with regard to voting rights. (Re:act) | Call on your state legislators to protect voting rights. Use this Brennan Center of Justice report to get background on what’s happening in your state. Then contact your state legislators, if necessary. |
5 |
2 An hour or less |
1 Free |
Voting rights | Learn | All 50 states |
| Write a letter to the editor requesting better constituent support if your rep is ducking you. (Re:act) | Write a letter to the editor requesting better constituent support if your rep is ducking you. Everyone is entitled to meet with their representatives. If yours isn't making himself or herself available, make a big deal out of it with a letter to your local papers. |
5 |
3 A few hours |
1 Free |
Advocacy, Good government | Letter | All 50 states |
| Sign up for Knock Every Door (Re:act) | This initiative is a set of nationwide, volunteer-led canvasses to organize communities against Trump. Canvass where you live and invite your friends to get involved, especially if you live in a county that flipped from Obama in 2012 to Trump in 2016. |
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1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
Elections, Good government | Online | ALL |
| Sign up for Daily Action (Daily Action) | All you have to do is text the word DAILY to the number 228466 (A-C-T-I-O-N). You’ll be prompted to enter your ZIP code and that’s it—you’re signed up. You will subsequently receive one text message every workday about an issue that we have determined to be urgent based on where you live. You tap on the phone number in your message, listen to a short recording about that day’s issue, and from there you’ll be automatically routed to your Senator, member of Congress, or other relevant elected official. In 90 seconds, you can conscientiously object and be done with it. You can make the phone calls when you’re walking to the bus stop, or waiting in line for your morning latte. One touch of the phone and you’re done. |
5 |
1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
Advocacy, Civil Rights, Climate change, Education, Environment, Foreign relations, Freedom of assembly, Freedom of the press, Good government, Healthcare, Immigration, Justice system, LGBT rights, National security, Religious freedom, Reproductive rights, Trade, Voting rights | Phone call | ALL |
| Check out Run for Something (Re:act) | Sign up at Run for Something, a new group which will recruit and support talented, passionate young people who will “advocate for progressive values now and for the next 30 years, with the ultimate goal of building a progressive bench.” |
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1 A few minutes |
5 You determine |
Elections, Good government | Online | ALL |
| Check out VoteRunLead (Re:act) | Women considering running for office: Check out: VoteRunLead, a non-profit that has trained over 15,000 women for political leadership, the Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP), and She Should Run. |
5 |
1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
Elections, Good government | Online | ALL |
| Donate to the National Immigration Law Center (Re:act) | The NILC has a mission to defend and advance the rights and opportunities of low-income immigrants and their family members. They’re helping lead the legal push against the Ban. |
5 |
1 A few minutes |
5 You determine |
Immigration | Donation | ALL |
| Donate to VoteRiders (VoteRiders) | Your donation helps secure the right to vote for veterans and other Americans who need voter ID. |
5 |
1 A few minutes |
5 You determine |
Elections, Voting rights | Donation | ALL |
| Get involved with VoteRiders (Re:act) | Support VoteRiders, an organization making sure that no eligible citizen is denied his or her right to vote for lack of ID. |
5 |
6 Ongoing |
5 You determine |
Elections, Voting rights | In-person | ALL |
| Support a case at CrowdJustice (Re:act) | Find a case to support on CrowdJustice, which helps people raise funds, gather support and increase public awareness for their legal cases. |
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1 A few minutes |
5 You determine |
Civil Rights, Environment, Immigration, Justice system | Donation, Online | ALL |
| Help the National Immigration Law Center (Re:act) | The NILC has a mission to defend and advance the rights and opportunities of low-income immigrants and their family members. |
5 |
1 A few minutes |
5 You determine |
Immigration | Learn | ALL |
| Donate to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (Re:act) | Donate to the LDF, the organization that President Obama called “simply the best civil rights law firm in American history.” |
5 |
1 A few minutes |
5 You determine |
Civil Rights | Donation | ALL |
| Find an Indivisible group near you (Indivisible) | Locate local Indivisible groups in your area. Come prepared to take action and meet others who are working to resist Trump's agenda. You can engage in your free time, and there are ways for everybody to participate. We’ll be encouraging our Members of Congress in Senate and House to represent us, not Trump. If we stand together, indivisible, we will win. Welcome to the resistance! |
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1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
Advocacy | In-person, Learn | ALL |
| Sign up to learn what the "alt-right" is up to (Ctrl Alt Right Delete) | Understand how the right operates online. Sign up for a weekly newsletter. |
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2 An hour or less |
1 Free |
Advocacy | Learn | ALL |
| Sign up to get notified about local meetings (Wall-of-us) | Sign up at www.voterheads.com to get notified about local meetings. When we did, using the free option, this is what happened: a page popped up with a list of municipality meetings in the zip code we entered. We clicked on one of the meetings, and presto! -- instant access to the date, time, location, and agenda of the meeting. Pretty awesome. |
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6 Ongoing |
1 Free |
Advocacy | Learn | ALL |
| Look up your list of elected officials (including local officials) (Wall-of-us) | Not sure who represents you? Locate your US Senators and Representatives, as well as local Legislators. |
5 |
6 Ongoing |
1 Free |
Advocacy | Learn | ALL |
| Team Trees -- Plant 20 Million Trees by Jan. 2020 (Team Trees) |
#TeamTrees is an initiative that will plant 20 million trees by January 2020. Right now they are only 3.5 million shy from reaching their 20 million tree goal. Some studies suggest that re-forestation could be the cheapest way to combat climate change. Every dollar plants a tree. So, if you’re looking for a creative initiative that’s doing something concrete – check them out on this giving Tuesday!! I'm going to make a donation today. Join me if you can! [H/T Chop Wood, Carry Water] |
