Activism

This piece is part of Rebel Well: a Starter Survival Guide to a Trumped America for Teens and Emerging Adults. 1 800-Runaway: www.1800runaway.org ACLU: www.aclu.org Anti-Defamation League: www.adl.org Asian-Americans Advancing Justice: www.advancingjustice-aajc.org Black Lives Matter: www...

This piece is part of Rebel Well: a Starter Survival Guide to a Trumped America for Teens and Emerging Adults. The First Amendment guarantees citizens of the United States the right of free speech, which includes engaging in peaceful (nonviolent) assembly or protest in public forums by yourself or...

This piece is part of Rebel Well: a Starter Survival Guide to a Trumped America for Teens and Emerging Adults. If you find yourself involved with the legal system (including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or at protests), here are the most important and basic things to know: 1. Know your...

This piece is part of Rebel Well: a Starter Survival Guide to a Trumped America for Teens and Emerging Adults. When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’ ― Fred Rogers • Stand up for other...

This piece is part of Rebel Well: a Starter Survival Guide to a Trumped America for Teens and Emerging Adults. FOR THOSE WHO EXPERIENCE RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE You may have heard threats that the incoming presidential administration intends to compel all Muslims to register, or deport Muslim...

This piece is part of Rebel Well: a Starter Survival Guide to a Trumped America for Teens and Emerging Adults. Just like with family or intimate partner violence, political leaders who enable, support or themselves engage in harassment embolden citizens to do the same. In addition, it is likely that...

This piece is part of Rebel Well: a Starter Survival Guide to a Trumped America for Teens and Emerging Adults. FOR THOSE IN ABUSIVE OR CONTROLLING INTIMATE OR FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS Get out ASAP if you can. When we think something, we get more secure and bold in that thinking when we feel supported in...

This piece is part of Rebel Well: a Starter Survival Guide to a Trumped America for Teens and Emerging Adults. On the outside, babies, you’ve got a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies: ‘God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.’ ― Kurt Vonnegut 1) Take a minute (or even better...

This piece is part of Rebel Well: a Starter Survival Guide to a Trumped America for Teens and Emerging Adults. Because love is an act of courage, not of fear, love is a commitment to others. No matter where the oppressed are found, the act of love is commitment to their cause — the cause of...

This piece is part of Rebel Well: a Starter Survival Guide to a Trumped America for Teens and Emerging Adults. INSURANCE If you don’t know what kind of insurance you have and what it covers (or if you have it at all), ask your parents, or call the member services number on your insurance card to get...