I spoke a couple of days ago about the downfalls of being in a perpetual cycle of outrage about current events. I also promised some ways to step out of the storm and channel your valuable energy towards more productivity. Ways to tackle what is causing all the outrage but keeping yourself out of the fire.

Here are some ideas for you to get involved and start changing issues you don’t agree with to your desired outcome:

1. 5calls.org
   This site gives you 5 calls you can make in 5 minutes. You can make your voices heard. Turn your passive participation into active resistance. Facebook likes and Twitter retweets can’t create the change you want to see. Calling your Government on the phone can. Spend 5 minutes, make 5 calls. Calling is the most effective way to influence your representative. 5 Calls provides phone numbers and scripts so calling is quick and easy. It uses your location by zip code to find your local representatives so your calls have more impact
2. https://www.resistancemanual.org
   The Resistance Manual is an open source guide to taking action on a range of issues, from incarceration to immigration
3. https://www.runforsomething.net
   Run For Something is a website that helps young people get involved with leadership roles. It is a new political nonprofit founded by two veteran Democratic digital organizers to recruit progressive millennials to run for office.
4. nooneleft.org
   is a 501 (c)(3) organization dedicated to saving the lives of America’s Wartime Allies and their families who have saved the lives of thousands of Americans in service to our country. No one Left Behind is dedicated to helping obtain special immigration visas for those — like translators and interpreters — who have helped U. S. soldiers abroad.
5. www.marchforscience.com
   The March for Science will be held this year on Earth Day, April 22nd. Showing up is a way of saying that you care about facts, data, science and climate change.
6. www.indivisibleguide.com
   The Indivisible guide bills itself as a “practical guide to resisting the tRump agenda” and also shows you how to get involved with one of the 4,500 local indivisible groups that have already been started.
7. https://dailyaction.org/
   Daily Action, a daily text people can sign up for that gives them one concrete and specific action to take for that day.

So … Get busy. Make a difference and don’t be outraged…..be outrageous!

Onward and upward, DeeDee

All of these sites were pulled from the Arianna Huffington article I referenced in my last post.