Amanda McCellon
@amandamccellon.bsky.social
Oklahoma. Change facilitator. Community builder. Thought leader. Civic Engagement Consultant.
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NEW: The Blue Dot Local Action Toolkit is Here
A hands-on, ready-to-use resource for taking local action. No matter how red your state is.
amandamccellon.substack.com
New drop: For anyone who’s ever said “I want to help, but I don’t know where to start.”
I got you. And I made it printable.
#organizing #bluedot #oklahoma #civicengagement
I got you. And I made it printable.
#organizing #bluedot #oklahoma #civicengagement
Honestly shocked at how many people can explain federal budget nuances but can’t name ONE school board member who decides what kids learn.
Blue dot PSA: start local. Your power lives there.
Blue dot PSA: start local. Your power lives there.
December 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Honestly shocked at how many people can explain federal budget nuances but can’t name ONE school board member who decides what kids learn.
Blue dot PSA: start local. Your power lives there.
Blue dot PSA: start local. Your power lives there.
Want to challenge capitalism?
Start by fighting for public transit, public libraries, and public housing at home.
Local policy is where liberation gets funded.
Start by fighting for public transit, public libraries, and public housing at home.
Local policy is where liberation gets funded.
December 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Want to challenge capitalism?
Start by fighting for public transit, public libraries, and public housing at home.
Local policy is where liberation gets funded.
Start by fighting for public transit, public libraries, and public housing at home.
Local policy is where liberation gets funded.
Hot take: Local power is the real power. It’s where budgets are written, cops are funded, libraries are closed - or saved.
If you want to shift resources toward people instead of profit, you gotta start in your own zip code.
If you want to shift resources toward people instead of profit, you gotta start in your own zip code.
December 16, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Hot take: Local power is the real power. It’s where budgets are written, cops are funded, libraries are closed - or saved.
If you want to shift resources toward people instead of profit, you gotta start in your own zip code.
If you want to shift resources toward people instead of profit, you gotta start in your own zip code.
Reminder: There’s nothing “small” about local organizing. It’s the only place where regular people can still outnumber the lobbyists
December 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Reminder: There’s nothing “small” about local organizing. It’s the only place where regular people can still outnumber the lobbyists
Let me ruin your day real quick:
The people making decisions about your housing, your schools, and your safety? They’re usually elected by like… 400 people.
You have WAY more power than you think.
The people making decisions about your housing, your schools, and your safety? They’re usually elected by like… 400 people.
You have WAY more power than you think.
December 12, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Let me ruin your day real quick:
The people making decisions about your housing, your schools, and your safety? They’re usually elected by like… 400 people.
You have WAY more power than you think.
The people making decisions about your housing, your schools, and your safety? They’re usually elected by like… 400 people.
You have WAY more power than you think.
Movements don’t fail because people don’t care. They fail because people think change only happens at the federal level.
Let’s fix that misconception today.
Let’s fix that misconception today.
December 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Movements don’t fail because people don’t care. They fail because people think change only happens at the federal level.
Let’s fix that misconception today.
Let’s fix that misconception today.
Every policy that hurts us started small. So every policy that heals us can start small too.
That’s why local action matters.
That’s why local action matters.
December 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Every policy that hurts us started small. So every policy that heals us can start small too.
That’s why local action matters.
That’s why local action matters.
Five Civic Actions You Can Take This Holiday (Low-Lift, High-Impact):
I’m sharing over on Substack practical, nonpartisan, red-state friendly-backed civic actions you can take this holiday season.
Let’s give back in ways that strengthen our communities and our power.
I’m sharing over on Substack practical, nonpartisan, red-state friendly-backed civic actions you can take this holiday season.
Let’s give back in ways that strengthen our communities and our power.
Five Practical Civic Actions to Give Back This Holiday Season (Especially in Red-State Communities)
The holidays are loud about generosity - but rarely about civic generosity.
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Five Civic Actions You Can Take This Holiday (Low-Lift, High-Impact):
I’m sharing over on Substack practical, nonpartisan, red-state friendly-backed civic actions you can take this holiday season.
Let’s give back in ways that strengthen our communities and our power.
I’m sharing over on Substack practical, nonpartisan, red-state friendly-backed civic actions you can take this holiday season.
Let’s give back in ways that strengthen our communities and our power.
When you organize locally, you’re not just influencing policy - you’re reshaping an entire political culture.That’s how you turn a blue dot into a beacon.
December 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
When you organize locally, you’re not just influencing policy - you’re reshaping an entire political culture.That’s how you turn a blue dot into a beacon.
Want to dismantle oppressive systems?
Start with the ones across the street, not across the country.
Start with the ones across the street, not across the country.
December 8, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Want to dismantle oppressive systems?
Start with the ones across the street, not across the country.
Start with the ones across the street, not across the country.
Red state power doesn’t scare me.
Apathy does.
But lucky for Oklahoma, I’m allergic to minding my business.
Apathy does.
But lucky for Oklahoma, I’m allergic to minding my business.
December 7, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Red state power doesn’t scare me.
Apathy does.
But lucky for Oklahoma, I’m allergic to minding my business.
Apathy does.
But lucky for Oklahoma, I’m allergic to minding my business.
If you want to change your community’s future,
become the person people go to when something goes wrong.
That’s how social capital becomes political power.
become the person people go to when something goes wrong.
That’s how social capital becomes political power.
December 6, 2025 at 6:42 PM
If you want to change your community’s future,
become the person people go to when something goes wrong.
That’s how social capital becomes political power.
become the person people go to when something goes wrong.
That’s how social capital becomes political power.
Building social capital isn’t “soft activism.”
It’s power.
It’s the kind of power that can flip a vote, win a campaign, or block a bad bill.
