This is a little longer than usual because (with a sick kid home from day camp) I neglected to click send yesterday! Stick with me through the Weekend Wishes if you can. Yesterday's collection Item 1. Small acts Did you love the Summer Reading Challenge as a kid?
Item 1. A tiny way to show love to LA's immigrant rights community This Friday is a National Day of Action to get the charges against Los Angeles immigrant rights activist Alejandro Orellana dropped. Two weeks ago, FBI agents, National Guard troops, and LA County Sheriff’s deputies
Item 1. Freedom The historian Jules Gill-Peterson says in an interview with them (hat tip: Ann Friedman): "fighting for the freedom to medically transition demands a more comprehensive strategy than focusing on one single court ruling. 'It demands a bread- and- butter approach,' one that prioritizes economic
Item 1. Listen w/ care * If you read only one thing about Iran/Israel/U.S. empire today, consider Kaveh Akbar's At Least We Are Many: Resisting the Drums of War. (The Nation) * See also: Zahra Shahtahmasebi's What is the most important thing in the world?
Item 1. Reminder Creating art, zines, flyers, music, and more = one of so many ways to meet this moment. Item 2. Panels Ellen O'Grady continues to break down the biggest things in her comics. (Instagram link) Something to do ➡️ Send some cash to buy e-sims for the people
Item 1. Weekend wish That in our gatherings–in-person, virtual, whatever they may be–we access glimmers like this. (J. Wortham's newsletter) Item 2. Safety at protests If you're taking your phone ➡️ consider these tips from Electronic Frontier Foundation or this guide via @imperfectactivista on Instagram.
Item 1. We love a checklist Here's a new list with some key ways to care for yourself and others, from Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg and Zack Teutsch: Care for yourself and others!Checklist 2.0Life is a Sacred TextRabbi Danya Ruttenberg Item 2. We love situating ourselves in
Here's this week's art fix, since I was out canvassing yesterday and didn't make it. Item 1. Suggestion Are you making a protest sign this week? Monica Trinidad has advice (starting around the 14:15 mark in How to Make Art for Social Change
Item 1: What do we mean by "mutual aid"? Here is a chart from Dean Spade (and he expands on the concept a lot in this book), and here is a quick explainer from Moms Clean Air Force. It might mean starting or joining an ICE Watch program
Item 1. People are undeterred * A thing to know: The "freedom flotilla" stopped to rescue a group of asylum seekers stranded in the Mediterranean who are reportedly from Sudan. * A thing to do ➡️ Contribute funds to help a South African delegation march to Gaza. Item 2. People are
Item 1. Emergency meeting today Item 2. Sign, please This ask is from Chicago's Organizers Against Community Deportations, or OCAD: We demand the immediate release of Gladis Yolanda Chavez Pineda (A 208-276-014), a long-time Chicago resident, loving mother and grandmother, and a dedicated community leader, who was unjustly
Eight events that caught my eye * [NATIONAL/VIRTUAL] This Wednesday, 6/4 ➡️ The Top 10 Most Effective Actions to Meet this Moment. Nonviolence experts Maria Stephan and Rivera Sun will "look at efforts including boycotts, quiet resistance, mass protests, and other ways to stop harm. This webinar will put