by Women Lawyers on Guard Action Network | Aug 17, 2025 | Issues
Feeling low? Action is the antidote. And there are so many actions you can take. Here are a few:
RALLIES
Saturday, Aug 16, come out to speak out against authoritarianism. Be vocal and visible. Find a location near you around the country: https://www.fightthetrumptakeover.com/
COMMENTS TO FED REGULATIONS
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has proposed federal regulations to strip coverage for abortions and abortion counseling from vet’s healthcare coverage.
Comments are due September 3, 2025 and must be submitted online. Here’s the info to do so. And here is some information from the Center for Reproductive Rights to assist in crafting comments. Anyone can comment!
TAKE IMPACTFUL ACTION
Participate in One Million Rising – organized by Indivisible enabling the public to push back against authoritarianism. Go to: www.nokings.org/rise to learn about the concept and the underpinnings for this initiative, watch the training sessions, and get more detail. And see our post of Aug 2 for more info.
Together we can make a difference!
Cory
Photo: Gayatri Malhotra, Unsplash
by Women Lawyers on Guard Action Network | Aug 2, 2025 | Issues
Still looking for an effective way to save democracy? Join One Million Rising. An effort by Indivisible to organize “ordinary” Americans to push back against authoritarianism.
More than 40,000 participated in their two recent Zoom webinars!
We highly recommend the background info on authoritarianism from their first webinar featuring Maria Stephans and Daniel Hunter HERE. Daniel introduces the subject well at 15:10. Maria discusses specifics and talks about the concept of the “pillars” that need to organize and work with each other; she starts at 32:00. And HERE’s the link to Indivisible’s second training webinar.
Please consider signing up, like we are, to host a small group discussion about next steps (and/or ask a friend to host!)
Go to: www.nokings.org/rise for more detail and to volunteer. It’s not difficult and will be impactful! We all need to continue to push back hard against authoritarianism and destructive regime actions. We can do this in a collective effort.
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by Women Lawyers on Guard Action Network | Jul 23, 2025 | Issues
This just in! Lawyers for Good Government (L4GG) has just rolled out the Pro Bono Litigation Corps (PBLC), a first-of-its-kind initiative mobilizing experienced, individual attorneys to take on some of the most pressing constitutional challenges of our time. And they need YOU!
This program will focus on urgent, high-stakes impact litigation in areas such as:
- Defending judicial independence
- Protecting reproductive rights
- Safeguarding immigrants’ rights
- Advancing environmental justice
- Resisting executive overreach
They have already filed their first major case: a class-action lawsuit filed on June 25 (together with some of the country’s largest environmental organizations).
If you are a litigator who is retired, solo practitioner, or former government attorney, your expertise is urgently needed. Sign up HERE
Cory
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by Women Lawyers on Guard Action Network | Jul 21, 2025 | Issues
DEADLINE; Friday, July 25- Pass this on!
$100,000 Stipend for 1 Year (From Civil Service Strong)
FORMER FEDERAL WORKERS (Civil Servants and political appointees)
Have you been wishing that you could save the knowledge and expertise that is being decimated from our government workers’ firings? Here’s an incredible opportunity from Democracy Forward’s Civil Service Strong.
It’s a fellowship in which participants (former federal workers) will chart a path forward to rebuild government capacity to deliver effectively for the American people in the future
Deadline to apply: Friday, July 25
INFO and APPLICATION: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/democracyforward/jobs/4794625008
Time is short to apply – please forward this to all your networks.
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by Women Lawyers on Guard Action Network | Jul 10, 2025 | Issues
WE NEED TO INCREASE OUR VISIBILITY FOR DEMOCRACY –Bring 3 Friends!
When: Thursday, JULY 17, 2025
Where: At a location (and time) near you- map here: https://goodtroubleliveson.org/
In DC at 5:30 PM – meet us in front of the National Museum of Women in the Arts 1250 New York Ave, NW
Troubled by the events of the last months? Wondering what you can do about Supreme Court rulings taking away our rights and firing federal workers? About unchecked presidential demands? About ICE and the executive branch gone cruelly, illegally and unconstitutionally rogue? We need to get more visible and vocal. If you absolutely can’t attend, send friends!
“Good Trouble Lives On” is a national day of action to respond to the attacks posed on our civil and human rights by the Trump administration and to remind them that in America, the power lies with the people.
Coined by civil rights leader Congressman John Lewis, “Good Trouble” is the act of coming together to take peaceful, non-violent action to challenge injustice and create meaningful change. Good Trouble is marches, protests, service work – any action where communities come together, take a stand against wrongdoings, and speak truth to power.
The civil rights leaders of the past have shown us the power of collective action. That’s why on July 17, five years since the passing of Congressman John Lewis, they are calling on Americans across the country to Make Good Trouble Together.
Send photos from wherever you are that day! See you on the 17th!
Cory
by Women Lawyers on Guard Action Network | Jul 3, 2025 | Issues
SAVE THE DATE!
When: Thursday, JULY 17, 2025
Where: At a location near you- map here: https://goodtroubleliveson.org/
(or join us in DC- details to follow)
Troubled by the events of the last months? Wondering what you can do about Supreme Court rulings taking away our rights? About unchecked presidential demands? About ICE and the executive branch gone cruelly, illegally and unconstitutionally rogue? Let’s get visible and vocal.
“Good Trouble Lives On” is a national day of action to respond to the attacks posed on our civil and human rights by the Trump administration and to remind them that in America, the power lies with the people.
Coined by civil rights leader Congressman John Lewis, “Good Trouble” is the act of coming together to take peaceful, non-violent action to challenge injustice and create meaningful change. Good Trouble is marches, protests, service work – any action where communities come together, take a stand against wrongdoings, and speak truth to power.
The civil rights leaders of the past have shown us the power of collective action. That’s why on July 17, five years since the passing of Congressman John Lewis, they are calling on Americans across the country to Make Good Trouble Together.
SAVE THE DATE- See you on the 17th!
