Below are a list of ways you can make a difference today! All things below can be individually done in less than 5 minutes or in your next shopping trip. If you know of more actions that should be promoted please email theresponsibleconsumer1@gmail.com.
Exciting Campaigns to Start Locally
Get Action Alerts
Phone Call Campaigns
Read/Listen/Watch
Responsible Consumerism
Active Petitions
Email Campaigns
Twitter Actions
Letter Campaign
Open Comment Periods on Important Decisions/Legislation
Take a Pledge
Creative Ways to Defund Hate and Misinformation in Less than 5 Mins
Divestment
Sign up for a Training
Hotlines and Reporting
Join an Action Team
Humanitarian Crisis that Need Donations Today
Resources for Beginning Actions
Exciting Campaigns to Start Locally
- The American Anti Corruption Act
- Read about organizing an Anti Corruption Act for your local city or town
- Impeach Trump Campaigns
- Local campaigns to persuade Congress to investigate and impeach Trump
- Sanctuary Cities
- Read about organizing for your local city or town to be a Sanctuary City
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Resources to create sanctuary spaces on campuses
- Start a local Indivisible Chapter
- Start a local grassroots resistance chapter to fight Trump and the GOP agenda
- Missing Members of Congress Action Plan
- Indivisible Guide
- Organizing for Action: Congressional Recess Toolkit
- Guide how to organize for town hall meetings
- Town Hall Project
- Find the nearest town hall hosted by your member of congress (MOC), MOC office location and hours, and events your MOC is attending to voice your concern
- Start a local grassroots resistance chapter to fight Trump and the GOP agenda
- Read about organizing for your local city or town to be a Sanctuary City
- Sister District Project
- For people who live in non-contestable districts but what to find the nearest contestable district to help in the next election
- Swing Left
- Find the nearest swing district (GOP House of Representative state district that barely won in 2016) and join an action team to help turn that district blue.
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Get Action Alerts
- 10 ACTIONS / 100 DAYS
- Women’s March list of actions they will send out every ten days
- 5 Calls
- Receive a list of 5 daily calls to make to fight for progressive values
- Countable
- Get clear, concise summaries of bills going through Congress, see what others think, then take action.
- Daily Action
- Receive daily action alerts about political phone campaigns and if interested get instantly connected to your state politicians to voice your concern
- Fourteen 61
- sends you an action you can take in 5 minutes or less each day to resist Trumpism
- Jennifer Hofmann Blog
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Weekly action checklist for Democrats, Independents, and Republicans of conscience
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- People Demand Action
- Site full of petition, phone, letter, email and twitter campaigns
- Wall of Us
- Four Concrete acts of resistance delivered to your inbox each week
Phone Call Campaigns
- White House Comment Line
- Text your US postal address to (520) 200-2223 and get a text back with your state & federal legislative rep phone numbers
- or go to CallOutTrump with your phone
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House Bill 356 and Senate Bill 27 were filed by Dems to investigate Russian interference in the election. The bills are stuck in their committees. CALL NOW and insist that they move forward!
House Foreign Affairs Committee – (202) 225-5021
Senate Rules & Administration Committee – (202) 224-6532 - Call Jason Chaffetz and let him know that he must pursue the investigation of the Trump camp with Russia: here’s the phone number of his committee: 202 225 7751. They are getting so many calls that there’s a special line (press 1) for Trump-related calls
- All Trump Appointments
- How To Call Your Representative About Donald Trump’s Refugee Ban
- Indivisible Guide: US Senators on Muslim Ban
- PDAction Phone campaigns (Will link your phone with your congress rep)
- Call Your U.S. Senator to stand with Planned Parenthood
- White House Inc
- Phone call your representatives to express your support for Syrian refugee funding
- Phone call your representatives to express your support to accept more Syrian refugees
- 5Calls
- Receive a list of 5 daily calls to make to fight for progressive values
Daily Action
Receive daily action alerts about political phone campaigns and if interested get instantly connected to your state politicians to voice your concern- All you have to do is text the word DAILY to the number 228466 (A-C-T-I-O-N). You’ll be prompted to enter your ZIP code and that’s it—you’re signed up. You will subsequently receive one text message every workday about an issue that we have determined to be urgent based on where you live. You tap on the phone number in your message, listen to a short recording about that day’s issue, and from there you’ll be automatically routed to your Senator, member of Congress, or other relevant elected official. In 90 seconds, you can conscientiously object and be done with it.
*NY Times, “Heres Why You Should Call Not Email Your Legislators”
Read/Listen/Watch
Read
Ways to Become an Activist
- 10 Ways to Become a Permanent Activist
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The Simple Psychological Trick to Political Persuasion
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Read about “Moral Reframing” to help persuade people on other political sides
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- What Psychology Teaches Us About Opposing an Unpopular President
- Read about what politicians and citizens can do to resist this powerful but unpopular regime, to ensure majority sentiment is represented.
