Resources

Websites with Even More Information

How to Help Protect Undocumented People You Care About from ICE - Vista Criminal Law has several good recommendations of what you SHOULD and SHOULD NOT do when you see ICE.
Protecting Our Communities By Knowing Our Rights - Pennsylvania Immigration & Citizenship Coalition put together a list of links and documents to help inform you on rights and actions you can take.
Miranda Rights - MirandaWarning.org has put together this resource so you know your rights in the United States.
What You Need to Know about ICE Encounters - The Legal Aid Society has put together some excellent points on how to prepare for and what to do during an encounter with ICE.
Project 2025 Tracker
The document, Project 2025, that was revealed last year has laid out a plan to transform our government into an ultra conservative administration. The tracker was created to show which of those items were underway and eventually accomplished. It started out as a spreadsheet list and has become a website meant to be read and understood by anyone.

Legal and Community Organizations

TheLibertyUnderground.org/ - a legal & translation assistance organization that helps those abducted by I.C.E. Founded in Philidelphia, PA by Johnathan Spencer Perkins (“JP”)
WeikalLaw.com/ - Sheryl Weikal, Esq. is a name-your-own-price lawyer based out of Illinois. She focuses on landlord-tenant law, civil rights, discrimination, eviction, criminal, and foreclosure defense.
jwjpdx.org/ - Portland Jobs with Justice is a coalition of organizations and individual activists taking action for workers rights and economic justice, especially with those most marginalized by our economic system such as people of color, immigrants, LGBTQ+.
FreedomForImmigrants.org/ - Immigrant-led, abolitionist organization committed to ending immigration incarceration.
InterruptingCriminalization.com/ - a resource hub offering information, cross-movement networks, learning, and practice to build a world free of criminalization, policing, punishment, and violence.
InfluenceWatch.org/ - information to help you vet people and organizations that have influence over public policy. Run by Capitol Research Center.
LincolnProject.us/ - a leading pro-democracy organization in the United States — dedicated to the preservation, protection, and defense of democracy.
TheSteadyState.org/ - The 400+ members of the Steady State are former national security and intelligence officials who remain committed to their oaths to “defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic.”

LGBTQIA+ Resources

https://www.thetrevorproject.org/ - The Trevor Project offers crisis counselors, educators, peer support personnel for LGBTQ+ youth.
https://www.hrc.org/ - The Human Rights Campaign offers tools and resources to protect LGBTQ+ people.

https://www.thetaskforce.org/ - The National LGBTQ Task Force is an organization to help mobilize people to help protect Queer and Trans rights.
https://nqttcn.com/ - The National Queer & Trans Therapists of Color Network offers a safe space for mental health and well being for those traumatized by systemic abuse.
https://transequality.org/ - Advocates for Trans Equality is a team of lawyers and advocates that are assisting those affected by the latest administration's executive orders and attacks against the Trans community.

Government Resources

Documents

U.S. Constitution (PDF) - Keep a copy with you, via PDF or printed for the bookshelf. The original link is from the National Constitution Center. Here's a local copy on this site in case the PDF is updated/deleted/etc.
Bill of Rights - a PDF with reference links and further explanations thanks to the Bill of Rights Institute.

Federal

Call/Write/Fax your representatives to let them hear what you have to say. They were elected to represent our values. Let your voice be heard.
White House Cabinet Members
- U.S. Government Departments and Agencies
- Contacting the White House
  - White House Online Contact Form
  - Comments Line: 202-456-1111 (For expressing opinions or leaving messages)
  - Switchboard: 202-456-1414 (Primarily helps connect callers to other federal offices)
  - TTY/TDD Comments: 202-456-6213 (For individuals with hearing or speech impairments)

State

Find your Senators

Independent Journalists/News Publications

Black Journalists & Media Starter Pack - On Bsky, @chantalalive.blacksky.app put together a list of journalists to follow whose posts offer a window to the Black perspective.
https://www.thehandbasket.co/ - The Handbasket by Marisa Kabas
https://www.democracydocket.com/ - Democracy Docket by founder Marc Elias
https://lataco.com/category/news - Local news, L.A. Taco, providing information on the happenings in Los Angeles, California.
https://unraveledpress.com/topics/chicago/ - Unraveled Press offers special coverage of happenings in Chicago, Illinois.

Radio/Videos/Media

Off theHook Radio Show - local radio show by the peeps at 2600, simulcast on Youtube, about good trouble in technology.

Parkrose Permaculture - Gardener, Crafter, and Activist. Lots of good information and inspiration on how to participate.
What To Do If You Can't Protest: Organizing Beyond The Frontlines - YouTube video on the MANY ways you can resist.
things your mom should’ve told you - YouTube channel describing current events with resources and links to citations. Easy listening and understandable on many levels.

Books

While the following books may be obtained in many places, the books below will be linked via Bookshop.org. These are affiliate links, where I will get a commission if you make a purchase. This doesn't change the price of the item, just gives a little towards the making of this website. You can also support your local bookshop by using Bookshop.org.

Be a Revolution - How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World—and How You Can, Too: Ijeoma Oluo (Author)
Fumbling Towards Repair - A Workbook for Community Accountability Facilitators: written by Mariame Kaba and Shira Hassa
Abolition and Social Work - Possibilities, Paradoxes, and the Practice of Community Care: Mimi E Kim (Edited by), Cameron Rasmussen (Edited by), Durrell M Washington (Edited by), Mariame Kaba (Foreword by)
Let This Radicalize You - Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care: Kelly Hayes (Author), Mariame Kaba (Author)
Let This Radicalize You Workbook - Kelly Hayes (Author), Mariame Kaba (Author)
Read This When Things Fall Apart - Letters to Activists in Crisis: Kelly Hayes (Edited by)