Did you know firearms are the leading cause of death for American children? Learn more and Be SMART about secure gun storage ⤵️

Help protect special education and disability rights ☎️

Action 3: Oppose ICE’s deceptive “self-deportation” flyers. Often distributed with official court communications to look credible, they omit serious legal consequences, including re-entry bans,under a complete lack of due process. https://americansofconscience.com/02-27-2026/#action3

Action 2: Oppose expanding ICE mass-detention warehouses. Learn how to act locally and help your community block this ICE expansion! https://americansofconscience.com/02-27-2026/#action2

As voters head to the polls in North Carolina and Texas, we urge everyone to take steps now to make sure you're ready for elections in your state! 🔗 to #AoCChecklist action in first comment ⤵️

Action 1: Oppose the anti-voter, anti-voting “SAVE America” Act. Keep the pressure on until this voter suppression bill sputters out in the Senate! https://americansofconscience.com/02-27-2026/#action1

Every action we take is the friction needed for change. The freedom we seek from the chaos and cruelty begins with this friction. Get inspired to be the friction that breaks these chains in this week's Inspiring Message: https://americansofconscience.com/friction-is-how-freedom-begins/

Ready for the weekend? Before you slide into that couch, dig right into a brand NEW set of positive actions to make change! Inviting friends over for movie night? Hold off on the popcorn until you get a couple of actions checked off! https://americansofconscience.com/02-27-2026/

Today is National Quiet Day - a day encouraging quiet and introspection. Take time to listen to that wise voice inside your head to take the next right step. Quiet is good. Introspection is good. But remember, silence is NOT golden when your neighbors and democracy need your voice. #AoCChecklist

Tomorrow is the State of the Union, but we already know who's really holding this country together. The workers, caregivers, the neighbors showing up when the government won't. 👇 Drop a film, speech, or action you'd recommend instead.

We're back in court seeking an emergency order to stop unlawful ICE activity at and around Minnesota public schools. The presence of armed, masked agents patrolling near schools and bus stops is devastating attendance, draining school resources, and traumatizing children.

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Join us to thank: 👏Reps. Khanna and Massie for co-sponsoring the law that led to the release of Epstein-related files; 👏Gov. Ayotte (NH) for vetoing a bill designed to remove protections for transgender and gender nonconforming people https://americansofconscience.com/02-13-2026/#gratitude

Celebrate this Good News! 🌼Court pauses termination of Temporary Protected Status for about 350,000 Haitians living in the U.S. during lawsuit 🍁 House passes resolution to terminate president’s unnecessary tariffs on Canadian goods See more: https://americansofconscience.com/02-13-2026/#goodnews

We have a script for that!

A recent report from the Deportation Data Project revealed that ICE quadrupled during the first nine months of Trump’s second term. Additionally: ➡️ Deportations and street arrests surged ➡️ Arrests of people with no criminal record rose 600 percent www.kqed.org/news/1207137...

Another day, another opportunity to contact your MOCs to demand they conduct rigorous oversight of ICE and take immediate steps to curb its abuse. americansofconscience.com/02-13-2026/#action3

Have you completed this action yet today? There is still time!

The First Amendment protects your right to record government officials performing their duties in public. This applies to ICE agents, police, FBI, National Guard troops, and any other government officials. Learn more at aclu.org/kyr_record-

Contact your MOCs and demand they immediately ban DHS operations near sensitive areas like schools and health centers, prevent traumatic family separations, and ultimately abolish ICE. americansofconscience.com/02-13-2026/#action2

Let's be clear, the SAVE Act that just passed the House is not a voter id bill. It's a voter suppression bill. Call your Senators today to oppose it ... LOUDLY! americansofconscience.com/02-13-2026/#action1

Amazing person: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

#GoodNews from UC Berkeley

the good we can do, the good we do, the good we are

How can we be angry AND act from love? For a cup of spirit, open this week’s Inspiring Message from #AoCChecklist founder Jen Hofmann: From Outrage to Accountability: Choosing Love in Divided Times. https://americansofconscience.com/outrage-accountability-choosing-love-divided-times/

You had us at "expanding voting rights"

we ❤️ LaLa Zanell's advocacy and dedication

💘💘 love (and action) is in the air! 💘💘

Perfect day to focus on love ❤️ (and #RankedChoiceVoting)

Words to live by.

We❤️our #AoCC followers! Follow us everywhere @aocchecklist, and even in your very own INBOX! Yes, that's right, you can get the #AoCChecklist delivered right to your phone, tablet, laptop, desktop, mainframe... via your email. Just sign up here https://americansofconscience.com/subscribe/

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Now that you've checked off all those great actions from the last #AoCChecklist, we've got a whole NEW set of well-researched, effective opportunities to make positive change! So what are you waiting for? Jump right in and invite some friends to join you! https://americansofconscience.com

We honor Black American inventors on this Inventors' Day! Did you set your alarm this morning? Thank co-inventor of the home security system, Marie Van Brittan Brown! Did you grab some fruit from your fridge for lunch? Thank Frederick McKinley Jones who invented the refrigerated truck!

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#GoodNews: Over the past six months, thousands of students have been walking out of their schools in protest of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) presence in their communities.

A healthy planet is vital for equality and democracy. A sick planet helps humans build poverty, hunger, and inequity. Contact your senators today.

Free, public libraries--access to free information--is at the heart of being in the U.S. Libraries put public benefit first. and are where we expect to get access to all information. Let's spread the good words about libraries and encourage more to use their many services.

Wild protected areas are vital for a healthy planet. Call your senators to save the BWCAW (Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness) in Northern Minnesota by voting no on H.R. Res. 140. Passed by the House, this would remove protection of America’s most visited wilderness.

We recommend this series of short videos. Real people, real stories.

We see what’s happening. We're challenging it. And we won’t let decades of progress be undone. (3/3) ❤️ Visit our HIV Know Your Rights page: lambdalegal.org/hiv-know-you... 💼 Learn about our case SFAF v. Trump: lambdalegal.org/case/san-fra...

We ❤️ this list and the readers' reactions. Looking forward to more.

"We are witnessing firsthand the incredible power of everyday people to reject this assault on our communities, our Constitution, and our democracy. To continue exercising our people-power, we must understand what is happening and what rights we hold." Many resources here ⬇️

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This is a great day to review the January #AoCChecklists and take action! 🔎Review the checklists ✏️Take action ✔️Submit https://americansofconscience.com/checklist/

#GoodNews from Arizona

FYI because the beating heart of democracy includes the right to read what, how, and where you want to read.

#GoodNews from the ACLU. Reminds us that a bundle of sticks is stronger than any one stick alone.