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Identify and Contact your Elected Officials
 Search for your Congressional Reps and Senators contact info Usa.gov elected-officials
GovTrack.us  find your member of congress and contact them.
CommonCause

White House Petitions: We the People

Indivisible   A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR RESISTING THE TRUMP AGENDAFormer congressional staffers reveal best practices for making Congress listen.

Trump's Suggestion Box
yourstory - make a positive suggestion

Calling Sheet  - who to call, what to say. DETAILS
The Most amazing List of calls to make "We're His Problem Now"   - an all in one Google doc with scripts and phone numbers

Constitution Start by brushing up on the Constitution and Bill of Rights (https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs).

The names of bills and amendments are often exactly the opposite of what the content is, so you should read the first few paragraphs or preamble of the bill. Double negatives are also sly ways politicians try to confuse voters. https://votesmart.org/

Have a challenge on the phone? Here's the shy-persons-guide-to-calling-representatives
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Web/Tools/Apps
IssueVoter http://issuevoter.org
Countable http://www.countable.us
make it easier, get an app.  (not as effective as calling)
GovTrack.us  has all the contact info in one place, and you can sign up to track legislation by topic. GovTrack.us tracks the United States Congress and helps Americans understand what is going on in their national legislature.  We publish the status of federal legislation and information about your representative and senators in Congress. Use GovTrack to track bills for updates or get alerts.

Best Practices in Advocacy:
1. Call ! Call the local office 2. email 3. petition
​https://twitter.com/editoremilye/status/797243415922515970​
Educating a Decision Maker November 2016.docx · version 1

Emily Ellsworth’s new eBook “Call the Halls: Contacting Your Representative the Right Way.”Much of our work is going to be familiarizing ourselves with our representatives and knowing how to nurture those relationships, so we might as well get good at it.
Run for Office Page

Get a free bumpersticker or "pay what you can" Yard sign at  
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YARD SIGN ARMY

Some Ideas of How to Support Democracy and your Ideals through Strategic Donations.
Before you give, check your charity at Charity Navigator, and make sure that they use resources wisely.

 
To support religious and racial justice in America, 
Latino Justice - https://latinojustice.org/support/donate/
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) works to promote the civil rights of people of color and to eliminate race-based discrimination. Donate here, and find your local chapter for more ways to get involved here.
​NAACP Legal Defense Fund - http://www.naacpldf.org/donate
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is the country’s largest Muslim civil liberties organization. Donate here or find your local chapter here.
The Southern Poverty Law Center fights hate groups and bigotry using education, litigation, and advocacy. Donate here.
Black Youth Project 100 will examine the attitudes, resources, and culture of the young, urban black millennial, exploring how these factors and others influence their decision-making, norms, and behavior in critical domains such as sex, health, and politics.
MPower Change is a grassroots movement rooted in diverse Muslim communities throughout the United States who are working together to build social, spiritual, racial and economic justice for all people.
Black Lives Matter
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The NAACP Legal Defense Fund fights for racial justice through litigation, advocacy and education. Donate and learn about ways to get involved here.
Muslim Advocates - https://www.muslimadvocates.org/donate/

