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Erica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

I'm not teaching my grad course 'Civil Resistance: How It Works' this semester. But here is an abridged version of the course schedule, readings, and films I used the last time I taught it (in 2022). Just in case it's useful. drive.google.com/file/d/14RRJ...

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Readings - Civil Resistance How It Works Fall 2022.pdf

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Meg @megleigh14.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

And now we are going after gay marriage in Idaho. This is Christian nationalism plain and simple. Here in America, we are not ok.

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National News Breakdown @mrbouverette.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Idaho wants to gut Obergefell v. Hodges, the landmark Supreme Court case that legalized same-sex marriage. MAGA's war on LGBTQ+ rights continues. They won't stop until love is re-criminalized. Marriage equality is under fire. 🏳️‍🌈 #DefendLove #MarriageEquality #LGBTQ #QueerRights #LoveIsLove

A silhouette of a person standing in front of a city building wall lit up in pride colors.

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Violist @b40girl.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Military planes being used today implies forethought and prior approval. Mexico is not allowing them to land!

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Max Smith @justmax828.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

We can do this if we ALL work together and LISTEN to each other. A rising tide raises all ships; make sure EVERYONE has a ticket to ride. #resist #organize #RISEUP #DONOTOBEYINADVANCE

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Max Smith @justmax828.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

These are just some of the ways we can make our resistance more accessible for EVERYONE; after all, isn't that what we're fighting for - ALL OF US? UNITED AGAINST A COMMON ENEMY? Please share this info far and wide, and if you have any other ideas, please comment them below...

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Max Smith @justmax828.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

... - seek local groups; social workers; attorneys; admin staff for guidance - volunteer these services if you're one of these professionals...

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Max Smith @justmax828.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

-Create a resource guide to local supports and organizations for your members - make it easily navigable, easy to find, and ACCURATE. Have volunteers who can assist members in accessing these resources - offer workshops for accessing SNAP; Medicaid; SSI; and other services...

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Max Smith @justmax828.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

- restaurants; cooks; caterers: volunteer your time, donate your goods and services, and incentivize your employees to volunteer their time - create a safety net for folks who will face financial hardship by participating (ie, job and/or wage loss)...

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Max Smith @justmax828.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

BARRIER 7: BASIC NEEDS SOLUTIONS: - offer free meals at events - include meals folks can take home - organize meal trains - coordinate meal swaps - organize deliveries of food/supply boxes from donations and/or local food banks, churches, etc...

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Max Smith @justmax828.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

- check YOUR understanding: hold listening sessions to hear not just what folk want to fight for but also what they need in order to fight - local advocacy and support groups; regional councils of government - folks are already working on these barriers - seek them out

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Max Smith @justmax828.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

BARRIER 6: UNDERSTANDING SOLUTIONS - avoid using industry jargon; speak plainly - offer learning sessions about how branches of government work; what your organization does; explaining ballot initiatives, bills, policies, executive orders, etc; critical thinking; media literacy...

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Max Smith @justmax828.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

- multiple languages - PROVIDE MORE THAN A QR CODE; NOT EVERYONE HAS A SMARTPHONE

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Max Smith @justmax828.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

BARRIER 5: COMMUNICATION SOLUTIONS: - provide multiple ways to communicate with your organization - phone; email; text; private messaging; snail mail - disseminate information in multiple ways: social media; texts; flyers; email; phone trees; local organizations; Craigslist; local news outlet/paper

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Max Smith @justmax828.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

BARRIER 4: INCLUSIVENESS/SAFETY SOLUTIONS: - virtual meetings w/ recordings and meaningful participation for online attendees - gender-neutral bathrooms - nursing spaces - changing spaces for adults - safety plans for preventing violence and harassment protecting identities and sensitive information

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Max Smith @justmax828.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

- seek out support and advocacy groups for information on what your community needs for spaces/events to be truly accessible - special needs teachers; social workers; PTs, OTs, and speech therapists; caregivers - seek these people out for info - volunteer your time if you're one of these

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Max Smith @justmax828.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

- interpreters; sign-language; screens that everyone can see - visual aids, such as schedules of events, what to expect, where to sit, who to seek for help, etc (and provide some details ahead of time for folks who need extra time for planning, processing, etc) ...

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Max Smith @justmax828.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

BARRIER 3: ACCESSIBILITY SOLUTIONS: - ensure your spaces/venues are navigable by wheelchair, walker, and cane - wide aisles; elevators; ramps; accessible bathrooms; accessible parking and ENFORCEMENT/EDUCATION about those spots - climate control for heat AND cold - sensory-friendly spaces/events

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Max Smith @justmax828.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

- if you are a taxi company, shuttle service, chartered bus company, etc, donate your services; incentivize your employees to volunteer their time - coordinate a dedicated group of volunteers who are willing and able to give lifts - have a fund for fuel and vehicle repairs

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Max Smith @justmax828.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

BARRIER 2: TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS: - hold virtual events; provide recordings and meaningful ways for online attendees to participate - hold multiple events in multiple areas; "centrally located" does not mean "easily accessible" - remember your rural folks - coordinate shuttles or carpools

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Max Smith @justmax828.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

- don't forget that people are also caring for aging/ill parents; make sure they have help so they can participate, too

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Max Smith @justmax828.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

support groups, and organizations already addressing this in the community at large - Make sure there are qualified caregivers for children with special/medical needs - think RNs, CNAs, special needs teachers, bus drivers, and classroom assistants - volunteer your time if you're one off these

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Max Smith @justmax828.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

BARRIER 1: NO CHILDCARE SOLUTIONS: - Schedule some meetings and events during the school day - Schedule virtual meetings after dinner, and preferably, after bedtime - Make recordings easily available - Offer childcare at events; reach out to local teachers, daycare centers, youth groups, churches

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Max Smith @justmax828.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Following is a non-exhaustive list of things that people need in order to even think about #resisting and ways you can help:

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Max Smith @justmax828.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

These things can not be afterthoughts. They can not be given begrudgingly. We need to build these supports into the very core of our coalitions and campaigns, or else we are not fighting for everyone; we're fighting for those who already have a voice... I am one of these people with barriers...

