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May Calls Us To Action!

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

Published: April 15, 2024Updated: May 5, 2024

Co-Created by Shannon Brescher Shea & Ashia Ray

WE DID IT!

We're cheering on...

STAY CURIOUS, STAND BRAVE & SMASH THE KYRIARCHY

You give us hope

This May, we take small steps of courage. Try something a little scary, rest and recover - and repeat.

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Daily 10-Second Ceasefire Texts

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PETITION via ADALAH JUSTICE PROJECT

Boycott the White House Correspondents' Dinner

*DUE 4/26* On April 27, the White House Press Association will host its annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner, where journalists and celebrities break bread with President Biden while Palestinian journalists in Gaza are being targeted and killed by Israel using U.S.-supplied weapons.

PETITION via MOVE ON

Justice for Jaahnavi Kandula

Seattle Police officer hit and killed 23-year-old Jaahnavi Kandula through reckless driving. The NPD then made disparaging and inhumane remarks about Kandula. The ACLUC of Washington notes shameful as a pattern of violence in SPD that disproportionately targets BIPOC civilians. Tell Seattle & Washington elected officials and the white house - these officers accountable.

PETITION via MPOWER CHANGE

Let Asna Speak

After a social media campaign of disinformation targeting South Asian-American Muslim student Asna Tabassum, USC school administrators responded with fear and cowardice by silencing her and cancelling her valedictorian speech.

PETITION via MOMS RISING

Salary Transparency & Paycheck Fairness Act Now!

Full-time working women earning just 84 cents to an average man's dollar. Mothers make even less compared to fathers. Women of color (whether moms or not) face even further wage gaps than white women. The Paycheck Fairness Act & Salary Transparency Act combats pay discrimination to close the wage gap.

PETITION via OXFAM AMERICA

Demand Amazon & Walmart End Harmful Surveillance

Amazon and Walmart constantly monitors their warehouse workers, fostering inhuman, unsustainable productivity pressure and standards leading to health and safety risks.

PETITION via WIN WITHOUT WAR

End the Famine in Gaza NOW

Children like ours are starving to death due to a man-made famine. Before the war, at least 10,000 trucks carried food to Gaza every month. That number has plummeted to just over 11,000 TOTAL in the five months since Israel started its latest siege on Gaza.

PETITION via NATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR JUSTICE

Stop Book Bans Now!

In the first half of the 2022-23 school year, 30% of banned books were related to race or featured characters of color, while more than half of those banned in 2023 focused on LGBTQ+ issues.

PODCAST EPISODE via COME BACK TO CARE

Why Intentions Don't Matter

When you’re triggered and in protection mode... you have no access to your beautiful parenting intentions or the well-researched parenting strategies you read about last night. Or at least not until you soothe your nervous system, turn off the danger alarm, take off your superhero costume, and get from the fight-flight-freeze-fix-people please mode back into your bandwidth.

AMPLIFY YOUR ACTION

Suggest An Action

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

LETTER TEMPLATE via FORJ AT BROWN

Dear School Admin: Reconsider 'Crazy Hair Day'

As the school year wraps up and we celebrate theme days, pause and reflect on whether these themes are inclusive and welcoming to all students in our community.

What implicit messages or values do these themes convey? Who is missing from the conversation about planning these themes?

FREE VIRTUAL TRAINING via RIGHT TO BE

Resilience Training for Asian/Americans Experiencing Harassment

We’ll talk through five strategies for intervention: distract, delegate, document, delay, and direct; and how to prioritize your own safety while intervening.

May 20, 2pm ET | Online | Free

FREE VIRTUAL TRAINING via RIGHT TO BE

Bystander Intervention to Stop Anti-Asian/American & Xenophobic Harassment

We’ll talk through five strategies for intervention: distract, delegate, document, delay, and direct; and how to prioritize your own safety while intervening.

May 15, 2pm ET | Online | Free

CEREMONY via COMBATANTS FOR PEACE

Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day Ceremony

Our ceremony is radically different from the typical ceremonies that promote a narrative that war and death are inevitable and necessary. Instead, the joint memorial event is a unique opportunity for Israelis and Palestinians to grieve together and stand united in demanding an end to the bloodshed.

PARENTING GROUP via RAISING LUMINARIES

Support Group for Community Caregivers

The Luminary Braintrust hosts Spring Hangouts for frazzled parents. We discuss the challenges of juggling parenting, oppression, and community care - and create a plan to move forward together.

Your membership supports Ashia's labor providing these free Monthly Quick Actions & Family Action Toolkits.

Online | Tuesdays May 14 & 28 | 1pm ET
Free for Luminary Braintrust Members (sliding scale)

6-WEEK COLLECTIVE via RAISING LUMINARIES

Summer Caregiver Collective

Are you modeling healthy care work for your kids - or saviorism, martyrdom & toxic hustle? Focus your floodlight into a laser-beam of sustainable action.

July-August 2024 | Online | Sliding Scale

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QUICK ACTIONS

May Calls Us To Action!

We're cheering on...

You give us hope

Daily 10-Second Ceasefire Texts

Boycott the White House Correspondents' Dinner

Justice for Jaahnavi Kandula

Let Asna Speak

Salary Transparency & Paycheck Fairness Act Now!

Demand Amazon & Walmart End Harmful Surveillance

End the Famine in Gaza NOW

Stop Book Bans Now!

Why Intentions Don't Matter

Suggest An Action

Dear School Admin: Reconsider 'Crazy Hair Day'

Resilience Training for Asian/Americans Experiencing Harassment

Bystander Intervention to Stop Anti-Asian/American & Xenophobic Harassment

Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day Ceremony

Support Group for Community Caregivers

Summer Caregiver Collective

Tackle tricky conversations with confidence

What small step of courage have you taken this month?

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Wordbank for Kids

Free Toolkits

Luminary Braintrust

Summer Luminator

Winter Incubator

Student Ignition Society

Bookshop

Come Back To Care

Revolutionary Humans

Growing Sustainable

Drop The ADL From Schools

Support local schools

STOP BOOK BANS

Meliora

Wordbank for Kids

Free Toolkits

Luminary Braintrust

Summer Luminator

Winter Incubator

Student Ignition Society

Bookshop

Come Back To Care

Revolutionary Humans

Growing Sustainable

Drop The ADL From Schools

Support local schools

STOP BOOK BANS

Meliora