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RAISING LUMINARIES

Raising Luminaries creates workshops, training, and educational resources for parents & caregivers igniting the next generation of kind & courageous leaders.

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November Calls Us To Action!

Youth-centered calls to action to ignite the next generation of kind & courageous leaders.

Co-Created by Shannon Brescher Shea & Ashia Ray

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WE DID IT!

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STAY CURIOUS, STAND BRAVE & SMASH THE KYRIARCHY

You give us hope

This November, we take action to strengthen democracy, transform the adoption & donor industry, hold space for Indigenous mourning, and protect trans kids.

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QUICK TOOLS via VOTE.ORG

See what's on your ballot

Preview your federal, state, and local ballot.

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@jenagaza This is Jena. She is sharing her perspective on what is happening in Gaza right now. طفلة تعيش في غزة تشارك قصتها مع الأحداث الحالية. #فلسطين🇵🇸 #غزة #jena #palestine #gaza ♬ original sound - Al-Aihm الأَيـِــهَّــــٓـم
PETITION via ADALAH JUSTICE PROJECT

Tell Congress: Cosponsor Ceasefire NOW Resolution

More than 1,030 children like ours have already been killed by Israeli bombs this week. The new siege is preventing all water, electricity, medicine, fuel and food from getting into Gaza. Hospitals have been bombed and others are struggling without water or electricity. People are already dying.

I appeal to you – with the greatest urgency – to cosponsor this resolution for an immediate ceasefire.

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Use your platform to stop Gaza Genocide with the#CeasefireNow Toolkit and the Rising Majority calls to action.

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PETITION via NATIVE ORGANIZERS ALLIANCE ACTION

Tell the Senate: Pass the Native Child Protection Act Now

The NACPA will give Tribes the tools they need to more effectively prevent, investigate, prosecute, and treat family violence and child abuse and neglect. The bill is critical to the health and safety of Native children and a huge step forward in honoring our obligations to Native people nationwide.

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1-minute signature
PETITION via NATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR JUSTICE

Keep Anti-LGBTQ+ Propaganda Out of Our Schools

PragerU founder, Dennis Prager openly admitted Partnerships between PragerU and educational departments in Florida and Oklahoma raise serious concerns about the integrity of content in our schools.

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1-minute signature
OPEN LETTER via FIGHT FOR THE FUTURE

Tell Congress: KOSA Endangers LGBTQ+ Kids

Despite the misleading name, the 'Kids Online Safety Act' empowers state attorneys general to censor positive or even neutral internet content by and about LGBTQ+ people.

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PETITION via COALITION ON HUMAN NEEDS

Tell Congress to Invest in Housing

We’re demanding members of Congress oppose any budget amendments that would cut federal investments in affordable housing and homelessness programs.

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Due November 17th – when the stopgap spending bill ends – to pass funding and avoid a government shutdown.

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PETITION via SIERRA CLUB

Stop Drilling on Gwich’in and Inupiat Lands

Tell the Bureau of Land Management to limit all possibilities of oil drilling in the izhik Gwats’an Gwandaii Goodlit Actic Refuge.

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EXCUSE TO DO LESS via WILD SEED PROJECT

#LeaveTheLeaves: Ease Up on Fall Cleanup

Leaf 'litter' is food and shelter for baby bumblebees, butterflies, beetles, bees, moths, and more. Tell friends and neighbors to avoid leaf cleanup until late spring when night temperatures stick above 50F.

SAVE THE BEES
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FREE VIRTUAL TRAINING via RIGHT TO BE

Bystander Intervention to Stop Antisemitic Harassment

This 75-minute interactive training will teach you Right To Be’s 5Ds of bystander intervention methodology, created in collaboration with T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights.

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November 2nd or 14th, 7-8pm ET | Free

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FREE VIRTUAL TRAINING via RIGHT TO BE

Bystander Intervention to Islamaphobic & Xenophobic Harassment

This one-hour, interactive training will teach you Right To Be’s 5Ds of bystander intervention methodology. We’ll start by talking about the types of disrespect that Muslims and those who are perceived to be Muslim are facing right now — from microaggressions to violence — using a tool we call the “spectrum of disrespect.”

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November 1st 5:30-6:30pm ET or November 17th 1:30-2:30pm ET | Free

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WORKSHOP via PROJECT NIA

Transformative & Restorative Justice at Home

Caregivers, youths and families will be invited to build their own family circles and reflect on the cultural and interpersonal aspects of building successful restorative and transformative practices at home.

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Free | Online | Thur 11/9, 6pm ET

AMPLIFY YOUR ACTION

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Recommend a youth-centered action organized by people with lived experience.

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LIVE HANGOUTS via RAISING LUMINARIES

Luminary Braintrust Caregiver Hangouts

Brace yourself for hard conversations and courageous action at home - with support from caregivers on the same path.

Get access to informatl virtual gatherings, seasonal collaborations, a parent-activist resource library, and more.

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Nov 6th & 20th | 1pm EST | Online | 24/7 Portal Access | Sliding Scale

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6-WEEK COLLECTIVE via RAISING LUMINARIES

Activist Caregiver Winter Incubator

Can't catch up? Feeling trapped? On a trip wire with your kids?

What if we dropped all the busywork and bullshit and did something COMPLETELY DIFFERENT?!

It's time to focus your floodlight of overwhelm into a laser-beam of sustainable action.

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January through February 2024 | Online | Sliding Scale

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AFFINITY GROUP via ASSOCIATION FOR AUTISM & NEURODIVERSITY

Support Group for BIPOC Autistic Adults

This is our open support group for Autistic people of color (18+). These spaces are peer-led and provide an opportunity for participants to explore how their multiple identities show up and address their specific needs, by sharing experiences and offering support to one another. We are running these meetings through the winter and then will determine the next steps for future programming based on interest and feedback.

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Monthly | Free | Online | 12-1pm ET

I’m raising three biracial boys, I’m white and their Dad is from Ghana so we have a lot of family in poverty and also a lot racial identity conversations to be had. My oldest is 5 so any guidance I can get to start these conversations I am taking.

Thank you for all you do. You’re genuinely a light for those of us stumbling down this path with barely a flickering flashlight!

Anna A.

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Ashia (they/them or she/her)

Raising Luminaries is run by Ashia R., an Autistic, multiracial (Chinese/Irish) 2nd-generation settler raising two children alongside their partner on the homelands of the Wampanoag and Massachusett people.

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RAISING LUMINARIES

Raising Luminaries creates workshops, training, and educational resources for parents & caregivers igniting the next generation of kind & courageous leaders.

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RAISING LUMINARIES

Raising Luminaries creates workshops, training, and educational resources for parents & caregivers igniting the next generation of kind & courageous leaders.

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