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Today’s 5M4F task has three very simple steps.

Step 1: create a document somewhere handy–you will use this document with most articles in this series, so put it somewhere you can edit it easily, and find it frequently (whether that’s a paper journal, in Stickies, in Google Docs–your call). Mine is in Google Docs. I called it “Five Minutes for Freedom”, and I starred it so I can find it easily.

You will need 3 lines for today’s entry. If your document is digital, you can copy-paste the following:

US Senator: (Name) [party] | (Tel) | (Email) | (Contact name) | (Contact dates)

US Senator: (Name) [party] | (Tel) | (Email) | (Contact name) | (Contact dates)

US Representative: (Name) [party] | (Tel) | (Email) | (Contact name) | (Contact dates)

For now, you will only fill in the names, party affiliations, telephone numbers, and email addresses. If you can’t use the phone, replace “(Tel)” with “(Addr)”. Leave “Contact name” and “Contact dates” alone for now. Also, don’t worry if this information will change in January–we will post a reminder to update it then, and we need you to start making contact now!

If you know your senators (Step 2) and representative (Step 3), and how to find their information, enter their names, party affiliations (you can always use D/R/I if you don’t want to write out Democrat/Republican/Independent), the telephone numbers/postal addresses of their field offices near you, and their email addresses (or links to their online contact pages) into your document. Then, once you’re done, check in to let your fellow humans know you’re fighting for them by responding to the poll at the top of the post!

If you need some help finding your senators and representative’s contact info, there’s a full walkthrough behind the cut.

As a lot of you know, I think, I have problems with mental illness, and I’m also a grad student and daughter to aging parents and job hunter and just general all-around busy person, so I understand how overwhelming trying to take outside-the-internet-box political action can be on a couple different axes. So I’m going to be breaking down some key techniques, step by step, a little at a time, over at We With Us. This post is the first of that series.

My dog thinks it’s a window, though.

She stays like this for hours.

Beyoncé and The Dixie Chicks perform “Daddy Lessons” at the 2016 Country Music Awards.

Naruto Hip-Hop Crossover [Group 2]

Godaime Hokage, Lady Minaj x Cudi Sarutobi x X Inuzuka x Snoopato of the Wood Release x Young Thugimaru x Eve Haruno x Bust“A” Raikage Rhymes x Godaime Mizukage, Missy Terumī Elliott x 6 Paths of the 6 God x DOOM Uchiha x Chance the Ninja x Cham of the Red Sand x Kinkaku Boi x Ginkaku 3000

[I would prefer that the formatting of the post is kept as it is now. I would also like to be asked before utilizing any of my images. However, because this is the Internet and people don’t respect an artist’s requests, I am probably typing all of this in vain. At the very least credit my work, please. You can find me on Twitter and Instagram if you need to credit me in those realms.]

Group 1: HERE

Although he was unceremoniously drummed out of Major League Baseball, Burke became the star shortstop for the local Gay Softball League, and even dominated in the Gay Softball World Series, as well as medaling in the 100 and 200 meter sprints in the inaugural 1982 Gay Games. Unfortunately, Burke also picked up a cocaine habit and had his leg and foot crushed in an accident. He spent much of his final years homeless in the Castro, and died from AIDS complications in 1995, but he was in the first class of inductees to the Gay and Lesbian Sports Hall of Fame, and his High School retired his jersey number.

The Dodgers Manager in question was Tony Lasorda, whose son “Spunky” died of AIDS complications in 1992 although Lasorda maintains that it was cancer. Likewise, despite the High Five becoming a symbol of the 1980 Dodgers team, Lasorda maintained and continues to this day to maintain to not know its origin. It’s possible that this isn’t a deliberate slight to Burke, but given his homophobia in other matters that’s a hard benefit of the doubt to give.

The Athletics have, in the years since, attempted to make up for some of the wrongs they committed in this story. When Glenn revealed publicly that he was living with AIDS, the As moved in and helped him financially. Burke was honored publicly at Pride Night at the park in 2015 and his brother was invited to throw the first pitch.

Watch: Leslie Jones gave a touching tribute to Whoopi Goldberg about why representation matters

Well, when I was nine years old Star Trek came on,“ Goldberg says. “I looked at it and I went screaming through the house, ‘Come here, mum, everybody, come quick, come quick, there’s a black lady on television and she ain’t no maid!’ I knew right then and there I could be anything I wanted to be.” - See more at: http://www.startrek.com/database_article/goldberg-whoopi#sthash.gKeuf3XI.dpuf

That’s three generations. Nichelle Nichols to Whoopi Goldberg to Leslie Jones.

Originally posted by geekandsundry

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