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1 A few minutes |
5 You determine |
Environment | Donation | ALL |
| Donate to the ACLU | For almost 100 years, the ACLU has worked to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States. Donations help them defend free speech and the right to protest, fight relentless attacks on reproductive freedom and reform our racially-biased criminal justice system. |
5 |
1 A few minutes |
5 You determine |
Civil Rights, Freedom of assembly, Freedom of the press, Religious freedom, Reproductive rights | Donation | ALL |
| Boycott Trump's businesses and those who sell his products (Wall-of-us) | Trump's business present huge conflicts of interest. Boycotting them will hit him where it hurts. |
5 |
6 Ongoing |
1 Free |
Government corruption | In-person, Online | ALL |
| Find out when your member of Congress is holding a town hall and plan to attend (Wall-of-us and Town Hall Project) | Find out when the next town hall meeting for your two Senators and one Representative are, put the dates in your calendar, and make plans to show up (ProTip: asking a buddy to go with you will increase your chances of follow through). |
5 |
6 Ongoing |
1 Free |
Advocacy, Good government | In-person, Online | All 50 states |
| Sign up for Voterheads to find out what's going on in your local area (Wall-of-us) | Sign up for Voterheads to get notified of stuff happening in your district. Once you find out when your members are holding town halls, let Town Hall Project know. |
5 |
1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
Advocacy, Good government | Online | All 50 states |
| Find out whether your members of Congress are supporting or rejecting the Trump agenda (Wall-of-us) | You can study this handy list from FiveThirtyEight that shows if your Members of Congress are voting with Trump or against him, or how they are voting on certain appointments or issues. |
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1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
Advocacy, Good government | Online | All 50 states |
| Check out TownHallProject.com (Re:act) | Check out TownHallProject.com, a grassroots effort that empowers constituents across the country to have face-to-face conversations with their elected representatives. If there’s a meeting available, put it in your schedule. |
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1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
Advocacy, Good government | Online | All 50 states |
| Install the Votespotter app (VoteSpotter) | VoteSpotter is a mobile app and website that connects you to your representatives. Get alerts when they vote, then tell them what you think. It's never been easier to make your voice heard. |
5 |
6 Ongoing |
1 Free |
Advocacy, Animal Welfare/Rights, Church/State separation, Civil Rights, Climate change, Consumer Protection, Disability rights, Education, Energy, Entitlements, Environment, Foreign relations, Freedom of assembly, Freedom of the press, Gerrymandering/Redistricting, Good government, Government corruption, Government transparency, Guns, Healthcare, Immigration, Justice system, LGBT rights, National security, Religious freedom, Reproductive rights, Science & Technology, Senior citizen issues, Trade, Transportation, Voting rights | Online | All 50 states |
| Get involved with ProPublica (Re:act) | View the Get Involved section for ProPublica, an independent, nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. You can also donate, sign up for updates, or help publicize “How to Leak to ProPublica.” |
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6 Ongoing |
5 You determine |
Freedom of the press, Good government, Government corruption | In-person, Learn, Online | ALL |
| Support the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (Re:act) | The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists is the organization behind the Panama Papers. The ICIJ seeks to fight corruption with the world’s best cross-border journalism by 190+ reporters working together in 65 countries. |
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6 Ongoing |
5 You determine |
Freedom of the press, Good government, Government corruption, Government transparency | Donation | ALL |
| Support a vibrant free press: SUBSCRIBE, JOIN, DONATE (NM State Representative Bill McCamley) | Since November, people have been asking me what they can do to contribute to democracy. You can join me in supporting a vibrant media that holds all public officials (including myself) accountable. Today, I subscribed to the NY Times, Wash Post, and the Las Cruces Sun-News (my local paper) as well as donated to KRWG (my local NPR station) and NMPolitics.net. In the times of "fake news" we should support those outlets that provide us with real, in-depth, and accurate information about our world. It matters. |
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1 A few minutes |
5 You determine |
Freedom of the press, Good government, Government corruption, Government transparency | Donation | ALL |
| Donate to EMILY’s List so they can recruit, train, and support more progressive women candidates a (Signal Boost) | EMILY’s List recruits, trains and supports pro-choice Democratic women candidates at every level of the ballot. By helping to elect these women to office in 2017, we’re not only building a farm team, but we’re also putting strong women in charge of decisions that affect women and families every day — from the legislators who write laws, the attorneys general who defend and enforce them, and the secretaries of state who ensure access to the ballot. |
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1 A few minutes |
5 You determine |
Good government | Donation | ALL |
| Find out how to get involved with the Trevor Project (Re:act) | Find out how to get involved with the Trevor Project, whether by connecting, donating, volunteering, or finding local groups. The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) young people ages 13–24. |
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6 Ongoing |
5 You determine |
LGBT rights | Donation, In-person | ALL |
| Read and Share the Southern Poverty Law Center’s “Ten Ways to Fight Hate: A Community Response G (Re:act) | This guide sets out 10 principles for fighting hate, along with a collection of inspiring stories of people who worked to push hate out of their communities. |
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6 Ongoing |
