This Week’s Actions
Action 1: Get ready for all 2026 elections.
Thank you to the 158 Americans of Conscience who completed this action!
Nothing is certain. Ensure that you and your neighbors are ready to vote in your state’s primary election and the general election on November 3.
- Confirm that your voter registration is still valid (or register to vote for the first time by your state’s deadline).
- Update your address or re-register if you’ve recently moved.
- Make a plan to vote by mail or in person, whether early or on Election Day. If you plan to vote by mail, check your state’s ballot return deadline.
- Find out who and what is on your ballot.
- Ask two friends to register to vote or to verify their registrations. Studies show that people are more likely to vote if they are encouraged by someone they know.
Source: 1-866-OUR-VOTE
Action 2: Urge lawmakers to affirm a child’s right to an education, regardless of immigration status.
Thank you to the 92 Americans of Conscience who completed this action!
Contact: Your two state legislators (look up).
Script: Hello, I’m ______ from [ZIP]. I oppose the Heritage Foundation’s push for legislation to undermine the 44-year-old Plyler v. Doe Supreme Courtruling that protects a child’s access to public education, regardless of immigration status. Since 2025, several states have introduced legislation designed to challenge Plyler. The House Judiciary Subcommittee recently held a hearing in which Republican lawmakers advocated for overturning Plyler. All students deserve access to quality education that promises a brighter future. Please oppose any efforts to deny a child’s right to free and public education.
Bonus: Use the script above to contact your two senators and one House representative (call, write, or email).
Source: AoCC
Action 3: Demand that Congress immediately end the detention of children.
Thank you to the 126 Americans of Conscience who completed this action!
Contact: Your two senators and one House representative (call, write, or email).
Script: Hello, I’m ______ from [ZIP], and I oppose the detention of unaccompanied children on moral grounds. The administration’s recent policy changes have resulted in prolonged stays in federal custody, prevented reunification with loving caretakers, and forced children to attend court hearings without legal representation. Unaccompanied children are at much greater risk for abuse. Please work to end the detention of unaccompanied children, ensure safe, timely release to vetted sponsors, and protect meaningful access to full legal counsel.
Alternate: Take action via KIND’s congressional contact form.
Source: Kids in Need of Defense (KIND)
Action 4: Participate in a national day of solidarity on May 1.
Thank you to the 54 Americans of Conscience who completed this action!
May 1 is a national day of solidarity following the largest single-day protest in American history (the No Kings 3 protests on March 28, 2026). Events are planned nationwide, but you can participate by following the organizers’ call for “no work, no school, no shopping” to support “workers over billionaires.”
Bonus: Donate to Union Now, a nationwide fund to support striking workers in all industries.
Source: No Kings, May Day Strong
Action 5: Protect communities from emissions that pollute the air.
Thank you to the 80 Americans of Conscience who completed this action!
Contact: Your two senators (call, write, or email).
Script: Hello, I’m ______ from [ZIP], writing to oppose two bills that weaken the Clean Air Act at a time when air quality and pollution are worsening, with disproportionate impacts on communities of color. Please vote “NO” on the FENCES Act (H.R. 6409), which allows polluters to use foreign emissions to avoid accountability, and the RED Tape Act (H.R. 6398), which removes requirements for EPA review of certain federal projects. Stop enriching industry at Americans’ expense.
Bonus: Contact your one House representative (call, write, or email) to oppose the Fire Improvement and Reforming Exceptional Events (FIRE) Act (H.R. 6387), which excludes air quality data, enabling polluters to abuse the decision-making process.
Source: Moms Clean Air Force
Action 6: Oppose voter suppression legislation in your state.
Thank you to the 22 Americans of Conscience who completed this action!
If you live in MD, MI, MO, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, or VT, your state has introduced legislation that would implement some of the harmful voter-suppression measures from the not-yet-passed federal SAVE America Act. Find the bill number(s) in this tracker and contact your two state legislators (look up).
Script: Hello, I’m ______ from [ZIP], asking you to protect all of [STATE]’s voters from voter suppression. [BILL # FROM TRACKER] would impose costly burdens on eligible voters by requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote. Can I count on your opposition to this harmful legislation? Thank you.
If you live elsewhere, donate to the Voting Rights Lab to support their nonpartisan legislation tracker and voting-rights advocacy.
Source: Voting Rights Lab
Action 7: Oppose again the anti-voter, anti-voting “SAVE America” Act.
Thank you to the 72 Americans of Conscience who completed this action!
In the past 10 weeks, 1,209 AoCC subscribers opposed this discriminatory bill together. It has already passed in the House.
Contact: Your two senators (call, write, or email).
Script: Hello, I’m ______ from [ZIP], asking you to oppose the SAVE America Act (S. 1383), which passed the House on Feb. 11. This bill would prevent millions of married women who have changed their names from registering and voting. It would affect the roughly 170 million Americans without a passport and the 9% of the population that moved in the last year and negatively impact domestic abuse survivors. It would allow recurring purges of voter rolls, end mail voting nationwide, and burden voters to prove their citizenship when registering and show photo ID when voting. I am asking you to block this bill using procedural tools like the filibuster and to vote “NO” if this harmful voter suppression bill comes up for a vote. Thank you.
