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Anne Park
@anneparkt.bsky.social
behavioral scientist interested in wellbeing, motivation, community & civic engagement | previously UPenn psychology PhD, early adversity & brain development in children | she/her
And as always, you can look to local organizations to find ways to directly support causes you care about. This could look like mutual aid groups (check out www.mutualaidhub.org), checking in with your neighbors, sharing your unique skills, community service, running for office, and more
Mutual Aid Hub
Find Mutual Aid Networks and other community self-support projects near you. Join these important efforts, offer resources, or submit needs requests.
www.mutualaidhub.org
June 17, 2025 at 1:17 PM
If you're interested, you can watch the full debrief call from the No Kings organizers here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECEb...
No Kings: What's Next in the Fight?
YouTube video by No Kings June 14
www.youtube.com
June 17, 2025 at 1:17 PM
⭐️ Take action to fight against the "Big Beautiful Bill" - among its many horrors, this bill seeks to take away health insurance and food assistance from millions, in order to fund tax cuts for the ultra-rich (an enormous transfer of wealth to the top) indivisible.org/stopthecuts
STOP THE CUTS
indivisible.org
June 17, 2025 at 1:17 PM
⭐️ Get trained on collective noncooperation - there is a rich history of effective strategies and tactics for resisting authoritarianism freedomtrainers.net ; and we need as many of us trained and educated as possible www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
Home - Freedom Trainers
Collective Noncooperation Training for these times
freedomtrainers.net
June 17, 2025 at 1:17 PM
⭐️ Join an informational call on June 18th to learn about a national day of action on July 17th, the anniversary of Congressman John Lewis’s passing, to carry forward his legacy of good trouble goodtroubleliveson.org
Good Trouble Lives On
On July 17, five years since the passing of Congressman John Lewis, communities across the country will take to the streets, courthouses, and community spaces to carry forward his fight for justice, v...
goodtroubleliveson.org
June 17, 2025 at 1:17 PM
The No Kings organizers have highlighted the need to both block AND build: BLOCK by taking concrete action against authoritarianism NOW; and BUILD by building LONG-TERM organizing power.

I'll call out examples of both from the site in this thread (but please also check out the site!):
June 17, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Trying to understand whether, why, when, and how to take a public stand? It's scary, and difficulty — particularly the how part. I found @philipncohen.com's recent book extremely useful in this regard, for social scientists and natural scientists alike.

cup.columbia.edu/book/citizen...
May 14, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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To your question about my supposed fear of change: I am not afraid of change or sociotechnical innovation. What I am afraid of is how change and innovation take place under the conditions set by capitalism and a variety of other oppressive structures which developers refuse to recognize as salient.
April 24, 2025 at 2:20 AM
And I’m very glad to see that universities are indeed starting to take collective action 🙏
A powerful call has just gone up on the website of the @aacu.org : “A Call for Constructive Engagement” signed by almost 200 college & university presidents (more sure to join), from community colleges to R1s! #academicsky #edusky @academic-chatter.bsky.social www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...
A Call for Constructive Engagement | AAC&U
A Call for Constructive Engagement
www.aacu.org
April 22, 2025 at 1:44 PM