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Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠

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Two Spirit  storyteller, strategist, & curious human on Ohlone land.

Founded the @roots of change agency after Jan 6 to grow heart-first #activism and combat #BigTech & #Fascism to build a liberatory world.

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Joined February 21, 2025

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https://rootschangepodcast.transistor.fm/?ref=rootschangemedia.com

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https://www.rootschangemedia.com/for-activists/

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https://knurdology.com/resources-library/

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Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange@federate.social · May 24, 2026

Replying to @jwz@mastodon.social

@jwz@mastodon.social brilliant idea! 💡

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange@federate.social · May 05, 2026

The Supreme Court wants us back to Jim Crow where only white men of property can vote. 🗳️

“Gerrymandering is invisible which is why it feels like our democracy is deeply divided when in reality the Republicans have an unfair advantage in most aspects of our political system that makes it feel like there are more of them.”

https://www.rootschangemedia.com/gerrymandering/
#elections #uspol #scotus #jimcrow #votersuppression

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange@federate.social · May 04, 2026

⭐️ May the 4th be with you today and every day!

Star Wars is a story of light (community) vs dark (fascism) and one we can learn for our resistance here on Earth.

To celebrate the best day of the year with some rebel spirit, I created our 1st specialty zine. 🤩📒 Try our latest zine for change! Now available for shipping across the US. 🥳

https://knurdology.com/resistance-journey-zine/

#may4 #StarWars #Resistance #resist #zine

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange@federate.social · May 03, 2026

#SilentSunday with my boy.

#corgi #dogsofmastodon

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange@federate.social · May 03, 2026

RE: @404mediaco@mastodon.social

This is what organizing looks like

#activism #resist #datacenters #bigtech

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange@federate.social · May 01, 2026

“This rejection of empathy as a human value gives cover to people who don’t want to feel anything at all. If empathy is the problem, then lack of it isn’t a deficiency—it’s an advantage.”

https://archive.is/arJG0

#tech #fascism #wealth #capitalism

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange@federate.social · Apr 30, 2026

Replying to @MugsysRapSheet@mastodon.social

@MugsysRapSheet@mastodon.social that’s assuming the white supremacists aren’t also wearing black robes. SCOTUS is The racist court. https://www.rootschangemedia.com/supreme-court-us-decay/

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange@federate.social · Apr 24, 2026

Replying to @stux@mstdn.social

@stux@mstdn.social @meow Ghost is the best! They’ve evolved so much since I joined. It’s refreshing to grow with tech instead of watch it enshitify. https://www.rootschangemedia.com/ghost-beehive/

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange@federate.social · Apr 21, 2026

RE: https://mstdn.social/@stux/116444986956724223 Iran is doing more for the left’s messaging than the Democratic Party ever has 🤣 #uspol #iran #democrats

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stux⚡️ @stux@mstdn.social

"United States of Israel" is the title of the latest Iran LEGO video Gotta be honest, I kinda enjoy them so far #Iran #US #USPol #Trump #Israel #Netanyahu https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbgO50Ek6_g

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Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange@federate.social · Apr 21, 2026

Replying to @dcdeejay@mastodon.online

@dcdeejay@mastodon.online at least one sector of the economy is thriving! #sarcasm

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange@federate.social · Apr 21, 2026

Replying to @CppGuy@infosec.space

@CppGuy @hans_zelf @3fAltonHaHa @NudelnAlDente WhatsApp is such a sticking point for many. Especially international folks who communicate with family and friends outside their country. I’ve been using my Deep Canvassing skills to try to listen for why they’re reluctant and then show how Signal is the better alternative for their needs. I’ve got some printable zines to help folks do the same with their close connections. https://www.rootschangemedia.com/zines/

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange@federate.social · Apr 19, 2026

Replying to @NudelnAlDente@mstdn.social

@NudelnAlDente ditto to non-profits and community organizations. Instagram is not accessible and you’re leaving a huge portion of your community out. Those off Instagram might actually be better evangelists for you! But they can’t find you.

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange@federate.social · Apr 16, 2026

Replying to @tayfonay@beige.party

@tayfonay Can confirm this tracks with my conversations in nonprofits and organizing spaces. The hardest part is staying calm and not falling off your chair. I’ve heard world things!

