For this action, We Belong Together, we invite you to join us in participating in the Kids Week of Action. Unite with children and families across the country, empower young activists and commit to making communities a welcoming place for all.
1. Create or join a #WeBelongTogether Unity Circle in your community. During the week of action, we encourage kids and youth to form circles and link arms around spaces they seek to make safe and welcoming for all, such as schools, parks, playgrounds, city halls and congressional offices, to demonstrate how young people are uniting against dangerous policies that threaten to tear communities apart. Invite local leaders to join your circles -- teachers, school officials, mayors, city council members, for example -- and commit to enacting or fighting for policies that support and defend young people in their communities. See the We Belong Together Organizer Toolkit for more suggestions for creating a Unity Circle.
2. Educate yourself and engage with young people about how discriminatory policies are affecting their lives, especially kids of color and refugees. We’ve included a list of resources on our website.
3. Write postcards to elected officials. Gather a group of friends or plan a classroom activity to write postcards to your local elected officials. (Visit the link here to find your elected officials.) Ask them to support laws that keep families and communities together. Download and print the postcards on our website or create your own and share them on social media using the hashtag #WeBelongTogether.
4. Invite your friends and family to participate in the We Belong Together Kids Week of Action, share your story on social media and use the hashtag #WeBelongTogether. Here are a few ideas.
