I live in the boonies about an hour south of Chicago and am still, thankfully, working full time. So driving up and down every single day isn't feasible for me given traffic and roadblocks.
What can I do inside my community to help our cause? It feels like I'm just powerless, watching Twitter and the news in horror, and I hate it. I've always prided myself on the opinion that if I were alive in the 60s, I'd have been out there on the front lines. And here I am, doing dick, tied down by my job that I need to survive. I feel like a fraud and need to change that.
I'm also sidelined by my own circumstances and it sucks. BUT! In the mean time I find solace in studying theory/praxis and working on practical skills that can help me and the people around me survive in the tough times that may be approaching. Knowing first aid is always going to be potentially useful. Growing/preserving food. Knowing how to fix stuff. Consider all of your resources and how they might be strategically employed.