5 You determine |
Advocacy, Civil Rights, Disability rights, LGBT rights, Religious freedom | Letter, Social media | ALL |
| Follow ProPublica’s @DocumentHate project and share your story if you witness or are the victim of (Re:act) | Hate crimes and bias incidents are a national problem, but there’s no reliable data on the nature or prevalence of the violence. ProPublica collecting and verifying reports to create a national database for use by journalists, researchers and civil-rights organizations. |
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6 Ongoing |
5 You determine |
Civil Rights, Disability rights, LGBT rights | Learn, Online | ALL |
| Sign up for the ACLU People Power's "Freedom Cities" campaign (Re:act) | ACLU is taking its fight from the courts to the streets. With People Power, we’re arming ordinary citizens with ACLU’s legal, political, and strategic expertise to build an unprecedented movement to protect our freedoms, city by city. From stopping deportation raids, to opposing Trump’s Muslim Ban, to defending Planned Parenthood, the need to protect our communities from the unprecedented and undemocratic threat posed by Trump has never been more critical. ACLU’s “Freedom Cities” plan brings local grassroots activists together and provides a blueprint for local-level campaigns to defend our communities and block the worst abuses of the Trump administration. |
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1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
Advocacy, Civil Rights, Disability rights, Freedom of assembly, Freedom of the press, Human rights, Immigration, LGBT rights, Religious freedom, Reproductive rights, Voting rights | Online | ALL |
| Sign up to receive a weekly report of votes by your members of Congress (Congress.org) | Each week (that Congress is in session) you will receive: • Key votes by your two Senators and U.S. Representative. • Upcoming votes for your review |
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1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
Advocacy, Animal Welfare/Rights, Budget and spending, Church/State separation, Civil Rights, Climate change, Consumer Protection, Disability rights, Education, Energy, Entitlements, Environment, Foreign relations, Freedom of assembly, Freedom of the press, Gerrymandering/Redistricting, Good government, Government corruption, Government transparency, Guns, Healthcare, Human rights, Immigration, Justice system, LGBT rights, National security, Refugees, Religious freedom, Reproductive rights, Science & Technology, Senior citizen issues, Trade, Transportation, Voting rights | Online | All 50 states |
| Bookmark this list of tools for contacting your representatives (Wall-of-us) | This is a list of tools created for all-of-us to make it easier to contact elected officials. We’ll keep it up to date so that you can make your activism as strategic and impactful as possible. Email us with your feedback and any suggestions at contact@wall-of-us.org. |
5 |
1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
Advocacy | Online | All 50 states |
| Help register voters in California (Register Blue) | Register Blue is a grassroots community organization started in Los Angeles. Prompted by the election and inauguration of Donald Trump, the mission of Register Blue is to increase the number of Democrats voting in flippable districts across the U.S. and turn Congress blue in 2018. |
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6 Ongoing |
1 Free |
Advocacy, Good government | In-person, Learn | California |
| Find resistance events where you live (Signal Boost) | Resistance Near Me is a hub for progressive local #resist actions, designed for you to find any public event, rally, town hall, protest, and more, in your state, as well as the information you need to contact your member of congress. We also want to hear from you – do you want to get involved but don’t see anything in your area? Let us know and we’ll notify you when something is scheduled. Planning an event that you want listed? Let us know. |
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6 Ongoing |
1 Free |
Advocacy | Online | ALL |
| Reject Trump's Agenda in Every State (Our States) | As we work to block Trump's agenda in Congress, his agenda is already being implemented in many states. You have more power to influence your state legislator than your member of Congress. The average state representative's district is 12 times smaller than a Congressional district. Most are not lifelong politicians, or even full-time politicians. They are not always focused on reelection because many of them run unopposed. And state legislators have the power to decide many of the most important issues impacting communities. However, since state legislators have fewer resources than members of Congress, it is harder for them to take ideas and turn them into legislation. That's where you come in. |
5 |
6 Ongoing |
1 Free |
Advocacy, Animal Welfare/Rights, Budget and spending, Church/State separation, Civil Rights, Climate change, Consumer Protection, Disability rights, Education, Energy, Entitlements, Environment, Freedom of assembly, Freedom of the press, Gerrymandering/Redistricting, Good government, Government corruption, Government transparency, Guns, Healthcare, Human rights, Immigration, Justice system, LGBT rights, Religious freedom, Reproductive rights, Science & Technology, Senior citizen issues, Trade, Transportation, Voting rights | Email, In-person, Learn, Letter, Online, Phone call, Social media | All 50 states |
| Adopt a state to support Democrats fighting on the conservative front line (Adopt-a-state) | Adopting a state is FREE. Adoption is your visual support for Democrats fighting on the conservative front lines. When you adopt a state it’ll post on Facebook and you can tell folks why you adopted them! Once a month we’ll send you an email update on the political happenings in your adopted state. We’ll also include volunteer opportunities and specific ways to get involved whether it’s through the state Democratic Party or one of our Allies. |
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2 An hour or less |
1 Free |
Advocacy, Good government | Learn, Online | ALL |
| Check out Snail Mail Congress to send letters to your members of Congress (Snail Mail Congress) | Snail Mail Congress is a tool that makes contacting your members of congress through postal mail even easier than sending an email. First, we help you find your elected representatives based on your address. Next, you write a short letter about an issue you care about and choose which reps to send it to. After you click send, we'll print out your letter(s), address them, apply postage and send them off! |