To support civil liberties including election reform, 
The Brennan Center for Justice - https://www.brennancenter.org
American Civil Liberties Union - https://www.aclu.org/
Civil Liberties Defense Center -  theCLDC
​The American Civil Liberties Union works to defend individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution. Donate here.
The Anti-Defamation League was founded in 1913 to “stop the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment to all.” Today, it fights against anti-semitism and bigotry as one of the largest civil rights organizations in the country. Find your local affiliate here and donate here.
Southern Poverty Law Center
League of women voters
Equal Justice Society
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To support Immigrant Rights
Border Angels is an all-volunteer non-profit that advocates for immigration reform and social justice focusing on the U.S.-Mexico border. It offers educational and awareness programs and migrant outreach programs to San Diego County’s immigrant population. Donate here.
​The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA) is an advocacy and organizing group focusing on achieving human, civil, and labor rights for immigrants. Donate here.
The National Immigration Forum is another leading immigrant advocacy group that offers various programs to integrate immigrants into the workforce and obtain citizenship. Donate here.
The National Immigration Law Center is dedicated to fighting for the rights of low-income immigrants through litigation, policy analysis and advocacy, and various other methods. Donate or learn how you can attend a local training here.
The Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights works to protect the best interests of children who come to the U.S. on their own. Donate here or learn about how you can volunteer as a Child Advocate in Chicago, New York, Houston, and Washington D.C. here.
The International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) organizes law students and lawyers to develop and enforce a set of legal and human rights for refugees and displaced persons. Mobilizing direct legal aid and systemic policy advocacy, IRAP serves the world’s most persecuted individuals and empowers the next generation of human rights leaders.
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) Founded in 1968, MALDEF is the nation’s leading Latino legal civil rights organization. Often described as the “law firm of the Latino community”, MALDEF promotes social change through advocacy, communications, community education, and litigation in the areas of education, employment, immigrant rights, and political access.
Movimiento Cosecha We are fighting for permanent protection, dignity and respect for our migrant community.
NW Immigrant Rights Project https://www.nwirp.org/
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To support the protection of our environment and climate change education
​Environmental Defense Fund: https://www.edf.org/
EarthJustice is the largest nonprofit environmental law organization in the country, working to protect wildlife, for healthy communities, and for cleaner energy options. The organization represents its clients free of charge. Donate here, and sign up for action alerts here.
NextGen Climate Action works politically “to prevent climate disaster.” Click here to donate and click here to volunteer.​
The Sierra Club is the largest grassroots environmental organization in the county, and works to protect millions of acres of wilderness and pass legislation like the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act. Click here for ways to give.
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) works to safeguard the earth—its people, its plants and animals, and the natural systems on which all life depends.​
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To support reproductive rights and sexual assault victims 
NARAL - http://www.naral.org/
Planned Parenthood – http://ppaction.org/ppdonate (in Mike Pence’s name)
The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network - https://donate.rainn.org
The Center for Reproductive Rights is the world’s foremost legal advocate for securing women’s access to quality reproductive health care. Donate here.
EMILY’s List is a political action committee that works to elect pro-choice Democratic women candidates to public office. Donate here, or find out how to how to run for office here.
NARAL Pro-Choice America is a political advocacy group focused on fighting for women’s reproductive rights and freedom. Click here to donate and here to volunteer.
The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV) advocates for victims and attempts to change policy surrounding domestic violence. Click here to donate.
National Organization for Women (NOW) is an activist organization, foundation and PAC that advocates for equal rights for women. Donate here, and look for volunteer programs, like clinic escorting, on your local chapter’s page.
The New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault lists a number of ongoing volunteer opportunities in childcare, community training, rape crisis counseling, and legal advocacy here.
Planned Parenthood is the country’s leading sexual and reproductive healthcare provider. Click here for nationwide volunteer opportunities (including as a clinic escort) and click here to donate. Local chapters also list more extensive volunteer opportunities, so take a look at your specific chapter (here’s New York’s page) for more.
Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN) is the country’s largest anti-sexual violence organization, which operates the National Sexual Assault Hotline (800-656-HOPE; online.rainn.org; rainn.org/es) and programs to help victims of sexual violence. Click here for information about how to volunteer for the hotline or in your community, and click here to donate.
The Reproductive Health Access Project is a non-profit that trains clinicians to make quality reproductive healthcare more accessible. Click here to donate. Running Start is another organization dedicated to educating young women and girls about the importance of politics, through the Young Women’s Political Leadership Program and various other fellowships and internships. Donate here.
Center for Reproductive Rights uses the law to advance reproductive freedom as a fundamental human right that all governments are legally obligated to protect, respect, and fulfill.
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Women In Politics 
National Women's Political Caucus - advocating for issues of women’s social and economic equality and reproductive freedom Donate here.
Emily's List- Very simply, we work to elect pro-choice Democratic women to office.  Donate here.
She Should Run is a non-profit that aims to get more women into elected leadership roles. You can donate here or anonymously ask a woman you knowto run for office.

