
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.