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Let's Build Something Together!

Dear FTH friends, thank you for being here! We have so many ideas for how to use this space to grow and nurture our fandom community of activists and we would love to bring on another volunteer or three to help make those ideas a reality.

Here are some of the things we would like help with:

Curating and maintaining our reading list of high-impact, insightful resources.

Moderating and building community on the FTHA discord server.

Producing transcripts of our ~biweekly AMA events.

Keeping our tumblr and other social media up to date with posts that engage and inspire our community.

Devising and implementing more awesome stuff to help fans make nurturing connections and grow as activists.

We are looking for volunteers who are part of fandom and familiar with the Fandom Trumps Hate auction. You might be the right person to join us if you:

Have experience cultivating strong communities on the internet.

Are pretty good at social media.

Are well informed about current US politics and familiar with discourse happening around the web.

Feel strongly about making a difference for the causes we support such as human rights, democracy, and environmental preservation.

If any or all of the above apply and you would like to get involved, please shoot us an email at fandomtrumpshate (at) gmail. Even if you just want to share thoughts or ideas, we would be delighted to hear from you.

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Happening now if you'd like to join us!

Post-Protest Chat on the FTH Action Discord

If you're attending a No Kings protest tomorrow--or if you just want to talk about them--please feel free to join us in the FTHA discord this Saturday, June 14th, starting at 6PM Eastern/3PM Pacific to hang out and talk about your experiences: things you saw, things you learned, things you’re planning on doing next. Let's compare notes, decompress, and share community.

All are welcome! The above link should work whether or not you're already a member of that server, but if it doesn't, you can join the server using this link.)

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Post-Protest Chat on the FTH Action Discord

If you're attending a No Kings protest tomorrow--or if you just want to talk about them--please feel free to join us in the FTHA discord this Saturday, June 14th, starting at 6PM Eastern/3PM Pacific to hang out and talk about your experiences: things you saw, things you learned, things you’re planning on doing next. Let's compare notes, decompress, and share community.

All are welcome! The above link should work whether or not you're already a member of that server, but if it doesn't, you can join the server using this link.)

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Let's Build Something Together!

Dear FTH friends, thank you for being here! We have so many ideas for how to use this space to grow and nurture our fandom community of activists and we would love to bring on another volunteer or three to help make those ideas a reality.

Here are some of the things we would like help with:

Curating and maintaining our reading list of high-impact, insightful resources.

Moderating and building community on the FTHA discord server.

Producing transcripts of our ~biweekly AMA events.

Keeping our tumblr and other social media up to date with posts that engage and inspire our community.

Devising and implementing more awesome stuff to help fans make nurturing connections and grow as activists.

We are looking for volunteers who are part of fandom and familiar with the Fandom Trumps Hate auction. You might be the right person to join us if you:

Have experience cultivating strong communities on the internet.

Are pretty good at social media.

Are well informed about current US politics and familiar with discourse happening around the web.

Feel strongly about making a difference for the causes we support such as human rights, democracy, and environmental preservation.

If any or all of the above apply and you would like to get involved, please shoot us an email at fandomtrumpshate (at) gmail. Even if you just want to share thoughts or ideas, we would be delighted to hear from you.

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This conversation was FUN and gave us all so much food for thought!

Key takeaways:

how we all co-own our communities, and we can (and should) have a role to play in shaping them

how joy, fun, and hope have to be a part of making change -- that's how you get involved (and stay involved)

art (very much including transformative art!) has the power not just educate, but give communities space to learn together

plus some ideas for how to use our strengths as fan creators who reimagine fictional worlds to reimagine our own communities

The short video Evan showed us can be found here: https://vimeo.com/984426377

We Have Warm Cookies!!

We are over the moon to announce that our next AMA guest will be Evan Weissman of Warm Cookies of the Revolution! Evan founded this organization in 2012 as a "Civic Health Club", hosting events that inspire and connect people to civic life. From their website:

We create live events, video series, board books NOT for babies, collaborating with everything from circus freaks, lowrider car clubs, comedians, mariachis, food battles, and truly anything that gets regular people to connect and have a say in the decisions, storytelling, and culture work of their community. We work with residents to take crucial, boring, heated, or otherwise challenging issues and make sure that they are as accessible and disarming and engaging as possible, for people who are least likely to show up and take part, so that they have a say in their own history, present, and future.

Join us in our usual timeslot, Tuesday, May 13th at 9:00 PM Eastern/6:00 Pacific. The place? The FTH Action Discord Server. We're so excited for this conversation! If you have any questions for Evan in advance, please drop them in the replies!

