Amanda McCellon
@amandamccellon.bsky.social
Oklahoma. Change facilitator. Community builder. Thought leader. Civic Engagement Consultant.
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A hands-on, ready-to-use resource for taking local action. No matter how red your state is.
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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
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
Every time you build trust with your neighbors, you’re building the foundation for collective power.
That’s not “small.”
That’s revolutionary.
That’s not “small.”
That’s revolutionary.
November 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Every time you build trust with your neighbors, you’re building the foundation for collective power.
That’s not “small.”
That’s revolutionary.
That’s not “small.”
That’s revolutionary.
The right has been quietly stacking school boards and county seats for decades.
Meanwhile, progressives argue online.
It’s time to meet them where they’ve been organizing all along - at the local level.
Meanwhile, progressives argue online.
It’s time to meet them where they’ve been organizing all along - at the local level.
November 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The right has been quietly stacking school boards and county seats for decades.
Meanwhile, progressives argue online.
It’s time to meet them where they’ve been organizing all along - at the local level.
Meanwhile, progressives argue online.
It’s time to meet them where they’ve been organizing all along - at the local level.
The revolution doesn’t start in Washington. It starts in the school board meeting, the zoning commission, the county budget hearing where nobody shows up.
That’s where systems shift- quietly.
Until we make noise.
That’s where systems shift- quietly.
Until we make noise.
November 12, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The revolution doesn’t start in Washington. It starts in the school board meeting, the zoning commission, the county budget hearing where nobody shows up.
That’s where systems shift- quietly.
Until we make noise.
That’s where systems shift- quietly.
Until we make noise.
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.
November 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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.
If local politics feels boring, it’s because they designed it that way. Quiet rooms make it easier to hide bad decisions.
November 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
If local politics feels boring, it’s because they designed it that way. Quiet rooms make it easier to hide bad decisions.
Not all hero’s wear capes.
Some show up to every zoning meeting.
Some start voter reg drives at the farmers market.
Some teach neighbors how to file FOIA requests.
This is grassroots glory.
Small acts, big power. Be the hero in your zip code.
Some show up to every zoning meeting.
Some start voter reg drives at the farmers market.
Some teach neighbors how to file FOIA requests.
This is grassroots glory.
Small acts, big power. Be the hero in your zip code.
November 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Not all hero’s wear capes.
Some show up to every zoning meeting.
Some start voter reg drives at the farmers market.
Some teach neighbors how to file FOIA requests.
This is grassroots glory.
Small acts, big power. Be the hero in your zip code.
Some show up to every zoning meeting.
Some start voter reg drives at the farmers market.
Some teach neighbors how to file FOIA requests.
This is grassroots glory.
Small acts, big power. Be the hero in your zip code.
What if I told you Congress isn’t running your community - your neighbors are?
School boards, city councils, county commissioners - these are where your tax dollars meet real life.
Local government is government. Don’t sleep on it.
School boards, city councils, county commissioners - these are where your tax dollars meet real life.
Local government is government. Don’t sleep on it.
November 4, 2025 at 2:10 PM
What if I told you Congress isn’t running your community - your neighbors are?
School boards, city councils, county commissioners - these are where your tax dollars meet real life.
Local government is government. Don’t sleep on it.
School boards, city councils, county commissioners - these are where your tax dollars meet real life.
Local government is government. Don’t sleep on it.
Red towns flip blue when the relationships get deeper than the outrage. We don't just resist - we root. That's how movements grow.
That's how social capital becomes policy change.
That's how social capital becomes policy change.
October 29, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Red towns flip blue when the relationships get deeper than the outrage. We don't just resist - we root. That's how movements grow.
That's how social capital becomes policy change.
That's how social capital becomes policy change.
Your local action inspires others.
When you show up, speak out, and organize, it's contagious. Be the spark. Your one action might be someone else's permission to get involved too. That's how movements grow.
When you show up, speak out, and organize, it's contagious. Be the spark. Your one action might be someone else's permission to get involved too. That's how movements grow.
October 28, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Your local action inspires others.
When you show up, speak out, and organize, it's contagious. Be the spark. Your one action might be someone else's permission to get involved too. That's how movements grow.
When you show up, speak out, and organize, it's contagious. Be the spark. Your one action might be someone else's permission to get involved too. That's how movements grow.
“Why does nothing ever change here?”
Because power stays in the hands of the connected. Let’s build our connection. Meet your people. Organize. Social capital is the currency of community change.
Because power stays in the hands of the connected. Let’s build our connection. Meet your people. Organize. Social capital is the currency of community change.
October 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
“Why does nothing ever change here?”
Because power stays in the hands of the connected. Let’s build our connection. Meet your people. Organize. Social capital is the currency of community change.
Because power stays in the hands of the connected. Let’s build our connection. Meet your people. Organize. Social capital is the currency of community change.