Here are ways to take action on the local level to help build a U.S. for All of Us. Let us know what action you or your organization is taking in your community through the Contact Us page:
Invite People to Join in Building a U.S. for All of Us
* Invite your friends, family and coworkers to join in Building a U.S. for All of Us at http://usforallofus.org. Click the “Share/Save” button on the bottom of any of the web pages on this site to send info via email, Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and more. Ask them to spread the word by inviting 5 or more people to sign onto the Call.
Challenge Racism in the Media
* Stop the race baiting by Fox News host Glenn Beck. Join us in calling on Beck’s advertisers to stop sponsoring his show. Click hear for more information and to sign on: http://www.colorofchange.org/beck/hold/
* Sign up at http://www.stopthewitchhunt.org to find out other simple things you can do to challenge media hosts that are race baiting to spread fear and mistrust.
* Write a letter to the editor challenging the racism happening in your town.
* Track media that spreads racism in your community and work with others to challenge it.
Get People Together to Build a U.S. for All of Us
* Get your friends and family together to have a discussion about the ways racism continues to hold our country back and ask yourselves what you can do challenge racism and inequity. Each commit to one thing you can do to learn more and one action you can take to challenge racism and inequity.
* Find out what people of color in you town are doing to challenge inequity because of racism and ask what you can do to support those efforts. To find out: look for it in the news, on the web, in people of color publications, ask your friends.
* Reach out to community organizations working on immigration, health care and other causes to share the Call to Action. Ask if there are ways you can work together to challenge racism in your community.
* Reach out to local churches, synagogues, schools, PTA’s and community clubs. Ask if you can arrange a discussion about how racism is impacting your community and develop a plan to change those conditions. Click here for lots of useful tools for developing a plan: http://www.racialequitytools.org
