Fear is what happens when we allow awful, inhumane acts to block our vision of where we want to go together. That’s why, every week for the last nine years, we share with you lists of things people are doing together that are good, kind, and visionary. It’s vital to take a breather from the headlines and spend some time dipping into the hopeful work happening around our nation and the world for inspiration.
- The Passamaquoddy Tribe regains rightful control of 7,756 acres of their original lands.
- Barbara Rose Johns, who led an anti-segregation school walkout as a teenager in 1951, is honored with a statue in her likeness on display in the U.S. Capitol.
- IL restricts immigration enforcement activity at courthouses, protects health information and access to childcare for immigrant communities, and opens a pathway for residents whose rights were violated to sue federal agents.
- MA’s Department of Public Health and Commissioner Dr. Robert Goldstein officially recommens incorporating abortion care within primary care, which will make abortion services more widely available and lessen stigma.
- MD: In acknowledgment of the state’s historic complicity, the Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission recommends monetary recompense for descendants of lynching victims and descendants of people who lived in communities terrorized by racist violence.
- San Diego sues the federal government over the construction of a razor wire fence near the US–Mexico border that is being built without city permission and causing environmental damage.
- In the face of state censorship of rainbow crosswalks, St. Petersburg, FL installs Pride-inspired bike racks instead.
- Hardin County, KY’s voting sites will have wheelchairs on hand to facilitate a more accessible experience for disabled voters.
- Nearly 200 aspiring Americans sue U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services after their immigration applications were abruptly paused following the administration’s travel-ban expansion from 40 countries.
- The Maine Monitor publishes an in-depth report about deceptive “crisis pregnancy centers” in the state and the dangers they pose to pregnant people’s autonomy.
- Invisible Histories, the Queer Zine Archive Project, and other archivist groups gather and preserve LGBTQ+ history to keep it accessible in the face of the federal government’s erasure.
- The Mayday Health organization runs an ad campaign across South Dakota’s gas stations to spread information about abortion pills and procedures.
- 674 people will be awarded $112M after a federal court ruled they were unlawfully detained for ICE in Suffolk County, NY.
- Hundreds of gun safety advocates were elected to office nationally, at the state level, and locally in 2025.
- ICEBlock app creator Joshua Aaron sues the administration for pressuring Apple and for ultimately removing ICEblock from the app store.
- Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donates $45M to The Trevor Project, the largest gift in the LGBTQ+ advocacy organization’s history.
- Mattel introduces its first-ever autistic Barbie doll to positive reviews.
- After nearly two years of local pushback, nickel refining company Westwin Elements will not move forward with a large-scale commercial refinery in Lawton, OK.
- Food waste prevention programs across the U.S. save and distribute millions of pounds of food that would otherwise be thrown out.
- Coal power generation in India and China has fallen for the first time since the 1970s.
Want an extra boost? Check out our most recent inspiring message from our awesome team member, Marissa Bracke, entitled Joy as Resistance.
HUGE thanks to our subscribers who showed up with nearly 400 actions within 24 hours to object to ICE presence and violence in our communities. Our total pro-immigration actions tally since last Friday is 1,820! We are holding all communities with love and support where ICE is currently present, especially in Minneapolis, and are committed to giving Americans multiple ways to speak up in solidarity. Check out our most recent Checklist of pro-democracy, pro equality actions.
Let’s keep staying focused on where we’re going and refuse to let evil dissuade us from our path.
Warmly,
Jen Hofmann and the AoCC team