Wondering how the event will be structured? Here's the deets. Evan and the moderator will be in the server's voice channel and most likely on video. Everyone else will join the channel as listeners only. You can chat with each other in a text channel and submit questions that way, too. The moderator will cherry-pick questions if necessary (so far, the events have been small and it hasn't been necessary) and convey them to Evan, interview-style.

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Happening now, and for the next 60-90 minutes! Please join us! Fresh discord link: https://discord.gg/qhmnVKdT

We Have Warm Cookies!!

We are over the moon to announce that our next AMA guest will be Evan Weissman of Warm Cookies of the Revolution! Evan founded this organization in 2012 as a "Civic Health Club", hosting events that inspire and connect people to civic life. From their website:

We create live events, video series, board books NOT for babies, collaborating with everything from circus freaks, lowrider car clubs, comedians, mariachis, food battles, and truly anything that gets regular people to connect and have a say in the decisions, storytelling, and culture work of their community. We work with residents to take crucial, boring, heated, or otherwise challenging issues and make sure that they are as accessible and disarming and engaging as possible, for people who are least likely to show up and take part, so that they have a say in their own history, present, and future.

Join us in our usual timeslot, Tuesday, May 13th at 9:00 PM Eastern/6:00 Pacific. The place? The FTH Action Discord Server. We're so excited for this conversation! If you have any questions for Evan in advance, please drop them in the replies!

Wondering how the event will be structured? Here's the deets. Evan and the moderator will be in the server's voice channel and most likely on video. Everyone else will join the channel as listeners only. You can chat with each other in a text channel and submit questions that way, too. The moderator will cherry-pick questions if necessary (so far, the events have been small and it hasn't been necessary) and convey them to Evan, interview-style.

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the AMA itself starts in about 90 minutes...please feel very free to come early and hang out!

We Have Warm Cookies!!

We are over the moon to announce that our next AMA guest will be Evan Weissman of Warm Cookies of the Revolution! Evan founded this organization in 2012 as a "Civic Health Club", hosting events that inspire and connect people to civic life. From their website:

We create live events, video series, board books NOT for babies, collaborating with everything from circus freaks, lowrider car clubs, comedians, mariachis, food battles, and truly anything that gets regular people to connect and have a say in the decisions, storytelling, and culture work of their community. We work with residents to take crucial, boring, heated, or otherwise challenging issues and make sure that they are as accessible and disarming and engaging as possible, for people who are least likely to show up and take part, so that they have a say in their own history, present, and future.

Join us in our usual timeslot, Tuesday, May 13th at 9:00 PM Eastern/6:00 Pacific. The place? The FTH Action Discord Server. We're so excited for this conversation! If you have any questions for Evan in advance, please drop them in the replies!

Wondering how the event will be structured? Here's the deets. Evan and the moderator will be in the server's voice channel and most likely on video. Everyone else will join the channel as listeners only. You can chat with each other in a text channel and submit questions that way, too. The moderator will cherry-pick questions if necessary (so far, the events have been small and it hasn't been necessary) and convey them to Evan, interview-style.

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Happening TONIGHT! Join us here.

The AMA starts at 9pmET/6pmPT, but you're welcome to come early and chat with other FTHers, either in the #general text channel or in the new voice channel #living-room.

Hope to see you there!

We Have Warm Cookies!!

We are over the moon to announce that our next AMA guest will be Evan Weissman of Warm Cookies of the Revolution! Evan founded this organization in 2012 as a "Civic Health Club", hosting events that inspire and connect people to civic life. From their website:

We create live events, video series, board books NOT for babies, collaborating with everything from circus freaks, lowrider car clubs, comedians, mariachis, food battles, and truly anything that gets regular people to connect and have a say in the decisions, storytelling, and culture work of their community. We work with residents to take crucial, boring, heated, or otherwise challenging issues and make sure that they are as accessible and disarming and engaging as possible, for people who are least likely to show up and take part, so that they have a say in their own history, present, and future.

Join us in our usual timeslot, Tuesday, May 13th at 9:00 PM Eastern/6:00 Pacific. The place? The FTH Action Discord Server. We're so excited for this conversation! If you have any questions for Evan in advance, please drop them in the replies!

Wondering how the event will be structured? Here's the deets. Evan and the moderator will be in the server's voice channel and most likely on video. Everyone else will join the channel as listeners only. You can chat with each other in a text channel and submit questions that way, too. The moderator will cherry-pick questions if necessary (so far, the events have been small and it hasn't been necessary) and convey them to Evan, interview-style.

