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✍️ Start a letter-writing party. Tea, snacks, an hour of writing. @votefwd gives you free templates and has run 29 experiments testing whether letters move voter turnout — most show they do. votefwd.org 💸 Fundraise (yard sale, bake sale, trivia night) for groups fighting the chaos.

This summer, we’re training thousands of Americans on building the skills, relationships, and infrastructure they need to respond to ICE surges in their communities. Join our next call to learn about the components of a rapid response and what it looks like to show up with a plan.

Immigrant Justice Summer Call #3: Show Up With a Plan — Roles and Rapid Response Strategies · Indivisible

When an ICE surge hits and there is no clarity on what to do, responses stall and the window to act closes fast. This call trains you on the components of a rapid response: the coordinated set of acti...

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Some of you think calling Congress doesn’t matter. I got skeptical too — turns out personal, specific contact genuinely sways lawmakers, and staffers track it. That’s why I like 5calls.org: real issues, tailored scripts, no form-letter energy. Ninety seconds. No outside pants required.

Nightstand stack: “On Courage” (Angwin & Fields-Meyer), “Democracy in Retrograde” (Sage & Amick), and Jenny Lawson’s “How to Be Okay When Nothing Is Okay” — hope, real tips for engagement, and laughs for the exhausted activist. What are YOU reading? Beach reads count too. 🧼