Want to stand up for immigrants? Three things you can do in the Seattle area this week.
This is an all-hands-on-deck human rights emergency. What you do this week will be your answer to the question “what would I have done when the Nazis came for the Jews?”
This week has been brutal. Five things you can do to support your activist friends when you’re not the protesting type.
Not everyone is a “get in the streets” and “get arrested” type of person, and it truly does take all kinds of people to make a movement function. If you’ve got some activist loved ones in your life, here are some things you can do for us...
How to talk to your nice white liberal friends about the human rights crisis at our Southern border.
If you’re anything like me, there’s nothing that infuriates you more than apathy and indifference in the face of human rights abuses like the one we are currently witnessing. Those of us who are politically-minded, intense, and emotionally sensitive can...Full text and video of my speech at the Washington Poor People’s Campaign
My name is Tae Phoenix and I’m a child of two worlds. My mom is Latina and my dad is Jewish, which I like to say makes me a “challahpeño.” On my mom’s side, I’m one generation removed from the trailer park; but my dad is the son of an industrialist who came from...🚨Urgent: Do NOT Attend Tomorrow’s Counterprotest at Seattle Planned Parenthood Clinic
To Whom It May Concern: First of all, thank you for being willing to stand up for Planned Parenthood. Your good intentions are not in dispute here. And… I’ve heard first hand from Planned Parenthood staff on both the political and clinic sides that...
Why the resistance needs to stop relying on Facebook to organize, and what we should use instead.
I created my first Facebook account in 2006, as soon as it became available for anyone with a pomona.edu e-mail address. For many years, I thought it was the coolest thing ever. Facebook became like a multimedia diary where I could share photos and pour out my...Why wealthy liberal Seattleites need to engage with the Poor People’s Campaign, and how to get involved.
This past Monday, I was finally able to make it down to Olympia for the weekly Poor People’s Campaign rally and action at the Capitol. As always, I was impressed and humbled by the broad, intersectional coalition the Poor People’s Campaign is building....
Five ways to avoid burnout and make resistance sustainable
As we round the corner into the 18th month of Donald Trump’s so-called presidency, the resistance is burned out. We’ve been working hard since before the 2016 election to avert catastrophe and the constant barrage of scandal and cruelty is starting to feel...Learn how I went from corporate conservative to liberal activist
An interview about my artistic and political journey with Cameron Lavi-Jones at the University of Washington’s Rainy Dawg Radio.
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