📣We resolve to take action and amplify good news with the first checklist of 2026! https://americansofconscience.com/01-09-2026/

🦋 Hope is contagious. Catch it by following @aocchecklist on Facebook, BlueSky, Threads, and Instagram, then ✅ off your resolution to be part of the solution!

We're back at "it"! What's "it," you ask? Creating a stronger democracy, a thriving planet, and equality for all - one well-researched action at a time... taken by YOU. Guess you're back at "it" too! Look for a new Checklist this Friday ✅

"When We the People come together, we can make a real and lasting difference" - @commoncause.org With elections in ALL 50 states this year, we can ALL make a difference 🗳️

"food insecurity takes many forms in the U.S...going without food, even for short periods, can take a significant physical and psychological toll.” Hunger is a policy choice AND we can help people today. See actions 2 & 4 from #AoCChecklist americansofconscience.com/12-05-2025/

@civileats.com calls out the critical connection between race, food, poverty, and equity by sharing stories that highlight these issues. Learn more about food justice⤵

We all deserve policies which: ⚕️ensure access to health care 💲support a living wage for those who provide care 🎓protect the programs that support children’s futures

Here's to a year filled with words of welcome 📝💌❤️

Empower yourself. Make sure you (and your friends and famiily) have the tools you need!

VISIBILITY. But what’s up with that 30%?

We ❤️ a plan to save free and fair elections. And we are all in.

Inclusive education is the bedrock of democracy.

Drinking water, watersheds, and national monuments are linked.

Learning more about the immigration system so we can do more to advocate for change ⤵

#AoCChecklist is in the house! ❤️💜💚🧡💛 In the words of team Can-Do-Ologist Marissa Bracke, we’re back to help people feel less alone or unsure in their urge to do something, to remind people that hope is alive and our actions are its breath, and to offer direction where fear has muddled the path.

We ❤️ this list. Which of these have you done or will do this month?

First up: being in the work for equality.

Hello 2026! Looking forward to a strong year for each of us! www.americansofconscience.com

We're taking a break until Jan 1st! Growing 10% this year, with you taking more than 52,000 actions for democracy and equality. Every shared moment of hope exists because of our supporters. Consider joining us as a supporter in growing what’s good in 2026! https://americansofconscience.com/support/

Join us in saying "Thank You" to Rep. Robert Garcia, ranking member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for launching a dashboard to track incidents of abuse and misconduct committed by federal immigration personnel. https://americansofconscience.com/12-05-2025/#gratitude

Our local libraries welcome us all 💯📚❤️

The Right to Read Act expands federal investment in literacy, strengthens school library staffing and collections, supports family literacy programs, and protects students' freedom to access diverse materials in their schools 👏📚⤵️

Let’s change the system AND help youth become engaged in democracy.

☃️H-E-B donated $6M to TX food banks and Meals on Wheels while SNAP benefits held during gov't shutdown ☃️Bipartisan Congressional support for investigations of unfounded military strikes on boats For more good news!: https://americansofconscience.com/12-05-2025/#goodnews

Help Americans get the ID they need to vote. Take #AoCChecklist Action 10. Requiring voter ID is a discriminatory barrier to voting. More than 21 million U.S. citizens don’t have photo ID. Let’s be part of changing that. americansofconscience.com/12-05-2025/#...

✅ off #AoCChecklist Action 6 today: Ensure access to housing for vulnerable Americans. Funding cuts and administrative uncertainty will endanger seniors and disabled people who’ve found stability with permanent housing. americansofconscience.com/12-05-2025/#...

Your voice matters! Speak out against USCIS policy changes that harm refugees. Take #AoCChecklist Action 5. Script and contact info here: americansofconscience.com/12-05-2025/#...

What did you ✅ on this list?

Those who advocate for the people will always be celebrated for doing so 👏⤵️

📚⬇️💯 Terrific article. The freedom to read is a cornerstone of democracy!

Respect tribal sovereignty in Indigenous education. Your action can be a postcard or letter. Script and contact info in #AoCChecklist Action 7 americansofconscience.com/12-05-2025/#...

You can be one of many demanding answers and justice for those disappeared to CECOT. Take #AoCChecklist Action 8 americansofconscience.com/12-05-2025/#.... Links and script provided in the link.

Each of us can do something locally or with the USCRI to provide food to refugees and asylees losing SNAP benefits. Links provided. americansofconscience.com/12-05-2025/#...

If we want AI systems to be safe, trustworthy, and non-discriminatory, the AI Civil Rights Act is how we start ⬇️

Voting rights are human rights.

#GoodNews from OR

Protect science-based decision-making for climate and habitat. Take Action 3 to oppose proposed changes to the Endangered Species Act that would corrupt science-based decision-making with considerations that favor habitat-destroying industries. https://americansofconscience.com/12-05-2025/#action3

Love this ❤️⤵️

Please advocate for policies that provide SNAP for our neighbors. Take #AoCChecklist Action 2 to add your voice to the community asking that our neighbors now ineligible for food assistance receive the support they were promised and need. https://americansofconscience.com/12-05-2025/#action2

😍 a book list 💯!!!

💜 the clip 🦋

Terrific links in this thread. Read the linked article from The Maine Monitor ⬇️. They are covering this with an investigation that treats CPCs like the political operations they actually are. CPCs are all over the country. You don’t have to live in Maine to be concerned or take action.

#GoodNews from Judge Patti Saris of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Saris struck down the President's exec order blocking wind energy projects, saying the effort to halt virtually all leasing of wind farms on federal lands and waters violates U.S. law.

You can insist on an investigation into possible war crimes committed by the U.S. military. Take #AoCChecklist Action 1, and your request becomes part of the record, part of the math, and part of the moral weight motivating elected reps to act. https://americansofconscience.com/12-05-2025/#action1

Stories matter. YOUR story matters. And this week's inspiring message reminds us that collectively, our stories bring change. Together, we are building the future! https://americansofconscience.com/day-phones-changed-history/

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Rounding the final corner of the year, you will find the last 2025 #AoCChecklist blooming 🌻! Please spread seeds of democracy by taking action(s) today for the people and the planet 🌍. https://americansofconscience.com/12-05-2025/

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☑️We take action 💌We write letters of gratitude 🎉We celebrate good news We're Americans of Conscience Checklist! Follow and share @aocchecklist here, on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, to build the #AoCChecklist community. https://americansofconscience.com/about/

EVERY library makes a difference . . .