CPR 4 Democracy

Feeling Overwhelmed?

With everything going on in the current administration, who wouldn't be!

We all have to remain focused on current events, be supportive of one another, and continue to work together to fight for Democracy. That's why we developed this toolkit to help you do something.

How you ask?

CPR 4 Democracy

COMMIT

You must be willing to commit yourself to the fight. Build a community of people willing to be CPR4D certified. Find 1-3 causes to commit yourself to and stay informed of things affecting those causes. Even just focusing on 1 cause important to you will help make difference. Make sure your community is focused on multiple things and informs one another of what is going on.

Your best place to start is the source, so follow the Presidental Actions webpage. If you'd like an honest, low-bias breakdown of events try AP News or Reuters for live and low-bias information.

PERSIST

Remember, this is a marathon–not a sprint. So, use your community to support you and ask for help when you need it.

Don’t leave social media and news outlets, instead set limits on your intake. When a new event happens, wait 24-48 hours to react. Urgency has a tendency to prevent us from thinking logically and right now we need logic based actions.

RESIST

Stay engaged with your community. Be on the offensive. Resist in the ways you can: Strike, Sit-in, Be Disobedient, Organize, Inform, Protect & Help those in the most Danger, Maintain resources for those in need, Get Creative!

Join the resistance!

Resuscitate our Liberty.

CPR4D's goal is to show everyone HOW to save our democracy and connect them with resources to work towards that goal.

Although resistance seems easy in theory, we know the best options are those with many people already involved. We've curated the best current organizations we are aware of that can help you organize, get involved, and participate in our democracy.

We've organized the below list from easist to do but smallest impact, to hardest to do but largest impact. Shown in White (easiest) to Blue (medium) and then to Red (hardest), this list is a great place to find your resistance starting point.

Resist Bot

Your one-stop shop for emailing, mailing, or faxing your representatives. Easiest method but also lowest results, this tool is great for flooding your representatives digital and mail based communcation systems. This is also a great tool for sharing details about your causes as they happen.

5 Calls

5 Calls is the easiest and most effective way for U.S. constituents to make a political impact. Make calls on your lunch break, in your 15 minutes before work, or while you wait for your coffee to brew.

A seperate group but a continuous goal, Build the Resistance aims to pick up where 50501 leaves off (see below). Giving you a one-stop-shop for all additional modes of resistance beyond protests.

No Voice Unheard

NoVoiceUnheard aims to empower all those whom the current U.S. administration and its operatives seek to silence. They do this with a directory of protests, resources, and unfiltered information on the ground.

Started during the first Trump administration, Indivisible is a grassroots organization that aims to elect progressive leaders, rebuild our democracy, and defeat the Trump agenda.

50 protests. 50 states. 1 movement. 50501 has held nation wide protests multiple times since the adminstration started.

Political Revolution

This is another long standing grassroots organization. The Political Revolution is a group of volunteers that grew out of the Bernie Sanders campaign working to pust progressives in power across the nation.

General Strike

What started as a 2 people in NYC fed up with not being heard, General Strike has turned into a large collection of citizens promising to go on strike when 3% of the US population joins the cause.

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Help us help others!

CPR 4 Democracy started when one designer decided to find a way to make a difference. What started as a statement has grown into a toolkit to help others.

This is a grassroots, self-funded, independently maintained resource. The more who can help the better this tool will be. Help us help others by contacting us today!