Resistance Resources

RESISTANCE 

Submitted by our listeners. Add your additions in the forum or comment below. Here are Minnesota specific resources to buy food for those in hiding, driving folks home from detention centers. To donate tech (drives, dadshcams etc.) here.

TAKE ACTION

• Indivisible practical ideas about and web-meetings on what you can actually do in this moment, check it out: indivisi.org/muskorus
• No Kings
• 5Calls App will call your Congresspeople by issue with a script to guide you
  • • Make 2 to your Congressional rep (local and DC office). 2 each to your US Senators (local and state offices)
      • State your name and zip code or district
      • Be concise with your question or demand (i.e. What specific steps is Senator X taking to stop XYZ)
      • Wait for answer
      • Ask for action items –  tell them what you want them to do (i.e. draft articles of impeachment immediately, I want to see you holding a press conference in front of…etc.)
• ResistBot urns your texts into faxes, postal mail, or emails to your representatives in minutes

PREPARE

• ACLU Toolkit 
• ACLU Protester Rights Guide
• BitChat App- communicate offline
• ReadyNow! App  prepare for possible detention and act quickly in moments of crisis. This app allows you to send one-click emergency alerts via SMS to pre-selected contacts; personalize emergency plans for childcare, medical needs, and legal support; and share key information with National Immigration Legal Response Alliance (NILRA), a national network of pro bono immigration attorneys, if faced with arrest.

LAWSUITS

• Donate or volunteer at organizations suing the administration for illegal actions (tracking list by topic)
  • • ACLU, Southern Poverty Law Center, Northwest Immigration Law Project

STAY INFORMED

• Suggested podcasts:  Amicus, Daily Beans, Pod Save America, Strict Scrutiny

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS 

• Know Your Rights Red Cards, We Have Rights Video, ACLU Immigrants’ Rights ,  Your Rights on trains and buses video
• If Your Rights Have Been Violated – Call National Lawyers Guild federal repression hotline at 212-679-2811 for a free, privileged consultation about your rights, risks, and responsibilities, and to be connected with appropriate legal resources in your jurisdiction.