A model letter for saying you won't comply
Several points to address
Latest
Move your information off U.S.-based servers
Think about where your writing, art, music, and personal data will be safe.
If you're experiencing workplace discrimination
Stand up for yourself and others
Virtual meeting to save the U.S. Postal Service
Wed, Mar 19 - 11 am Pacific - via Zoom
Phoenix, AZ: Fired federal workers (and others affected) can testify
Wed, Mar 5, in-person in Arizona. Register in advance.
Stand Up for Science: Protest
Fri, Mar 7 — nationwide
New York City — Trans Visibility Rally
Sat Feb 22, 2 pm - Stonewall Inn, NYC
Gender on U.S. passports: State Dept now accepting public comments
Write a message saying what you think
Blur the faces in the protest photos
It's cooler if you don't know who they are
Gain momentum: Keep doing that event
Make an expectation that the organizers and the participants will show up.
NYC's Committee on Women & Gender Equity
Fri, Feb 28 - in-person meeting
Is it too late? For the past, yes. For the future, no.
We can't rely on magic. We have to work.
organizing
Imagine new tactics for resistance
To succeed, nonviolent movements need a few powerful allies. They also need to be large, diverse, cooperative, and creative.
health
Repro Shabbat
Fri-Sat, Feb 21-22, 2025
queer-trans
HIV+ trans-feminine people: Participate in a $ compensated survey
Also, will everyone please support trans journalists
communication
Post flyers in your neighborhood
Whatever you're planning or recommending, you can inform your neighbors in an old-school way.
health
Webinar: Stop the Attack on Disability Civil Rights Law (Section 504)
Wed, Feb 12, 2025. Free, online.
social media
Do your local officials use X to make announcements? Why?
Ask them to develop standards for picking a new platform
journalism
Federal employees: Journalists want to talk to you
Do contact them. Don't use your work device. Use secure messaging.
queer-trans
Resisting the healthcare edict against trans youth
'Interrupting Criminalization' has resources
communication
U.S. govt reduces the free information we get
Musk locked govt employees out of info systems and makes us sign up for X to get directions to the next propaganda drop.
values
Be excellent to your coworkers
Even as formal DEI work is scrutinized, continue to live your values of inclusion.
queer-trans
Please say LGBTQI+. Say 'trans'.
The State Dept. shortened it to LGB. This is anti-trans hate speech. Don't validate it.
organizing
NLRB counsel: I can't promise everything'll be OK. Put your plan into action.
Career advice from someone on the inside.