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

TAKING TO THE STREETS

WAYS TO RESIST FROM HOME

  • Project Mail Storm, disrupt the ability of key government offices to function by inundating them with mail, Project Mail Storm
    • Send 1 postcard or letter a week letting them know you will not stand for authoritarianism.
      • “You’re failing us, do your job.”
      • “Enforce the 14th Amendment.”
    • The White House – 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, DC 20500
    • Supreme Court – 1 First Street NE Washington, DC 20543
    • DOGE – 1650 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, DC
  • Boycotts
    • Economic black out day, July 4
    • Target, June 24-30
  • Ongoing Boycotts: Businesses that supported/still support the current Federal Gov, or dropped DEI
    • Google, Tesla, Nestle, Shopify, Wells Fargo, Victoria’s Secret, Zoom, Pepsi, Bank of America, Uber, McDonalds, Meta, Lowes, Tractor Supply
  • Art As Resistance, Get involved with community art, or start your own project to dissent. 66 Ways to Creatively Resist

MEDICAID, MEDICARE & SOCIAL SECURITY

Budget reconciliation is coming up and Republicans have a razor thin margin to pass it.

  • Action: Call our Congressional delegation and tell them…
    • “No cuts to Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security, SNAP, and other critical programs that Americans rely on.”
    • “tax the rich like everyone else.”
    • “Billionaires and corporations need to pay their fair share.”
  • Use 5 Calls for phone numbers and scripts to push back on your representatives: 5 Calls Website
  • Ask your friends in Republican districts to do the same
  • Volunteer your time, Join People’s Action Tax & Budget Fight Phone Banks to call into key congressional districts

GET INVOLVED WITH MIGRANT JUSTICE

STOP MUSK’S ATTACK ON THE GOV

  • 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
  • Call or write Governor Scott and other state leaders 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
  • Building Worker Power Nationally – Organized Power In Numbers
  • Get Involved: Become a RAD member
  • Join: Come to our next Federal Action Call: Wednesday, June 18th, at 6pm
    • Starting in July we will be meeting the third Thursday of the month at 6pm
  • Volunteer your time: Join our Federal Resistance Team (indicate your interest in the survey at end of the Federal Action Call on June 18th)

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