Raise Awareness
Part of the Stop Gaza Genocide toolkit
Look up: How much of my community’s tax dollars fund genocide?
Every year, the U.S. government writes Israel a blank check for at least $3.8 billion. In 2024, the U.S. authorized at least an additional $22.7 billion in military funding to Israel. With your federal U.S. tax dollars, the Israeli military is bombing Gaza and Lebanon, wiping out entire families right now. Find out how much people in your city pay, and what could be funded instead. See the Not My Tax Dollars map.
Wherever you go, make sure everyone knows that Israel is mass murdering Palestinian and Lebanese families with our tax dollars. Find flyers, signs, and other resources in your Not My Tax Dollars Activist Toolbox.
Share the people’s demands: Fund care, not killing. Our U.S. government should be funding care for our communities instead of militarism, policing, and prisons. Read more about our vision for a liberated future.
See the map at NotMyTaxDollars.org.
Teach kids & communities about what’s happening in Palestine
Talk to kids and your community about what’s happening in Palestine using educational resources. You can find many of these resources in the new Palestinian Children’s Days of Action toolkit.
Check out Woke Kindergarten’s Palestine resources, including a visual history, a sensory guide for protests, and a resistance guide for kids, and check out MECA’s Teach Palestine curriculum. Hold a story time to read aloud picture books by Palestinian children’s authors. Also see this post about what to tell kids one year into the genocide.
If your school or community is using harmful, Zionist, or racist materials such as from the ADL, then take action using this Advocacy Toolkit from #DropTheADLFromSchools. You can also sign on to the open letter to educators, “The ADL Is Not a Social Justice Partner.”
Wheatpaste flyers around your neighborhood
You can wheatpaste flyers on walls, electrical boxes, and other public spaces along the sidewalk. This is a great way to get our your message locally, whether you’re calling out U.S.-funded genocide or highlighting a BDS target. Here’s a guide to wheatpasting and a printable zine from @GentleSuns on Instagram. You can also use SureGrip wallpaper adhesive mixed with water, to save time.
Download flyers for wheatpasting.
Drop a banner
Drop a banner over a highway or local hotspot. Make it large and bold so everyone can see your demands from a distance. Ensure that your banner is secure for safety and a long-lasting message.
Create a light projection
Photo by Eman Mohammed
You can also broadcast a light projection with your message at night on the side of a building or other large blank flat surface. This works best if you have a good projector, and if you can rent a generator to power it. See examples and read this guide for more details.
Text your friends
Copy/paste this message to all your friends and group chats:
Hey. We are now over a year into the ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people, as Israel expands its massive violence to Lebanon and across the region. We’re paying for these massacres with our tax dollars. 🚨 Palestinians in Gaza are urgently asking us to take action to stop the genocide. Please use these links to take action.
- 📧 Email Congress: END THE GENOCIDE! | USCPR Action
🔗 Link: https://uscpr.org/GazaEmail
- 📞 Call Congress: STOP ARMING ISRAEL! | USCPR Action
🔗 Link: https://uscpr.org/GazaCall - ⚡FULL TOOLKIT: Protest, boycott, divest, disrupt, and more: https://uscpr.org/StopGazaGenocide
Thank you for taking action with me. Your voice matters, and it’s extremely important to do all we can to resist genocide and end the killing.
More Ways to Take Action
BACK: Go to the Stop Gaza Genocide toolkit.