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acornbaden.bsky.social
Acorn Baden
@acornbaden.bsky.social
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I’ve been an activist for 19 years: Tried to impeach Bush Jr; LGBTQIA+ rights; access to healthcare; Court Support; Occupy; Foreclosure defense; BLM; Democratic Party reform; neighborhood organizing; Disability Justice; Child Welfare; Free Palestine.
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Acorn Baden @acornbaden.bsky.social · 9h
I also never considered myself as in a “pillar” since Chenoweth recommends loyalty shifts among pillars of support. I have no loyalty to this regime (or any regime). So I thought I wasnt in a pillar but Indivisible’s Courage Collective is premised on the idea we are all in pillars #CourageCollective
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Acorn Baden @acornbaden.bsky.social · 9h
I’m a bit confused. I’ve been interested in pillars of support & pillar strategies ever since I heard/read Erica Chenoweth talk/write about them. I’ve kept a list of different kinds of pillars. In Indivisible’s new Courage Collective they list “healthcare” as a pillar. Never saw that before! 🧵
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Acorn Baden @acornbaden.bsky.social · 9d
For those of you calling 10/18 No Kings 2.0 or some variation, I would like to kindly remind you that the 50501 movement had the first No Kings day on February 17th, President’s Day. 10/18 is technically No Kings 3.0! #NoKings #50501
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Acorn Baden @acornbaden.bsky.social · 9d
The Crowd Counting Consortium says the record for most protest locations in one day: 4,470 in 2018. 10/18, No Kings Day already has 2,100+ sites. Small or large, every protest counts. More events build momentum, a key predictor of leaders resigning early. Register & report at nokings.com #NoKings
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Acorn Baden @acornbaden.bsky.social · 9d
The Crowd Counting Consortium says the record for most protest locations in one day: 4,470 in 2018. On 10/18, No Kings Day already has 2,100+ sites. Small or large, every protest counts. More events build momentum, a key predictor of leaders resigning early. Register & report at nokings.com #NoKings
nokings.com
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Acorn Baden @acornbaden.bsky.social · 13d
Are you organizing a 10/18 No Kings Day event and want to make sure it counts? Make sure every anti-Trump protest and every protester is counted in the record books. Learn more at: www.WeCountProject.com #50501 #NoKings
The We Count Project
Protests Count. So Should We!
www.WeCountProject.com
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Acorn Baden @acornbaden.bsky.social · 13d
We need hands-on support with tasks such as:
Helping build training materials & videos
Checking for communication in our chat
Whether your strength is outreach, writing, organizing, visuals, or data; there’s a way to plug in. Reliability matters: If you join, we ask for steady, active contributions
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Acorn Baden @acornbaden.bsky.social · 13d
We need hands-on support with tasks such as:
Designing graphics, writing captions, and alt text
Posting updates in group chats and servers
Supporting same-day crowd count data collection
Assisting with corrections to the Crowd Counting Consortium (CCC) records
Participating in project debriefs
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Acorn Baden @acornbaden.bsky.social · 13d
We need hands-on support with tasks such as:
Project management
Outreach & communication with partner groups
Helping to develop & implement a marketing plan
Writing, proofreading, reviewing & editing documents
Checking & cleaning protest data
Compiling contact lists
Helping create & run campaigns
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Acorn Baden @acornbaden.bsky.social · 13d
PLEASE SHARE THIS FAR & WIDE:
Volunteer with the We Count Project: Help Defend Democracy Through Accurate Protest Data
The We Count Project is looking for dedicated volunteers who can commit 3–5 hours per week for at least 3 months. We are a grassroots effort working to document protest data #50501
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Acorn Baden @acornbaden.bsky.social · 14d
The mean is 650. That means 450 real protesters who were there vanished from CCC’s final count because the journalists used a vague description.

