The Creative Change Makers February 4 Zoom Call:
“Weaving Our Thread: Resistance Valentines”
Wednesday, February 4, 2026 at 9am Pacific, 10am Mountain, 11am Central, Noon Eastern.
Creative Change Makers: What Is It All About?
As the current administration tries to enforce a police state on its own citizens, we make space to weave threads of creative resistance across the country—stitching ourselves to each other in solidarity and love. This is what the Creative Change Makers monthly zoom calls are all about.
The one hour monthly Creative Change Makers Zoom calls are life-affirming containers where we explore do-able ways of being creative in our resistance and to claim our agency through creative action. To find a bit of joy and connection through the pro-activity of making.
This get-together is relevant for anyone who is concerned about rising fascism, wonders how they, as one individual, can make any difference in the world; or is intrigued to find their own creative thread through this madness.
We’ll also brainstorm new creative resistance ideas, and talk about how we can turn our ideas into reality.
Some calls might feel like a quilting bee or a “stitch and bitch” session where we bring our individual creative resistance projects to the zoom and keep each other company as we create. On others, I might share a simple technique or walk you through how to fold a different type of zine using a template I send via email.
(Click here and here to see some of the fun and effective “tiny signs” we’ve made in the past and stuck in oddball spots like the produce section of the grocery store. )
At the end of each call, we’ll also take time to talk about where and how we’ll put our creative resistance creations out in the world. To figure out how to weave frequency and regularity into our creative acts of resistance so they can be effective.
We’ll consciously develop our creative resistance habit—each unique to ourselves while having the group energy to lean on and help us be accountable.
But most importantly, the Creative Change Makers calls will always be a place to ask questions or get re-inspired. A place to rest with fellow creative resisters so you can continue to weave your thread.
February 4: Resistance Valentines
The Wednesday, February 4 call will be a chance to connect with each other, do a little fun and easy creating, and devise a plan for putting our tiny signs out into the world..
Our theme this month is “resistance valentines.” I have downloaded around 20 vintage valentine images and removed their original messages so that we can write our own specific messages of resistance. I will email these images to everyone who registers for the call. All you’ll need to bring to the call are print-outs of your favorite images that I’ve emailed you, scissors, and a couple of markers.
Here are two examples of vintage valentines where I’ve removed the original image and replaced it with my own message
Here’s an overview of how the 60 minute call will work:
We’ll take a few minutes at the beginninh to connect with each other and share how we’re feeling.
We’ll do a little brainstorming and I’ll get us (re) inspired with some new ideas.
We’ll make some uber-simple “resistance valentines” using the files I created so everyone leaves the meeting having something to put out in the world in the coming weeks.
We’ll spend a few minutes at the end of the call talking about where, how, and when we’ll put our sweet little valentines of resistance in different locations in our communities, why it’s safe and easy, and how we can weave this little bit of activism into our weekly routines.
It’s okay to come even if you don’t feel creative or are just curious.
I think it will be empowering, interesting and fun.
This workshop is FREE for paid subscribers of The Pink Teacup.
An annual paid subscription to The Pink Teacup is only 36.00/year right now. You can also sign up for a single month if you prefer.
If you are a paid subscriber and you need the link to register, please email me at bush.sarahATgmail.com.
If you are not yet a paid subscriber but would like to join us, Click here to learn more.
Once you sign up, the welcome email will have a link for you to register for the zoom call.
I look forward to seeing you!
Questions? Email Sarah at bush.sarahATgmail.com
SCHEDULE OF ZOOM CALLS
The calls are now on the first Wednesday of each month at 9am Pacific, 10am Mountain, 11am Central, and Noon Eastern.
Here’s the schedule for the next several calls:
Wednesday, February 4, 2026.
Wednesday, March 4, 2026.
Wednesday April 1, 2026
Wednesday May 6, 2026
Wednesday June 3, 2026
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Here’s a list of other potential ideas for creative change-making to spark your imagination:
Print, paint, or sew a flag of resistance or solidarity that hangs outside your house or apartment window.
Write a zine about vote suppression that you casually leave on coffee shops tables.
Bake blue and yellow iced Ukrainian flag cookies that you bring to work for your right-wing coworkers to enjoy unbeknownst.
Make “did you know” single-fact flyers that you stick on car windshields in a grocery store parking lot.
Design a saucy bumper sticker, a righteous pin, or an audacious t-shirt that you share with like-minded souls.
Weave nature crowns or construct witches hats to wear with friends at your next protest—or plan a crown-making party where you’ll invite your local friends to come to your place to create them with you.
Paint handmade signs that are funny or wacky or graphic or gorgeous to bring to protests and share with folks who showed up without one.
Order custom “democracy” M&Ms or “Rule of Law” conversation heart candies and put them out at your PTA meeting or church coffee hour.
Choreograph a public dance project that celebrates reproductive rights.
Stitch a quilt to auction at a fundraiser for the displaced.
Make tiny protest messages that show up in unexpected places in your community—perhaps left in a grocery store shopping basket or taped to a bathroom stall at a rest stop or the gas station mini mart.
There is no wrong, no too small, no too wacky no too mundane. If it excites you, or feels fun, or, if you’re like me, it makes you involuntarily raise your eyebrows while you smile mysteriously and twirl your invisible mustache, that’s all that matters.