Sources: Brennan Center, MomsRising, Southern Poverty Law Center, Stand Up America
Action 8: Reject antisemitism and hate.
Thank you to the 49 Americans of Conscience who completed this action!
Contact: Your two senators (call, write, or email).
Script: Hello, I’m ______ from [ZIP], asking you to support a resolution (S.Res. 533) condemning white supremacy, hate, and antisemitism, and efforts to give a platform to these dangerous ideologies. With deadly antisemitic attacks on the rise worldwide and racist rhetoric fueling new ones, it has never been more important to reject hatred and affirm our democratic values. Please help protect the safety and dignity of all our communities by supporting this resolution.
Alternate: Use the JCPA letter to urge your senators’ support (uncheck “Yes, sign me up for email updates”).
Action 9: Practice essential democracy skills.
Thank you to the 8 Americans of Conscience who completed this action!
Our democracy has a better chance of transforming into a tool for justice and liberty when we practice civil debate, active listening, and mutual respect. With better skills we can reunite our nation, one conversation at a time.
Will you practice better democracy? Sign up to participate in groups like Braver Angels, Crossing Party Lines, and Make America Dinner Again.
Source: AoCC
Action 10: Take credit for showing up in your own community.
Thank you to the 66 Americans of Conscience who completed this action!
It’s our hope that using the Checklist inspires you to become more involved in specific issues and/or local action. In the last two weeks, did you volunteer, do service, advocate, or support a local or state cause? Check the box to let us know!
Source: AoCC
Acts of Gratitude
We believe in gratitude as a tool for change. We will print a letter of thanks from Americans of Conscience with your signature and mail it to the recipient. Your information will be removed from this website no later than four weeks after the Checklist’s publication date.
Thank the American Postal Workers Union for sponsoring an ad campaign to promote voting by mail as a secure and efficient way to cast a ballot.
If you’d like to mail your own personal expression of gratitude, use this address: 1300 L St. NW, Washington, DC 20005
Thank you to the 104 Americans of Conscience who completed this action!
Thank Reps. Ayanna Pressley (D–MA), Laura Gillen (D–NY), and Mike Lawler (R–NY) for their leadership regarding House passage of a bill that would extend Temporary Protected Status for people from Haiti living in the U.S. through January 20, 2029.
If you’d like to mail your own personal expression of gratitude, use these addresses:
AP: 402 Cannon HOB, Washington, DC 20515
LG: 428 Cannon HOB, Washington, DC 20515
ML: 324 Cannon HOB, Washington, DC 20515
Thank you to the 80 Americans of Conscience who completed this action!
Good News
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Good news: Wins for democracy, equality, kindness, and planet.
- In the face of the administration’s attempts to end the program, the House passes legislation with bipartisan support that would extend Temporary Protected Status for people from Haiti living in the U.S. until January 2029.
- A federal district court in California orders DHS to uphold a 40-year-old court order banning immigration personnel from coercing unaccompanied minors to give up their asylum claims and voluntarily leave the U.S.
- A U.S. district court blocks the administration from cutting National Institutes of Health grant funding for scientific research and medical studies.
- The U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts strikes down several actions taken by the administration to slow down the development of clean energy.
- MT’s Supreme Court temporarily blocks a policy barring transgender and nonbinary people from updating their identity documents with accurate gender designations.
- PA: While striking down a ban on Medicaid coverage for abortion care, the Commonwealth Court rules that the state constitution protects the fundamental right to reproductive autonomy.
- VA voters approve a plan to redraw the state’s legislative maps to counteract partisan gerrymandering in other states.
- Hennepin County prosecutors charge an ICE agent with assault, marking the first time a federal officer has been charged in a criminal case since immigration officials began their occupation of various Minnesota cities.
- A federal district court (IL) rules that the administration violated the First Amendment when it pressured Facebook and Apple to remove ICE-tracking groups and apps from their platforms.
- A coalition of immigrant advocacy groups protest the inhumane treatment and unlawful detention of people held in a Dilley, TX detention center.
- The major regional hospital system Children’s Minnesota reinstates gender-affirming care for transgender and gender diverse youth.
- Annie Ramos leaves federal immigration custody after being detained while enrolling in military spousal benefits ahead of her husband’s army deployment.
- Galveston shrimp fishermen, the majority of whom immigrated from Vietnam, are able to access healthcare, food, clothing, and social and legal services at no charge through the Docside Clinic.
- Tucker Carlson publicly apologizes for misleading Americans and previous support of the current president.
- Renewable energy sources supplied more power to the U.S. than gas for the first time during March 2026.
Need inspiration?
- Read the latest message from AoCC’s Founder and Director, Jennifer Hofmann: I Was Wrong About Voting
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- Why We Pause Before We Act
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