Join Empowered Resistance – with two live sessions in May!
Feeling stressed about the direction of our country, but unsure how to be part of the solution? Join Jennifer Hofmann for Empowered Resistance, a 90-minute class designed to help you move from anxiety and anger toward grounded, sustainable action. Together, we’ll explore how to focus your energy, clarify what matters most to you, and build the long-term resilience this moment requires. Join one of the two live sessions in May. Details here!
Supporting citizen engagement since 2016
At a time when many Americans are more overwhelmed and discouraged than ever, Americans of Conscience empowers readers to move from frustration into meaningful action. Twice a month for the last nine years, we have been empowering tens of thousands of people to call representatives, protect voting rights, support vulnerable communities, and show up for one another instead of shutting down in fear.
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All the good news
Every week, we show up to remind you that the act of showing up works. From courtrooms to classrooms, here’s a snapshot of how Americans are making our nation a more fair, more just, more kind place to be.
- First Nations leaders collaborate during the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues to facilitate Indigenous border mobility and free trade across the present-day U.S.-Canada border.
- AL: A bill that would have allowed county commissions or city councils to remove members of public library boards at any time and for any reason fails to pass the legislature.
- NY Department of Education strikes down two Long Island districts’ bathroom policies for violating students’ rights.
- NY makes an unprecedented statewide effort to repair roads and fill potholes following a winter of extreme weather.
- RI: A federal court dismisses a DOJ lawsuit seeking personal details about Rhode Island voters.
- The Bloomington, IN Police Department prohibits departmental use of Flock license plate reader data for immigration- and reproductive healthcare-related investigations.
- Festus, MO votes out council members who approved a data center against the community’s wishes.
- Chicago boosts student access to public library materials and resources by turning all public school IDs into library cards.
- A jury awards $2.25M to former Riverside County Sgt. Frank Lodes, who was pressured into early retirement in retaliation for reporting workplace harassment by a superior.
- Philz Coffee chain issues a public apology for their decision to remove Pride flags and will restore the flags at all chain locations.
- The Friendship Bench project provides sustainable community- and evidence-based psychological interventions by facilitating patient meetings with community health workers in discreet outdoor spaces.
- The Fitchburg Arts Community in Massachusetts aims to provide affordable housing for local artists.
- Marie-Thérèse Ross, 85, returns home to France after being detained by ICE for weeks.
- In an effort to save money and prevent waste, New England communities work together to mend, renew, and trade clothing and footwear.
- The largest renewable energy project ever built in the United States begins generating electricity.
Thank you for being part of the solution our nation needs.
Warmly,
Jennifer Hofmann
Founder and Director
Americans of Conscience
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