To Support LGBTQ rights
Lambda Legal, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, is a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people http://www.lambdalegal.org
The Mazzoni Center offers healthcare services to LGBTQ population in Philadelphia, including trans clinical care services, walk-in HIV and STI testing, primary care, and addiction and recovery services. Donate here and find information about volunteer opportunities  here.
The Sylvia Rivera Law Project provides legal services specifically to low-income people and people of color who are transgender, intersex, or gender non-conforming. Click here to donate, and click here for to volunteer.
The Trevor Project offers the largest safe social networking community for LGBTQ youth, best practice suicide prevention educational trainings, resources for youth and adults, and advocacy initiatives.
QDEP (Queer Detainee Empowerment Project) - http://www.qdep.org/;
HIV Law Project - http://hivlawproject.org/

​Other groups:
The Boys & Girls Clubs of America offers enrichment programs and support for children when they’re not in school. Donate and learn about ways to volunteer here.Campaign Zero advocates for policy solutions to end police violence in America. Fill out this survey to learn how to get involved.
Center for Community Change We envision a nationwide social movement led by everyday people and inspired by the conviction that we can create a society in which everyone has enough to thrive and achieve their full potential.

To support gun control
Gabby Giffords organization, Americans for Responsible Solutions - https://americansforresponsiblesolutions.org/

Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America was created to demand action from legislators, state and federal; companies; and educational institutions to establish common-sense gun reforms. https://momsdemandaction.org
START is a free 24-session study course that you conduct on your own. Gather 8 or 10 friends together, study and discuss environmental, domestic, and world issues using the on-line readings, read and think about the world we want and how to get there, and then act.

Showing Up For Racial Justice www.surj.org
Robert Reich special post-election edition of Office Hours Live https://www.facebook.com/RBReich/videos/1368651946480731/)

10 ways to be kind. 

5 Ways to be a silent trump protestor 
  • Women
  • Healthcare
  • Climate
  • Public Lands
  • SCOTUS
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Articles on Admistration Misogyny 

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Actions:
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Women in Politics
National Women's Political Caucus -The National Women's Political Caucus is a pro-choice, multicultural, intergenerational, and multi-issue grassroots organization dedicated to increasing women’s participation in the political process and creating a true women’s political power base to achieve equality for all women.
EMILY’s List is a political action committee that works to elect pro-choice Democratic women candidates to public office. Donate here, or find out how to how to run for office here.
Running Start is  dedicated to educating young women and girls about the importance of politics, through the Young Women’s Political Leadership Program and various other fellowships and internships. Donate here.
She Should Run is a non-profit that aims to get more women into elected leadership roles. You can donate here or anonymously ask a woman you knowto run for office.

Womens Empowerment
AAUW http://www.aauw.org  Advancing Equity for Women through advocacy, education, philanthropy and research
National Organization for Women (NOW) is an activist organization, foundation and PAC that advocates for equal rights for women. Donate here, and look for volunteer programs, like clinic escorting, on your local chapter’s page.
Zonta International Empowering Women through Service and Advocacy since 1919

Equal Pay
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Reproductive Rights:
Planned Parenthood is the country’s leading sexual and reproductive healthcare provider. Click here for nationwide volunteer opportunities (including as a clinic escort) and click here to donate. Local chapters also list more extensive volunteer opportunities, so take a look at your specific chapter (here’s New York’s page) for more.
NARAL Pro-Choice America is a political advocacy group focused on fighting for women’s reproductive rights and freedom. Click here to donate and here to volunteer.
Center for Reproductive Rights uses the law to advance reproductive freedom as a fundamental human right that all governments are legally obligated to protect, respect, and fulfill.
The Reproductive Health Access Project is a non-profit that trains clinicians to make quality reproductive healthcare more accessible. Click here to donate. ​

Gender Equality
UltraViolet is an online community of over 550,000 women and men who want to take collective action to expose and fight sexism in the public sector, private sector and the media.  Find out more at WeAreUltraViolet.org

Equal Rights Amendment
http://www.equalrightsamendment.org
Trump on Roe V. Wade 60 minutes
Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence
Sexual Assault -Domestic Violence Resources  - Link
Campus Rape  KnowyourIX   activism on campus
SurvJustice SurvJustice is a national not-for-profit organization that increases the prospect of justice for all survivors of sexual violence through legal assistance, policy advocacy, and institutional training.
ZontaSaysNO-  Say NO to violence against women and girls
Obamacare/Affordable Care Act
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/15/upshot/why-keeping-only-the-popular-parts-of-obamacare-wont-work.html
https://www.donaldjtrump.com/positions/healthcare-reform
http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/11/politics/donald-trump-obamacare-interview/index.html

