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Americans of Conscience Checklist @aocchecklist.bsky.social · 3h

Oppose a sweeping overreach in voter-registration bureaucracy before October 20. This TIME SENSITIVE action is in our latest #AoCChecklist and you still have time to do it. americansofconscience.com/10-10-2025/#...

Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 3h

TAKE ACTION: Proponents of the anti-voter SAVE Act are pressuring the Election Assistance Commission to require documents like a passport in order to register to vote. Tell the Commission: Don’t make it harder for Americans to cast a ballot: bit.ly/4ngSyyl

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Americans of Conscience Checklist @aocchecklist.bsky.social · 4h

#GoodNews from the Arizona Supreme Court

Americans of Conscience Checklist @aocchecklist.bsky.social · 8h

TIME SENSITIVE Action 4: Oppose a sweeping overreach in voter-registration bureaucracy before Oct 20.

Deadline to comment on the federal registry is Oct 20. Proposal: require proof of citizenship when registering to vote. Details: #action4/#action4" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://americansofconscience.com/10-10-2025/#action4

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Americans of Conscience Checklist @aocchecklist.bsky.social · 15h

💛The color you wear is a choice, too. There are many ways to join the community promoting democracy. 🟨 Open the latest #AoCChecklist for suggestions in Action 3: Defend democracy and reject authoritarian rule. 🌕https://americansofconscience.com/10-10-2025/#action3

MomsRising @momsrising.org · 1d

For generations, yellow has been the color of resistance in nonviolent, peaceful movements across the globe. Whether you're rallying, hosting, or joining from home, wear yellow to stand out, send a bright, bold shared signal that America's power belongs to our people, not kings. #MomSky

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Americans of Conscience Checklist @aocchecklist.bsky.social · 1d

ICE is tricking vulnerable kids with cash. You can do something.

#AoCChecklist Action 5: Urge Secretary Kristi Noem to end the DHS program offering unaccompanied children $2,500 to waive their right to asylum.

Script & address: americansofconscience.com/10-10-2025/#... (source: supportkind.org)

Home Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) - KIND

We are Kids in Need of Defense, and we envision a world in which children’s rights and well-being are protected as they migrate alone in search of safety.

supportkind.org

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GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD Law) @gladlaw.bsky.social · 1d

If you have questions about losing access to care at Fenway or another New England health care center, we encourage you to reach out to our free and confidential legal information line, GLAD Law Answers:
GLADLawAnswers.org
[email protected]
800-455-GLAD

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Americans of Conscience Checklist @aocchecklist.bsky.social · 1d

#GoodNews in Alaska

EveryLibrary @everylibrary.bsky.social · 1d

Fifteen libraries across Alaska will be gaining access to a large online database of national and in-state news sources.

Grant funding will give 15 Alaska libraries free access to many paywalled newspapers

The libraries can now offer online access to up-to-date news, plus an archive of old papers.

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Americans of Conscience Checklist @aocchecklist.bsky.social · 1d

Join the community in speaking up in solidarity with farmworkers being denied their rights. #Action 8 in our latest AoCChecklist americansofconscience.com/10-10-2025/#...

United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 13d

Workers at Wafler Farms are fed up. They've been waiting for two years since they first voted for the UFW to get their contract, but all the company gives them is delays. Sign their petition demanding Wafler sign the contract now.

act.seiu.org/a/waflerpeti...

#WeFeedYou

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Americans of Conscience Checklist @aocchecklist.bsky.social · 1d

Action 3: Defend democracy and reject authoritarian rule.

October 18 is a national day of action. For other ways to protest if you aren't able to march in the streets, open our latest #AoCChecklist #action3/#action3" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://americansofconscience.com/10-10-2025/#action3

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Americans of Conscience Checklist @aocchecklist.bsky.social · 2d

Sign the petition to reunite the Merlos family. Open the latest #AoCChecklist for the link demanding ICE release and reunite this family.

And we have a bonus: Learn about how you can support separated children in your community. americansofconscience.com/10-10-2025/#...

National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 24d

What happened to Jackie and Carlos Merlos and their young children is outrageous. We need urgent action to help reunite this family: act.nilc.org/page/88106/p...

🧵Read about their story and the extraordinarily cruel lengths that CBP and ICE went to disappear them⤵️

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Americans of Conscience Checklist @aocchecklist.bsky.social · 2d

YOU are the best person to convince someone else to be a voter.

League of Women Voters of the US @lwvus.bsky.social · 6d

🫂 You are the best ambassador for voting in your community! People are more likely to vote when someone they know and trust asks them to.

🎉 Celebrate #NationalVoterEducationWeek by helping your friends and family get #VoteReady.

Check out ➡️ NationalVoterEducationWeek.org/share for tips & tricks!

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Americans of Conscience Checklist @aocchecklist.bsky.social · 2d

This TIME SENSITIVE action is in our latest #AoCChecklist. The chance to leave a comment opposing a huge overreach in voter-registration bureaucracy ends October 20. For details and a link, open americansofconscience.com/10-10-2025/#...

Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · 2d

The anti-voter SAVE Act failed in Congress thanks to widespread opposition. Now, its proponents are pressuring the Election Assistance Commission to enact a similar “show-your-papers” requirement for voting. Will you speak out against this attack on the freedom to vote? bit.ly/4ngSyyl

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Americans of Conscience Checklist @aocchecklist.bsky.social · 2d

#GoodNews from Michigan!

