Welcome to the February Dispatch! Thank you for being a part of our growing, powerful Moms Next Door program!

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Here’s the February Menu of 5 ways for you to engage this month, on your own—or with your small group near you:

FEBRUARY ORGANIZING ZOOM MEETUP

Join us on Tuesday, February 17, 2026 on Zoom for Moms Next Door 2026 Session #2 - Radical Love: Breaking Cycles of Callout Culture and Embracing Call-in Culture! How can we have more productive conversations with people we disagree with? How can we be inclusive instead of alienating those who say the wrong thing or inflict harm? Let’s learn together! Sign up here.

ACTION OF THE MONTH

Learn and share this important Know Your Rights Training: Last week, Jonathan Blazer from the ACLU joined MomsRising’s Monthly Community Meeting to provide a Know Your Rights training. As our communities face increased violence and activity from ICE at the direction of the Trump administration, knowing our rights and looking out for one another is more important than ever. Check out this trusted Know Your Rights training and make sure to share it with your communities and loved ones!

FUN, JOY & POWER

• Create your 2026 Daring to Dream Bingo Card

  • Get creative and think of different ways you can take action and care for your community this year. Fill in the squares with ideas to fuel your advocacy and take care of your community—we’ve already added in some ideas! Mark off squares as you complete them. When you hit BINGO this year, celebrate yourself and your community for your work. Download the Moms Next Door Bingo card here to get started. 

  • Bonus: Fill out your Bingo cards with a couple of friends to power up your advocacy! 

• No more funding to ICE! Our taxpayer dollars should be used for health care and other programs for families and our economy; NOT for cruelty, violence, and human rights abuses.

  • SIGN ON: Tell Congress to NOT pass any bill that gives more money to ICE!

  • CALL NOW: Tell your Senator to rein in ICE and CBP and to pass strong accountability measures. Click here or text URGENT to 888-418-5699 and we will connect you to your Member of Congress.

• Trump and Republicans in Congress made extreme cuts to health care to pay for separating families, human rights abuses, and terrifying hardworking immigrants. It’s time to keep the pressure on the Senate to protect affordable health care for millions of Americans and extend the ACA tax credits. 

  • CALL NOW: Click here or text ACANOW to 1-888-418-5699 to call your U.S. Senators!

• In January, we celebrated the 53rd anniversary of Roe v. Wade. We continue to stand firmly for our right to make decisions about our health care and our bodies. 

  • SIGN ON: Add your name and stand with us for our right to make decisions about our health care and our bodies.

WHAT WE’RE READING THIS MONTH

For people wanting to start book groups for change or just looking for good books, here’s what’s in our February library: *When you meet up to talk about books, take a picture and post it on social media with @MomsRising to show others that they aren’t alone!

• Non-fiction Pick: Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next) by Dean Spade – A radical handbook for anyone who grasps the severity of the multi-level and intersecting crises we’re facing and is looking for a community-based means to fight back. 

• Fiction Pick: Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy – A page-turning mystery set on a sinking Antarctic research island home to the world’s largest seed vault, the novel explores family and resilience amid the emotional and physical realities of climate change.

We’ve got lots of great book ideas for the kiddos in your life this month! Here you go: 

• Change Sings: A Children's Anthem by Amanda Gorman (Ages 3-8) – Presidential inaugural poet Amanda Gorman writes a story about a young girl leading a musical journey to inspire others to use their voices for good.

• The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist by Cynthia Levinson (Ages 6+) – A biography about Audrey Faye Hendricks, one of the youngest marchers during the Children’s Crusade.

• Until Someone Listens: A Story About Borders, Family, and One Girl's Mission by Estela Juarez and Lissette Norman (Ages 4-8) – Written by 14 year old Estela Juarez about her activism to bring her family back together after her mom’s deportation. 

• Rise Up, and Write It by Nandini Ahuja (Ages 4-8) – This book comes complete with a pull-out letter to the mayor, a ready-to-sign petition, a community meeting poster, a protest sign—and more!

*Want to support your local bookstore? Use the Bookshop finder to locate bookstores near you and women, Black, AAPI, LGBTQIA+, Latine, and Indigenous-owned bookstores online.

MUTUAL SUPPORT OPTION

What is mutual aid? Different from charity— where resources usefully flow in one direction from donors to recipients—mutual aid is community-driven and reciprocal, built on community-based solidarity. And many parents and caregivers are already doing this (think: your local PTA, community gardens, or even kids’ birthday parties). In creating communities of love, we also want to turn them into communities of support, protection, and action to prepare for what’s ahead. Curious how to get started? Here’s how to create a mutual aid pod in your community!

MUTUAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY OF THE MONTH: Stand in Solidarity with Minnesota

• Write a love note to Minnesota: Stand in solidarity with Minnesota and show your support by writing a love note or a message of appreciation to those defending their community and neighbors in Minnesota. 

• Donate: Activists on-the-ground in Minnesota have created a list of legal aid funds, rapid response infrastructure, and organizations putting funds and resources quickly and directly into people’s hands. Learn more and offer your support in the way that resonates with you. You can even donate your Delta SkyMiles to help people released from detention get home to MN.

• Take Action: Learn more about how to support our Minnesota community here. 

Thank you for being here. We are looking forward to strengthening connections and community in refreshing, educational, and joyful ways with you in the coming months!

P.S. Missed the January dispatch and looking for more resources? Check it out on our blog.