Guides to Opposing the Trump and GOP Agenda
- Indivisible Guide
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A practical guide for resisting the Trump agenda written by former congressional staffers reveal best practices for making Congress listen
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- Resistance Manual
- A collective information sharing where anyone can contribute about current politics and ways to resist by the Stay Woke
- What Do I Do About Trump?
- Comprehensive website with actions, information and resources around resisting Trump’s Agenda
- #DisruptJ20 A guide on how to distrupt and what it looks like
- Guide of resources, trainings, and structures used to disrupted the 2017 inauguration
- Organizing for Action: Congressional Recess Toolkit
- Guide how to organize for town hall meetings
- ACLU: Know Your Rights
- A list of resources regarding your rights in multiple scenarios, compiled by the ACLU. (Some resources in Spanish and English.)
- ACLU’s 7-Point Plan of Action to Take on the Trump Administration
- How to help ACLU’s legal plan to take on Trump
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The ACLU’s Constitutional Analysis of the Public Statements and Policy Proposals of Donald Trump
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Radical Teacher guide to teaching about social justice in the Trump era
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Counter Act: Knock, Knock, Knockin’ on the Senate’s Doors
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Guide to visiting your members of congress
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Be the Change: Six Disabled Activists On Why the Resistance Must Be Accessible
Ways to Organize Non Violent Resistance
- 26 Ways to Be in the Struggle Beyond the Streets
- List to celebrate all the ways that our communities can engage in liberation
- Albert Einstein Institute “198 Methods of Nonviolent Action”
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Jamila Raqib – The Secret to Effective Nonviolent Resistance
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- Nonviolent Struggle: 50 Crucial Points
- A strategic approach to non violent organizing
Listen
- Itunes: Indivisible Guide Audio Book (Free)
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A practical guide for resisting the Trump agenda written by Former congressional staffers reveal best practices for making Congress listen
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- Podcast: Indivisible
- Indivisible is public radio’s national conversation about America in a time of change
- Podcasts & Feeds: Democracy Now
- Democracy Now! is a national, daily, independent, award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
Watch
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PBS: Divided States of America
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FRONTLINE investigates the partisanship that gridlocked Washington in the Obama era, and the polarized America that Donald Trump inherits as president.
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- PBS: President Trump
- An examination of the key moments that shaped President-elect Donald Trump
- PBS: Black America Since MLK
- Examines the last five decades of African American history since the major civil rights victories and how it shaped the US racial structure today
- Responsible Consumer: 2016-7 Significant Videos and Speeches
Follow Tweets by Government Agencies Resisting
Responsible Consumerism
The Responsible Consumer Shopping Guide
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Active Petitions
Animal Rights
- Ban angora rabbit farming and the trading of their wool
- Urge SeaWorld to Send Orcas to Sea Sanctuaries and Stop the Use of All Animals
Assault & Harassment
- RAINN Calls on Next President and Congress to End Sexual Violence, Starts National Petition
- Tell NY Governor Cuomo to pass the Child Victims Act
- Remove Judge Thomas Estes from the bench for letting “David the Rapist” walk free
Food Systems
- Demand Tyson Foods Adopt a Responsible Food Policy
- Call Out The Laggards Who Refuse to Take Action to Cut Conflict Palm Oil!
- Join ASPCA’s petition against Ag-Gag legislation that silence and prosecute whistleblowers exposing injustice on industrial ag farms
Environment Justice
- Tell Banks Funding Dakota Access Pipeline to Stop Ignoring Water Protectors
- Sign Petition to Stop Maryland Retailers from selling Bee-Killing plants
- Tell Smithsonian Institution to switch to recycled paper for Smithsonian Magazine.
- Amazon.com: Time to Act on Climate Change
- Tell FERC: Stop Approving Extreme Energy Extraction
- Take Action to END Amazon Crude Oil
- Tell ExxonMobil to Stop Discrediting Climate Science
- Stop the Monsanto-Bayer Merger!
- End the violence, stop the Agua Zarca dam
- El Nino and Climate Change: Stop The Hunger
GMO
- Smucker’s: Remove GMOs and Go Organic
- Stop GE Wheat
- Tell Dean Foods and Land O’Lakes We Want Better Butter: No More GMO Dairy!
- Tell Kraft to Remove GMOs from Miracle Whip
- Tell Starbucks: Serve Only Organic, Non-GMO Milk
Government Reform
- Demand Jason Chaffetz & Congress Investigate Trump
- Tell Leader Schumer and all Senate Democrats: Block any Supreme Court nominee who won’t stand up for progressive values and the people most threatened by Trump’s dangerous agenda.
- White House Petition: Release Trump’s tax returns:
- White House Petition: Divest Trumps Business Conflicts of Interest:
- Tell Congress: Rescind Trump’s racist and xenophobic Muslim ban
- Trump Appointments
- Sign this petition to email the politicians attacking America’s first statewide Anti-Corruption Act
- Congress: Save PBS from Trump
- Abolish the Electoral College
- Warren: Protect Dodd Frank
- Tell Your Senator to Support the Clean Energy Victory Bonds Amendment
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Sirius XM: Stop profiting off of white extremism and cut all ties with Steve Bannon!
