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Here is a list of things you may be able to do now, as well as things you may be able to sign-up to assist with:

• Check out sites that provide definitions of penis, foreskin, etc (i.e. brittanica.com) and send them feedback to get proper attention and detail given to foreskin and/or circumcision facts.
• Go to Cancer sites (i.e. American Cancer Society) and give them feedback to give proper information (i.e. do not use the word “uncircumcise.”)
• Search for the words “circumcise,” “circumcised,” “circumcision” or “foreskin” on Facebook and GoFundMe for opportunities to educate.
• When out and about at shopping locations (baby stores, Walmart, Target, etc.) and put informational cards in places where people that are likely having a child will see it. Greeting cards for people that are pregnant is a good example.
• Check out educational institutions and museums where there is a display of the male genitalia and speak out if the display does not show an intact penis. Credit: Tara Nova Draegan for doing this in Vancouver, BC at Science World
• Go to “https://www.customizedinc.com/customer-care/contact-us/” and ask that they give information for intact penis care and to remove reference(s) to circumcision reducing penile cancer risk (according to American Cancer Society).
• In the following e-book, there is a list of school texts (in the references section) that do not cover the anatomy of the intact penis; attempt to contact the publishers and request that they send out an addendum to the owners of their book and to stop distributing their current book: https://books.google.nl/books?id=-IMk5TXEdWQC&pg=PA17&lpg=PA17&dq=An%20Analysis%20of%20the%20Accuracy%20of%20the%20Presentation%20of%20%20%20%20%20the%20Human%20Penis%20in%20Anatomical%20Source%20Materials&source=bl&ots=wyWiSzZXF1&sig=oZ1qqaQ4XQKbT7NExc4LwkG5VOA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=5J_AVL6RDcWvU-OphOAC&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAg&fbclid=IwAR2Boowf6rYL2Xpaaq4BbmTrRzr0lbGft64tUqYvPp8fcrTFpkWL5-JB5Is#v=onepage&q=An%20Analysis%20of%20the%20Accuracy%20of%20the%20Presentation%20of%20%20%20%20%20the%20Human%20Penis%20in%20Anatomical%20Source%20Materials&f=false
• If you’re genitally mutilated, make sure the medical system knows about the ill-effects. Go to your doctor and ask them to document the “complications” of your “circumcision.” For instance, identify any keratinization of your glans, tight skin and scrotum skin on the shaft.
• If you were genitally mutilated as a minor, file a complaint with the hospital/clinic and with the local authorities where it was done. i.e. https://johnadkison.blogspot.com/2018/10/filed-criminal-complaint-for.html
• Go to dating sites, create fake profiles (as a male on gay sites and female on straight ones) and ask men if they are circumcised.
• Contact providers and let them know your feelings on the topic. http://www.yourwholebaby.org has kits that can be sent to providers. Here’s a tracking list:
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Sryhu0ryQ7RFiyiwbv3UPmvEWFsJyPLeVsoC3Wz3nkY/edit?usp=sharing
• Find out when your hospital and/or local government has a public comment meeting where the public is allowed to speak to the board. John Sambrook has done this in Kirkland, WA: https://youtu.be/u1g3uhomMvc
• Start or participate in a petition directed at your state. Here’s an example:
  https://www.change.org/p/washington-state-house-make-genital-mutilation-of-minors-explicitly-illegal-in-washington-state
  • Here’s a letter that was written to the state representatives (found on the state’s website) regarding the initiation of the petition:
    https://drive.google.com/open?id=1kvkgn0D-zKnKJvY8VIqjQ1lG-alZwqeb
• Write to your favorite talk shows (i.e. NPR) and request that they interview your favorite intactivist speakers (i.e. Anthony Losquadro from Intaction, Brian Earp and/or Brendon Marotta, the director of American Circumcision)
• Reach out to news organizations and notify them of upcoming events.  Daniel Rold currently maintains a database to make this easy.