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15 things you can do in light of yesterday

Yesterday was hard and days will continue to be hard. Here are a mix of self-care and action suggestions.

  1. Know your limits with media. It is okay to turn off the news and/or hop off social media
  2. Find ways to relax today (e.g. meditate, nap, take a bath, take action)
  3. Do things that make you feel safe (e.g. reach out to loved ones)
  4. Donate to organizations that mean something to you
  5. Donate to the two new Georgia senators: Warnock and Ossoff
  6. Donate to Resistbot which helps people easily contact their reps about important issues
  7. Contact your reps about impeachment. You can find contact information here. 
  8. Text IMPEACH to 50409 to reach your reps about impeaching Trump (this also signs their petition for you)
  9. Text 25TH to 50409 to reach your reps about encouraging enacting the 25th amendment (this also signs their petition for you)
  10. Text SEDITION to 50409 to reach your reps about removing seditious politicians (this also signs their petition for you)
  11. Look at all of Resistbot's petitions and consider signing
  12. Remember that an effective way to reach your reps can also be fax. You can fax your senators for free online here, your reps for free online here, and your governor for free online here
  13. If you have it or find it, provide information related to violent activity at the U.S Capitol Building to the FBI
  14. Sign the NAACP impeachment petition
  15. Spread the word about these and any other action items

(Prompt by me)

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