Meet the Author!

Hi there! I’m Jessica Craven. When I’m not writing this newsletter I’m either working to elect great progressive candidates, teaching my Activism 101 workshop, or making political Tiktoks. I have a teenager who’s amazing. Occasionally I walk my dog Dolly. This is her.

If you’re here you’ve decided you’d like to do a bit more to help our country avoid, well, a collapse into authoritarianism. Bravo! You’ve made an excellent and wise choice, and you’re about to start feeling a lot better about everything.

What goes on here? Well, this newsletter is dedicated to saving democracy, one simple action at a time. As the author, I’m essentially a bundler. Not of donations, but of easy things each of us can do to make a difference. I do these things, too—because I want my kid to grow up in a democracy AND because doing them makes me feel less anxious. My motto? Hope is an action.

What’s Chop Wood Carry Water?

It’s a daily political activism newsletter that comes out 5 days a week. Subscribe and you’ll receive a short, encouraging email in your inbox each weekday. It’ll tell you how you can make a difference in your democracy by taking 5-7 minutes worth of EASY actions. You’ll receive an additional Sunday newsletter bursting with hopeful news, Democratic accomplishments, and inspiring content from the preceding week. (I promise, these “Extra! Extra!” posts are very uplifting!)

Join as a paid subscriber and get access to an additional weekend discussion thread, in which I take your questions on activism, politics, elections, and anything else that touches this work. It’s like having a personal activism concierge in your laptop! Just what you always wanted! 😉

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