#DO SOMETHING
What you and I can do. Get Started.
Purpose
· Protect our democracy
· Protect our community & find community
· Protest actions
· Interrupt actions PEACEFULLY in non-threatening ways.
Websites to find local actions
CAP25.org https://linktr.ee/CoalitionAgainstProject2025 Has a great calendar of
actions. Cap25 is a local nearly one-stop shop that provides a wide
variety of ways to get involved from small to big, individual to group,
participant to organizer. If you can think of it, you can do it. You don’t
need permission to create an action.
The Linktr.ee has sections on
Calendar
Featured Actions
Protect People Action Zones
Campaigns Action Zones
Weekly Direct Action Zone -repeated actions
Stay Connected -meetings and newsletters
https://5calls.org/ easy quick frequent. GREAT info on current issues, website
and app. Easily call national representatives. Scripts provided. Can be as little as 5 mins to make the calls. Can do every day, multiple issues… Reps count their contacts and understand how important it is to their constituents from the calls. Personal stories are best.
Mobilize.US searchable website by date, location, organization, type of
action…
IndivisibleSacramento.com includes local activities and national
information.
https://www.reddit.com/r/50501Sac/ sometimes has rapid response
actions and can be a good place to post.
Major Jason Watson called on every American
“I am calling on average Americans everywhere to peacefully exercise your First Amendment rights every day until this administration is removed and our democratic republic is restored.”
INCREASE NUMBERS and build coalition so that a critical mass of citizens is
taking action and speaking out.
Linda Sarsour, Women’s March organizer and 25+ year grass roots
community organizer who stressed the idea & importance of a large
and diverse coalition.. “Unity is NOT Uniformity”… “if we are all in
agreement that…, the other things are just details we will work out at
some point…Let’s not be distracted by the things we disagree on.”
Idea & importance of a large and diverse coalition.
https://youtu.be/JuQGIgeY-WE -Building the Resistance -2025
DO SOMETHING. What are some of the barriers?
What good would it do?
“But what can I do? I’m just one person.” Said 89 million voting eligible people in the U.S., 1/3, people who did NOT vote.
Fear
Protest while you still can.
Time
5calls.org can take less than 5 minutes
Physical Limitations
Phone calls
Postcards
Sign making, wearing buttons, sharing info, Social media
Self-image, “I’m not a radical.”
Start small, e.g. Call rep re something
you or your family is concerned
about or affected by.
Self-image, “I’m not a radical.” Cont.
5calls.org, Lawn signs, or buttons that
shouldn’t anger anyone e.g.RE
Free Speech,
The constitution,
Book banning,
Due process,
Free press
SMALLER PROTESTS, INDIVIDUAL ACTIONS
Actions from inside your home. Easy entry to do.
5calls.org
Postcards or letters
States Win Sacramento https://www.sisterdistrictsacramento.org/
FieldTeam6 https://www.fieldteam6.org/ Register Democrats. Save the
World.
Social Media including Email and other platforms. Find events and SPREAD
THE WORD. You can do this to 3 people or hundreds; a small group of
family, friends, neighbors, all your followers, lawn signs…
Actions visible outside your home to build coalition. Actions that say
“We, those who disagree, are here”
“You are not alone”
“I am doing this and I feel safe (or safe enough)”.
“This is a protest and it is doable”.
Flag with a yellow ribbon
Yellow Ribbon
Bumper Stickers
Lawn signs
Buttons. Also make and distribute buttons ask me. Wear one. Share one.
Thank you to people who exhibit above
Honking for street protests
Stopping and joining a street protest (10 mins, how does it feel? Maybe you
find community)
Thumbs up or peace sign for a street protest
SIGNS.
Consider signs a sales pitch to those who agree and are on the fence about taking action, or are on the fence about the administration. Which words do you use?
GOALS for signs
increase participation
Express concerns
Educate
NOT alienate those who may consider joining us.
EXAMPLES of signs
Silence is Complicity
Resist
DoSomething
Nothing is More American than Opposing Tyranny
See Merry Band list for many more.
ORGANIZATIONS TO JOIN? Consider finding a like-minded group where you feel
comfortable can find community and find actions that speak to you. There are many. Below are but a few.
· Check Mission Statement
· Size, recent activities calendars
CAP25.org https://linktr.ee/coalitionagainstproject2025 noted above. Coalition of local
groups taking actions against Project 2025. Monthly Community meeting. Come check it out. Pint of Politics 2nd Sundays 2-4pm @ Oak Park Brewery
IndivisibleSacramento.com Note if you sign up for their newsletter you can also
join a Coffee Klatch a neighborhood based small group to share ideas and
socialize. Has monthly community meetings at Clara Auditorium
RedWine.blue A national group. Michele Chouinard is looking to grow the local
contingent she established.
https://redwineblue.controlshift.app/groups/sacramento-together
Third Act https://thirdact.org/sacramento/ Older adults, “…we have
unprecedented skills and resources that we can bring to bear.”
Hear Our Voice https://linktr.ee/Hear_Our_Voice Susan Brown has a newsletter on
political issues. She has had several art based protests/events.
Sacramento ACT https://www.sacact.org/ is an affiliate of Faith In Action. Sacramento
ACT’s members include over 56 congregations, schools and neighborhood groups, representing 60,000 families in Sacramento County. Sacramento ACT organizes to create a more just and fair community
BUILD COMMUNITY. Key to protecting the community and creating rapid mobilization.
See Cap25.org Section titled “Protect People Action Zones” which includes
NorCal Resist activities and info as well as lists of mutual aid organizations looking for donations and assistance. Needs updating.
Food Banks
Carmichael Food Closet, Volunteer sign up https://www.justserve.org/projects/6dfe278a-fdca-4278-9750-7e08129ac595
Sacramento Food Bank SacramentoFoodBank.org
River City Food Bank RiverCityFoodBank.org
ASI Food Pantry https://asi.csus.edu/asi-food-pantry
COMMUNICATIONS. Talking with people in conversations that maybe challenging.
Personal one on one conversations with family, friends, neighbors, people
you know are probably the way you will have your most influence. I am
including 2 techniques
Improv for Activists. Fun 20 min video from Field Team 6. Keep conversations
open and non-threatening. Using the improv techniques
Yes, and
Repeat, add
What that means is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9Rv-UxS4bw&list=PLnMM7Ry0DW9ZLDMAZZQs5NuSBIBX7D1NA&index=5&t=3149s
Cultivating a Culture of Conversation. Kyle Williams at Sac State May 2026.
Kyle uses CPR techniques to interrupt “ignorant” comments with CPR.
Clarify
Probing questions
Redirect, How would they/you feel
Kyle Williams 1.5 hour video
Additional Resource
List which has some good ideas. 50 Ways to take action Amnesty International. Do not use violence.
“I am calling on average Americans everywhere to peacefully exercise your First Amendment rights every day until this administration is removed and our democratic republic is restored.” –Maj. Jason Watson
