Our Shot: April 16, 2025
Welcome to the second edition of Our Shot, a weekly newsletter of actions that anyone (especially kids) can take to resist the Trump administration.
Thank you all so much for the responses to our first newsletter! We so appreciated the positive feedback and ideas from all of you. If you'd like to help spread the word, you can forward this newsletter or direct people to https://our-shot.ghost.io/about/
Smaller action: Write a list of your representatives (local, state, federal) and their mailing addresses.
Larger action: Visit a local museum or arts organization. As funding cuts hit the National Endowment for the Humanities, small cultural organizations will be particularly impacted by the loss in federal grant funding. Does your city or town have a small museum, gallery, or cultural organization that you can visit? Do some research and make a plan to go!
Do you have any ideas for actions people can take? Have you taken an action of resistance that you would like to share? Please email ctsvirsky@gmail.com to let us know! We would love to hear from you!
We are not throwing away our shot!
Leo & Charlotte
Shout outs: Thank you to everyone who shared pictures and ideas this week - we are so inspired by you!
From upper left: Leo's friend Wyatt at the April 5 Hands Off protest in Boston; Leo's aunt Nina and uncle Ryan protesting cuts to safety-net programs with the United Federation of Teachers; an idea for action from one of our readers; Leo shopping local at Arax market in Watertown.