1.Donate to an organization.
Make a donation to an organization whose work will be more important than ever in the next four years. If you’re worried about your individual rights and liberties, donate to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). If you're concerned about reproductive rights, or women's rights and feminism, you can donate to Planned Parenthood, the Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR), or the National Organization for Women (NOW). If you're worried about preserving natural resources and wildlife, or environmental laws and clean energy, you can support the Sierra Club, or Earthjustice. If you're concerned about the safety and wellbeing of LGBTQ youth and transphobia/trans rights, you can donate to The Trevor Project or the Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP). If you're worried about racial inequality and discrimination, donate to the National Association for Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). And if you're white and want to educate fellow white people about racial injustice, support Showing Up for Racial Injustice (SURJ). If you're worried about the future of sexual violence victims, support RAINN, the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network.
2. Participate in a protest or a march
Surround yourself with like-minded people who understand how you're feeling. Make a sign and make your voice heard and your feelings known, with a succinct slogan.
3. Call and write to your representatives.
All you have to do is look up who your representative is and find their contact information. You can call or write to them and let them know that you want them to stand against attacks on civil rights and to stand by the issues that matter to you.
4. Find a local organization that needs your support.
Of course, donating to a national organization is fantastic, but a lot of those organization have local chapters as well. Find out if there are any in your area so you can help them out directly.
5. Volunteer
If you don't have the money to donate, show up to help instead. Many hands make light work and there's plenty of places that need physical help, so take the time to give back to your community and help those around you.
6. Support real, credible journalism
Trump has promised to "open up the libel laws" so that he can sue news organizations that criticize his actions as President. In his first press conference, he openly yelled at Jim Acosta, a CNN News reporter. Support freedom of the press.
7. Reach out to someone who is also feeling anxious
Find someone around you that is also feeling anxious and reach out to them. Talk about how you're feeling and use each other as support. Don't go through this alone.
8. Join an online movement and get active in it.
If you don't have many opportunities to become a member of a physical organization, there are plenty of online social justice movement to become a part of.
9. Listen to something better than the inauguration speech
News stations and Facebook feeds are going to be swamped with footage of the speech even days after, so listen to your favorite album or audio book, or, listen to a better speech like MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech.
10. Donate to a food bank.
It's so easy to go into your cupboard and grab some of the food that you know you won't eat. Donate it and help some of the millions of hungry people in the United States.
11. Take care of yourself.
You should never be ashamed of what you're feeling. Feeling angry, upset, anxious, dreadful, and whatever else means that you're paying attention to what's going on around you. It's okay to grieve and it's okay to be afraid. Take care of yourself, whatever that means to you-- Treating yourself to your favorite dessert, watching your favorite movie, exercising, distracting yourself with your work, or spending the day in bed and crying-- and do it with no remorse.
12. Do not be silent.
Do not stand by doing nothing. Stand up and protest. March, call officials, sign petition, and FIGHT. Make your voice heard. We cannot be ignored if we stand together. Everyone has a voice, so choose to use it.
