Action 1: Demand the U.S. honor its promises to our Afghan allies.
Thank you to the 188 Americans of Conscience who completed this action!
Contact:
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem by phone at 202-282-8495 or by mail at
Secretary of Homeland Security
Washington, DC 20528
Script: Hello, my name is _____ and I’m contacting you from [STATE] to oppose the termination of Temporary Protected Status for people from Afghanistan. This move puts thousands of our allies at risk of being sent back to life-threatening conditions in Afghanistan—including armed group activity, human rights abuses, and widespread food insecurity—while we abandon our responsibility to people who supported U.S. operations. I insist that you reverse this termination and reaffirm our commitment to protect our allies.
Source: AoCC, USCRI
Action 2: Oppose the president’s unconstitutional acceptance of lavish gifts from foreign countries.
Thank you to the 320 Americans of Conscience who completed this action!
Contact: Your two senators: (call, write, or email)
The president’s acceptance of a $400M luxury jet as a gift from the government of Qatar violates the Foreign Emoluments Clause of the U.S Constitution and is also a potential national security risk. S. Res. 218 would affirm the requirement for congressional approval for such gifts.
Script if your senators are among the 27 current cosponsors: Thank you for cosponsoring S. Res. 218, which condemns the president’s acceptance of expensive gifts from foreign governments as a corrupt act.
Script if your senators are not on the list of cosponsors: I’m asking you to cosponsor S. Res. 218 to affirm that the president’s use of public office for personal financial gain is a violation of the Foreign Emoluments Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
Source: Brennan Center
Action 3: Support the restoration of independent legal services for aspiring Americans.
Thank you to the 140 Americans of Conscience who completed this action!
Contact:
Attorney General Pam Bondi by phone at 202-353-1555 or by mail at
Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20530
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. by phone at 1-877-696-6775 (choose option 5, For the Office of the Secretary) or by mail at
Secretary of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20201
Script: Hello, my name is _____ and I’m reaching out from [STATE] opposing the termination of legal representation for vulnerable people seeking citizenship. Without programs that provide independent services to adults with mental health needs, children, and families, these aspiring Americans will be forced to rely on a government that has already harmed them to guide them through the immigration process. I insist you restore independent legal services to people and families trying to navigate our complex immigration system.
Bonus: Contact your members of Congress via phone, mail, email, or the Acacia Center for Justice form (click Edit Subscription Preferences to opt out of emails) and urge them to call on AG Bondi and HHS Secretary Kennedy to restore legal services for vulnerable people and families.
Source: Acacia Center for Justice, AoCC
Action 4: Advocate for media literacy training for high school students.
Thank you to the 33 Americans of Conscience who completed this action!
Contact: Your local school board or high school principal
Script: Hi, I’m calling to ask what steps you are taking to teach media literacy skills to high school students. Media-literate young people who use online news sources and know how to fact-check the information they read are more likely to vote, as opposed to those who rely on social media for news. Giving all students the tools to evaluate online information will increase civic engagement and help them make a habit of informed voting.
Source: Voter Participation Center
Action 5: Encourage high school graduates to register to vote.
Thank you to the 17 Americans of Conscience who completed this action!
If you have family members graduating from high school this year, one great way to celebrate their achievement is to encourage them to register to vote. Download free postcards from the League of Women Voters to share with graduates, direct current students to The Civics Center’s free voter-registration drive training, and help young Americans start a new habit: participating in democracy.
Source: The Civics Center / League of Women Voters
Action 6: Time-sensitive: Tell your MoCs: Recess isn’t a holiday—it’s accountability time.
Thank you to the 26 Americans of Conscience who completed this action!
Contact: The local (non-D.C.) offices of your two senators and one House representative (call, write, or email).
Script: Hi, my name is _____ and I’m a constituent from [ZIP]. Would you please tell me when [Sen./Rep. NAME] is holding town hall meetings during the May 26-30 work period?
If no meetings are planned, say: It’s an important part of [Sen./Rep. NAME]’s job to meet with constituents in their home districts, and I have questions I’d like to ask [them]. Will you take my information to let me know when they hold the next town hall?
If meetings are planned, ask: Would you give me the location and details? Will there be an opportunity to ask questions? Thank you.
Source: AoCC
Action 7: Protect the well-being of food system workers.
Thank you to the 53 Americans of Conscience who completed this action!
Contact: Secretary Brooke L. Rollins
U.S. Department of Agriculture
1400 Independence Ave., S.W.
Washington, DC 20250
Script: Hello, I’m reaching out from [STATE] to condemn the USDA’s deregulation of line speeds at pork and poultry plants and its suspension of worker safety data collection, endangering the 415,000 people who work under intense pressure to meet production quotas. This decision increases the risk of food contamination and prioritizes large scale farming interests over the safety of millions of families. Please fulfill your duty to protect consumers and our workforce by reversing this dangerous directive.
Source: AoCC
Action 8: Prepare for the 2025 Elections.
Thank you to the 139 Americans of Conscience who completed this action!
Are you ready to vote for the over 100,000 seats up for election in 2025, including governors, municipal governments, school boards, and more.
