ACTION buffet.
BITE-SIZED ACTIVISM FOR EVERY PALETTE.
Can activism feel time-consuming, nerve-wracking, and unrewarding? Yep.
So, we’re making it more appetizing. 🤤
We check the news, follow all the politicos and groups, and vet all the various actions for maximum effectiveness and utmost urgency every week. Whether low effort or heavy lift, you’ll know the actions we send you will matter.
Or, curate your own from this list ⬇ of the most impactful local + federal actions you can bite off any time.
EASY ACTIVATIONS
low-effort quickies (like throwing nuggets in the air-fryer)
Cancel Amazon Prime.
Delete ChatGPT.
Uninstall Facebook.
Uninstall Instagram.
Uninstall X / Twitter.
Save Marin Rapid Response # in your phone: 415-991-4545.
Register to vote / check your status (and vote!).
Donate to communities impacted by ICE.
Sign petitions.
Put solidarity signs in your yard / window.
Contribute to mutual aid activities: i.e. Community fridges, Community Action Marin, IN Unhoused Monthly Dinners.
Share local fundraisers, mutual aid, community events on social. You don’t need to choose a side, just amplify!
Call Marin Rapid Response if you see ICE
Carry a whistle. Blow if you see ICE.
Buy from street vendors.
Connect with your college / university alumni on their resistance efforts.
Tell your friends + family / post on social what you are doing to help.
Ask a friend to resist with you.
Go to a protest.
Buy banned books and read social/racial justice books to your kiddos.
Donate to ACLU.
MEDIUM-SIZED MOBILIZATIONS
mid-effort (like cooking a three-course dinner for your bae)
can do ONE time
Read On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder.
Learn about your rights (to protest, to observe, etc.).
can do OFTEN
Join another local resistance group and do things with them.
Volunteer with existing helper groups, e.g. park clean-up, food banks, etc.
Attend a Marin Board of Supervisors meeting.
Attend a city council meeting.
Call / message Senator Schiff, Senator Padilla, Congressman Huffman about an issue you care about.
Shop small & locally made, union made, and BIPOC-owned (while boycotting those big greedy corps).
Volunteer to post flyers or be a safety patrol for upcoming activist events.
Share info + debunk myths: Post about free or low-cost local clinics, vax drives, mental health hotlines.
Support public media, local investigative journalism.
Support local farms: Shop at a farmers market or
join a CSA.
HARDCORE HABITS
heavy-lift (like manning the grill at the pool party)
Hand out Know Your Rights cards.
Join / prep for the general strike movement.
Take a bigger role in professional or alumni groups — help them resist.
Do what you do best, directed at our better future. If you are a lawyer, provide pro bono work; if you are a designer, create signs and social media graphics, etc.
Switch your service: move your phone or power bill to a clean energy, socially responsible company, like Credo Mobile.
Switch your bank: Move some savings into a credit union or community bank that invests locally.
Train to become an ICE legal observer + be on call to protect when ICE is in Marin.
Commit to calling out disinformation when you see / hear it.
Phonebank for candidates in and out of state that believe in democracy.
Go to or tune into town halls.
Canvass for progressive candidates and bills (with us!).
RESISTANCE
ON REPEAT
all day action snacks
Call out lies & misinformation where you see them.
Decrease social media use.
Boost the right voices online.
Read and support independent journalism.
Be with people in person.
Be an ally.
Reach out to at risk community members; ask how you can help.
Talk or write about why we resist — what is our future?
Read books.
Learn something new.
Have fun. Spread joy. (Seriously, this breaks them.)
IN ACTION
Your classic joyful protest with the local schools. Plus sign-making, snacks, and vibes, of course.
Family-friendly dinners with our outside neighbors. Investing in our most vulnerable is investing in ourselves. Sign up to help.
