Local Resources
Contact City Officials
Contacting our city officials keeps local government accountable and can create change in our neighborhoods. Learn more >
- SF Board of Supervisors — 'Find your district / supervisor' tool linked from sf.gov/departments--board-supervisors, and follow @sfgov.sf.gov on Bluesky to get local updates in your newsfeed
Mutual Aid
Mutual aid networks are grassroots initiatives to raise funds and address urgent issues in your neighborhood. Learn more >
Independent News
Local news plays an important role in keeping our communities informed, and telling stories that affect global culture. Read and donate if you can! Learn more >
Guides to Community Engagement
- Know your right to protest. Use this guide from the ACLU to prepare before you join a local protest.
- Use the national bail fund network. A directory of local bail funds for anyone who gets arrested, provided by Community Justice Exchange.
Protect your community from ICE raids.
- This Solidarity Guide for Defending Immigrant Communities is designed to help you protect you and your community.
- Download ILRC's wallet-sized Know Your Rights Red Cards and post in local businesses
- Call United We Dream’s MigraWatch free hotline to report ICE activity (1-844-363-1423)
- Know how to film law enforcement. WITNESS has an in-depth guide to filming ICE and police safely and in a way that holds up as evidence.
- Start pod mapping. Use this framework to organize with your neighbors and plan ahead for an emergency or moment to mobilize.
- Know your rights as a renter. Bay Area Legal Aid offers free legal help for tenants facing eviction, unsafe housing or lost deposits.
- Make sure you’re registered to vote. Check your registration and find your polling place on the California Secretary of State’s voter portal.
- Learn to safely intervene. Right To Be offers free bystander intervention trainings so you can step in safely when you see someone being harassed.
Tools to Save
- 5 Calls. Scripts and phone numbers for calling your representatives in about five minutes.
- Resistbot. Text "resist" to 50409, and it turns your message into a letter or fax to your officials.
- Mobilize. Create change in your community. Find events, petitions, volunteer opportunities, and fundraisers in your local area.
- VOTE411. Enter your address to see what’s on your ballot, compare candidates and find your polling place.
- Signal. Free, encrypted messaging app for organizing group chats with your neighbors privately.
- Indivisible. Find a local group near you organizing to hold your members of Congress accountable.
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