Ten Ways to Oppose the USA Patriot Act

1) Tape it up.
Use our privacy tape as a fun way to make a serious statement. Tape your web page, blog, desk or front door to declare it a "Privacy Line - Do Not Cross."

2) Declare your opposition.
Pass a resolution through your student council or administration declaring that your school will not abide by Patriot Act policies that erode civil liberties.

3) Feel free to read.
Organize a campaign to check out all the books from your school or community library that were once banned. Ask your librarians and computer lab staff to post signs detailing the implications of the Patriot Act on library and computer privacy.

4) Take it to the streets.
Plan a sandwich board action. Here's your chance to tell the public "My library book, The Joy of Sex, is three weeks overdue," before the government tells everyone for you!

5) Spell out your rights.
Clarify your school's dorm/locker search procedures and information privacy policies, and write an editorial to your school or local newspaper explaining these policies in light of the Patriot Act's problems.

6) Get your friends involved.
Send them an email postcard right now!

7) Sign people up.
Start a petition to address an important Patriot Act concern at your school or in your community. Once you have reached your goal of signatures, present the petition to the school administration at an assembly or to city council at a town meeting.

8) Teach your teachers.
Ask your social studies, government or civics teacher(s) to incorporate civil liberties and the Patriot Act into a lesson, and offer to provide them with materials to facilitate the effort.

9) Get Active.
Subscribe to the ACLU Action Network and receive monthly emails that help you oppose the Patriot Act and other civil liberties violations.

10) Get entertained..
...And get educated in the process. Watch the movie, and then send friends the link.