Simple #EverdayActs to #EraseHate & install #PositiveSymbols is #Resistance to #Tyranny

- petition for Pride crosswalks
- remove hate symbols from govt property & parks
- fly Pride & other positive flags
- remove hate symbols
- educate yourself & community
- ...

Share your acts!

Share #EverdayActs to #DefendDemocracy by #EraseHate and install #PositiveSymbols - these small acts add up and prevent authoritarian regimes - #OnTyranny

Share examples here!

@antifapuddinpop.bsky.social @antihate.ca @arccollective.bsky.social @cpicciolini.bsky.social @lifeafterhate.bsky.social

Guides and Resources Guides and resources for communities to resist the far-right.

6/ @antihate.ca has some guides for #EverdayActs to...

ch. 4 - Take Responsibility for the Face of the World - #EraseHate #PositiveSymbols #OnTyranny

www.antihate.ca/guides

Be an #AltCitizen - share useful resources here to help ensure the "Face of the World" is welcoming to all and free of hate

Community Crosswalks - Transportation | seattle.gov Special painted crosswalks are a great way to represent a neighborhood.

5/ Displaying positive symbols that make all feel welcome, also has a strong impact - it both ensures everyone feels a part of the community, and reduces space where hate can be displayed. #EverdayActs #PositiveSymbols #EraseHate

- www.seattle.gov/transportati...

How Corey Fleischer found meaning in erasing hate | CBC News For nine years, Corey Fleischer has been roaming the streets of Montreal looking to remove hate symbols from the city's streets. He is now using social media to take his idea global.

4/ Removing hate symbols wherever they appear... also called #ErasingHate are #EverdayActs to #DefendDemocracy

Learn more
- www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
- www.brookings.edu/articles/our...
- www.change.org/t/symbols-of...

List of symbols designated by the Anti-Defamation League as hate symbols - Wikipedia

2/ Removing hate symbols as soon as they appear sends a message to the haters - We do not want you here. #EverdayActs

Become an #AltCitizen - Educate yourself about the signs of hate - they can be subtle

Share resources to learn about hate, like
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

1/ #EverdayActs to #DefendDemocracy

ch. 4 - Take Responsibility for the Face of the World - #EraseHate #PositiveSymbols

"Notice the swastika and other signs of hate. ... Remove them yourself and set an example for others to do so"

"...our words and gestures, or their absence, count very much"

Welcome #AltCitizen - thank you for your #EverdayActs to defend #Democracy. An independent free press is definitely an important democratic institution to defend!

- find independent journalists - subscribe, support, and share

Small acts add up - share what you do to #DefendInstitutions

#EverdayActs to #SaveDemocracy - #TyrannyTuesday

#DefendInstitutions - some acts you can do:
- take out a membership
- donate to it
- volunteer at it
- write about it
- follow it
- publicize it
- insist govt fund it
- ask for tax increases (not tax cuts) to preserve funding

Share a recent action!

2/ #EverdayActs of #Resistance to protect against #Tyranny include - being informed

#CovidAware - informative accounts
- @chantzy.bsky.social
- @sameo416.bsky.social
- @barryhunt008.bsky.social
- @kprather.bsky.social
- @friendlycovid19.bsky.social
- Please add suggestions!

#Science #ElbowsUp

How do we support #EverdayActs of #Resistance? It's sometimes as easy as getting people to write to govt reps dong great work, so they'll do more of it.

You celebrated @sarajacobs.house.gov - how we can we reach her to thank her? Is there an article, PR, letter to share in our communities?

So - if you believe current ICE agents include illegal vigilantes - how can you help your community fight them?

What are #EverdayActs of #Resistance in this fight?

- letters to local media
- petitions to govt - stop storm-troopers
- indie news to follow
- ...

#AltGov #Resist #ElbowsUp #Police

Great ideas. For an idea to trend and spread, its helpful to have a tagline or #hashtag. Regularly sharing #EverdayActs of #Resistance and getting people to share what they've done creates a community with impact.

Some possibilities:
#SaveScience
#EverydayActs
#OnTyranny
#SaveHealthcare
...