Healthcare reform advocacy groups
Medicare
Not Just Obamacare: Medicaid, Medicare Also On GOP’s Chopping Block - Huff Post
​The Medicare Killers -Opinion NYTimes

​Paul Ryan is determined to gut Medicare. This time he might succeedwww.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-hiltzik-medicare-ryan-20161114-story.html
Disabilities
www.disability.gov support for people with disabilities
National Center on Disability and Journalism  Resource list
Mental Health
Enabling oil extraction and building pipelines is at the Top of the 100 Day agenda.
Pulling out of the Paris Climate Agreement- Grist
Ideas of Action:
​How to fight for the climate 
10 Ideas for where to donate with high impact 
Climate news and  Articles:
Grist.org
​Military Leaders Urg Trump to see Climate as Security Threat
The Sightline Institute
Open Letter on climate change 376 National Academy Scientists
Environmental Defense Fund Links science, economics, and law to create innovative, equitable, and cost- effective solutions to the most urgent environmental problems.
Union of Concerned Scientists The Union of Concerned Scientists puts rigorous, independent science to work to solve our planet's most pressing problems
EarthJustice is the largest nonprofit environmental law organization in the country, working to protect wildlife, for healthy communities, and for cleaner energy options.  Donate here, and sign up for action alerts here.
The Sierra Club Foundation is the largest grassroots environmental organization in the county, and works to protect millions of acres of wilderness and pass legislation like the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act. Click here for ways to give.
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) works to safeguard the earth—its people, its plants and animals, and the natural systems on which all life depends.
350.org
Greenpeace
Center for Biological Diversity
Environmental working Group
Friends of the Earth
Rainforest Alliance
Ocean Conservancy
Earth Island Institute
High on the republican agenda was to remove public lands from public use. 
What Happens to our National Lands under Trump? - Daily Kos
Protectyourlands.org

https://medium.com/westwise/one-of-trumps-top-candidates-for-interior-secretary-has-a-history-of-selling-parks-to-her-campaign-947a8024dc79#.ax554bbzd​
  • Safety
  • Ally
  • Immigration
  • Fake News/Press
  • Voter Suppression
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The Incredible Reason You Might Start Seeing Safety Pins Everywherehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/safety-pin-trump-brexit_us_58251b53e4b0c4b63b0c11a9
So You Want to Wear a Safety PinBut don’t do it without a plan - Isobel Debrujah
​https://isobeldebrujah.wordpress.com/2016/11/12/so-you-want-to-wear-a-safety-pin/

Responding-hate-and-bias-school tolerance.org
how-to-easily-be-a-white-ally-to-marginalized-communities-fb0ff326e7ac

How to Change Hearts and Minds:  a few simple steps to having real dialog.
How to change a mind and heart. One person at a time:
I met with a group yesterday, and we had a conversation about how to draw people from their hatred and bias into a real conversation. This article really helps me  
https://captainawkward.com/…/guest-post-a-post-election-gu…/
In summary: 
1. Evaluate if you have influence with this person
2. Find and express a shared Value
3. Make yourself vulnerable
4. Share a personal Story  
5. talk about the "targets" feelings, show compassion.
6. Change the subject and connect on something mutual. Seal the bond.
http://everydayfeminism.com/2013/11/things-allies-need-to-know/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWd1lOb6Vok&feature=youtu.be
https://www.donaldjtrump.com/policies/immigration
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/11/14/top-trump-immigration-adviser-predicts-immediate-change.html​
Emanuel joins the mayors of New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Philadelphia and others who all have said their sanctuary city policies will remain in place.mayor-rahm-emanuel-chicago-always-will-be-a-sanctuary-city
Border Angels is an all-volunteer non-profit that advocates for immigration reform and social justice focusing on the U.S.-Mexico border. It offers educational and awareness programs and migrant outreach programs to San Diego County’s immigrant population. 