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange@federate.social · Apr 15, 2026

Replying to @Elodie_lyra@lgbtqia.space

@Elodie_lyra such an important note and one I see missing in many organizing spaces! Thanks for sharing We go together or we all fall.

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange@federate.social · Apr 15, 2026

Replying to @Richard_Littler@mastodon.social

@Richard_Littler they sold me a bad droid last time! I recommend the Jawas down the block.

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange@federate.social · Apr 14, 2026

Replying to @davidrevoy@framapiaf.org

@davidrevoy this is amazing 🤩 thanks for the tip!

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange@federate.social · Apr 10, 2026

Replying to @garland@social.seattle.wa.us

@garland my favorite fact about Ursula K Le Guin is that she wrote Catwings, the children’s series about cats who fly. 🐈‍⬛

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange@federate.social · Feb 27, 2026

Replying to @rootschange@federate.social

Subscribe for @roots weekly digest for heart first activista or delve into social change communications & more organizing resources with our memberships. https://www.rootschangemedia.com/for-activists/

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange@federate.social · Feb 27, 2026

Replying to @rootschange@federate.social

“The FBI success was in ending community programs that helped everyone. Still today, children go hungry everyday in the United States. Their school performance suffers, because they have their basic survival to think about. Elected officials have done everything possible to cut any food assistance for school children. What do people call countries that starve their children? 💩🕳️”

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange@federate.social · Feb 27, 2026

The biggest threat to elite power in the 1960s was a breakfast program for children and that's a lesson for us today.

Today we reflect on why the Black Panther Party's Free Breakfast Program was “the greatest threat to the internal security of the country” according to J. Edgar Hoover and what lessons we can take for today. Read on for more...

https://www.rootschangemedia.com/breakfast-with-the-black-panther-party/

#RootedResources #resist #activism #fascism #uspol

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange@federate.social · Feb 25, 2026

Replying to @nixCraft__dup_2318@mastodon.social

@nixCraft@mastodon.social I call it the circlejerk economy

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange@federate.social · Feb 23, 2026

Replying to @cstross__dup_483@wandering.shop

@cstross@wandering.shop if only we lived in a world where people listened to women. What a concept! I wrote this series on AI two years ago. We also have it in a printable zine version. https://www.rootschangemedia.com/bros-club-tech-ai-dominance/

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange@federate.social · Feb 21, 2026

Replying to @rootschange@federate.social

@haruki_zaemon @cstross Attacks on women & queers are the canary in the cole mine “The old structures of our world continue to try to convince us that mathematical thinking is unbiased or left brain thinking is better. It all fits within the patriarchal structure of what a "man" is supposed to be. We can see countless examples of this in our everyday life. The New York Times continues to push a white-bodied supremacy ideology in it's anti-trans coverage, for example.” https://www.rootschangemedia.com/bros-club-tech-ai-dominance/

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange@federate.social · Feb 21, 2026

Replying to @haruki_zaemon@aus.social

@haruki_zaemon @cstross you’re both right! The elites need others to carry water for them, who’s better than mediocre middle managers in an enshitified capitalist system?

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange@federate.social · Feb 12, 2026

Replying to @Quasit@kolektiva.social

@Quasit @zeank @illogical_me Matrix seems promising! I’m also testing out Quiet. They have a ways to go with the functionality but their roadmap is solid and I like their clear anti-Big Tech values. https://tryquiet.org/

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange@federate.social · Feb 09, 2026

RE: @verge@mastodon.social

Goodbye Discord communities. 😿

This is a direct assault on queer and marginalized communities from Big Tech and Western governments. This is surveillance and suppression I’m the guise of “security”

#RootedNews #BigTech #fascism

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Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange@federate.social · Oct 28, 2025

Replying to @kimlockhartga@beige.party

@kimlockhartga@beige.party the history of hurricane naming is actually patriarchal! https://www.history.com/articles/why-do-hurricanes-have-names

Sam Chavez (she/they/he) 🌈🤠 @rootschange@federate.social · May 19, 2025

Replying to @Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt

@Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt I can never show this to my corgi…he would become too powerful! :elmo_fire:

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