Healthcare
Health
- Nano Is a No-No. Don’t Use Babies as Lab Rats
- Tell Darden Restaurants (Olive Garden, Longhorn Steakhouse, Bahama Breeze, Seasons 52, and The Capital Grille) to make its food more healthy, sustainable and fair
Human/Civil Rights
- Investigate Deaths of Black and Brown Lives in Police Custody, Including Ahjah Dixon
- Tell H&M, Gap, Zara, and The North Face to demand release of garment workers who peacefully demonstrated for living wages
- Samsung: Stop Worker Abuse in Your Supplier Factories!
- End Disney’s Dark World of Labor Abuse
- Tell Dunkin’ to Support Coffee Farmers
- Tell Godiva: Purchase Cocoa Beans Made Without Child Labor
Human Trafficking/Slavery
- Congress: Strengthen Anti-Human Trafficking Programs
- Tell Costco to End Slavery in Thai Fishing
- Tell Costco, Carrefour and Walmart to ensure slavery-free prawns (shrimp) in their freezer aisles
Right to Refuge
- Move On Petition: Reject Trump’s Muslim Ban
- White House Petition: Rescind the Muslim Ban
- Keep the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program
- The U.S. must accept more refugees and asylum seekers from Syria
- Tell Your Mayor to Defy Trump, Expand Sanctuary
- Mayors: #DontGiveIn to Trump. Expand Sanctuary
- Call on the United States to accept 65,000 Syrian refugee
- Tell Congress: Support lifesaving humanitarian assistance
- Oxfam: STAND AS ONE WITH PEOPLE FORCED TO FLEE
- Please join us in calling on the Australian Government to step up and support people’s Right to Refuge.
War
Water Rights
Email Campaigns
- PDAction Email campaigns
- Email Nestle over violations of the international marketing standards for their baby formula
Twitter Actions
- PDAction Email campaigns
- Post your support on Twitter for the CIW Fair Food Program by Boycotting Wendy’s
- Post your support on Twitter for the CIW Fair Food Program by Boycotting Publix
- Tell Shell on your Twitter to Clean Up their Mess in the Niger Delta
Letter Campaign
- WRITE A LETTER TO THE EDITOR – REMOVE THE RATIFICATION DEADLINE ON THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT
- Tell the VA General Assembly to Restore Voting Rights to Returning Citizens
ACSPCA Supermarket Request Letter for more Humane certified Products
Open Comment Periods on Important Decisions/Legislation
Take a Pledge
Banks
Green America’s Break Up with your Mega Bank Pledge
- Resources on leaving bad banks and finding better ones
Environment
Take Back the Tap Pledge (campaign against bottle water)
Stop Nestles Water Grab in Michigan
Animal Rights
Shop With Your Heart pledge (only by meat and dairy with humane certifications)
Pledge to Be Cruelty-Free (only buy products not tested on animals)
Order a Free Vegan Starter Kit
Creative Ways to Defund Hate and Misinformation in Less than 5 Mins
Sleeping Giants vs Breitbart News
Removing Google Ads from Breitbart News
Divestment
Divest from the Banks that are Investing in the Pipeline
Sign up for a Training
Take a Bystander Intervention Workshop
- HollaBack!: Bystander Training Webinars and Resources
Take an anti-bullying workshop for school, workplace and/or cyber bullying
Read about Recording Police Harassment (Then do it)
Hotlines and Reporting
- ACLU hotline for people being detained at a US Airport under recent Executive Order
- 415-621-2488
- Report harassment/hate crimes: Southern Poverty Law Center
- Troll Busters
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Online pest control for women writers experiencing harassing trolls
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- Troll Busters
- Report and/or get help for sexual assault
- Get Help 24/7: 800.656.HOPE (4673)
- Live Chat
- Report and/or get help with human trafficking
- National Human Trafficking Hotline 1 (888) 373-7888
- Polaris BeFree Textline Text “BeFree” (233733)
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Call 1-800-273-8255
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- Find a Homeless Shelter
Join an Action Team
- Find the Nearest Indivisible Chapter./meeting near you
- Sister District Project
- For people who live in non-contestable districts but what to find the nearest contestable district to help in the next election
- Swing Left
- Find the nearest swing district (GOP House of Representative state district that barely won in 2016) and join an action team to help turn that district blue.
- Join the Rain Forest Action Network (RAN) Palm Oil Action Team
- Join the Animal Equality’s farm investigation teams
- Pass out Mercy For Animals booklets and local events
- Start a local “Ban the Bottle Campaign”
Humanitarian crisis that need donations today
7 Charities to Give to Support Victims of Alleppo
Charities to donate for the Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen
Save the Rohingya (from Ethnic Cleansing)
Resources for beginning actions
- 10 ACTIONS / 100 DAYS
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