Surviving authoritarianism requires resilience, awareness, and strategic action. “The best way to make a difference is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for the next election. Go out and make a difference right now,” said President Obama. “Because through your action, you will fill others with hope. And you might just fill yourself with hope.”
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Take action – in whatever way you can
- Learn about and join protests, actions, and organizing activities by signing up for mobilize.us.
- Respond to requests from organizations and advocates you support. They often send emails asking their supporters to sign a petition, make a call, or write to an elected. Click on those action links and help these advocates generate the numbers they need to show mass support.
Hold your elected officials accountable
- Contact your elected officials at all levels, not just your Senators and Member of Congress, but also your statewide officials, state legislators, and even your county and city elected – to support/oppose specific legislation, push them to fight harder; or if they’re a MAGA Republican, strongly oppose the MAGA/Trump agenda.
- Search for your elected officials on the League of Women Voters website, ballotpedia.org, or 270toWin.com.
Support organizations working on the front lines
- We’re not naming specific organizations because there are so many of them, but start with the groups that you already know. You have their emails in your inbox already! Send them a donation of any amount.
Support ethnic media, local media, and nonprofit media
- Our AANHPI ethnic media need our support now more than ever. Find media that represent you and your community on https://dir.americancommunitymedia.org. Apologies this is only for California.
- Nonprofit and local media outlets are filling in the gaps created by changes by for-profit media corporations. Read, share, and support these nonprofit media such as ProPublica, The Guardian, Associated Press. Find and support your local news operations via this directory.
Take care of yourself
- Podcast: Democracy in Color with Steve Phillips presents “Self Care Is Radical Work with Somatics Coach Viveka Chen“
Learn from history
- Video: ‘Hold the line’: Nobel laureate Maria Ressa says Americans should learn from the Philippines’ experience (MSNBC)
- What the US can learn from South Koreans who stopped an authoritarian power-grab
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