Contents
[hide]Learning Tools[edit]
Videos[edit]
- Immigration Rights Teach-In and Know Your Rights Presentations
- Teach-In on Resisting Muslim Registries
- Teach-in on Civil Liberties
- Trump and the Constitution (NYU Law)
- The Moral Roots of Liberals and Conservatives
Podcasts[edit]
- The Axe Files
- Can He Do That
- Code Switch
- The FourFiftyOne
- Interracial Jawn
- Pod Save America
- The Q2 Podcast
- The Weeds
Websites[edit]
Organizing Tools[edit]
Organizing Guides/Toolkits[edit]
- The Citizen's Campaign
- Indivisible
- PRA's Guide on Challenging the Right and Advancing Social Justice
- Resistance Toolkit
- Toolkit to Defend Against ICE Raids and Community Arrests
- Unite Guide
- What is Security Culture?
Events, Direct Actions, and Protests[edit]
- Ferguson Response, find upcoming protests to address police violence and other issues
- MeetUp, host gatherings
- Splash That, create and promote events
- Methods of Nonviolent Direct Action
- Protest signs/art
- Town Hall Project 2018: Upcoming Events
- Indivisible's Action Calendar
- Our Revolution
- Progressive Events
- The Resistance Calendar
- RISE Stronger's People's Calendar
- Two Hours a Week's calendar
See also: Upcoming Events / Opportunities
Additional Resource Listings[edit]
Communications[edit]
- Guide for Talking to White People in the Moment of Trump
- Guide to Writing Op-Eds and Letters to the Editor, including specific information for almost 100 specific newspapers across the US
- How to Respond to Everyday Bigotry, by the Southern Poverty Law Center
- How to have better political conversations
- Talk Trump Out
Bystander Strategies[edit]
- Active Bystander Strategies from NYU
- Intervention and Deescalation Resources
- Roundup on #YouOKSis
- Street Harassment: A Bystander's Guide by Hollaback
- Tips for Responding to Racist Attacks by the Barnard Center for Research on Women
- What to do if you are witnessing Islamophobic harassment
Social Media Tools[edit]
Communications Platforms[edit]
- Dust, an app for disappearing text messages and photos that is similar in some ways to Snapchat
- Guerrilla Mail, disposable temporary e-mail addresses
- Wire, fully encrypted end-to-end alternative to Skype for every platform (desktop & mobile)
- Whisper Systems, secure messaging
- Twilio, create responsive phone/text sequences
- Twitter, connect and share ideas
- WhatsApp, group texting (not secure!)
- Hello Fax, send & receive faxes from your computer, free with a Gmail address
- Mobile Justice CA: An easy way to record and report interactions with law enforcement. All footage and reports submitted through this app will be sent immediately to your local ACLU affiliate.
Also check out Safety and Security
Building Websites[edit]
- DevProgress, a group of progressives using tech to elect progressive candidates
- SquareSpace, build visually appealing websites
- Weebly, free, click-and-drag easy website builder
- Wix, free website builder similar to Weebly
- WordPress, by far the most successful CMS, free and versatile
Advocacy Tools[edit]
Contacting the White House[edit]
- White House Comment Line: Just because the White House shut down their comment line doesn't mean you can't contact them.
- White House's official list of executive orders
- Track Trump, a group/site that tracks Trump's promises compared to his actions
Contacting Representatives[edit]
Tips[edit]
- Call the Halls: Contacting Your Representative the Smart Way
- Congressional committee maps, so you can easily see who to contact about what issues
- Indivisible, A Guide for Advocating to Congress
- Town Hall Project, a listing of representatives' upcoming town hall meetings
- How to call your reps when you have social anxiety
Scripts and Alerts[edit]
- 5 Calls, a step-by-step guide organized by issue, including WHO to call and WHAT to say
- Call Your Reps, free iPhone app
- Sign up for CallsForChange to get a weekly text and/or email with background on issues, a sample script, and the phone numbers for your members of Congress for one-tap calling from your smartphone.