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Max Smith @justmax828.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

If we want people to participate and lend their voice, we have to listen to the things they are already saying. We need a concerted effort to address these barriers. We need a solid foundation upon which to build our resistance, draw our line in the sand. We need INFRASTRUCTURE...

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Max Smith @justmax828.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

... if you don't understand the lingo; if you're afraid of losing your job or failing a class; if you have any number of common, everyday barriers, you can't get to the table. And these are the types of things that cause people to vote red or to not vote at all. WE ARE NOT LISTENING.

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Max Smith @justmax828.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

... We do not actually make room at the table for everyone. If you're a single parent; if you're disabled; if you're neurodivergent; if you have no childcare or transportation or decent internet access; if you need an interpreter or sign language; if you need gender-neutral bathrooms; ...

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Max Smith @justmax828.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

...people need to know if they lose their jobs or lose pay or lose housing that their community will be there to catch them. Coalitions and dance party fundraisers are all well and good, but we need to confront a dark truth about the way we conduct activism:

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Max Smith @justmax828.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

You want to help people? You want us to be a united front against tyranny? You want us to #resist? Organize? Join up? MAKE IT SO WE CAN. People need to eat; people need childcare; people need to be able to attend virtually; people need to know they will be safe...

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Max Smith @justmax828.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

It's because they have very basic, everyday needs that are either not being met or will be hindered by participating. There are very real barriers, and I don't see them being addressed. We cannot say we speak for the disenfranchised while doing nothing to allow them to speak for themselves...

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Max Smith @justmax828.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

... they voted for BEING HEARD. Even if they weren't ACTUALLY heard by who they voted for, they FELT heard, and that is important. Do you know why so many people don't participate in local grassroots groups and events, protests, rallies, listening sessions, boycotts?

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Max Smith @justmax828.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

...and venting about how people are "too lazy" or "apathetic" or "comfortable" to do anything about the current state of affairs only serves to alienate these people. Which is a large part of how we got in this situation in the first place. Most people who voted Trmp did not vote FOR bigotry...

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Max Smith @justmax828.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

People know they need to organize; people WANT to do something. But people need guidance on what to do, where to go, and, most importantly, they need RESOURCES in order to participate. There are real barriers to large swaths of our communities participating in resisting...

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Max Smith @justmax828.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

🧵 So many posts and articles and videos about how everyone needs to organize NOW; it's everyone's job to defend democracy; we have to set aside our differences, etc. And I agree with all of these things. What I don't see is HOW. Telling people to organize or join their local groups isn't enough. 🧵

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nymominva.bsky.social @nymominva.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

A PRESIDENT CAN NOT make laws. declare war. decide how federal money will be spent. interpret laws. choose Cabinet members or Supreme Court Justices without Senate approval. VOTE EVERY REPUBLICAN OUT OF OFFICE IN THE MID-TERMS. tRUMP ONLY SUCCEEDS WITH THEIR HELP.

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Dr. Katharine Dickson @metaomicsnerd.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

My immediate assumption about anyone who complains about DEI or similar is that they actually can’t compete on a level playing field

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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Dems would get much more traction finding and promoting people saying what they know and experience. What has more impact, This man speaking his mind or the Dems speaking “in unison “ ?

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Stephanie Spence @stephanieyoginiart.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

As an artist and yoga scholar, I believe love must be rooted in awareness, action, and justice, where equality is the foundation of a society that values all voices. #Januarty #januarty2025 #art #artist #abstractart #abstractartist #artiststudio #yoga #yogascholar #PhDStudent #bskyart #bksy.art

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Cathy G. Johnson🏴 @cathygjohn.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Teachers and schools need to know that we are not required to give up our kids. We do not have to open our doors to ICE or the police. Morally, obviously, but also legally. We are our students' legal guardians when they are in our care and we should be making the right call for students' safety.

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Chel | Ink Drinker 📚 @unboundbibliophile.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

What freaks me out is ICE said it wasn't them so either they are lying (which is totally possible) or there are men dressed up as ICE trying to steal kids from schools. 🤬 We already knew this but ICE are the brown coats. Iykyk. #immigration #America #Chicago #iceraid

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rachelfm.bsky.social @rachelfm.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Thinking about front office staff, who are doing everything from getting the copier unjammed to taking phone calls from parents about absences to now, apparently, being the first people to respond when ICE shows up.

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NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Imagine serving your country and then being questioned about whether you were actually in the military. If you thought you were immune to the mass ICE raids, read this:

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Seth Weitz @sethaweitz.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

While we’re debating whether or not Elon did a Nazi salute (twice), ICE has already arrested 538 people.

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