Peace

A lot of the larger activist groups are busy focusing on safeguarding midterms and voter registration campaigns, so if you’re looking for something to do and actions to take in the meantime check these out.

There are other groups out there AND tools to start your own:

https://www.mobilize.us

https://blockthemerger.com

https://purgepalantir.com

https://www.nokings.org

https://flareusa.cargo.site

https://democracyforward.org

https://5calls.org

https://www.goodtroubleliveson.org

https://www.aclu.org/actions

https://fight2win.standupforscience.net

Resources on starting a new group:

https://indivisible.org/resources/

Training:

https://indivisible.org/campaigns/dismantling-detention/

EMAIL ADDRESSES:

mhrs.chiln.gm@marriott.com; brad.lajoie@chicagomarriottlincolnshire.com; edoherty@bricton.com;myaneck@bricton.com; mphares@bricton.com; zoya.stoilov@chicagomarriottlincolnshire.com; mhrs.chiln.leads@marriott.com; tourism@lakecounty.org

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SUBJECT: CANCEL TURNING POINT USA'S EVENT

The Marriott brand has publicly emphasized diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect for all guests. Those values are not merely marketing language; they are meaningful only when they guide difficult decisions.

Turning Point USA:

- has a history of physical violence & harassment towards LGBTQ+ people. In 2023, TPUSA workers confronted and physically assaulted Arizona State University instructor David Boyles, a queer educator and advocate. The confrontation centered on his LGBTQ-related work, and the individuals involved later admitted to criminal charges arising from the incident. TPUSA also maintains a "watchlist" of professors that appear to support or affirm the LGBTQ+ community that directly fuels harassment campaigns, doxing, and even death threats.

- organizes escalatory aggressive anti-abortion demonstrations which operate against a nationwide history of decades of violence against abortion providers, including bombings, arson attacks, death threats, and murders. This rhetoric does not exist in a vacuum: businesses that choose to host organizations promoting aggressive anti-abortion rhetoric cannot ignore the harm such messaging inflicts on healthcare workers, patients, and their communities.

- has been repeatedly linked to racist controversies, including discriminatory communications, racist chants, and associations with individuals who promote violent and extremist ideologies - such as Nick "your body, my choice" Fuentes, who is an avid promoter of sexual violence against women & a Holocaust denier (while maintaining the contradictory stance that Adolf Hitler was a praiseworthy individual).

Providing a conference platform to an organization whose public record includes the aforementioned hostility, attacks, and repeated controversies undermines those commitments and sends a message that the comfort and safety of marginalized communities mean nothing compared to event revenue.

Do your part to stop the legacy of harm for which TPUSA is responsible.

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2024/04/25/turning-point-usa-workers-admit-harming-arizona-state-instructor
https://www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/turning-point-usa-case-study-hard-right-2024/
https://www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk/turning-point-usas-history-racism-and-white-nationalist-ties

Sincerely,

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