Take action
A march makes them notice. Votes and phone calls make them move. Here are four things you can do this week, each in under ten minutes.
Make sure you can vote
Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Every seat in the House and a third of the Senate are on the ballot, and so are the people who decide whether these wars go on.
Many states' registration deadlines fall in October, but a lot of states, including DC, Maryland and Virginia, let you register and vote on the same day. Early voting is open in most states too. Check your status now; it takes two minutes.
Virginians: Friday, October 23, the day of the march, is the last day to register online in Virginia. Do it before you head to the Mall. After that you can still register in person, right up to Election Day.
Vote.gov is the U.S. government's official registration site. Vote.org and Vote411 (from the League of Women Voters) are nonpartisan.
Follow the money
Before you vote, find out who is paying for your candidates. Campaign donations are public record, and anyone can look them up.
How to read what you find
- Open a candidate's page and look at their top contributors and top industries.
- Check "outside spending." That's super PACs and groups spending for or against them, often far more than the campaign itself.
- Look for the war money: the defense and aerospace industry, and single-issue foreign-policy PACs.
- Compare small donors to big money. What share comes from everyday people giving under $200?
- Then ask them directly, at a town hall, by phone or in writing: Who do you answer to?
More trackers
- OpenSecrets: the most complete nonpartisan database of money in politics, including lobbying and industry totals.
- Defense industry money: which members of Congress defense contractors fund, and how much they spend lobbying.
- FEC.gov: the official federal filings behind every number.
- Track AIPAC: an advocacy project tallying pro-Israel lobby spending on each member of Congress.
- Ballotpedia: plain-language guides to every race on your ballot.
Call Congress
Offices count every call. It takes about a minute, and you'll usually talk to a staffer, not the member.
Call the Capitol switchboard and ask for your senator or representative by name:
Don't know who represents you? Find your members of Congress by address. Or use 5 Calls, which finds your members and dials for you.
Call all three: your representative and both senators. DC residents: call your delegate, then tell your friends in the states to call theirs.
Hi, my name is ______, and I'm a constituent from ______ (ZIP code).
I'm calling to ask the [Senator / Representative] to:
- Vote to end U.S. hostilities against Iran under the War Powers Resolution, and back a ceasefire and a negotiated settlement.
- Stop sending weapons to any government that uses them in violation of U.S. and international law, including in Gaza, as the Leahy Law and the Arms Export Control Act already require.
- Support getting big money out of our elections, including overturning Citizens United.
Thank you.
Show up, and help
A march this size runs on volunteers. If you can give a few hours on October 23, we need you.
Marshal
Guide the march, keep it moving, and help people who need it. Short training provided.
First aid
Nurses, EMTs, medics and anyone with first-aid training.
Setup + cleanup
Help us arrive early and leave the Mall cleaner than we found it.
Outreach
Hang posters, hand out flyers, and bring your community, church, union or campus.