- The Sixty Five, weekly advocacy calls to action
- Try Voices, app for advocacy alerts and help calling reps
- What Do I Do About Trump's Action Hub has action alerts, mainly legislative-oriented, from 80+ groups
Contact Info[edit]
- Call US Senators and Representatives: tel:(844)872-0234
- Call US Senators and Representatives via a web interface: http://callgov.us
- Contact state representatives
- FaxZero, a service that allows you to send free faxes to your senator or representative
Tracking Legislation[edit]
- Cabinet Votes, track senators' votes on Trump's cabinet]
- Countable, follow legislators and issues
- Gov Track, track Congressional legislation
- Issue Voter, keep track of how your reps have voted
- Open States, track state legislation
Advocating to Businesses[edit]
- AdStrike, advocate for corporations to stop advertising on hate/fake news sites
- The Donald J. Trump Resistance, mainly a boycott
- Don't Pay Trump. an extension that tells you if you're shopping at a website that stocks Trump products:
- Grab Your Wallet, boycott companies selling Trump family products or otherwise financially benefitting Trump
- Sleeping Giants, getting companies to blacklist Breitbart in their ads
- Swich, an app that tells you how socially responsibly you're spending your money
- A list of banks that support DAPL that you may want to divest from
- A Smarter Choice, how to find a credit union, should you want to divest from your big bank
- Blackout Coalition has a list of black-owned banks to support instead:
- Backing Black Business and Support Black Owned have maps of black-owned businesses to support
Tracking Litigation (court cases)[edit]
- SCOTUS Blog, track Supreme Court cases
Elections/Campaign Tools[edit]
Information on Elections and Candidates[edit]
- Ballotpedia, information on Upcoming Elections and Candidates
- Ballot Ready, information on local elections and ballot measures
- Democratic Governor's Association
- Swing Left: find the Congressional district nearest to you that might be able to swing left in 2018
- League of Women Voters Voter Guide
Upcoming Elections[edit]
- Code Blue
- Flippable
- Justice Democrats
- Knock Every Door
- Road to 2018
- Resurgent Left
- Swing Left
- Unrig the Map
Political Campaign Tools[edit]
- Carpool Vote, getting people to the polls
- Crowd Pac, campaign crowdfunding platform
- Inclusiv, linking people of color with jobs in campaigns and politics
- NationBuilder, online organizing/campaign platform builder
- Thunderclap, amplifying a message on social media
- See also Elections
Political Training[edit]
Training to Run for Office[edit]
- Emerge America (many state chapters)
- Emily's List and Run to Win, Emily's List's political recruitment campaign
- New Leaders Council
- New Politics
- Only if You Run (funding for seats in the most gerrymandered states)
- Run for Office (find the offices you are eligible to run for)
- Run For Something (specializes in progressives younger than 35)
- She Should Run
- Vote Run Lead
Non-Candidate Political Training[edit]
- [ttp://www.wellstone.org/events/list Wellstone Action]
- Front Line Leaders Academy
Most Secure Ways of Leaking to the Press[edit]
- The Associated Press (AP)
- The Center for Public Integrity, 910 18th St., NW, Ste 700, Washington DC 20006 USA
- The Guardian
- The Intercept
- The New York Times
- ProPublica
- ProPublica--for if you notice climate change information removed from the federal government's website
- The Washington Post
Volunteering[edit]
- Togetherlist: https://togetherlist.com/
- VolunteerMatch: http://www.volunteermatch.org/
Data and Analysis Tools[edit]
Data Analysis Tools[edit]
- Google, compile data
- Pik to Chart, create infographics
- R Project, analyze data
- Tableau, create visually appealing charts and graphs
Data Sources[edit]
- Civil Rights Data Collection, data on educational inequities
- Fatal Encounters, police violence database
- Global Nonviolent Action Database
- Mapping Police Violence, police violence data and analysis
- National Equity Atlas, find data on racial and socioeconomic inequities
- Nonviolent and Violent Campaigns and Outcomes (NAVCO) Data Project, data for evaluating resistance campaigns
- Southern Poverty Law Center, data on hate crimes and activity
Self-Care Tools[edit]
- How To Avoid Being Psychologically Destroyed By Your Newsfeed by Ann Douglas. January 30, 2017
- How to Stay Outraged Without Losing Your Mind by Mirah Curzer. January 16, 2017.
- Productivity in Terrible Times by Eileen Webb. January 5, 2017.
- Revel Reflect Recharge by Annette Kraus: Motivation and methods to keep resisting for the long haul.
For Professionals[edit]
For Teachers[edit]
- Zinn Education Project: Teaching a People's History
- Facing History: Educator Resources
- Teaching Tolerance, from the Southern Poverty Law Center
- For syllabi generally, see Essential Readings .
For Lawyers[edit]
- Pro Bono Work and Malpractice Coverage: A Guide for the Pro Bono Attorney, American Bar Association
Resources for lawyers filing habeas petitions for the immigration executive order[edit]
- Immigration Law: A Primer
- Federal Courts 2013 (Golove) Outline
- Federal Courts (Long) Outline
- Federal Habeas Corpus Manual for CA State Prisoner
