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(W)all of Us

I was pointed to this very beautifully-made site (started by two women) called (W)ALL OF US.

It promises to give concrete actions to block harmful action that Trump takes and resist the tide of bigotry that his campaign has emboldened.

https://www.wall-of-us.org/

So your action idea for today is to go sign up with these gals!

In their own words:

he promised a wall.
he will be stopped by a wall of us.
FOUR CONCRETE ACTS OF RESISTANCE
DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX EACH WEEK

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