The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA) is an advocacy and organizing group focusing on achieving human, civil, and labor rights for immigrants. 
The National Immigration Law Center is dedicated to fighting for the rights of low-income immigrants through litigation, policy analysis and advocacy, and various other methods. Donate or learn how you can attend a local training here.
The National Immigration Forum is another leading immigrant advocacy group that offers various programs to integrate immigrants into the workforce and obtain citizenship. Donate here. 
The Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights works to protect the best interests of children who come to the U.S. on their own. Donate here or learn about how you can volunteer as a Child Advocate in Chicago, New York, Houston, and Washington D.C. here.
The International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) organizes law students and lawyers to develop and enforce a set of legal and human rights for refugees and displaced persons. Mobilizing direct legal aid and systemic policy advocacy, IRAP serves the world’s most persecuted individuals and empowers the next generation of human rights leaders.
Movimiento Cosecha We are fighting for permanent protection, dignity and respect for our migrant community.
Stop Spreading Fake News. Here's Wikipedia's list of Fake news sites
On the Media:
MediaMatters
On the Media Show

Keep it Real
Fake Web Sites  Clickbait scam sites
Snopes
​FactCheck.org

Fake news on Facebook- Fake news was shared more than real news on Facebook in the last 3 months of the election.

How Fake news Spreads  NYT

http://www.monbiot.com/2016/12/01/the-misinformation-machine/

How the press has abandoned facts, even when they think they havent https://www.currentaffairs.org/2016/12/the-necessity-of-credibility
Echo chambers
How do we resist the echo chamber that is Facebook? How do we filter all the garbage news stories and clickbait headlines and get to what is real?  WSJ blue-feed-red-feed  see Liberal and Conservative Facebook Side by Side

Here's How to Break the Chains of Facebook's Algorithm and Get Both Sides of the Political DebatePop the bubble. Take control.KANYAKRIT VONGKIATKAJORN
social-media-news-facebook-algorithm-we-voters


A third of pro-Trump tweets are generated by botstwitter-bots-donald-trump-hillary-clinton  - Money.cnn

http://iue.libguides.com/fakenews
  • Advocacy Training
  • Bigotry/Racism
  • Civil Rights 
  • Religion
  • LGBTQ
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TED Ed content- Citizen University founder Eric Liu 
"We live in an age of protest. On campuses, in public squares, on streets and social media, protestors around the world are challenging the status quo. But while protest is often necessary, is it sufficient? Eric Liu outlines three strategies for peacefully turning awareness into action and protest into durable political power. "    1. Expand the frame of the possible  2. Choose a defining fight  3. Find an early win.  Full lesson http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-to-turn-protest-into-powerful-change-eric-liu
Some great Advocacy Training Resources that Local Pantsuit chapters can use.
​Organizing for Action -Obama Campaign (OFA)  Manuals
unicef_advocacy_toolkit.pdf
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Activism Agreements to borrow


How to call your reps when you have social anxiety
How to Respond to Everyday Bigotry-  Downloadable  speak-responding-everyday
How to Respond to Trump Bigotry  - The Cinemax Theory of Racism 
Ten-ways-fight-hate-community-response-guide  -Southern Poverty Law Center
Ten Ways to Fight Hate - SPLC
Black Lives Matter Syllabus - to be used with proper attribution to Frank Leon Roberts NYU per his website 
Tools: 
http://maeril.tumblr.com/…/hi-everyone-this-is-an-illustrat…
Responding-hate-and-bias-school tolerance.org

Reading: 
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sarah-milstein/5-ways-white-feminists-can-address-our-own-racism_b_3955065.html
The American Civil Liberties Union works to defend individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution. Donate here.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) works to promote the civil rights of people of color and to eliminate race-based discrimination. Donate here, and find your local chapter for more ways to get involved here.
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund fights for racial justice through litigation, advocacy and education. Donate and learn about ways to get involved here.
The Southern Poverty Law Center fights hate groups and bigotry using education, litigation, and advocacy. Donate here.
Black Youth Project 100 will examine the attitudes, resources, and culture of the young, urban black millennial, exploring how these factors and others influence their decision-making, norms, and behavior in critical domains such as sex, health, and politics.
Center for Community Change We envision a nationwide social movement led by everyday people and inspired by the conviction that we can create a society in which everyone has enough to thrive and achieve their full potential.
Black Lives Matter
Organizations working to protect civil rights in the US 
​Human Rights Watch https://www.hrw.org
American Civil Liberties Union
Anti-Defamation League
Southern Poverty Law Center
Freedom House​
Equal Justice Society 
11-18-16  The Trump Era is Already a Disaster for Civil Rights - New Republic

