Resistance Resources

Are you upset by the chaotic and cruel policies of the second Trump administration and want to take action? Check out our “Resistance Resources,” with links to everything from effectively calling or writing your representatives, to organizations in the know about protests to blogs and podcasts from some of the greatest voices of resistance today. Our "Resistance Resources" list will evolve and expand. If you have a suggested resource you’d like to share, please email it to [email protected].

Contact your senators and reps
​— and other actions

     • Phone numbers and email addresses
    • 5calls.org
     5 Calls is an easy and effective way for constituents to make a political impact.
     • Chop Wood, Carry Water
      This weekday newsletter gives you easy, effective political actions to take to stave off despair, effect positive change and elect more true public servants.

American Civil Liberties Union

   • www.aclu.org
   With immigrant rights, trans justice, reproductive freedom, and more at risk, the ACLU is in the courts and communities across the country to protect everyone’s rights.

Heather Cox Richardson

    • On Facebook
    • Letters from an American (Substack podcast)
   Heather Cox Richardson is a political historian who uses facts and history to put the news in context

Federal civil servants

50501 Movement

      • www.fiftyfifty.one
     • 50501 values and commitments
      50501, (originally short for "50 protests, 50 states, one day") is a political action organization to protest the policies and actions of the second Donald Trump administration.

Indivisible

     • indivisible.org
    • Tips/templates for calling your elected reps
     Indivisible is grassroots movement of thousands of local Indivisible groups with a mission to elect progressive leaders, rebuild our democracy, and defeat the Trump agenda.

Red, Wine, and Blue

   • redwine.blue
    Red Wine and Blue is a national community of over half a million diverse suburban women working together to defeat extremism, one friend at a time. They train and connect women from across the country of all political backgrounds 

State DPO chair's encouraging words

   • Feb. 23, 2025
    Weekly email letters from Dr. Rosa Colquitt

Substack blogs and newsletters

    • The Contrarian
   • Scott Dworkin
   • Hopian Chronicles with Simon Rosenberg
   • Robert Hubbell
   • Paul Krugman
   • Look What You Made Me Do by Eugene Robinson
   • Newsguard Realty Check
   • Steady by Dan Rather
   • Timothy Snyder

Wise advice for resistance

    • Eleven Dos and Don'ts