Federal Resistance Team

Our Federal Resistance Team is made up of a dedicated group of RAD volunteers that are heading the coordination and program building related to ongoing actions throughout Vermont. We work together to build community, educate one another, and take action in the context of ongoing threats to democracy and our freedoms from the federal administration.

Learn about ongoing efforts to protect democracy and freedom and how you can plug in. This is a space for people who are concerned about what’s going on and are looking for ways to get involved, as well as a space for people to share about actions and activities that they are a part of.

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Federal Resistance: Actions You Can Take Now

Resistance doesn’t happen all at once, it is a sustained and ongoing effort for us all! You don’t have to do all things at all times, that can be overwhelming. We recommend you choose ONE thing to do each week, and add more if/when you are ready.

Together we create change!

Take Care of Each Other

  • Pace yourself. There is no magic formula for this – you need to figure out what works for you, be mindful of your limits to avoid burnout. Balance your activism with wellness.
  • Build community, check in with your neighbors, share quality time with your beloveds. Embrace joy as a form of resistance.
  • Action: Remind the people you love you will be there and show up for them, especially those who feel most threatened right now.

ACTIVATING YOUR PEOPLE

  • Host a house party with your friends to discuss what’s going on and support each other
  • Outreach, make a list of people you will talk to, write down what you want to tell them about this meeting, and make a plan for when you’re going to talk to them
  • Share calls to action, meetings, and protests with your friends and family, and ask that they do the same with their own networks

TAKE TO THE STREETS

Protests

Ongoing Actions

WAYS TO RESIST FROM HOME

  • Ongoing Boycotts: Businesses that supported/still support the current Federal Gov, dropped DEI, or support ICE.
    • ACE Hardware, Anthropologie, Auto Zone, Bank of America, Buffalo Wild Wings, Burger King, Charmin, Chevrolet, Chevron, Coor’s Beer, Cuisinart, Dominos Pizza,  Discount Tire, Dole Foods, Enterprise Rental Car, Exxon, Folgers, Fruit of the Loom, Geico, GMC, GNC, Google, Grey Goose, Hershey Products, Hewlett Packard, Hobby Lobby, Home Goods, L.L. Bean, Land 0 Lakes, Lowes, Meta, McDonalds, Miller Beer, NAPA Auto Parts, Nestle Products, Omni Hotels, Pepsi, Pizza Hut, Playtex, Proctor & Gamble, Puma, Purdue Farms, ReMax, Shell Oil, Shopify, Siemens, Sierra Trading Post, Sodastream, Smucker’s Products,  Sunoco, Tesla, Tractor Supply, Uber, Urban Outfitters, Victoria’s Secret, Well’s Fargo, Wendy’s, Wix, Young Brands, Yum Brands, Zoom
  • Art As Resistance, Get involved with community art, or start your own project to dissent. 66 Ways to Creatively Resist

Ask Our Leaders to Fight For Health Care Funding

Congress cut funding to Medicaid this summer and without action by Congress, ACA tax credits will expire at the end of 2025.

  • Action: Call our Congressional delegation to ask them to fight for health care funding in any government funding bill that moves through Congress!
    • Senator Bernie Sanders: 802-862-0697
    • Senator Peter Welch: 802-863-2525
    • Representative Becca Balint: 802-652-2450
  • Action: Call Governor Scott and urge him to publicly call on President Trump to negotiate with Congressional leadership to include health care funding in the government funding bill and avert a government shutdown.
    • Governor Scott: 802-828-3333
  • Use 5 Calls for scripts ideas: 5 Calls Website
  • Ask your friends in Republican districts to contact their members of Congress

PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORS AND PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY

  • Evict ICE: Call White Cap’s management at 802-316-6017 and ask them to cancel the ICE lease at 426 Industrial Avenue, Williston, which ICE uses as a national surveillance facility
  • Ask your state reps to support legislation to curb ICE
    • S.209: An act relating to prohibiting civil arrest in sensitive locations
    • S.208: An act relating to standards for law enforcement identification
    • H.549: An act relating to eligibility of detainees to obtain a State-issued nondriver identification card
    • S.227: An act relating to creating immigration protocols in Vermont schools
    • H.686: An act relating to expanding identification of certain lobbying advertisements.
  • Stay Involved:

STOP THE FED’S ATTACK ON OUR RIGHTS

  • Join a #TeslaTakedown protest in South Burlington (or host one at a local charging station!)
  • Action: Cancel your X account
  • Action: Cancel your X account
  • Action: Call or write Governor Scott and other state leaders to ask them to stand up to Trump

STAY UP TO DATE WITH ACTIONS IN VT

  • Search: Protests & Actions
    • 50501VT – all 50501 protests planned in VT, updated regularly
      • National 50501 info can be found here
    • Mobilize – actions, protests, phone banks, local gatherings all listed on mobilize
  • Get Involved: Become a RAD member
  • Join: Come to our next Federal Action Call (usually held the third Thursday of the month at 6pm on Zoom)
  • Volunteer your time: Join our Federal Resistance Team. Contact us and let us know you want to get involved!

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