Www.civilrights.org  - 
Where to report Civil rights violations
In the United States, the religious civil liberties are guaranteed by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Groups for Freedom of Religion
Americans United for Separation of Church and state
Muslim Registration
​Muslim registry proposal details 
Other Religions
Religious Freedom under a Trump Administration - Pagan  Heather Greene Wildhunt
The Anti-Defamation League was founded in 1913 to “stop the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment to all.” Today, it fights against anti-semitism and bigotry as one of the largest civil rights organizations in the country.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is the country’s largest Muslim civil liberties organization. Donate here or find your local chapter here.
Muslim Advocates https://www.muslimadvocates.org

MPower Change is a grassroots movement rooted in diverse Muslim communities throughout the United States who are working together to build social, spiritual, racial and economic justice for all people.
Trump says he's 'fine' with legalization of same-sex marriage  - but his court may differ (see SCOTUS)

PFLAG
Transrelief Project 

GLAAD
The Mazzoni Center offers healthcare services to LGBTQ population in Philadelphia, including trans clinical care services, walk-in HIV and STI testing, primary care, and addiction and recovery services. Donate here and find information about volunteer opportunities here. 
The Sylvia Rivera Law Project provides legal services specifically to low-income people and people of color who are transgender, intersex, or gender non-conforming. Click here to donate, and click here for to volunteer.
The Trevor Project offers the largest safe social networking community for LGBTQ youth, best practice suicide prevention educational trainings, resources for youth and adults, and advocacy initiatives.
Lambda Legal, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, is a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people more here 

Demagogues/Authoritarianism

  • Voting/Gerrymandering
  • History/Authoritarianism/Fascism
  • NOT NORMAL
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Organizations that Inform and Register Voters
League of Women Voters
League of Conservation Voters
Bus Project  Registering Youth
WA Bus project

The Election Project  
Fairvote  http://www.fairvote.org

Sister District We Pair Red Districts With Blue Districts for a Bluer Tomorrow.

Brand New Congress
Brand New Congress is a plan to recruit and run 400+ candidates for Congress in 2018.
BRANDNEWCONGRESS.ORG

The Democratic Party
The Green Party
Our Revolution
Voter Turnout information
Turnout by State http://www.electproject.org/home/voter-turnout/voter-turnout-data

A lot of nonvoters are mad at the election results. If only there were something they could have done! 

Redistricting Information
http://www.electproject.org/redistricting​

Podcast: iTunes Link Gerrymandering: Tilting Elections - David Daley
Gerrymandering districts  
2016 Gerrymandering  - The Atlantic Video 
​Gerrymandering Explained  Video- WA Post(image below) 
Lawsuit that could end Gerrymandering  - Common Cause
Fascism can't be stopped by fact-checking - The Christian CenturyI continue to be struck by this quote from Hannah Arendt in The Origins of Totalitarianism: 
 “This method [of infallible prediction] is foolproof only after the movements have seized power. Then all debate about the truth or falsity of a totalitarian dictator’s prediction is as weird as arguing with a potential murderer about whether his future victim is dead or alive – since by killing the person in question the murderer can promptly provide proof of the correctness of his statement. The only valid argument under such conditions is promptly to rescue the person whose death is predicted. Before mass leaders seize the power to fit reality to their lies, their propaganda is marked by its extreme contempt for facts as such, for in their opinion fact depends entirely on the power of man who can fabricate it…In other words, the method of infallible prediction, more than any other totalitarian propaganda device, betrays its ultimate goal of world conquest, since only in a world completely under his control could the totalitarian ruler possibly realize all his lies and make true all his prophecies.” 
Hitler/Mussolini/Berlusconi Analogies
Hitler NY Times  Underestimated ​-Snopes
Is Trump a Fascist?  - Slate Issac Chotiner
The Right Way to Resist Trump- Italian perspective NYTimes opinion

We’re heading into dark times. This is how to be your own light in the Age of Trump  -Sarah KENDZIOR

