About Action This Day

We are an accountability group of friends using our University connections and other networks to defend freedom, democracy, and rule of law in fun and creative ways.

Action This Day exists because a lot of decent people can sense real danger—and still haven’t been shown a serious, practical way to help.

We’re building that path by doing two things at once:

• Learning from the best organizers and democracy defenders we can find
• Turning that insight into practical, repeatable action inside high-trust networks—often starting with powerful college and university communities.

What we do

1) Weekly accountability meeting

We meet every week to stay focused, coordinate, and help each other follow through.

Our first major project

Democracy Defense Network Campaign (DDNC)

Our first project is a series of conversations on Theories of Change—with people who have relevant backgrounds in civil resistance, organizing, democratic backsliding, anti-corruption work, law, communications, and institutional integrity.

We’re doing this in partnership with university communities, beginning with:

• the Yale Graduate Student Senate
• the Harvard Graduate Council

These conversations are designed to help smart, capable people stop guessing—and start acting with clarity and coordination.

What you can expect from us

• Serious and high-signal: we protect the agenda and avoid noise
• Practical: we translate insight into usable next steps
• Low-drama: no performative conflict, no outrage culture
• Long-haul: we build habits, skills, and networks that compound over time
• Broadly welcoming: we focus on defending democratic governance and rule of law, not forcing everyone to agree on every issue

How to get involved

Option 1: Join the Sunday meeting

If you want to contribute consistently and help shape strategy, start here.

• Next Sunday: [Insert date]
• Time: 12:00 PM Eastern
• Join link: [Insert Zoom link]
• Meeting ID: [Insert ID]

Option 2: Get reminders and updates

If you’re not ready to join live every week, you can still stay connected and receive:

• reminders about upcoming sessions
• links to recordings or summaries (when available)
• invitations to DDNC conversations and related events

Sign up here: [Insert signup link]
Unsubscribe anytime with one click.

Option 3: Help with DDNC (behind the scenes)

If you want to help produce these conversations or turn them into usable tools, you can volunteer in roles like:

• outreach and invitations
• guest scouting
• briefing notes and question drafting
• one-page summaries
• clip time-stamping and packaging

Volunteer interest form: [Insert link]

A note for people inside institutions

If you are inside an institution and facing pressure related to corruption, coercion, irregular directives, or other sensitive issues, we are building additional pathways for confidential support. (This is in development.)

Confidential contact instructions: [Insert link]

Contact

• Email: info@actionthisday.net
• Website: actionthisday.net

Our bottom line

We’re here for people who want to do the right thing without guessing, grandstanding, or standing alone—and who believe university communities can be a powerful force for protecting freedom, democracy, and the rule of law when they are organized, informed, and connected.