EVERYWHERE ALL THE TIME

It’s important that you do something… but what?

Here are many ideas of noncooperation—some you can do solo, others with a few people, and some with a crowd.

Everyday Individual Acts

Write daily protest postcards

Speak about the issues at family gatherings

Stand up to hate speech in everyday life

Educate yourself and others on Trump’s policies

Support racial justice and LGBTQ+ organizations regularly

Symbolic & Everyday Resistance

Wear protest pins, shirts, or buttons

Display yard/window protest signs

Pause work for a moment of silence

Participate in coordinated daily “Noise at Noon” events (e.g., banging pots)

Turn your vehicle into a rolling billboard

Decentralized & Local Actions

Attend or host neighborhood “community resistance gatherings”*

Join or form solidarity circles in your community

Canvass door-to-door sharing info*

Table at local events to raise awareness*

Volunteer for local mutual aid efforts

Host letter-writing campaigns to representatives*

Launch local social media protest groups

Organize sign-waving on highway overpasses or corners*

Creative Action & Disruption

Organize teach-ins and public forums

Stage die-ins in public spaces or lobbies

Unfurl protest banners from overpasses*

Chalk messages on sidewalks (legal where permitted)*

Hold themed costume marches (e.g., Handmaid's Tale robes)

Coordinate flash mobs in shopping malls

Carry out public art actions and installations

Arrange music or performance art protests (e.g., Super Bowl halftime acts)

Project dissenting messages onto buildings*

Digital Dissent

Coordinate hashtag “storms” on social media

Email petitions to officials daily

Fact-check and counter misinformation online*

Attend and boost digital town halls

Create and share infographics and protest art*

Art, Literature, and Media

Publish protest poems or op-eds*

Write protest songs and organize communal sing-alongs

Launch a protest zine or newsletter*

Submit anti-Trump art to exhibitions

Mass Mobilizations

Join nationwide marches (e.g., “Hands Off” and “No Kings” protests)*

Assemble at local government buildings

Attend candlelight vigils for affected communities

Protest outside high-profile government events (e.g., military parades)

Organize city-wide “Blackout” economic strike days

March through city centers with themed signs*

Protest outside detention centers

Hold sit-ins at congressional offices

Boycotts & Economic Pressure

Boycott companies supporting Trump or associated figures

Divest from pro-Trump businesses

Run “Buycott” campaigns supporting pro-democracy businesses

Call for university endowment divestment

Withdraw personal accounts from banks funding controversial policies

Legal & Civic Engagement

Register voters at rally events*

Train community members on protest rights*

Attend and monitor public meetings*

Organize “Know Your Rights” sessions*

Act as a legal observer during protests*

Volunteer for election protection work*

Solidarity & Community Support

Contribute to legal defense funds

Assemble care packages for arrestees

Offer rides to protest events

Help neighbors access polling places

Organize school walkouts or teach-ins

Direct Policy Pressure

Flood congressional phone lines with daily calls*

Fax letters (for extra visibility)

Schedule in-person visits with representatives*

Lobby local councils to pass resolutions*

Testify at public hearings*

Cultural & Institutional Protest

Organize library or classroom “read-ins” featuring banned books

Stage campus walkouts

Support or host union “sickout” days

Refuse to cooperate with unconstitutional directives at work

Push for institutional adoption of sanctuary policies

Targeted Protest Actions

Protest at company HQs (e.g., Tesla Takedown days)

Hold demonstrations outside ICE/immigration offices

Rally outside court hearings related to Trump policies

Protest at campaign fundraisers or donor events

Organizing for the Long Term

Join protest-planning committees online*

Sign up new protest network members

Mentor new activists*

Fundraise for ongoing resistance actions*

Launch and maintain protest resource websites*

Acts of Courageous Solidarity

Shelter at-risk community members

Support whistleblowers

Document and share civil rights abuses

Refuse to comply with unjust workplace demands

*Activities that IndivisibleGA10.org or Indivisible.org (national) already participate in.