- 🚨 Thread collecting actionable steps to help civilians in Venezuela, Venezuelan refugees fleeing to neighboring countries, and Venezuelan immigrants in the US. 🚨 ✅️ Please post ideas / links, especially to local frontline groups. ❌️ Please avoid non-actions, and be cautious regarding sanctions. 👇
- We will be posting more about how to navigate sanctions over the next week as we do a deep dive into the research. In the meantime we recommend checking the Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctions search tool: sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov
- I need $5,000 ASAP to: - research sanctions on Venezuela, Columbia, and Brazil - lawyer up - hire a Spanish speaking logistics coordinator - develop local contacts - start planning an aid shipment Can you make it happen, Bluesky? www.omprakash.org/global/distr...
- Email, call, and yell at your reps online to demand they end this illegal war. Stopping the violence is priority #1.
- The phone number for the U.S. Capitol Switchboard is (202) 224-3121. Here's my FAQ on finding their district phone numbers, email addresses, and what to say to them: www.patreon.com/posts/124314...
- The International Red Cross / Red Crescent orgs are solid. We've worked alongside them in other countries. Support the Venezuelan Red Cross here (confirmed not on sanction list):
- Scripts that make it easy to call your reps and demand an end to the violence:
- Trump just started an illegal war with Venezuela If you wanna make some calls 👉 5calls.org/issue/trump-... www.cbsnews.com/live-updates...
- Double check your sources and call out misinformation! The best sources are: - DMs from trusted local contacts - on the ground posts from people proven to be in Venezuela - local media - international press with on the ground reporting
- Also avoid sharing war / trauma porn. Civilians in crisis are not a spectacle to use as content. We all know there's a war on, let trusted ethical news outlets with professional staff share appropriate footage.
- Help locals you know plan their personal safety and prepare survival resources:
- There are 770,000 Venezuelan refugees in the US. Let's be sure to protect them too. Here's a list of refugee resettlement orgs by state that you can volunteer with or donate to: rcusa.org/resources/st... Here's a map highlighting resettlement clusters:
- And here's an article highlighting life for Venezuelan refugees under the Trump regime: english.elpais.com/internationa...
- Stop your child from getting groomed into the war machine:
