See and Hear Us Now Challenge

Across the United States and in many countries around the globe, Americans are demonstrating their resistance to Trump and the “Project 2025” agenda. Many of these will be marches or rallies in big cities, in small towns, and even on byways in between.

Showing your rejection of this administration’s often cruel and often US Constitution violating actions is important and necessary to limit and to ultimately stop them. Marching and attending anti-Trump rallies can be energizing as well as stress relieving. Certainly, plan them, support them, and attend them as your passion directs and as you are able.

There are other ways to communicate your directions on how your government should function. For most US Citizens (even those living abroad), contacting your US Representatives and Senators with your specific needs, concerns, and directions can be individually more powerful than carrying a sign and chanting demands. This is true whether your representatives have a D, R, or I after their names.

Before, during and after the next “No Kings”/”No Tyrants” Day rallies on 18, October, please take our “See and Hear Us Now” challenge! There are three parts:

1. Contact your representatives and senators by phone call, email, and/or text. See below for methods.
2. Note on your Facebook, Insta, Twitter, etc. whom you contacted and about what. It is unnecessary to annotate your position, if you are concerned with being public about that.
3. Leave a comment on Democrats Abroad Costa Banderas Facebook page that you have contacted your representative and/or senators.

This challenge gets exposure in three ways. Your government officials’ staffs will log in the subject and your position. This encourages the actions of those who are working for your interests. It also affirms the level of unpopularity of actions for those working against your interests. Your social media followers will see that you are engaged and how easy it is to voice your concerns. Our DACB followers also will see how others are able to action their resistance.

How to make contact:

Your senators and representatives have multiple ways to contact them- call, voicemail, email, online processes, texts, faxes (still) and regular mail. You can access them directly by finding their contact information here https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm and here  https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative. You also can use an Internet Search Engine with his/her name plus “campaign” to reach their campaign contact. Two helpful technologies are Five Calls: https://5calls.org/ (App available for Apple and Android) and Resistbot: https://resist.bot/ (App available for Apple). These tech aids can help focus your message so that it gets logged and counted. There are many options to choose. Some trending now are: saving healthcare/Medicare/Medicaid, Releasing Epstein files, oversight of ICE brutality/lawlessness, and denouncing the use of US military against Americans. Resistbot requires donations for other than email contact.

Tips for messaging:

When you send a message or make a call, be prepared with your voting ZIP Code and street address and your email. It is helpful that you also have a US telephone number that you can receive calls and messages. Often with phone calls and voicemails, you only need your ZIP.

Remember that your messages are permanent records and completely traceable to you. Be respectful of the office and be concise with your position clear. Both persuasive tone and simple statements of your position are effective. Five Calls has suggested verbiage for each subject and Resistbot has precise messages from which to choose. Choose one subject per message. You can send as many messages as you choose, by any and all formats that you choose, and as often as you choose. Likely the most frequently messaged subjects will have the most (if any) influence on your representative.

Often you will receive two replies: the first is automated and just recognizes that you sent a message. The second, if it comes, will be a reply from your government official. In the case that s/he does not agree with your position, expect a talking points letter. It is usually best to just file it or delete it. Your messaging objective is to make sure your position is registered. If angered by the response and you feel that you must reply, refer to the paragraph above and wait a day or two.

Your voice (by call, email, text, etc.) as a constituent is powerful. The more voices that speak up, the greater the power. Your vote is even more powerful and we need each other to vote for our relief from this cruel, Constitution trampling regime.

Thank you for your commitment to the resistance. Let’s get out there and raise our voices now!

WHEN

Sunday, October 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM Mexico City Time

WHERE

This is a virtual event. See the event description above or RSVP for virtual participation options.

CONTACT

Clinton Harris