Pointing again at my US Blue State Challenge. If you live in a "blue state", pick the red state you hate the most and the issue you care about the most and find a group in that state working on that issue and support them.
One thing I don’t understand is why, when people are outraged by some injustice or affront — like book bans — they don’t first look to see who is already tracking the issue, who’s already working on education + organization. “We need to do something!” People *are*. Find them. Help them.
Why is this important? Because we have documentation that oftentimes the oppressive bullshit going on in red states is being funded and organized and supported and masterminded by folks from out-of-state.
It's a lot harder for people fighting back locally to rally the same resources.
And just to say, but if you're in a so-called Red State and there's a group you're involved with that's trying to push back, I'm happy to signal-boost and/or just maintain a list here.
(Boosts aren't endorsements.)
Pointing again at my US Blue State Challenge. If you live in a "blue state", pick the red state you hate the most and the issue you care about the most and find a group in that state working on that issue and support them.
www.chinkapincrafts.org
Chinkapin Craftstead, in the heart of rural TN, is pushing back by supporting arts and artists with an emphasis on the lgbtqia community. The arts are political! Artists and craftsfolk can check out our residency program, contact us about hosting a workshop or retreat.
I think a lot about the Freedom Summer in the context of my Blue State Challenge and the way folks realized shit in Mississippi was not going to get better without outside help, not because Black people in Mississippi were too weak but because they were up against a shit-ton of power.