Is anyone able to help me with this project? #50501 #NoKings #WeCount #HelpWanted #Journalists @crowdcounting.bsky.social @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social
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Acorn Baden @acornbaden.bsky.social · 14d
No further number of participants was given in that article. Organizers, however, physically counted 1,100 protesters on that ferry. Under CCC’s method (which finds the mean between the lowest and highest estimates) the journalist’s 200 (“hundreds”) is compared with the organizer’s 1,100. 🧵
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Acorn Baden @acornbaden.bsky.social · 14d
In a June 14, 2025 Seattle Times article, reporter Daniel Beekman wrote, “Hundreds of people boarded the 10:25 a.m. ferry from Bainbridge Island to Seattle on Saturday morning to demonstrate against President Donald Trump as part of the wave of ‘No Kings’ protests across the United States.” 🧵
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Acorn Baden @acornbaden.bsky.social · 14d
I'm hoping we can finish this list before 10/18 and message the journalists and their editors or news directors before the next No Kings Day protests in hopes they will be less likely to use vague terms in their future reporting.
See next comment for an example of hundreds of protesters being lost
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Acorn Baden @acornbaden.bsky.social · 14d
I'm creating a sheet with information about reporters who have described protest counts in vague terms which caused us to lose some protesters in the documentation process. I'm hoping we can finish this list before 10/18 and message the journalists & their editors or news directors before the next 🧵
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Acorn Baden @acornbaden.bsky.social · 14d
Hello all, I started a campaign to identify journalists who use vague terms to describe protest participant counts like "hundreds" because we are losing protesters in the Crowd Counting Consortium (CCC) record over these terms being used.🧵 #50501 #NoKings #HelpWanted #Journalists #Protests #WeCount
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Acorn Baden @acornbaden.bsky.social · 16d
When women are participating on the frontlines of revolutions in equal parts to men, the movements are 11 times as larger than when women only have supportive roles in movements. According to @chenoweth.bsky.social & Zoe Marks #50501 #NoKings
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Acorn Baden @acornbaden.bsky.social · 19d
location can participate in the day of action and still be counted in the total if they make an anonymous public source about it and anonymously submit it to the Crowd Counting Consortium (CCC). Make anonymous public source here submit.wecountproject.com/form #NoKings #50501
Submit a Protest | Protest Sourcebook
submit.wecountproject.com
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Acorn Baden @acornbaden.bsky.social · 19d
I think the No Kings coalition released an end of day count with national totals (over 5 million) before all protests in each time zone was done 6/14. Banging pots and pans in home so they can be heard in the public space near the home is one way people who can not physically be at a protest
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Acorn Baden @acornbaden.bsky.social · 19d
Does anyone have a suggested time that people can bang pots and pans on 10/18. I’m thinking 12pm so people have a chance to do it, create a public source and report it so they are counted in the overall counts for that day. I think the No Kings coalition released an end of day count with national
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Acorn Baden @acornbaden.bsky.social · 19d
Not everyone can travel to protest locations & that’s okay. Barriers like caregiving, disability, trauma, safety, or lack of transit keep many away. But people still want to be counted. And they can be anonymously counted for doing dispersed collective actions (public coordinated acts of solidarity)
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Acorn Baden @acornbaden.bsky.social · 19d
#50501 #NoKings @50501movement.bsky.social @50501dc.bsky.social @50501newyork.bsky.social @50501oc.bsky.social @mn50501.bsky.social @50501alabama.bsky.social @50501arkansas.bsky.social @50501alaska.bsky.social @50501arvada.bsky.social @50501abq.bsky.social @50501altonil.bsky.social
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Acorn Baden @acornbaden.bsky.social · 20d
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for the We Count Project. The We Count Project is looking for dedicated volunteers who can commit 3–5 hours per week for at least 3 months.We are a grassroots effort working to document&preserve the true scope of anti-Trump protests across the U.S.thru data,info&public-facing tools
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Acorn Baden @acornbaden.bsky.social · 20d
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for the We Count Project. The We Count Project is looking for dedicated volunteers who can commit 3–5 hours per week for at least 3 months.We are a grassroots effort working to document&preserve the true scope of anti-Trump protests across the U.S.thru data,info&public-facing tools
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Acorn Baden @acornbaden.bsky.social · 20d
The 50501 movement invites people in Puerto Rico, Guam & the U.S. Virgin Islands to join us on Saturday, October 18th for No Kings Day. The Crowd Counting Consortium (CCC) includes protest data from these U.S Territories. So, any protests in these territories will count towards our national totals!
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Acorn Baden @acornbaden.bsky.social · 20d
Do you know if these protests have someone designated to do crowd counts?