No Kings Protest October 18th

 

How can you make a difference right now?

Going to your nearest No Kings Protest Saturday

Find your local protest here https://www.nokings.org/#map

While going to a No Kings Protest is important, for some of us, it is just not possible to do so. 

You can still help even if you can't physically make it to the protest on Saturday. 

Here is a list of 33 other actions you could do to make a difference.

1. Sharing info about the No Kings Protest with others
2. Sharing with others why No Kings Protests are important to you
3. Sharing with friends and family what issues you care deeply about 
4. Attending a Know Your Rights Training
5. Make whistle kits to alert neighbors when ICE agents are nearby
6. Distribute Know Your Rights Cards to those who might need them
7. If you own a Little Library include know your rights cards and whistles
8. Joining Red Wine and Blue or sending letters through Vote Forward 
9. Supporting free speech/Supporting a free press
10. Sharing your own families immigration story with others
11. Documenting/Sharing photos or video of what is happening in your community
12. If you are a writer, writing poems, blog posts, letters, social media posts
13. If you are an visual artist, making art (e,g, Melting Democracy Ice Sculpture) 
14. If you are a singer or song writer, writing protest anthems
15. If you are a historian, helping put what is happening into context for others
16. Following Heather Cox Richardson on social media or subscribe for her daily letter
17. Keeping a journal about what is happening for future historians
18. Refreshing your basic Spanish language skills
19. Walking around in wonderfully ridiculous blow up costumes
20. Being out in your community (the more people the harder it is for ICE to disappear people)
21. Writing, calling, or emailing your elected officials
22. Keeping your elected officials accountable for their actions/votes
23. Attending community meetings and speaking up about what matters to you
24. Supporting independent journalism
25. Donating money, time, or material goods to causes you care about
26. Offering to do errands/chores if someone does not feel safe doing so
27. Dreaming up what you want the future to look like
28. Find a local election you care about and volunteer to get the word out about it
29. Read the US Constitution
30. Finding community to support you so you don't feel isolated or alone in the work
31. Making "Good Trouble"
32. Taking care of yourself so that you are better able to care for your community
33. Remembering none of us is alone in having mental health struggles right now