Friday's 3 (or is it 14?) things

Julia Smith

30 May 2025 — 2 min read

This print by Diane St. Jean is available for purchase from Mosaic Art Collective.

Item 1. Friday follow-ups

Yesterday I shared an ask re: health care access for trans folks in New Jersey ➡️ Here is a quick nationwide ask from Erin Reed.
Re: children and families: Raising Luminaries has another great collective action toolkit (this one is for "giving kids hope when they realize how horrible the world is"); The Cut on Noor Abdalla's first month of parenthood; and Boom! Lawyered had a conversation with Pride Puppy author Robin Stevenson about banned books.
And re: ICE, Elon Musk, and many other threads ➡️ How to target companies enabling Trump. (Waging Nonviolence)

Item 2. "We must resource freedom movements ourselves."

Ms. Magazine reports that "major funders are leaving the field right when groups working to defend bodily autonomy and democracy need them most." At Prism, Renee Bracey Sherman writes about funders who are rescinding aid for repro justice groups once they speak out for Palestine.

➡️ Fund-a-Thon season is winding down, so here's my last ask:

Want to chip in to my fundraiser for NJ Abortion Access Fund? Thank you!

Item 3. Weekend activities

Try ➡️ The Boycat app. (Via Al Jazeera)

Write ➡️ @TheShabbyCreekCottage is posting weekly themed letter and postcard templates at Project Mail Storm. Last week's focused on NOAA. "Physical mail? It stacks. It lingers. It clogs the system."(via IG)

Going out? ➡️ Know your rights (NJ Alliance for Immigrant Justice); share @CHIRLA_org's video; spread the word via red cards.

Read ➡️ How much discomfort is the whole world worth? (Kelly Hayes and Mariame Kaba, Boston Review)

Under a blue sky, protesters hold up signs with anti-ICE logos, such as NJ SAYS NO DICE TO ICE!

Friday's two things: Protective steps, collective glimmers

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.

Thursday's two things we love

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

It's a sign! Wednesday's three things

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

Monday's things

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