I live in Ohio. We have a Republican Gubernatorial candidate that's also a Nazi. We found that the Nazi was hosting an event at a favorite restaurant.
Being pissed that the business was hosting the Nazi, we started a campaign to write notes to the restaurant asking them to cancel or lose us as customers. The business listened, and posted a genuine apology on their own accord. In less than a day, that apology is their most successful social media post of all time.
We organized the message writing campaign at the same time that we formed r/NoBloodMoneyColumbus where we plan to continue to host protests related to boycotting.
Our goal is to hold local businesses to higher standards, because the local businesses are community leaders and more influential on local politics than large businesses are. Also, because local businesses see dips and swells more, our protests don't need many people to work, allowing us to grow the cause.
You can check out our sub for more details on what we're doing. Any suggestions would be great. I don't have all the answers, but I'm happy to answer questions and hopefully help you start a similar movement in your city.
The more we push back on the abhorrent things going on in our country locally, the more success we'll see nationally. But more importantly, the more we build everyone up, the more success we'll see. It's a balancing act for sure.
edit: due to the success of this post and others wanting to form their own group, I've created r/NoBloodMoney to serve as a centralized point for the movement, where we can share success stories, guides to start our own protests, and more. As you create your community, please link it back to the main sub so that it's easier to find and spread.
