1. If you are demonstrating your First Amendment rights tomorrow, here are some practical tips from a dermatologist on further protecting yourself against less-lethal warfare. Beauty is resistance; knowledge is strength.
2. There are other ways you can show up for the community. These are some local organizations you can support.
3. This is the most extensive compilation of immigration resources. Share, share, share.
4. Remember that the language surrounding protests is critical. Fighting for liberation and justice does not make us the resistance—they are. Also vital: keeping this in mind.
5. Another reminder: there’s no such thing as being apolitical. Not now, not even a decade ago when the leading political parties seemed less extreme and the country “felt” (key word here) less divisive. Our very existence is political, because politics is “who gets what, when, and how” (as defined by Dr. Harold Lasswell).
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