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We Have Warm Cookies!!

We are over the moon to announce that our next AMA guest will be Evan Weissman of Warm Cookies of the Revolution! Evan founded this organization in 2012 as a "Civic Health Club", hosting events that inspire and connect people to civic life. From their website:

We create live events, video series, board books NOT for babies, collaborating with everything from circus freaks, lowrider car clubs, comedians, mariachis, food battles, and truly anything that gets regular people to connect and have a say in the decisions, storytelling, and culture work of their community. We work with residents to take crucial, boring, heated, or otherwise challenging issues and make sure that they are as accessible and disarming and engaging as possible, for people who are least likely to show up and take part, so that they have a say in their own history, present, and future.

Join us in our usual timeslot, Tuesday, May 13th at 9:00 PM Eastern/6:00 Pacific. The place? The FTH Action Discord Server. We're so excited for this conversation! If you have any questions for Evan in advance, please drop them in the replies!

Wondering how the event will be structured? Here's the deets. Evan and the moderator will be in the server's voice channel and most likely on video. Everyone else will join the channel as listeners only. You can chat with each other in a text channel and submit questions that way, too. The moderator will cherry-pick questions if necessary (so far, the events have been small and it hasn't been necessary) and convey them to Evan, interview-style.

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Wendy Via Organizer AMA Audio Now Available

Last Tuesday we spoke with Wendy Via, co-founder and CEO of FTH supported org, Global Project Against Hate and Extremism. We heard about how hate groups are using the internet to mobilize and connect with one another in new ways, and also about the two most reliable pathways for fighting organized hate: forcing social media companies to constrain or deplatform hate speech (either through direct pressure or through government policy), and building inclusive communities in our own neighborhoods where we can have the hard conversations together.

Wendy emphasized that the most effective way for individuals to affect policy is to CALL our representatives, and she also emphasized the importance of local involvement, including letters to the editor of your local paper, and attending your local city council meetings, town halls, and school board meetings. You can listen and download the audio of our conversation here.

Here are some key links and resources that Wendy highlighted in our conversation:

https://5calls.org -- Helpful tool for making your voice heard

https://www.howwefightback.com -- Substack with up to date information

https://handsoff2025.com — home base for a series of protests and public actions

https://www.theopedproject.org -- Workshops on writing op-eds

https://www.woventeaching.org/download/direct/defending-democracy -- Curriculum for teachers on authoritarianism and democracy

https://www.thebulwark.com -- News and analysis

Recommended Books:

Timothy Snyder - On Tyranny and On Freedom

Tim Alberta - the Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory

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FTHA living room hangout this Tuesday

Hi friends,

In the spirit of "try something new and see what happens," we want to try out a new way of being together and supporting one another through difficult times.

Over the past few months, we've held a couple of AMAs in the same Tuesday evening timeslot (and we have another one lined up for mid-May -- more details coming soon!) Since that's shaping up to be a regular gathering time for us, we thought it might be nice to get together during the weeks when there isn't an AMA, just to check in and catch up.

So tomorrow night (Tuesday the 22nd) at 9pm ET/6pm PT, we'll be gathering on the FTHA discord server for an informal chat and hangout. And if it goes well, we might make it into a regular thing.

We hope you can come by!

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FTHA living room hangout this Tuesday

Hi friends,

In the spirit of "try something new and see what happens," we want to try out a new way of being together and supporting one another through difficult times.

Over the past few months, we've held a couple of AMAs in the same Tuesday evening timeslot (and we have another one lined up for mid-May -- more details coming soon!) Since that's shaping up to be a regular gathering time for us, we thought it might be nice to get together during the weeks when there isn't an AMA, just to check in and catch up.

So tomorrow night (Tuesday the 22nd) at 9pm ET/6pm PT, we'll be gathering on the FTHA discord server for an informal chat and hangout. And if it goes well, we might make it into a regular thing.

We hope you can come by!

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Starting shortly!!

Our next Activist AMA is coming up!

Join us Tuesday, April 15th at 9:00 Eastern/6:00 Pacific for an AMA with Wendy Via, CEO and Co-Founder of Global Project Against Hate and Extremism. We're extremely honored to host Wendy on the FTH Action Discord Server.

We'll talk over video with Wendy about GPAHE's mission, her history as an activist, and the kinds of things we can do to get involved or support their work.

We will have some questions ready, but we also want to ask yours! You can leave a question as a comment on this post, or you can bring it with you to the AMA on Tuesday.