It’s power.
It’s the kind of power that can flip a vote, win a campaign, or block a bad bill.
December 4, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Building social capital isn’t “soft activism.”
It’s power.
It’s the kind of power that can flip a vote, win a campaign, or block a bad bill.
It’s power.
It’s the kind of power that can flip a vote, win a campaign, or block a bad bill.
The most radical thing you can do isn’t shouting online - it’s showing up when no one expects you to.
City hall is always shocked when the people walk in.
City hall is always shocked when the people walk in.
November 30, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The most radical thing you can do isn’t shouting online - it’s showing up when no one expects you to.
City hall is always shocked when the people walk in.
City hall is always shocked when the people walk in.
Unpopular opinion: local government has more impact on your actual life than the president - and nobody wants to talk about it.
November 29, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Unpopular opinion: local government has more impact on your actual life than the president - and nobody wants to talk about it.
Here’s the wildest thing about local power:
You only need like… six people.
Six people who care.
That’s enough to flip a board vote, stop a bad policy, or create a new program.
Six.
You only need like… six people.
Six people who care.
That’s enough to flip a board vote, stop a bad policy, or create a new program.
Six.
November 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Here’s the wildest thing about local power:
You only need like… six people.
Six people who care.
That’s enough to flip a board vote, stop a bad policy, or create a new program.
Six.
You only need like… six people.
Six people who care.
That’s enough to flip a board vote, stop a bad policy, or create a new program.
Six.
Feed a man corn and he eats for a day.
Teach him to grow corn and he kills you and steals your land.
Then a whole country celebrates it every year.
Happy Thanksgiving.
Teach him to grow corn and he kills you and steals your land.
Then a whole country celebrates it every year.
Happy Thanksgiving.
November 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Feed a man corn and he eats for a day.
Teach him to grow corn and he kills you and steals your land.
Then a whole country celebrates it every year.
Happy Thanksgiving.
Teach him to grow corn and he kills you and steals your land.
Then a whole country celebrates it every year.
Happy Thanksgiving.
If you think your vote doesn’t matter, go to ONE school board or city council meeting.
Just one. I promise you’ll change your mind immediately.
Just one. I promise you’ll change your mind immediately.
November 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
If you think your vote doesn’t matter, go to ONE school board or city council meeting.
Just one. I promise you’ll change your mind immediately.
Just one. I promise you’ll change your mind immediately.
When did we decide national politics was the only ‘real’ politics?
Local government literally decides:
• your rent
• your roads
• your cops
• your library
• your water
…and we’re just NOT gonna talk about that??
Local government literally decides:
• your rent
• your roads
• your cops
• your library
• your water
…and we’re just NOT gonna talk about that??
November 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
When did we decide national politics was the only ‘real’ politics?
Local government literally decides:
• your rent
• your roads
• your cops
• your library
• your water
…and we’re just NOT gonna talk about that??
Local government literally decides:
• your rent
• your roads
• your cops
• your library
• your water
…and we’re just NOT gonna talk about that??
Power doesn’t just sit in D.C. or at the state capitol. It’s sitting in your county budget, your school board, your neighborhood.
Go claim it. It’s yours.
Go claim it. It’s yours.
November 24, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Power doesn’t just sit in D.C. or at the state capitol. It’s sitting in your county budget, your school board, your neighborhood.
Go claim it. It’s yours.
Go claim it. It’s yours.
The loudest blue dots I know aren’t angry - they’re hopeful.
Because they’ve seen what happens when five neighbors start believing they can change something together.
And spoiler: it works.
Because they’ve seen what happens when five neighbors start believing they can change something together.
And spoiler: it works.
November 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The loudest blue dots I know aren’t angry - they’re hopeful.
Because they’ve seen what happens when five neighbors start believing they can change something together.
And spoiler: it works.
Because they’ve seen what happens when five neighbors start believing they can change something together.
And spoiler: it works.
Local organizing isn’t the “baby version” of politics. It’s the most direct, most human form of democracy. We just forgot that power could look like us.
November 20, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Local organizing isn’t the “baby version” of politics. It’s the most direct, most human form of democracy. We just forgot that power could look like us.
When we build social capital - mutual aid networks, neighborhood coalitions, local alliances - we’re not just helping each other. We’re building a parallel power structure that can’t be bought.
November 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
When we build social capital - mutual aid networks, neighborhood coalitions, local alliances - we’re not just helping each other. We’re building a parallel power structure that can’t be bought.
Red states aren’t hopeless.
They’re under-organized, under-resourced, and overflowing with people who’ve never been invited in.
That’s our mission: to invite them in.
They’re under-organized, under-resourced, and overflowing with people who’ve never been invited in.
That’s our mission: to invite them in.
November 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Red states aren’t hopeless.
They’re under-organized, under-resourced, and overflowing with people who’ve never been invited in.
That’s our mission: to invite them in.
They’re under-organized, under-resourced, and overflowing with people who’ve never been invited in.
That’s our mission: to invite them in.
You don’t need a million followers to make change.
You need ten neighbors who trust you.
That’s called social capital, and in a red state? That’s how we out-organize the money.
#civicengagment #organizing #bluedotredstate
You need ten neighbors who trust you.
That’s called social capital, and in a red state? That’s how we out-organize the money.
#civicengagment #organizing #bluedotredstate
November 17, 2025 at 5:59 PM
You don’t need a million followers to make change.
You need ten neighbors who trust you.
That’s called social capital, and in a red state? That’s how we out-organize the money.
#civicengagment #organizing #bluedotredstate
You need ten neighbors who trust you.
That’s called social capital, and in a red state? That’s how we out-organize the money.
#civicengagment #organizing #bluedotredstate