Necessity is the mother of invention. And, with the systematic defunding or outright elimination of many organizations that millions of Americans rely on for their very survival, many grassroots organizations are fighting back during the time of Trump. Numerous groups have sprung up since the election with the singular goal of protecting the rights the Trump administration and Republican-controlled Congress threaten to dismantle.
Here's quick recap to get you up to speed: During his his two months in office Trump hasn't wasted any time making good on his promise to threaten rights for immigrants, the LGBTQIA community, and women. He and his administration have also targeted the Affordable Healthcare Act, after-school food programs, Meals on Wheels, the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Endowment for the Arts, and Planned Parenthood.
But there's hope, too: Every day, people are fighting back by mobilizing in support of the resistance to help immigrants and their families, protect reproductive rights, encourage Millennials to run for office, combat racial injustice, preserve freedom of the press, and more.
At a February United Talent Agency rally — designed to express the creative community’s support for freedom of speech, artistic expression, and to stand against policies of exclusion and division — actor and director Jodie Foster encouraged people to take a stand. “This year is a very different year, and it’s time to show up. It’s time to engage,” she told the crowd, according to an article on Deadline. “As the very, very dead Frederick Douglass one said, ‘Anytime is a good time for illumination,’ and this is the time for illumination. I believe this time is filled with light.”
These organizations are doing just that to fight back during the time of Trump.
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Knock Every Door
Knock Every Door is launching nationwide, volunteer-led canvasses to organize communities against Trump. You can sign up to canvass where you live, and invite your friends to get involved. The group is especially interested in volunteers who live in a county that flipped from Obama in 2012 to Trump in 2016.
Control of the House in 2018 will be decided by a handful of swing districts, and Swing Left helps you find and commit to supporting progressives in your closest swing district so that you can help ensure the left takes back the House in 2018.
A a women-initiated grassroots peace and social justice movement, Code Pink works to end U.S. wars and militarism, support peace and human rights initiatives, and redirect your tax dollars into healthcare, education, green jobs, and other life-affirming programs.
Face2Face: A Trump Resistance Movement's mission it to "strategically resist the Presidency of Donald J. Trump, to analyze, and resist legislative and executive actions which threaten rights protected by the constitution, and to monitor and communicate with regard to administration activities, giving members concrete methods of action."
The group helps members establish a local volunteer network, inform its members of upcoming legislative and executive actions on a weekly basis, and promotes responsible civics and civilityto advocate and persuade citizens to join resistance efforts.