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A lot of people are expressing confusion about April 19th (the next day of action) and I want to try and help clear it up a bit. *If your area is doing a big protest, absolutely do that. That's an action! ☺️ We are calling it a "day of action" and not a protest, but individual chapters/ states can choose to protest if they want! We just aren't doing a big national push. We need to think a bit more long term and practical. 50501 is in a very good position to help Americans being impacted by the following things: 1) lots of people have lost their jobs 2) the stock market is crashing 3) people are losing their access to food (losing food stamps, food pantries are struggling to keep up) 4) the price of EVERYTHING is about to go up So for April 19th, I'm encouraging you all to come together, and do community actions. That can look like: -Donating to a local organization that feeds/clothes/ helps local people, especially underserved areas. -Hosting a picnic where everyone brings a few items that are in good condition to swap out for something they might need from someone else. -Do a clothing drive during a park day or community cook out. -Meet up at the library to discuss different actions or start a book club. You don't have to reinvent the wheel, if there's an organization locally that has been doing the good work (ESPECIALLY if it is run by a minority group!) ask how you can help! Maybe they need extra hands, or maybe they need certain supplies or any number of things. We need to think about the America we want to see, where we have empathy and help each other, and just become that. That's just as important as protesting. This administration is taking away our social support webs, it is actively hurting people and will harm even more people day by day. It's time to become the social support web. Big national protest pushes will come, no worries, but we need to do more than just protest if we're going to get through this.
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