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Pick the step you can reach today.

Rules change when neighbors organize. You don't have to do all six of these. Even one moves the needle, and none of them cost money or ask you to be an expert.

Take action

Start with what fits your week.

Two honest questions. Every action stays reachable below, whatever you pick.

Time you have
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  • Sign the petition

    30 sec

    Add your name to the demand: a human decides, and answers. That is the whole task.

    Neighbor

  • Share the one-pager

    2 min

    Send it to one person who lives near a camera, a data center, or a claims office.

    Neighbor

  • Print and pin the one-pager

    5 min

    Laundromat, library, break room. A broadside works on paper.

    Neighbor

  • Start on the Retrain page

    5 min to start

    That pillar exists for you. Pick the next field while you still have this one. Solidarity, not pity.

    Being automated

  • Speak at your council meeting

    10–20 min prep

    The two-minute script, printed. You read it, say your name, and hand the draft to the clerk.

    Neighbor

  • Rewrite one letter template

    1 hour

    The letters are still machine-drafted and marked for rewrite. Claim one. Write it in your own words.

    Writer

  • Audit a fellow-traveler project

    1 hour

    Aequitas, Fairlearn, AI Fairness 360, audit-AI, Open Policy Agent, Activepieces. File one real issue.

    Developer

  • Review the model ordinance

    1 hour, honestly more

    It is not legal advice until an actual attorney has read it. Be that attorney.

    Lawyer

  • Become a local lead

    Ongoing

    Your town's page carries your name, and you answer for it.

    Neighbor

  • Rewrite the site copy

    Ongoing

    Most of this site was machine-drafted. It should not stay that way. A real, claimable job.

    Writer

  • Build accountability in

    Ongoing

    Software where a named human sign-off is enforced by the build, not by policy.

    Developer

Nothing that fast for that skill yet, honestly. Pick “Any” time, or start with a 30-second neighbor task.

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Start with rung 1. It takes thirty seconds, and you can always come back for the rest.

  1. 1. Join the list

    Time needed: 30 seconds

    We'll email you when there's something happening in your state. Nothing more often than that, and never anything asking for money.

    Join by email

  2. 2. Sign the petition

    Time needed: 2 minutes

    "One rule: a human makes the decision, and answers for it." Signatures get shown to city councils as proof that people in their town care about this. They are not sent to any candidate or party.

    Sign by email

  3. 3. Share it

    Time needed: 5 minutes

    A broadside was made to be nailed up. Print the one-pager and pin it somewhere people will actually read it: a corkboard, a laundromat, a library. Or just send this page to one neighbor.

    Email one neighbor Print it

    Or save one of these and post it wherever you post things:

    A human should make the decision. The loom did not remove the weaver. A person still chose the pattern, punched the cards, examined the cloth, and signed the bolt. The anger is real. Aim it at the rulebook.

  4. 4. Write to your officials

    Time needed: 10 to 20 minutes

    This one's really two smaller tasks, honestly costed:

    Your state representative, about 10 minutes

    They're easy to reach: look up their contact page, then copy the note below (in your own words is even better) and paste it in.

    I'm a neighbor in [your town]. I'm asking you to support a rule: when an automated system (a camera network, an algorithm) makes a decision that affects someone's life, a named person has to review it and be accountable for it. Montana already passed this for state agencies (HB 178). I'd like to see it here too. Thank you for reading this.

    Your city council, 15 to 20 minutes, longer the first time

    We can't look up your city council for you. You know your town better than we do. This part takes longer because you'll need to find their contact info yourself.

    Find your council

  5. 5. Show up and speak

    Time needed: 1 hour

    This is the one that actually moves an ordinance. Most council meetings pass with almost nobody in the room, so a handful of neighbors speaking on the same issue stands out.

    Get the 2-minute script Find your meeting

  6. 6. Become a local lead

    Time needed: ongoing

    If you're willing to be the person your town calls on this, whether that means hosting a meeting, tracking the council's agenda, or just being a point of contact, tell us what's happening where you live.

    Becoming a local lead means your name is on your town's page, and you answer for it. A person, by name.

    Tell us about your town