- 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.
- Find out who and what is on your ballot.
Source: Rock the Vote
Action 9: Have a hard, brave conversation.
Thank you to the 122 Americans of Conscience who completed this action!
One third of Americans did not vote in the most recent federal election. Why not? We won’t know unless we ask. Crossing Party Lines offers free classes about brave conversations that build trust, a healthier democracy, and a shared future. Check this box if you’ve had an open, curious conversation with someone different from you in the past two weeks.
Source: Crossing Party Lines
Action 10: Take action in your own community.
Thank you to the 125 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 Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D–IL) for taking steps to hold the Salvadoran president accountable for his complicity with the U.S. presidential administration in defying court orders on the treatment of people deported to his country.
If you’d like to mail your own personal expression of gratitude, use this address: Office of the Governor, 401 S. Spring St., Springfield, IL 62704
Thank you to the 230 Americans of Conscience who completed this action!
Thank Attorney General William Tong (D–CT) for objecting to Avelo Airlines’ complicity with the administration’s anti-immigrant deportation agenda.
If you’d like to mail your own personal expression of gratitude, use this address: Office of the Attorney General, 165 Capitol Ave., Hartford, CT 06106
Thank you to the 204 Americans of Conscience who completed this action!
Thank Reps. Jason Crow (D–CO) and Zach Nunn (R–IA) for leading the effort to honor the U.S.’s promises to our Afghan allies.
If you’d like to mail your own personal expression of gratitude, use these addresses:
JC: 1323 Longworth HOB, Washington, DC, 20515
ZN: 1410 Longworth HOB, Washington, DC 20515
Thank you to the 199 Americans of Conscience who completed this action!
Good News
If you find good news for democracy, equality, and the planet, share it with us here!
- The House approves four nominees to the governing board of the Office of Congressional Conduct, providing the board with enough members to operate and continue its role of investigating and uncovering misconduct by Congress members.
- Library of Congress employees uphold the Constitution’s separation of powers by not admitting two DOJ officials appointed by the president to lead the agency who have not been confirmed by the Senate.
- A federal court orders the administration to promptly facilitate contact between Widmer Josneyder Agelviz Sanguino and his lawyers after immigration enforcement illegally deported Sanguino to a notoriously abusive prison in El Salvador.
- Six weeks after being seized off the streets and detained under a false claim by DHS, doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk is released from ICE detention to resume her studies and live in the community while attorneys seek reinstatement of her visa.
- Attorneys general from 20 states file two lawsuits against the administration over its threats to illegally withhold billions of congressionally allocated funds from states if they don’t meet federal immigration enforcement demands.
- CO becomes the ninth state to pass a state-level Voting Rights Act into law.
- FL: A bill that would have required proof of U.S. citizenship when registering to vote fails to advance in the legislature.
- MD will fund a program to pay for abortions regardless of a patient’s insurance coverage.
- ME: Following a lawsuit brought by the state, the presidential administration halts their efforts to freeze USDA funds in retaliation for Maine’s supportive, gender-inclusive student sports policy.
- A MT court strikes down a ban on gender-affirmative healthcare for transgender youth, finding that the ban violated the state constitution.
- NC: Justice Allison Riggs’s reelection to the state Supreme Court is finally certified six months after her win, following a federal court order blocking the losing candidate’s unfounded efforts to overturn the will of the electorate.
- Decatur, GA creates a reparations task force to provide policy recommendations to address how racial injustice has historically, financially, and systematically harmed Black residents.
- New York City temporarily changes its affordable housing lottery system to immediately place unhoused people and families in readily available apartments.
- Pittsburgh’s airport builds a field of solar panels in a former 12-acre landfill, boosting its own renewable energy and that of nearby homes and businesses.
- Greyhound upholds the rights of their passengers by not permitting warrantless immigration enforcement activities on their buslines or at their stations.
- Since January, the New Georgia Project helped to register 10,000 Georgians to vote.
- A Quaker group marches 300 miles to protest against the administration’s unjust treatment of people who immigrated to the U.S.
- Protestors demonstrate outside a detention facility in RI to demand the release of their neighbors and community members being unjustly held there.
- National parks advocates erect 300 billboards nationwide to protest drastic park staffing cuts by the so-called “Dept. of Government Efficiency” and to remind Americans of their collective power to protect national parks.
- Congressional candidate Kate Abughazelah focuses her campaign on direct action and mutual aid while hoping to expand diverse age representation in Congress.
- Legendary civil rights attorney Fred Gray is honored with a statue outside the Alabama State Bar Association.
- In March, low-carbon energy sources generated more electricity in the U.S. than fossil fuels for the first time ever.
- Antarctica unexpectedly gained hundreds of billions of tons of ice over the past few years, which is expected to offset about 25% of the total rise in seawater levels from recent years.
- Researchers prove that polymer extracts from okra and fenugreek bind with microplastics in water, making for an efficient removal method.
- An animal rescue nonprofit in Houston, TX transforms sheds into “mutternity suites” for stray pregnant dogs in need of a safe place to give birth.
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