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Resources and tools that people can use to organize, resist, and advocate for change.

For information on responding to and reporting hate crimes, see our Crisis Resources page.

Find resources here to help you get started in the resistance movement.

Americans of Conscience Action Worksheet: make a plan for your activism

Volunteering

See also Organizations Looking for Volunteers.

Tips

Senators and Representatives

Check out this guide to every member of the 115th Congress.

Contacting Congress includes information on each rep, as well as committee assignments and contact info.

Phone

Call US Senators and Representatives: tel:(844)872-0234, or through CallGov, a web interface.

5 Calls: a website and mobile app with a constantly updated list of issues, including explanations and call scripts. The app uses your zip code to show you who to call.

Agitatr: an app that dials your reps and provides call scripts all in one place.

Call Your Reps, a free iPhone app

Dial Congress: a Chrome app that displays reps' and senators' phone numbers when you hover over their names in articles online

Legi-Share: a Google Chrome extension that instantly displays your congressional members' contact information and lets you comment and share information with them quickly

The Loyal Opposition provides all the local phone numbers of your representatives.

The Payback Project is a tool for, among other things, helping you contact the reps who voted to approve the AHCA.

The 65 offers scripts for more than a dozen issues in the progressive agenda. They suggest a weekly call-to-action.

Fax/Mail

Online

Find out what to do if your member of Congress has blocked you online.

In Person See Upcoming Events and Opportunities for information on upcoming town halls and other events featuring your members of Congress.

Herd on the Hill: DC residents will get your message to Congress in person

White House

Tracking Trump and Congress

Scripts and Alerts

Other Officials

Guides for Organizing

See also Resources For Organizers, organizations offering activism training, and readings on building movements and organizing.

Issue Guides

See also the How You Can Resist sections in the policy pages for specific actions related to the issues. Social Justice/General

Disability Justice

Environmental Justice

Healthcare

Stop TrumpCare, everything you need to stop Trumpcare from Indivisible

TrumpCare Ten, information on the ten senators whose votes are most needed to stop Trumpcare

TrumpCare Toolkit

Our Amendments: submit an amendment to Trumpcare, which could slow down the process of passing the bill

See how your senator is planning to vote here.

Find contact information for your senators' healthcare staffers and information on the bill's impact in your state here.

Immigrant Rights

LGBTQ+ Issues

Reproductive Justice

Racial Justice See also Intervening to Stop Everyday Injustices, above. Syllabi and book lists for understanding the history of racism in American be found in Essential Readings.

Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence

Breakthrough Campus Organizing Guide, focused on ending gender-based violence on campus

End the Rape Statute of Limitations—information on starting a campaign in your state

Policing

Mapping and Analyzing the Schoolhouse to Jailhouse Track: a comprehensive action kit for communities to collect and analyze school discipline policies and practices, and to create caring learning environments that push students toward colleges and careers, rather than prison

A Troublemaker's Guide: Principles for Racial Justice Activists in the Face of State Repression—a guide to the history of state suppression of racial justice movements and to resisting it.

Town Hall Guides (meeting your reps in person)

Talking to Others About the Issues

Hearing the Other Side

Secure Ways of Leaking to the Press

Communications Platforms

See Digital Security for more information.

Cell 411, an app for issuing mobile alerts—iOS and Google

Dust, an app for disappearing text messages and photos that is similar in some ways to Snapchat

Guerrilla Mail, disposable temporary e-mail addresses

WDTM Platform: An organizing, communication, and project management tool for action groups

Wire, fully encrypted end-to-end alternative to Skype for every platform (desktop & mobile)

Whisper Systems, secure messaging

Working with the Media

Media Literacy

Also check out Digital Security and Media Normalization

Resistance News

This section includes news sources just on the resistance—this is not meant to be a list of nonbiased or endorsed general news sources!

See Upcoming Events/Opportunities and your state page for protest listings.

How to Protest

Protester Safety

Boycotts

Banking

General

Get Involved with Campaigns

See also Elections

Training to Run for Office

See also the Bustle article How to Run for Office for the First Time.

Political/Leadership Training

For Federal Employees

For Journalists and Writers

Guides to Bias-Free Language

Coverage and Journalism Tips

For Lawyers

Pro Bono Opportunities See Crisis Resources and Organizations Working for Justice and Equity for more organizations that may be looking for pro bono help.

For Librarians

For Organizers

See also Guides for Organizing, above.

For Religious Leaders

For Teachers

For syllabi generally, see Essential Readings .

For Tech/Data People

Donating

While there are tons of ways to get involved in the resistance without donating money, if you do want to donate or are willing to pay for resistance-related resources, the links below may be useful. See also Organizations Working for Justice and Equity for organizations that may be accepting donations.

Helping Others

Political Donations

It Starts Today: subscribe to contribute monthly to Democratic candidates' campaign funds

Swing Left District Funds: donate to candidates who are running against reps who voted for AHCA

Resistance Resources and Services

Safety Pin Box: a monthly subscription box for white people striving to be allies in the fight for Black Liberation

See also Essential Readings and Resources for Teachers.

Podcasts

Videos