Postcards for the Resistance

THE TIME IS RIPE. Free printable postcard for your Senators and Reps. 

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Tell your legislators to stop protecting the gun lobby and their wallets and focus on protecting our children instead with this gun control protest postcard, which reads "protect kids not guns" in a red ink-stamped style design.

Tell your legislators we need MORE than “thoughts and prayers” to fix America’s gun violence problem. 

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Do “big game” hunters really think killing an elephant will prove what big men they are? Tell 45, your legislators, and Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke to stop the importation of elephant body parts as "trophies." 

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These postcards support the burgeoning movement to send personalized postcards to voters in elections with flippable seats, all over the country, to help get out the vote. To learn more, send us a message on Facebook and we’ll put you in touch with the right people!

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No, nothing AT ALL hypocritical about a draft dodger denying others who are WILLING AND ABLE the right to serve. Tell them that trans’ people MUST be allowed to serve in the military with these postcards.

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Paid family leave is good for employees, AND good for employers. Tell your representatives to support it! Read more at NYMag.

This "One World" message applies to a multitude of issues, from climate change to immigration to world peace. Pick a topic and write to your legislators!

How to Print Postcards at Home (with templates!)

If you like the designs here, found others you like, or want to create your own – but you’re stumped about how to set them up for printing – here are some guidelines and free templates for you to use!

Paper Use card stock. The minimum thickness for a postcard, according to USPS, is .007" thick -- about as thick as an index card.

Alternately, you can buy perforated postcard paper from an office supply store or online. (I can't guarantee the templates below will work with perforated postcard paper, but you can probably download templates specifically for that paper.)

Size According to USPS, to qualify for mailing at the First-Class Mail postcard price, postcards must be: Rectangular. At least 3-1/2 inches high x 5 inches long x 0.007 inch thick. No more than 4-1/4 inches high x 6 inches long x 0.016 inches thick.

Most Postcards for the Resistance designs are 4x6 inches.

Setting up to print Download the template you need and open it in Word. for 4x6" postcards, use this 2-up postcard template for 4.25x5.5" postcards, use this 4-up postcard template

Right-click on the image and select "change picture". Select the image you want to use on your postcard. Click and drag at the edges to resize as necessary. You can add the same image to all four postcards or a different image in each one.

Print (always do a single sheet for a test run), cut, write, stamp and mail!

Still not sure about printing them yourself? You can have them printed by Vistaprint or Staples, but they have high minimum print runs. If you don't want 25 of the same postcard, check with your local print shop -- they might be willing to work with you on print minimums per design if you're still planning on buying a sizable number of postcards overall.

Can’t fire justice... but I’m guessing this is what it looks like when you try.

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Justice can’t be bought, sold, or fired. Tell ‘em.

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Just threw this one together real quick in case you want to print it out and send it to, oh, ALL OF CONGRESS. ::headdesk::

Remind your representatives that you want them to base their decisions on evidence, not blind faith, with this protest postcard! Write to Congress or send it to your favorite scientist. Postcard reads "Everyone please open your eyes and lift your heads for a moment of science." 

The administration’s proposed 13% cuts to the Department of Transportation budget are a threat to public transit programs in cities across the country! Remind your legislators that cutting public transportation will have a big impact on real people who use buses, trains and subways every day with this postcard.

In this context, it means "assuring that the basic physical and material needs of all people are met," which, like, actually kind of sounds like a GOOD thing! Dictionaries. Who knew. (You can PRINT or BUY this postcard.)