About GPAHE

GPAHE was on of FTH's supported orgs for 2025. GPAHE believes that to protect and advance human rights, particularly those of marginalized and underrepresented communities, build inclusive democracies, and solve global challenges, we must expose and counter the far-right actors and movements that undermine those values. GPAHE exposes and disrupts racist and other hateful transnational movements, holds tech companies accountable, advocates for policies to eradicate hate and far-right extremism, and builds multinational coalitions to protect communities.

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Our next Activist AMA is coming up!

Join us Tuesday, April 15th at 9:00 Eastern/6:00 Pacific for an AMA with Wendy Via, CEO and Co-Founder of Global Project Against Hate and Extremism. We're extremely honored to host Wendy on the FTH Action Discord Server.

We'll talk over video with Wendy about GPAHE's mission, her history as an activist, and the kinds of things we can do to get involved or support their work.

We will have some questions ready, but we also want to ask yours! You can leave a question as a comment on this post, or you can bring it with you to the AMA on Tuesday.

About GPAHE

GPAHE was on of FTH's supported orgs for 2025. GPAHE believes that to protect and advance human rights, particularly those of marginalized and underrepresented communities, build inclusive democracies, and solve global challenges, we must expose and counter the far-right actors and movements that undermine those values. GPAHE exposes and disrupts racist and other hateful transnational movements, holds tech companies accountable, advocates for policies to eradicate hate and far-right extremism, and builds multinational coalitions to protect communities.

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This event is TODAY! We hope to see you there!

Our next Activist AMA is coming up!

Join us Tuesday, April 15th at 9:00 Eastern/6:00 Pacific for an AMA with Wendy Via, CEO and Co-Founder of Global Project Against Hate and Extremism. We're extremely honored to host Wendy on the FTH Action Discord Server.

We'll talk over video with Wendy about GPAHE's mission, her history as an activist, and the kinds of things we can do to get involved or support their work.

We will have some questions ready, but we also want to ask yours! You can leave a question as a comment on this post, or you can bring it with you to the AMA on Tuesday.

About GPAHE

GPAHE was on of FTH's supported orgs for 2025. GPAHE believes that to protect and advance human rights, particularly those of marginalized and underrepresented communities, build inclusive democracies, and solve global challenges, we must expose and counter the far-right actors and movements that undermine those values. GPAHE exposes and disrupts racist and other hateful transnational movements, holds tech companies accountable, advocates for policies to eradicate hate and far-right extremism, and builds multinational coalitions to protect communities.

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Our next Activist AMA is coming up!

Join us Tuesday, April 15th at 9:00 Eastern/6:00 Pacific for an AMA with Wendy Via, CEO and Co-Founder of Global Project Against Hate and Extremism. We're extremely honored to host Wendy on the FTH Action Discord Server.

We'll talk over video with Wendy about GPAHE's mission, her history as an activist, and the kinds of things we can do to get involved or support their work.

We will have some questions ready, but we also want to ask yours! You can leave a question as a comment on this post, or you can bring it with you to the AMA on Tuesday.

About GPAHE

GPAHE was on of FTH's supported orgs for 2025. GPAHE believes that to protect and advance human rights, particularly those of marginalized and underrepresented communities, build inclusive democracies, and solve global challenges, we must expose and counter the far-right actors and movements that undermine those values. GPAHE exposes and disrupts racist and other hateful transnational movements, holds tech companies accountable, advocates for policies to eradicate hate and far-right extremism, and builds multinational coalitions to protect communities.

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Our next Activist AMA is coming up!

Join us Tuesday, April 15th at 9:00 Eastern/6:00 Pacific for an AMA with Wendy Via, CEO and Co-Founder of Global Project Against Hate and Extremism. We're extremely honored to host Wendy on the FTH Action Discord Server.

We'll talk over video with Wendy about GPAHE's mission, her history as an activist, and the kinds of things we can do to get involved or support their work.

We will have some questions ready, but we also want to ask yours! You can leave a question as a comment on this post, or you can bring it with you to the AMA on Tuesday.

About GPAHE

GPAHE was on of FTH's supported orgs for 2025. GPAHE believes that to protect and advance human rights, particularly those of marginalized and underrepresented communities, build inclusive democracies, and solve global challenges, we must expose and counter the far-right actors and movements that undermine those values. GPAHE exposes and disrupts racist and other hateful transnational movements, holds tech companies accountable, advocates for policies to eradicate hate and far-right extremism, and builds multinational coalitions to protect communities.