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1 A few minutes |
2 A few dollars |
Advocacy, Animal Welfare/Rights, Budget and spending, Church/State separation, Civil Rights, Climate change, Consumer Protection, Disability rights, Education, Energy, Entitlements, Environment, Foreign relations, Freedom of assembly, Freedom of the press, Gerrymandering/Redistricting, Good government, Government corruption, Government transparency, Guns, Healthcare, Human rights, Immigration, Justice system, LGBT rights, National security, Refugees, Religious freedom, Reproductive rights, Science & Technology, Senior citizen issues, Trade, Transportation, Voting rights | Online | All 50 states |
| Donate or sign up for the Ploughshares Fund (Re:act) | Donate or sign up for the Ploughshares Fund, supporting the smartest minds and most effective organizations to reduce nuclear stockpiles, prevent new nuclear states, and increase global security. |
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2 An hour or less |
5 You determine |
Foreign relations, Human rights | Donation, Online | ALL |
| Sign up for The Marshall Project’s Opening Statement email on criminal justice. (Re:act) | Named after Thurgood Marshall, The Marshall Project is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that seeks to create and sustain a sense of national urgency about the U.S. criminal justice system. |
5 |
1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
Civil Rights, Justice system | Learn, Online | ALL |
| Keep working to dry up Breitbart's advertising revenue (MoveOn) |
Breitbart, the racist alt-right website of Steve Bannon, gets its revenue from 3 major sources: 1. Google ads (including Amazon, the last major advertiser) 2. Shopify (likely the largest single source of revenue for Breitbart) 3. Taboola (a smaller ad company that serves ads designed to look like fake articles) Numbers 1 and 2 have received tons of scrutiny in recent months and we've all made a lot of progress in reducing their revenue from Google ad sources (the Sleeping Giants campaign has led thousands of advertisers to blacklist Breitbart). But number 3 is the one piece of the puzzle that's been overlooked so far. Now we're ready to tackle it. The process is the same that's worked to get thousands of advertisers, including almost every major corporation, to block Breitbart on Google ads, but it takes one or two extra steps with Taboola's sneaky ad system. |
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2 An hour or less |
1 Free |
Advocacy | Online | ALL |
| Learn the truth about the US at USAFacts.org (Re:act) | Check out USAFacts.org. It’s a non-partisan public database that compiles info about spending and revenue across all levels, so you can ask simple questions, like: “How much revenue do airports take in and spend?” or “What percentage of overall tax revenue is paid by corporations?” |
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2 An hour or less |
1 Free |
Budget and spending, Education, Energy, Entitlements, Environment, Foreign relations, Justice system, National security, Trade, Transportation | Learn | ALL |
| Make sure you understand exactly what "sanctuary city" means (Re:act) | A judge in San Francisco on Tuesday temporarily blocked President Trump’s efforts to starve localities of federal funds when they limit their cooperation with immigration enforcement, a stinging rejection of his threats to make so-called sanctuary cities fall in line. The ruling, which applies nationwide, was another judicial setback for the Trump administration, which has now seen three immigration orders stopped by federal courts in its first 100 days. And as with the rulings halting his two temporary bans on travel from several predominantly Muslim countries, the president’s own words were used against him. |
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1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
Immigration | Learn, Online | ALL |
| Find a local 350.org group (Re:act) | This grassroots climate movement is organizing people around the world to hold leaders accountable to the realities of science. |
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6 Ongoing |
1 Free |
Climate change, Environment | Demonstration, In-person, Learn | ALL |
| Volunteer for Lambda Legal (Re:act) | Lambda Legal is the oldest and largest organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and those with HIV through impact litigation, education and public policy work. |
5 |
6 Ongoing |
1 Free |
LGBT rights | Demonstration, Email, In-person, Letter, Online, Phone call, Social media | ALL |
| Donate to Lambda Legal (Re:act) | Lambda Legal is the oldest and largest organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and those with HIV through impact litigation, education and public policy work. |
5 |
1 A few minutes |
5 You determine |
LGBT rights | Donation | ALL |
| Sign up for a Galvanize workshop (United State of Women) | After the first United State of Women Summit last summer, you made it clear you wanted to keep learning and connecting – and you wanted to do it in your local community. We heard you loud and clear –and that’s why we’re proud to announce The Galvanize Program! We’re bringing local United State of Women summits to communities across the country to bring together people to tackle the challenges women are facing nationally and locally. We’re arming women with the tools and resources they need to keep organizing and fighting for gender equity, whether that’s through elected office, entrepreneurship, and everything in between. |
5 |
5 A few days |
3 Tens of dollars |
Advocacy | In-person | ALL |
| Find out what each member of Congress has done on every issue (ProPublica) | This site provides information on lawmakers, the bills they consider and the votes they take (and miss). You can browse the latest votes and bills, see how often lawmakers vote against their parties and compare voting records. |
5 |
1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
Good government | Learn, Online | ALL |
| Help progressive, pro-choice women get elected in Texas (Annie's List) | Annie’s List recruits, trains, supports and elects progressive, pro-choice women in Texas. |
5 |
6 Ongoing |
5 You determine |
Good government, Reproductive rights | Donation, Learn, Online | Texas |
| Attend a Run to Win Candidate Training (Emily's List) |
Run to Win candidate trainings are a great way to learn the nuts and bolts of running for office, whether you're thinking about running or already in a race. These half-day trainings cover all the basics, including questions to ask yourself, things to start thinking about, and the concrete steps to get there. They're also a great way to meet other women in your community who are considering a run for office too. |
