Ideas for Action
"It would be a much simpler story if we could just wait for a hero to save our healthcare system. Instead, it is just us--all of us--doing what we can."
Emily Peters, Artists Remaking Medicine
Ways to take action in the movement for care in healthcare
Here is just a starter set of opportunities that you can do to get mobilized to stand up for careful and kind care.
Host a Watch Party!
On March 19, 2026 you can host a watch party for “Suck it Up Buttercup,” a documentary about moral injury and the impact of greed on healthcare. Learn more.
Get educated, empowered, and trained
Take Foundations of Care
Get introduced to a new language and way of thinking about healthcare in our Foundations of Care course. New cohorts starting soon.
Learn about organizing
Organizing is new to many of us, so you can learn alongside us from experts like Marshall Ganz and the Leading Change Network.
Read Why We Revolt
Read The Patient Revolution manifesto, Why We Revolt. You can even get your own signed copy.
Read Blueprint for Revolution
This book by Srdja Popovic on organizing has been a great resource for the TPR community.
Find your people. Share your story. Bear witness.
Talk about your caring and uncaring experiences with a friend over coffee. Share them in our Library.
Join our Fellows community.
Host a house party to talk about what you and your friends can do to stand up for care.
Let others know what you stand for. Wear a t-shirt and Cultivate Care. Order here.
Make some art about care. Share it in our Library.
Provide mutual aid. Help someone navigate the burdensome healthcare labyrinth.
Money talks. Resist or delay paying for medical errors, waiting, or indifference in healthcare.
Subscribe to our newsletter, "Onward." (see the bottom of this page)
Join or start a Chapter
Some of our Fellows are putting together chapters - geographical or topical communities - that are interested in exploring actions they can take together. If you’d like to be part of this effort either by joining or starting a chapter, reach out.