We have a great book, but it’s not big enough, so we’re extending the deadline to February 23rd, and are hoping to publish March 1st, which is the anniversary of the establishment of the US Constitution.

We have a lot of professionals and people working in politics who have shared their daily resistance, but I’d really like to include teachers, librarians, health care workers, etc. Share your stories of personal boycotts and blackouts and not giving up.

So many of us are apprehensive about what is coming and what we can possibly do to not acquiesce.

I was frozen in my feeling of powerlessness, and then I remembered that there are many small things I do that are everyday means of protest.

As I tried to write an article about the ways in which I disagree, I realized that there must be many of us who do the same.

I posted on social media: Someone should do a BIG BOOK OF EVERYDAY RESISTANCE (hoping that some bigshot journalist with a huge following would say they were working on it) and someone who loves me wrote back- “Don’t you own a publishing company?”

So here we are

Call for Essays
THE BIG BOOK OF EVERYDAY RESISTANCE

2025 and beyond is going to be a trying experience for those of us who did not vote for this president and the direction in which the country is now headed.

I was asking myself, “What can I really do?” and realized there are already things I do every day that are acts of “resistance”:
• boycotting companies
• sharing information on how to live a more inclusive and progressive life
• speaking up and not remaining silent–even when it is safer to be quiet

Most importantly, through my work in publishing I am creating and supporting art that speaks of a different approach or examines the perils of where we are headed.

I realized I am actively participating in resistance every day.

And I am sure you are, too.

THE BIG BOOK OF EVERYDAY RESISTANCE will be a collection of essays (anywhere from 250 to 1,000 words) about what you do to resist, how you resist, and why you resist. I am hoping to publish this as a digital book for FREE on March 1 to ensure that everyone can access this information. Because it will be a free book, I am not offering payment to authors, and do not expect to make money on its publication.

The purpose of this book is to let us all know we are not alone, and that we are part of a large community of common purpose. Hopefully, with this book we will inspire each other and give each other ideas about how to resist those forces that seek to shut down our efforts toward a more progressive, inclusive society. However, I am not interested in, nor do I condone any calls for violence.

Please send your work as a Word doc or a jpeg for black and white editorial cartoons to submissions@riverdaleavebooks.com ASAP, and tell your friends and share this with like-minded peeps. I will need your contribution by February 23rd at the very latest.

Include your email address and phone number. If we use your piece, you will be sent an agreement to give us permission to publish. If you wish to publish anonymously, we can do that, but I must know who you are. Previously published material is allowed, as long as you have the rights.

Also, if you have ideas or suggestions, want to volunteer to edit, proof, or do publicity or marketing, please email me at lori@riverdaleavebooks.com.

We do hope to update the book throughout the year, but the deadline for submission is February 23 rd(but sooner is better!).


Lori Perkins
Publisher, Riverdale Avenue Books