5 |
3 A few hours |
1 Free |
Good government | In-person | ALL |
| Download and share ACLU's app to record police conduct (ACLU) | Mobile Justice is a smartphone app that will empower people to record police and hold them accountable for their actions. Record, report, witness, and Know Your Rights - all on your phone! Available for 19 states now with more coming. |
5 |
1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
Civil Rights, Justice system | Online | Arizona, California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Georgia, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Virginia |
| Support Earth Justice, the nation’s original and largest nonprofit environmental law organization, (Re:act) | Today’s environmental challenges are greater than ever. But we live in a country of strong environmental laws—and Earthjustice holds those who break our nation’s laws accountable for their actions. Earthjustice has been the legal backbone for thousands of organizations, large and small. Behind nearly every major environmental win, you'll find Earthjustice. As the nation’s original and largest nonprofit environmental law organization, we leverage our expertise and commitment to fight for justice and advance the promise of a healthy world for all. We represent every one of our clients free of charge. You’re serious about making the world a better place. So are we. |
5 |
1 A few minutes |
5 You determine |
Environment | Donation | ALL |
| Learn to write Op-Eds that make a difference (Indivisible and the OpEd Project) | Indivisible is partnering with The OpEd Project to offer a new joint resource on writing and pitching op-eds. Check out this resource and take some time this August to get issues you care about in newsprint. |
5 |
2 An hour or less |
1 Free |
Advocacy | Learn, Letter, Online | ALL |
| Fight for a $15 per hour minimum wage (Indivisible and Figft for 15) | Politicians really only have ONE job they need to do – raise the standard of living for all working people. Right now, they’re failing. Republican politicians hold office in nearly all of the key battleground states. Instead of helping people like you and me, they’re using their power to cut wages, attack unions, threaten health care, and even promote racism. In 2018, they’re up for reelection – and we can beat them. But only if we start organizing, start fighting, starting protesting now. That’s why we need YOU in the Forty for $15. When you join, you commit 40 hours between now and election day 2018 – just a couple hours a month – to taking real actions to defeat the worst politicians and replace them with leaders that will fight for us. |
5 |
1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
Good government | In-person, Online | ALL |
| Get involved with Emerge America (Emerge America) | Emerge America's mission is to increase the number of Democratic women leaders from diverse backgrounds in public office through recruitment, training, and providing a powerful network. |
5 |
6 Ongoing |
1 Free |
Advocacy, Good government | In-person, Learn, Online | ALL |
| Donate to Emerge American to help get more women in office (Emerge America) | Emerge America's mission is to increase the number of Democratic women leaders from diverse backgrounds in public office through recruitment, training, and providing a powerful network. |
5 |
1 A few minutes |
5 You determine |
Advocacy, Good government | Donation | ALL |
| Rogan's List | Rogan’s List is a daily, thoroughly vetted action list for people who are unhappy with the current administration and who want to become more politically involved, but do not have time for the research. |
5 |
6 Ongoing |
1 Free |
Advocacy, Animal Welfare/Rights, Budget and spending, Church/State separation, Civil Rights, Climate change, Consumer Protection, Disability rights, Education, Energy, Entitlements, Environment, Foreign relations, Freedom of assembly, Freedom of the press, Gerrymandering/Redistricting, Good government, Government corruption, Government transparency, Guns, Healthcare, Human rights, Immigration, Justice system, LGBT rights, National security, Refugees, Religious freedom, Reproductive rights, Science & Technology, Senior citizen issues, Trade, Transportation, Voting rights | Learn | ALL |
| Use your skills to help elect progressive women (Get Her Elected) | Do you have skills that would be useful to a campaign? Writing, editing, accounting, data analyis, and many, many more. This organization will help match you with progressive women running for office, so you can volunteer. |
5 |
6 Ongoing |
1 Free |
Elections, Good government | Online | ALL |
| Swing Left Academy (Swing Left) | Swing Left Academy is an open-source training platform for volunteers made to empower everyone with the skills and support they need to help take back the House. We designed it in collaboration with Buffy Wicks, one of the primary architects of the innovative Obama organizing model, and other organizers and activists. Swing Left Academy is launching with five introductory videos—featuring volunteers like actress and activist Logan Browning—that take you through the basics of contacting voters, the key way we can win elections. There’s way more to come, and this resource will grow deeper and more collaborative over the coming months. |
5 |
6 Ongoing |
1 Free |
Advocacy, Animal Welfare/Rights, Budget and spending, Church/State separation, Civil Rights, Climate change, Constitutional Rights, Consumer Protection, Disability rights, Education, Elections, Energy, Entitlements, Environment, Foreign relations, Freedom of assembly, Freedom of the press, Gerrymandering/Redistricting, Good government, Government Appointment, Government corruption, Government transparency, Guns, Healthcare, Human rights, Immigration, Justice system, LGBT rights, National security, Refugees, Religious freedom, Reproductive rights, Science & Technology, Senior citizen issues, Trade, Transportation | Learn | ALL |
| Alida Garcia's Twitter thread on things YOU can do if you feel helpless about family separations (Alida Garcia @leedsgarcia) | Alida has a great Twitter thread on examples of people and organizations that need your help so you can help the families being separated at the border. Acts of Conscience has added many of these actions to our database, but the thread itself is very compelling. It has more background information and new actions are added as she finds them. A must-read. Please retweet! |
5 |
6 Ongoing |
1 Free |