Moms Demand Action @momsdemand.bsky.social · 2d

📣 VICTORY IN MICHIGAN! Lawmakers just passed a budget that prioritizes public safety and supports survivors!

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Human Rights Campaign @hrc.org · 2d

TOMORROW IS #HBCUOutLoudDay!

Across the country, students, staff, and faculty at Historically Black Colleges and Universities around the country will honor Black LGBTQ+ culture and commit to the fight for equality. Join the celebration: hrc.im/OutLoudSocial

HBCU OutLoud Day 2025: Dream Out Loud

On Wednesday, October 15, Historically Black Colleges and Universities across the country will celebrate HBCU OutLoud Day, a day for students, staff, and faculty to honor LGBTQ+ students and commit to the fight for equality. This year, we dare to Dream ...

hrc.im

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Americans of Conscience Checklist @aocchecklist.bsky.social · 2d

We 💜 learning history. Heck, we just love learning.

Human Rights Campaign @hrc.org · 2d

October is an important time for allies to learn about the history of the LGBTQ+ community — as well as for us queer folks to get in touch with our roots.

Read more about the origins of LGBTQ+ History Month: https://www.advocate.com/news/how-lgbtq-history-month-start

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Americans of Conscience Checklist @aocchecklist.bsky.social · 2d

“Keep” is one of our favorite four letter words today.

Common Cause @commoncause.org · 2d

Keep redistricting fair.
Keep redistricting non-political.
Keep power in the hands of the people!

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Americans of Conscience Checklist @aocchecklist.bsky.social · 2d

Action 2: Oppose a $150B ICE funding expansion.

Keep asking reps to do their jobs and reject the gov't funding bill that includes ICE expansion to target, detain, and deport people. Open #AoCChecklist for a script: #action2/#action2" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://americansofconscience.com/10-10-2025/#action2

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Americans of Conscience Checklist @aocchecklist.bsky.social · 2d

#Action 1: Reopen the gov't while protecting healthcare. Impacts to healthcare, education & infrastructure services guaranteed by treaty to tribal nations & the risk of interrupting essential food aid make this action crucial. For a script, open #action1/#action1" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://americansofconscience.com/10-10-2025/#action1

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Americans of Conscience Checklist @aocchecklist.bsky.social · 2d

♥️ fair voting maps and the ACLU

ACLU @aclu.org · 2d

We’ll be at the Supreme Court tomorrow to defend a fair voting map in Louisiana. Diluting Black voting power is textbook discrimination — we're fighting for fair representation.

Graphic with a protester holding a sign reading "Federal voting rights protections, now!" The graphic reads "Black voters deserve to elect candidates of our choice."

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Americans of Conscience Checklist @aocchecklist.bsky.social · 2d

An important resource: “Turning the Page: An Advocate’s guide to the Freedom to Read” 📚

Freedom to Read Project @freedomreadproject.bsky.social · 2d

Have you downloaded our free workbook, “Turning the Page: An Advocate’s Guide to the Freedom to Read,” yet? Whether you’re an educator, parent, student, or community advocate, this guide will help you take action with confidence and strategy.
www.freedomtoreadproject.org/turning_the_page

Cover of turning the page: an advocate’s guide to the freedom to read

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Americans of Conscience Checklist @aocchecklist.bsky.social · 2d

**listen to the Indigenous voices who have long protected this planet**

Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 3d

There is a path forward—and it requires we listen to the Indigenous voices who have long protected this planet.

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Americans of Conscience Checklist @aocchecklist.bsky.social · 3d

Don't let fear silence creativity

Freedom to Read Project @freedomreadproject.bsky.social · 3d

The real danger of censorship isn’t just the books we lose today, but the stories that will never be written tomorrow.

When fear silences creativity, we all lose, especially young readers searching for connection, comfort, and truth. Let’s make sure every story still has a chance to be told.

Judy Blume quote: it’s not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written. The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the real losers.

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Americans of Conscience Checklist @aocchecklist.bsky.social · 3d

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day and check out the cool Native Land tool here!

Chesapeake Bay Foundation @chesapeakebayfdn.bsky.social · 3d

Today, on #IndigenousPeoplesDay, we honor the original stewards of the Chesapeake Bay region—whose deep connection to these lands and waters stretches back thousands of years. Explore the Native Land tool: https://native-land.ca/

📷: Rachel Blevins
📍: Shawnee territory

Sunrise over calm water, featuring a gradient of orange and blue hues in the sky reflected on the water.

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Americans of Conscience Checklist @aocchecklist.bsky.social · 3d

Care over cynicism, hope over fear, every time. It can be hard to keep going. Make it easier; consider a bonus action: Today, Oct 12, join #AoCChecklist in Sunday Steadies, led by Jen Hofmann, AoCC Founder & Director. 🔗 https://americansofconscience.com/making-it-easier-to-keep-going/

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Americans of Conscience Checklist @aocchecklist.bsky.social · 5d

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Moms Demand Action @momsdemand.bsky.social · 6d

📢 HISTORY MADE IN CALIFORNIA: Thanks to the tireless efforts of our volunteers, survivors, gun sense champions in the legislature, and Governor Gavin Newsom, California just made history by enacting AB 1127—a first-of-its-kind law to take on DIY machine guns. @governor.ca.gov 🧵

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