Pick Your Resistance Issue
And engage passionately
In these chaotic times, many things are going badly at once. The treatment of immigrants, a woman's freedom to choose, the funding of essential services, the assault on the judiciary—they are all critically important issues, and there are many other areas of concern. It is too much for any one person to take on. The good news is you don't have to.
This week, I've been writing about Michigan Senator Elissa Slotkin's televised response to the president's March 25th, 2025 address to Congress. She proposed three ways for people to stand up against tyranny and defend democracy. The first was "Don't tune out." The second was "Hold your elected officials accountable."
The third was central to the Corridor Rabbit philosophy of resistance. "Organize," Slotkin says. "Pick just one issue you're passionate about—and engage. And doom scrolling doesn't count. Join a group that cares about your issue, and act. And if you can't find one, start one."
Our resistance group has given groceries to our local food bank. We've collected supplies for our local Coalition for the Homeless. We donated to an organization that helps people get proper government identification documents. We've delivered diapers to childcare facilities. Each effort came from a member's personal passion — and the rest of us rallied behind them.
During the French Resistance to Nazi occupation in World War II, each resister acted based on their own concerns and in accordance to their skills and abilities. Nobody can take on a tyrant single-handedly. It takes many people, working on many issues in many places, to put pressure on an autocratic regime from everywhere at once. Match your skills with your passion, find a group of like-minded people, and get to work.
Liking, sharing, or commenting on this post IS an act of resistance. Corridor Rabbit is meant to serve as a casual guide for how to start and grow an informal resistance group. It is not authoritative; it is a live journal documenting our efforts. It is a call to action. It's an invitation to connect and share what you are doing to resist authoritarianism. Read more about the goals of Corridor Rabbit. Before you subscribe to this Substack, understand that your email address is added to a subscriber list. We will never share the list, but there is always the possibility that it could be hacked or seized. As a best practice, we will not use the specific names of people in resistance groups, and we will not use this forum to talk about specific plans of action. We design our illustrations with the help of AI.