Immigration | Donation, Email, In-person, Learn, Letter, Online, Phone call, Social media | ALL |
| Find organizations that need your help for immigrants through Informed Immigrant (Alida Garcia @leedsgarcia) | Alida tweets: "Check out InformedImmigrant.com plug in your zip code find out what orgs are near you & help by volunteering there!" Find organizations that help immigrants, especially those families being separated at the border. |
5 |
2 An hour or less |
5 You determine |
Immigration | Demonstration, Donation, Email, In-person, Learn, Letter, Online, Phone call, Social media | ALL |
| Help Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley help refugees and families separated at the border (Alida Garcia @leedsgarcia) | Alida tweets: "...raid your closet & supplie cabinets and send the below items to Catholic Charities RGV’s shelter for refugees. People arrive with nothing this place helps clean, feed, clothe them." Either ship items you have or have purchased, or there's an Amazon wish list so you can purchase new items and ship directly to them. |
5 |
2 An hour or less |
5 You determine |
Immigration, Refugees | Donation | ALL |
| Use your tech skills to help elect Democrats (Tech for Campaigns) | Tech For Campaigns (TFC) gives political candidates access to a caliber of digital talent that is hard to come by, especially in state and other down-ballot races. This digital boost provides a competitive edge, while offering tech workers opportunities to volunteer their skills in a meaningful and impactful way—turning political passion into hands-on involvement. |
5 |
6 Ongoing |
1 Free |
Elections | In-person, Online | ALL |
| Use your legal skills to help nonprofits working for a more equitable, inclusive, and just society. (We The Action) | We The Action seeks to establish a platform where volunteer lawyers can protect and defend nonprofit organizations who need it. |
5 |
6 Ongoing |
1 Free |
Advocacy, Civil Rights, Constitutional Rights, Consumer Protection, Disability rights, Freedom of assembly, Freedom of the press, LGBT rights, Religious freedom, Reproductive rights, Voting rights | In-person, Online | ALL |
| The Busy Woman's Guide to Channeling Your Rage (Small Deeds Done) | A guide to channeling your rage about the Kavanaugh hearings into Action Therapy to change the next election. It contains lots of small things you can do that collectively add up. Need something that can be done in the carpool lane? What about at night after the kids go to bed? In that 10 minutes after the news instead of rage crying? There's also a two page worksheet to help you organize your thoughts. Good stuff. If you like it, sign up for her newsletter and share her site and the booklet on social media. |
5 |
6 Ongoing |
1 Free |
Education | Donation, Email, In-person, Letter, Online, Phone call, Social media | ALL |
| Small Deeds Done: A Pep Talk for the Patriotic (Small Deeds Done) | Join our newsletter or follow our page to get Weekly Small Deeds – a task list that you can use to focus your own activism and channel your energy. |
5 |
6 Ongoing |
1 Free |
Advocacy | Learn, Online | ALL |
| Indivisible on Offense: New Congress, New Individual Strategy (Indivisible) | What does it mean to control the House? What are the new opportunities for House Democrats, and what are the limitations? Most important, what should Democrats do now? We lay out how Democrats should use their new tools to resist the Trump agenda. |
5 |
6 Ongoing |
1 Free |
Advocacy, Animal Welfare/Rights, Budget and spending, Church/State separation, Civil Rights, Climate change, Constitutional Rights, Consumer Protection, Disability rights, Education, Elections, Energy, Entitlements, Environment, Foreign relations, Freedom of assembly, Freedom of the press, Gerrymandering/Redistricting, Good government, Government Appointment, Government corruption, Government transparency, Guns, Healthcare, Human rights, Immigration, Justice system, LGBT rights, National security, Refugees, Religious freedom, Reproductive rights, Science & Technology, Senior citizen issues, Trade, Transportation | Learn | ALL |
| Keep track of what elected and unelected officials say and do (Vote Smart) | Vote Smart's mission is to provide free, factual, unbiased information on candidates and elected officials to ALL Americans. You can look up the votes and statements of both elected and appointed officials in the federal government and the states. |
5 |
1 A few minutes |
1 Free |
Advocacy, Animal Welfare/Rights, Budget and spending, Church/State separation, Civil Rights, Climate change, Constitutional Rights, Consumer Protection, Disability rights, Education, Elections, Energy, Entitlements, Environment, Foreign relations, Freedom of assembly, Freedom of the press, Gerrymandering/Redistricting, Good government, Government Appointment, Government corruption, Government transparency, Guns, Healthcare, Human rights, Immigration, Justice system, LGBT rights, National security, Refugees, Religious freedom, Reproductive rights, Science & Technology, Senior citizen issues, Trade, Transportation | Learn, Online | ALL |
| Donate Your Airline Miles to Miles4Migrants (Migrants for Miles) | From Rogan's List: This inspiring video will encourage us to donate our frequent flyer miles and credit card points to this program (cash is welcome, too), which helps immigrants reach their new homes. |
5 |
6 Ongoing |
5 You determine |
Immigration | Donation | ALL |
| The 2020 Grassroots Playbook (Indivisible) | Everything you need to make your voice heard during the 2020 Democratic primary. |
5 |
6 Ongoing |
1 Free |
Elections | Demonstration, Donation, Email, In-person, Learn, Letter, Online, Phone call, Social media | ALL |
| NonprofitVOTE | Nonprofit VOTE partners with America’s nonprofits to help the people they serve participate and vote. We are the largest source of nonpartisan resources to help nonprofits integrate voter engagement into their ongoing activities and services. |
5 |
6 Ongoing |
5 You determine |
Elections, Voting rights | Donation, Email, In-person, Learn, Letter, Online, Phone call, Social media | ALL |
| Front Page Live: News that Matters to You All in One Place (Front Page Live) |
Like many of you, we are sick and tired of the most important news stories getting lost in a sea of crazy. How are all these fringe websites grabbing control of the narrative? Why do we have to wade through so much noise and wander through so many websites just to find the most important stories of the day? And what action can I take when I find something I really care about? So we assembled a team of digital mavens and decided to do something about it. Front Page Live provides the news that matters to you, all in one place. It’s a simple skimmable snapshot of the web’s hottest stories, tweets, humor, videos, and progressive action campaigns — where you the reader help decide what stories go viral and where you can get involved in direct action. Finally, progressives have a site dedicated to helping diverse voices and content go viral, and a news source that reflects the values of the majority of good people on our amazing planet. |
