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Activism 101

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I'M AN ACTIVIST, BUT I'M NOT

Hear what everyday folks have to say about being an activist. 

DIY FEMINIST CYBERSECURITY

 

We’re the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an independent non-profit working to protect online privacy for over thirty years. This is Surveillance Self-Defense: our expert guide to protecting you and your friends from online spying. Read the BASICS to find out how online surveillance works. Dive into our TOOL GUIDES for instructions to installing our pick of the best, most secure applications. We have more detailed information in our FURTHER LEARNING sections. If you’d like a guided tour, look for our list of common SECURITY SCENARIOS.

BE SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE - FACT CHECK!

In order to be informed cultural producers of information (as opposed to being cultural consumers), we need to think critically about the resources we are using and citing in our projects. We have a social responsibility to others who might be looking to us for information.  We all have a responsibility to fact-check sources before we retweet or repost so that those that follow us are reading accurate and reliable information.

Check out this guide for more information.

BEAUTIFUL RISING

We equip social movements with an ever-growing suite of strategic tools and training to help grassroots movements be more creative, effective, and irresistible.

YOUR RIGHTS AS A PROTESTOR

Standing up for your right to protest can be challenging, especially when demonstrations are met with violence. But knowing your rights is the most powerful weapon you have against police abuse. Here’s what you need to know before heading out to exercise your constitutionally protected right to protest.

FREE PRESS RESOURCES

Your voice matters. Want to know how to lobby your lawmakers? How to write an effective letter to the editor? How to start your own radio station? We’ve got you covered.

 

STAYING RESILIENCE WHILE TRYING TO SAVE THE WORLD

Volume 2 in the Staying Resilient While Trying to Save the World series “A Well-Being Workbook for Youth Activists” was drafted together with youth activists and informed by realities faced by Amnesty International youth activists across the globe. We hope this workbook will support youth activists in their journey to strengthen their self-care and make us all recognize the need to look after each other as we stand up for human rights.