What’s happening right now in the country is almost too big and scary to face—and even scarier to think about how to push back. Activism is a bridge to saving democracy, and even the smallest act will help you feel better.
- Learn more.
Join a group of like-minded citizens. You can do it safely from home until you are more comfortable.- Indivisible hosts weekly Zoom meetings that are helpful to hear what progress is being made across the country. Click here to join and register for these meetings.
- You can also find local Indivisible chapters near you to attend in person. You don’t have to speak up at all! Click here to find a meeting near your ZIP code.
- Gain a foundational knowledge of American constitutional democracy while crafting your own civic voice and identity by attending Harvard’s We the People: Civic Engagement in Constitutional Democracy Course. Click here for more information.
- Act more.
Once you are feeling braver or more committed, move to action.- Join your local 50501 action group. This is a new activist group that began in February of this year. Find a group near you. Click here.
- Sign up for Chop Wood, Carry Water. You will receive a daily email with good news and ways to get more involved. Click here.
- Click here to join a Visibility Brigade near you. These folks stand on highway overpasses for an hour with a sign about the current hot topics of the day. [Link coming soon!]
- Read more.
- On Tyranny, by Timothy Snyder
- How Fascism Works, by Jason Staley
- No Straight Road Takes You There, by Rebecca Solnit
- Abundance, Ezra Klein & Derek Thompson
- Surviving Autocracy, Masha Gessen
(Note: please don’t use Amazon to order books! These links take you to Bookshop.org, which connects with a local, independent bookstore.)