5 |
6 Ongoing |
1 Free |
Advocacy, Animal Welfare/Rights, Budget and spending, Church/State separation, Civil Rights, Climate change, Constitutional Rights, Consumer Protection, Disability rights, Education, Elections, Energy, Entitlements, Environment, Foreign relations, Freedom of assembly, Freedom of the press, Gerrymandering/Redistricting, Good government, Government Appointment, Government corruption, Government transparency, Guns, Healthcare, Human rights, Immigration, Justice system, LGBT rights, National security, Refugees, Religious freedom, Reproductive rights, Science & Technology, Senior citizen issues, Trade, Transportation | Learn | ALL |
| Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America | Moms Demand Action is a grassroots movement of Americans fighting for public safety measures that can protect people from gun violence. We pass stronger gun laws and work to close the loopholes that jeopardize the safety of our families. We also work in our own communities and with business leaders to encourage a culture of responsible gun ownership. We know that gun violence is preventable, and we’re committed to doing what it takes to keep families safe. |
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6 Ongoing |
5 You determine |
Guns | Donation, In-person, Learn, Online | ALL |
| Coalition to Stop Gun Violence | CSGV’s guiding principle is simple: We believe that all Americans have a right to live in communities free from gun violence. We pursue this goal through policy development, strategic engagement, and effective advocacy. |
5 |
6 Ongoing |
5 You determine |
Guns | Donation, Learn, Social media | ALL |
| Read the Indivisible Guide (Indivisible Guide) | The Indivisible Guide provides guidance on how to resist the Trump agenda. |
5 |
2 An hour or less |
1 Free |
Advocacy | Learn | ALL |
| Violence Policy Center | The Violence Policy Center (VPC) works to stop gun death and injury through research, education, advocacy, and collaboration. Founded in 1988 by Executive Director Josh Sugarmann, a native of Newtown, Connecticut, the VPC informs the public about the impact of gun violence on their daily lives, exposes the profit-driven marketing and lobbying activities of the firearms industry and gun lobby, offers unique technical expertise to policymakers, organizations, and advocates on the federal, state, and local levels, and works for policy changes that save lives. |
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6 Ongoing |
5 You determine |
Guns | Donation, Learn | ALL |
| Find Products that are Certified Rainforest Safe (Rainforest Alliance) | Our little green frog is a symbol of environmental, social, and economic sustainability and can be found on farm and forest products around the world. Find Rainforest Alliance Certified™ products available near you! #FollowTheFrog |
5 |
6 Ongoing |
1 Free |
Environment | Online | ALL |
| Double Check Information with Fact-Checking Tools (Reuters) | Reuters Institute researchers found than less than half the population (43%) trust the media, across all the 36 countries surveyed. One way publishers can improve trust is ensuring content is fact-checked and verified properly to prevent the spread of misinformation. Here are 7 tips to help you verify online images and videos. |
5 |
6 Ongoing |
1 Free |
Advocacy, Animal Welfare/Rights, Budget and spending, Church/State separation, Civil Rights, Climate change, Constitutional Rights, Consumer Protection, Disability rights, Education, Elections, Energy, Entitlements, Environment, Foreign relations, Freedom of assembly, Freedom of the press, Gerrymandering/Redistricting, Good government, Government Appointment, Government corruption, Government transparency, Guns, Healthcare, Human rights, Immigration, Justice system, LGBT rights, National security, Refugees, Religious freedom, Reproductive rights, Science & Technology, Senior citizen issues, Trade, Transportation | Learn, Online | ALL |
| Run for Something Action Fund (Run for Something) |
Thinking about running for office next year or in the future? Run for Something Action Fund wants to talk to you. If you care about your community and if you’re willing to work hard, we're here to help you find the information you need on running. Filling out this form will show you a list of state legislative and local offices where you can run based on your current address. |
5 |
6 Ongoing |
1 Free |
Elections | Learn, Online | ALL |
| Join an Indivisible Local Group (Indivisible Guide) | People are organizing local groups to take action. Find and join one in your area, or start one of your own. |
5 |
6 Ongoing |
1 Free |
Advocacy | In-person, Online | ALL |
| Donate to MALDEF (Re:act) | Look for ways to support MALDEF, the nation’s leading Latino legal civil rights organization. |
5 |
1 A few minutes |
5 You determine |
Civil Rights, Immigration | Donation | ALL |
| Find an Event Near You with MobilizeAmerica (MobilizeAmerica) |
We’re working with 135 (and counting!) of the most critical campaigns to connect volunteers like you with the most impactful ways to get involved . With a supreme court vacancy, families being separated at our southern border, republicans fighting tooth and nail to keep healthcare inaccessible to millions, and the midterms getting ever closer, we have to keep knocking doors and talking to voters! Good news is it’s super easy to find events happening near you! |
5 |
6 Ongoing |
5 You determine |
Advocacy, Animal Welfare/Rights, Budget and spending, Church/State separation, Civil Rights, Climate change, Constitutional Rights, Consumer Protection, Disability rights, Education, Elections, Energy, Entitlements, Environment, Foreign relations, Freedom of assembly, Freedom of the press, Gerrymandering/Redistricting, Good government, Government Appointment, Government corruption, Government transparency, Guns, Healthcare, Human rights, Immigration, Justice system, LGBT rights, National security, Refugees, Religious freedom, Reproductive rights, Science & Technology, Senior citizen issues, Trade, Transportation | Email, In-person, Online, Phone call | ALL |
Here are some ways you can show up today in your state -- please settle in for the long haul. We need you now, and we need you for the weeks, months, and years to come.