Japanese Internment Camps
1942 All Over Again?www.nytimes.com/2016/11/18/opinion/1942-all-over-again.html? 
"Rather than Hitler or Mussolini, Trump’s most dangerous parallels are Marine Le Pen, Geert Wilders and Frauke Petry. Like Trump, each of them has developed a uniquely 21st-century strategy for gaining power, doing away with the old fascist markers that have long been marginal forces in Europe. Those of us looking to challenge Trump and his ilk need to pay attention to these innovations."  trump-won-us-election-progressives

Umberto Eco Makes a List of the 14 Common Features of Fascism        OpenCulture
​Hitler - The press in the Third Reich

WHAT AMERICANS AGAINST TRUMP CAN LEARN FROM THE FAILURES OF THE ISRAELI OPPOSITION - New Yorker
  • Media- Press Coverage
  • Report Hate
  • Muslim Registration
  • Inspiration
  • Other Groups
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A Strong Independent Media is Essential for a Functional Democracy - Subscribe to your favorite news source!  We need them vibrant and strong.
 Media Matters
Propublica, an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. www.propublica.org.
​Miss Representation- portrayal of women in the media
Free Press.net
http://fair.org​
Traditional Media:  Strong papers with reasonably balanced reporting
Washington Post
New York Times
The Guardian
The LA Times
Progressive News Sources
The Daily Kos
MSNBC
Grist.org
Huffington Post
Common Dreams
​Rewire http://rewire.news/pitching-guidelines/

​How Liberal or Conservative is your news? /what-your-preferred-news-outlet-says-about-your-political-ideology-2014-10
Media and Politics at Harvard Kennedy School of Government
Public Affairs Television has a comprehensive list of Media Resources 
Report a Hate Crime:
1. FBI
2. Local Law Enforcement
3. Southern Poverty Law Center Hate Tracker
4.  http://whywereafraid.com​
Hate Crime Info
Hate Groups in the USA
 Facebook Album of Hate posts
​Blog of Hate Events

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Muslim Registration
​Muslim registry proposal details 
Advice from PN PLEASE know that: 
(1) You will not able to  sign up. Trump's team is looking at reactivating the Bush-era NSEERS registry, which operates based on national origin. So unless you are a visitor or immigrant from one of the countries that the Trump administration lists,  you CAN'T "register" yourself.
(2) Keep in mind that this isn't a purely right-wing/Republican issue. President Obama left NSEERS in place for his first few years in office, but he also left the regulation that created NSEERS intact until this day. All that the Trump administration has to do when he enters office is pick a new list of countries to target. 
(3) A "Muslim registry" will probably happen. This is just the reality of the situation. NSEERS is still alive and well, just dormant. Trump has already picked Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions as his Attorney General. The AG designates the listed countries under NSEERS. 
What people can do is:
(1) Find and support pro bono legal services organizations, especially immigration focused ones, because people will probably have to register and comply with very specific requirements (i.e. phone in once a month) or face deportation.
Lawyer friends, consider volunteering more, or at least helping to spread information on registration requirements. After 9/11, while NSEERS did not achieve a SINGLE terrorism-related conviction, it DID lead to the deportation of thousands of males from Arab/Muslim countries for failure to understand and comply with all the rules of NSEERS.
Progressive Groups
Organizing for America
the Democratic Party
Moveon.org
US PIRG
Common dreams has 100's of organizations listed here with their special focus
Start guide: Collected here are names and brief descriptions of approximately 500 leading organizations in the United States working for progressive change on a national level, grouped into categories that roughly describe the main focus of their work, with links to their websites. http://www.startguide.org/orgs/orgs00.html
  • Civics Education
  • Engage and Persuade
  • Bannon Alt-Right
  • Boycott
  • Hashtags
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Research says there are ways to reduce racial bias. Calling people racist isn’t one of them.

How to Change Hearts and Minds

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/11/11/opinion/glenn-beck-dont-move-to-canada-talk-to-the-other-side.html?

