** “Every crisis, actual or impending, needs to be viewed as an opportunity to bring about profound changes in our society. Going beyond protest organizing, visionary organizing begins by creating images and stories of the future that help us imagine and create alternatives to the existing system.” ― Grace Lee Boggs, The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century
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We have spent the past few weeks beginning to digest the reality of a second Trump presidency. We know organizations like ours and the projects we support will be targeted. We know our communities are sitting with uncertainty—and the compounding crises of our current moment. We know that the ongoing genocides, impacts of climate collapse, state violence, and the targeting of our LGBTQ+ communities will only continue and intensify, which is why we must root in justice and move in community.
** Take action to protect Allied Media Projects and other radical organizations working toward liberation
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H.R. 9495, the bill being referred to as the “nonprofit killer,” has passed and will hand Trump and his administration the power to effectively shut down any nonprofit by labeling it a “terrorist supporting organization.” The passing of this bill would be disastrous for organizations working towards a lasting ceasefire in Gaza and an end to the occupation — creating a chilling effect on nonprofit organizations' engagement in civil discourse. The bill ([link removed]) now advances from the Republican-controlled House to the Senate, where it is likely to pass a Republican-controlled Senate in the new year threatening the nonprofit sector.
We need your support to take action against this bill:
* Write your representative: Protect Civil Society: "Vote “NO” to H.R. 9495 and any corresponding Senate bill. ([link removed])
* Call representatives and make office visits: find your representative here ([link removed]) .
** Fortify our Network
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AMP is a fiscal sponsor to over 120 projects embodying “media for liberation” and functions as a network of brilliant organizers, artists, healers, and caretakers. Their work remains as critical today as it ever was. Check out the AMP website ([link removed]) to see the projects’ profiles and donate directly to their work.
Donate to Support AMP’s Work of Cultivating Media for Liberation ([link removed])
** Resources for Grappling
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* AK Press Distro Free E-Books ([link removed]) : For a limited time AK Press is offering Free E-Books of a series of liberatory books such as Emergent Strategy and Practicing New Worlds
* In Our Names ([link removed]) : 5 Ways to Support Yourself and Your Community in Cases of Police Violence Post-Election
* Moving from Despair to Righteous Anger ([link removed]) , Vu from NonProfitAF wrote an energizing post to keep us motivated and organized.
* Our Best Option for Defending Ourselves From Trump’s Second Term Is Each Other by Dean Spade ([link removed]) – Policy solutions, tech fixes or billionaires won’t save us. We must commit to the work of mutual aid and direct action.
* Carceral Fictions & Abolitionist Realities ([link removed]) is a series of narrative audio essays composed of interviews, research and speculative fiction, exposing the roots of carceral fictions and offering abolitionist realities that counter them and open up other ways of being.
* “How Do I Take Action Where I Am? A Workshop Series for Grounding Ourselves in the Fight Ahead.” ([link removed]) by PrisonCulture
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