States: ALL
Issues: Reproductive rights
Today, June 12, 2019, on the three-year anniversary of the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando, our RA is launching a digital campaign against gun violence using #NotOneMore on social media.
The campaign centers on three concrete action steps to improve United States gun laws.
States: ALL
Issues: Guns
Her team’s unique right to access CBP facilities makes them absolutely vital to investigating, communicating and advocating in the nationwide movement to get safety for these children, end the abuse, and shut down these horrifying kid prisons. Holly’s team has brought three class action lawsuits with national impact to protect these kids. Her funding is gone to see these suits to completion and we must ensure this vital work continues. $240,000 will get Holly’s team what they need to continue this AND/BOTH work for 2 years: to get to the sites for inspections, interview the kids, remove them to protect their health and safety, and build legal cases to ensure that the government is not permitted to perpetuate the abuse.
States: ALL
Issues: Human rights, Immigration, Refugees
Coast-to-coast and across party lines, states are taking advantage of renewable energy, such as as wind and solar; energy efficiency; as well as electric vehicles, and embracing the health and economic benefits that come along with a clean energy transition.
Now more than ever, continued state leadership is necessary to keep up this nationwide momentum. Write your state legislators today and tell them: keep accelerating on clean energy!
States: All 50
Issues: Climate change, Energy, Environment
The Trump-Pence administration’s new rule would block patients from care at Planned Parenthood. It would also prohibit doctors, nurses, hospitals, and community health centers across the country from being able to refer their patients for safe, legal abortion.
States: ALL
Issues: Healthcare, Reproductive rights
TacSwipe is designed to let people buy and sell guns and gun accessories to strangers in their area -- no questions asked. The app provides no information for getting background checks -- leaving it up to buyers and sellers to do the right thing. In fact, they don’t even mention background checks at all - not even in the terms and conditions where the developers try to absolve themselves from anything that happens with items sold on the app. And, while the app recommends that you don’t download it unless you are 17 or older, there is no way to prevent this - and in most areas, you need to be 18 to buy a gun.
Apple and Android have rejected many apps before because of simulated violence. Tell them today to reject this app that could cause real-world violence and even death!
States: ALL
Issues: Guns
Trump is Guilty and Must Be Removed.
There will be no exoneration without witnesses or documents in a rigged process by a corrupt GOP.
Join us as we #SwarmTheSenate every day until the end of this sham trial. With our actions we will channel and embody the rage and disgust of the overwhelming majority of Americans.
Noon-5pm, Hart Senate Office Building, Washington DC
States: DC
Issues: Government corruption
The Democratic-controlled House also voted to end U.S. support for this cruel war in February 2019, but, in order to send it to Trump’s desk, they must now pass it one more time. Their task is to reject any Republican procedural maneuvers, like motions to recommit, to derail this historic bill’s passage.
States: All 50
Issues: Foreign relations
VAWA has provided funding for life-saving services for survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking as well as efforts to prevent this violence for the past 24 years.
States: All 50
Issues:
Assuming he would become more presidential over time, with only the occasional ridiculous tweet, I decided to stitch one Trump quote a week. However, it quickly became a daily practice, as I tried to keep up with the outpouring of “unpresidential” text.
Friends asked if I would host workshops so that they could join the project. Tiny Pricks Project has since become the largest textile Trump protest EVER with over 700 Tiny Pricks and hundreds of participants globally.
The series will go strong until Trump is out of office. The goal is to create 2020 Tiny Pricks by 2020!
States: ALL
Issues: Government corruption
We need your help to continue providing these resources and developing new tools to turn this country blue again.
States: ALL
Issues: Advocacy, Good government
Given the intensity of his promotion of Trump’s political interests as well as his reported clandestine collaborations, companies that sponsor Hannity’s show are essentially supporting financially a partisan operation. 21st Century Fox (Fox News’ parent company) has yet to hold Hannity accountable for his extremism, deceit, and reckless conspiracy peddling.
States: ALL
Issues: Freedom of the press, Government corruption
These half-day trainings cover all the basics, including questions to ask yourself, things to start thinking about, and the concrete steps to get there. They're also a great way to meet other women in your community who are considering a run for office too.
States: ALL
Issues: Good government
So we assembled a team of digital mavens and decided to do something about it.
Front Page Live provides the news that matters to you, all in one place. It’s a simple skimmable snapshot of the web’s hottest stories, tweets, humor, videos, and progressive action campaigns — where you the reader help decide what stories go viral and where you can get involved in direct action. Finally, progressives have a site dedicated to helping diverse voices and content go viral, and a news source that reflects the values of the majority of good people on our amazing planet.
States: ALL
Issues: 36
Filling out this form will show you a list of state legislative and local offices where you can run based on your current address.
States: ALL
Issues: Elections
. With a supreme court vacancy, families being separated at our southern border, republicans fighting tooth and nail to keep healthcare inaccessible to millions, and the midterms getting ever closer, we have to keep knocking doors and talking to voters!
Good news is it’s super easy to find events happening near you!
States: ALL
Issues: 36