Infographic: https://blog.kissmetrics.com/storytelling-engage-persuade/​
Friends, let's seek a tactical victory this week. Let's try to stop the Bannonappointment. Presidents have had to back down before, for comparatively minor reasons. (Some of us are old enough to remember Zoe Baird and Kimba Wood, Bill Clinton's two AG appointments, who had to withdraw for failing to pay Social Security taxes.) Let's not assume this is a done deal.
Let's do what we can to stop this. I have enclosed a list of actions below. Please feel free to add to this, especially those of you with organizing experience...
  1.  If you live in the US, CALL ( don't email) your Representatives and Senators and tell them this is unacceptable.
  2.  Paul Ryan is feigning ignorance again. Call his office at (202) 225-3031 and let him know that this is not ok. Same with Majority Leader McConnell, (202) 224-2541.
  3.  Call out the media when they report the Bannon appointment as a straight news story or refer to him as a "Breitbart executive" or a "provocateur," but don't call him what he is: a white supremacist, anti-semite, misogynist. Don't let them normalize.
  4.  Where protests are ongoing, make this the focus, with signs, chants, etc. Next week we can turn out attention to other things. But for now let's focus like a laser on this.
  5.  Let's get religious groups on board; maybe even mainstream business groups, like the Chamber of Commerce (202-659-6000).
  6. Contact other people of influence--College presidents, high-profile coaches and anyone else who has a public megaphone.
We can do this. #stopbannon
Who is Stephen Bannon
What is the Alt-Right
http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/trailguide/la-na-trailguide-updates-what-is-the-alt-right-a-refresher-1479169663-htmlstory.html

NPR Audio Interview
www.npr.org/2016/11/17/502476139/were-not-going-away-alt-right-leader-on-voice-in-trump-administration 
#pantsuitnation
#imwithher
#notthenewnormal
#Staywoke
​#lovewins
#lovetrumpshate
​#nowwerise
#strongertogether
#notohate
#notodivision
​#notowalls
#notoracism
#stophatecrimes
#notoextremism
​#hatecrime
#StopBannon
​#notmypresident
#RemoveBannon
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The USA Voters and how Voting Works

  • Russia Interference
  • US Voter Info
  • Electoral College
  • Civics Education
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Voices of Trump Voters
​https://www.revealnews.org/episodes/a-frank-conversation-with-a-white-nationalist/
Great HBR Article on the Working Class
https://hbr.org/2016/11/what-so-many-people-dont-get-about-the-u-s-working-class
Analysis and Date of US Voters in 2016
​The Pew organization argues that it is not about the Poor, but about the middle class, and the feeling that they have been abandoned by both parties. Worth a read  http://www.people-press.org/.../a-divided-and.../
dalai-lama-behind-our-anxiety-the-fear-of-being-unneeded.html
trust-me Freakonomics  Societies where people trust one another are healthier and wealthier. In the U.S. (and the U.K. and elsewhere), social trust has been falling for decades — in part because our populations are more diverse. What can we do to fix it?

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Popular Vote
11-16-16  1week out and Hilary is winning the popular vote by more than 1 million votes and growing   Clinton is now winning roughly 47.8 percent of the vote

The Electoral College Was Meant to Stop Men Like Trump From Being President  - the Atlantic  11-21-16

How the electoral college gerrymanders the presidential vote  Washington Post 11-29-16
The Electoral College was put in by the founders to protect the Democracy 
How The Electoral College  became winner take all  

But it has differed from the popular vote.
There are petitions circulating about changing votes in the electoral college.  It might be more effective to contact the electors in your state directly:  Here is the link of electors' names: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/list-who-will-cast-a-formal-vote-for-president-2016-231235
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Resources for Kids/Families
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Resources for Kids/Families

At home
What I'm telling my Brown Son

Songs for Strong girls Here are some great songs to get your superheroes rising and shining with empowerment. (disclaimer: listen to make sure it's "parent approved" for your home first) :
Fight Song - Rachel Platten 
Girl on Fire - Alicia Keys  
Respect - Aretha Franklin
Roar - Katy Perry  
Run the World - Beyonce  
Try - Colbie Callat  
Brave - Sara Bareilles  
Just A Girl - No Doubt  
Can't Hold Us Back - Christina Aguilera and Lil Kim

The 2016 Election

Re-organizing, Pardon our mess!

Advocacy

Training: Self Paced Toolkit on Effective Community Action  http://www.communityactionkit.org/index.cfm?pageid=909

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