Today’s newsletter is trans-formative! 🏳️⚧️
We look back at #Stonewall as a lesson for solidarity today plus new organizing actions for summer.
#Trans women have been on the front-lines of social change and we owe them everything. Will we repay them for it? #transrights #lgbtq
https://www.rootschangemedia.com/stonewall-trans-women/
Each week, I release a digest for activists to offer a healthy & grounded environment to grow our collective #activism.
📰 News to build actionable #media literacy
♻️ Resources and gatherings
✊🏽 Organizing actions from collaborators
🎙️ Podcast to decolonize #tech & activism
🌱 A deep dive on a larger social topic
🎬 Closing with a video message on organizing & #storytelling today
Find a place to learn, grow, organize, and speak out for change! @index
We kick off with building our media literacy muscles with 🌱 Getting to the Roots
Our mainstream #media has failed in upholding its duty to inform the public. In an era of #misinformation and AI #deepfakes, it’s important we understand how the right and media distract and deflect from their harms.
This week, Joni Ernst and Elon #Musk are working their PR teams hard to paint a story for the public.
@index
Our collaborators are also feeling the summer heat and heating up for a ton of organizing actions!
Check out actions, resources, and workshops from:
✌🏼 Meta Peace Team
📚 Linda Be Learning (tech news & facts!)
💸 Get Free (youth-led activism)
☎️ 5 Calls
🌱 the roots or change agency
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🎬 Let’s Grow Together is our final & my favorite section where I share a personal video with a topic related to whatever is happening in the world.
This week, I go where the media won’t. I get inside the wrestling ring with #Trump world. 🤼 Policy as entertainment.
https://youtu.be/LgTCCQk8N9E?si=b8LGmQFFPuWf8W4x
I’m building an intentionally grounded and healthy media ecosystem that’s not based on extractive advertising dollars.
I hope you’ll join me as I do my part to build a healthier internet and a heart-first movement for social change.
https://www.rootschangemedia.com/stonewall-trans-women/#/portal/signup
Sam Chavez 🌈🌱🏜️