As we did during ther first, under a second Trump administration many of us are going to hurt, get hurt or struggle, or find our existing struggles are made even more difficult. Many of us will need to protect ourselves; many others will need help, protection and solidarity from others. During the first Trump administration, we learned a great deal about how Donald Trump and his cronies operate and how they may work to undo civil rights protections, social programs, labor and environmental protections, and so much more. We also know the playbook they intend to use: Project 2025, which sets out priorities and how to accomplish them in disturbing detail.
We’ve created this survival guide – available as both an online version and a printable packet – to provide information that can help you take some initial steps to protect yourself and others, and to cope with the bad stuff as best anyone can. Unfortunately, it’s not going to magic all of the awful away. But it can help to reduce harms and, hopefully, help you and all of us get through this, and with our senses of self and humanity still intact and perhaps even improved through our own personal and political resistance.
