Outrageous Acts

Outrageous Acts Suggestions

Donate

• Join our movement for simple justice by making a gift to the Ms. Foundation and support outrageous acts for social change nationwide.

Be Active

• Attend a rally, invite a friend to a rally, help plan a rally
• Sign a petition, recruit friends to sign, creatively capture petition-signing
• Become a member of an organization
• Volunteer, increase your time commitment, assume a leadership role, recruit others
• Join an “outrageous” cause on Facebook, recruit friends to join
• Change your Facebook picture/avatar to support an “outrageous” cause

Be Creative

• Write and/or perform a song about your outrage or outrageous act
• Write a poem about your outrage or outrageous act
• Sing your song or perform your poem in public
• Make and wear a t-shirt with a call to action or outrage
• Draw a picture of your outrage or outrageous act
• Take a picture of your outrage or outrageous act
• Make and wear a button, bumper sticker or decal

Organize

• Find other organizers in your community and join them
• Learn about the benefits of a union for your workplace
• Explore and support the Employee Free Choice Act

Be Inspired

• Do an outrageous act inspired by another outrageous act

Donate: Fund a Movement

• Make a gift to the Ms. Foundation and fund an outrageous national movement
• Invite friends to make gifts
• Decide to give on a monthly (or recurring) basis and keep the movement growing

Connect With a Decision-Maker

• Call or write your legislator
• Attend a public hearing
• Meet with your child’s school principal

Be a Decision-Maker

• Run for office
• Join a neighborhood committee
• Join a board

Learn More, Change the Conversation

• Challenge a family member or coworker’s bias
• Bring up an outrage or outrageous act in conversation
• Join or start a discussion or book group
• Sign up for a listserv
• Comment on how your outrage is reflected in the media
• Write or comment on a blog entry
• Write a letter to the editor

Party for a Cause

• Host a House Party/Fundraiser in honor of Gloria Steinem’s 75th Birthday
• Invite friends to celebrate Gloria’s Outrageous Acts and Your Own
• Create your own Outrageous party ideas or review some of ours
• Ask friends to make gifts of $75.00 or another amount in honor of this anniversary

Get Out the Vote, Become Politically Active

• Register to vote
• Register others to vote
• Join organizers working to support or prevent a ballot initiative
• Volunteer for a political campaign