Third Party Resources

Other resources for political activism, engagement or education.

These resources were produced by other individuals or organizations and comprise Websites, Tools, Mailing Lists and Spreadsheets to assist in activism or education. We have also included a section on reporting hate crimes or civil rights violations.


Websites

Indivisible Team are a group of political workers who have created two amazing guides - the first a guide to engaging with and influencing your representatives. The second guide is dedicated to creating and leading a local resistance group.

https://www.indivisibleguide.com/ and https://www.indivisibleguide.com/group-toolkit

An unofficial companion guide to Indivisible, Indivertible was created by a team of TV content writers (The Daily Show & Countdown) and focuses on influencing and correcting the course of current affairs programs. The current state of TV news is not one they believe to be sustainable or helpful for democracy (Some profanity).

http://thefingnews.com/indivertibleguide/

A website created by a political veteran who gathers valuable data and articles.

http://itstimetofight.weebly.com/

The National Popular Vote bill is a state-level binding agreement to allocate a majority of state electoral college votes to the popular vote winner nationwide. Each state that signs up gets us closer to having 50% of the electoral college committed to this allocation. This is probably the only way of changing the vote system without a constitutional amendment.

http://www.nationalpopularvote.com/

The Action Group Network aims to help local political groups of 10-50 people form and attract other members. Find (or start) your group today!

http://actiongroups.net/

The Oppo File is a collection of useful resources and writings.

https://theoppofile.com/

Ruxypin's map of the Trump administration and their ties to other organizations or governments.

https://kumu.io/ruxypin/trump-administration#trump-administration/

Facts for America maintains the Sleeping Giants project, encouraging advertisers to not associate with Breitbart because of its hate speech and bigotry. They also maintain #GrabYourWallet, a list of trump-associated brands and businesses to boycott.

http://factsforamerica.com/trump-actions-live-list/

Liberal Spirit provides guidance on Direct Congressional Action, including the structure of congressional offices and how best to get a message heard.

https://www.liberalspirit.com/

Ultraviolet is a feminist group working for Equality at a Higher Frequency. They have several campaigns against the Trump administration.

https://weareultraviolet.org/uv-action/


Mailing Lists or updated Calls to Action

Re:Act weekly call to action:

http://us14.campaign-archive2.com/home/?u=34bf9c62b5c76a26e2e6e912d&id=877859f17f

"We're his problem now" - weekly updates and calls to action on a spreadsheet.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/174f0WBSVNSdcQ5_S6rWPGB3pNCsruyyM_ZRQ6QUhGmo/htmlview?usp=embed_facebook&sle=true#


Tools

Writing a letter to the editor about ACA (and a guide to writing an effective letter).

https://act.weareultraviolet.org/lte/ACA-letter-to-editor/ (https://www.barackobama.com/get-involved/lte/)

Write to your senator with Democracy.io - a tool helping you send messages to your representatives.

https://democracy.io/


Other People's Spreadsheets

Trump Cabinet Blockade.

Tracking probable cabinet votes by Senate.


Report Hate Crimes or Intimidation

Report hate incidents to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC).

https://www.splcenter.org/reporthate

Report hate incidents or civil rights violations to the FBI.

https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/civil-rights/hate-crimes

Report a civil rights violation to the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).

http://www.cair.com/civil-rights/report-an-incident.html

Muslim Advocates have a comprehensive per-state list of FBI and State Attorney General offices to contact.

https://www.muslimadvocates.org/hate/reporting-hate-crimes-in-your-state/


Further reading and education

https://www.newsu.org/courses#table