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[personal profile] pipisafoat
Link: headlines Should You Really Stop Paying Your Student Loans Due To Coronavirus? and Here's How to Contact Your Student Loan Servicer During Coronavirus [both forbes.com, both with large pictures of publicly known members of the current administration at the top of the article]
Location: USAmerica
Deadline: none in either link; HOWEVER, I would talk to your servicer asap in case there is a deadline not listed and BEFORE you miss a payment.
Time estimate: < 5 min each link; each link has several embedded links that would add additional time; contacting your servicer adds more time
Requirements: mental / social / decision making
Anything else: [personal profile] copperbadge recommends that you "continue to pay if you are able until you have either confirmed with your loan servicer that you don't need to or have made an agreement about nonpayment with them. Most of the links I'm seeing are going to private loan administrators who may have different requirements for forbearance and may not have posted the most updated information."
This forbearance started March 13 (retroactive) and continues until September 30.

from radio free monday 3/30
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[personal profile] pipisafoat
Link: find it here [futurelearn.com]
Location: UK-based, global access
Deadline: "Every run of a course has a set start date but you can join it and work through it after it starts." This course has a 3 week duration.
Time estimate: < 5 min to read page, 4 hours weekly study time once signed up for course
Requirements: mental / social

from radio free monday 3/30
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[personal profile] pipisafoat
Link: the page is here [joann.com]
Location: I believe their donation tracker is US only, but patterns and information can be used worldwide
Time estimate: <5 to glance at page, your time may vary to make a mask
Requirements: money (unless you have supplies; this is not a monetary donation route) / mental / physical / social
Anything else: "Their in-store Creator Studios are also offering free tools, supplies, and guidance. (Most of their stores are now closed, but if you find an open one you should check in with them before going there physically.)"

from radio free monday 3/30
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[personal profile] pipisafoat
Link: read more and donate at paypal mavatsaliah@gmail.com
Location: US
Time estimate: < 5 min
Requirements: money / social

from radio free monday 3/30

Resources

Dec. 20th, 2019 04:47 pm
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[personal profile] randomling
This is a bit of a mixed bag of links! I've only poked gently at these websites - I haven't done intensive research on any of them, but I'm hoping someone will find them useful!

My Society

We help people be active citizens

Our technology, research and data are used by individuals, journalists, and civil society in over 40 countries around the world.

This seems to be a fairly broad-spectrum and international site.

Votes for Schools

VotesforSchools gives your students a voice on the issues that affect them the most, as well as supporting you to consistently embed SMSC, British Values and Prevent across your school.

Looks like a specific programme for teachers to help inform their students (at all stages of education) to be more informed on current affairs, especially those affecting the students themselves.

Democracy Club
We know democracy can work better. We have an ambitious goal to provide accurate, non-partisan information on every election and candidate in the UK, unbiased and unfiltered.

Election-specific and UK-specific, but looks very useful for future UK elections (we have a lot of local elections coming up in the summer, I believe).

Think Local Act Personal
We are a national partnership of more than 50 organisations committed to transforming health and care through personalisation and community-based support.

This looks like a great set of resources and projects relating to personal and social care.

Stay Up Late
We believe that people with learning disabilities have the right to stay up late and have some fun

A very worthwhile project - campaigning for more flexible carer hours so that people with learning disabilities have the opportunity to attend late-night events.
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[personal profile] randomling
This week's Radio Free Monday is up at [personal profile] copperbadge's journal.

I haven't done the investigation into each possible action, I'm afraid! I'd definitely appreciate someone going through and adding them as actions to the community, if anyone's up for it. Posting template is here, also stickied at the top of the community.
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[personal profile] randomling
For those of us in the UK, here's a useful Facebook post on how to vote to stop the Tories.

The post also links to a handy Google spreadsheet that breaks it down by constituency.
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- I went back through the archives and didn't see this posted, but the #ACALLADAY newsletter has been the single resources I've found most personally useful in getting myself to DO STUFF. There's also a Googledoc which is chock full of scripts and ideas, as well as doing a weekly call to action, where there's an issue of the week to call about, presumably in the name of strength in numbers.

- Relatedly, this comic on "How to call your reps when you have social anxiety" was excellent for me.

- Last, from Bustle.com, "How to protest when you're socially anxious."


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[personal profile] cesy
Link: Avaaz, change.org, 38 Degrees, UK Parliament, White House
Location (if relevant): Online
Deadline: None
Time estimate: 15 minutes
Requirements: mental / social / personal information
Anything else:

Join one of the major petition/activism sites, so that it remembers your details for future petitions, lowering the barrier to signing things. Tick the marketing boxes to say if you want them to send you other petitions you may be interested in based on things you've already signed. It makes finding and signing future petitions easier, and you'll get notified of big/important things.

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