One Small Thing

The government's recent loss in the Supreme Court means that it it can't now take Britain out of the EU without consulting Parliament. Legislation to trigger Article 50, the provision that allows a country to leave the EU, has been drafted and put before Parliament. The process of this makes it way through the House of Commons and the Lords is complicated but one small thing you can do right now is to call or email your MP and encourage them not to vote for this legislation. Some Labour MPs have already indicated that they will not vote for the legislation; two shadow ministers have resigned because they refuse to; the Lib Dems and SNP have indicated that they will also oppose. The vote is scheduled to take place on Wednesday evening. 

You can find your MP by entering your postcode into theyworkforyou.com, which will also give you an email address for them. Here's an email script you can use:

Daily small actions to make a better world. UK-based, global in scope.

What is this about?

Each day, we tweet/post on Facebook one small, manageable thing that you can do to make the world a better place. The Twitter is HERE. The Facebook is HERE.

Do you post your daily actions on Tumblr?

No, right now the Tumblr is a place to gather resources, such as scripts for calling representatives, lists of good organisations to support, and other helpful information. We’ll be working on that in the next few days and weeks, and adding to it periodically.

What do you mean by "make the world a better place"?

For us, that means fighting discrimination and injustice on all axes, pushing back against anti-immigrant and anti-refugee sentiments in the media and public discourse, resisting the normalisation of right-wing extremism and white supremacy, and working so that the world is safer, kinder and better for everyone.

We're based in the UK, and the actions we suggest will reflect that, but many of them will be global in reach and applicable on a wider scale.

Should I do the thing every day?

If you can, that's incredible, but it's not realistic for everyone to participate every single day. Some of the actions will involve making financial contributions, expending social energy, or giving time. Not all of those are in everyone's reach, but hopefully there is enough variety of actions that everyone can do something, some of the time.

The idea is not that you should participate every day - it's that, if you find yourself with enough energy to spend a few minutes doing one small thing, you can add your voice to the voices of everyone else doing the same thing. We're hoping that this will give each day's action a wider impact than if everyone had done it separately.

And if you can’t do the day’s action, you can always signal boost, raise awareness by talking about it with your friends, family and colleagues, or do some reading to learn more.

Shouldn’t we be trying to do more than just a few minutes each day?

You are the best judge of how much you can do. We absolutely encourage our followers to engage in other forms of activism. This is just one little account sharing a few ideas.

Can I do the thing on a different day?

Yes, if you want to read back and do previous days’ actions, feel free!

Can I suggest an action to you?