A crowdsourced Google Doc is listing Confederate monuments all over the U.S. in hopes of bringing them down

After a chaotic week of tiki torch-carrying white supremacists marching on the University of Virginia's campus, deadly violence at the neo-Nazi "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, and controversial remarks by President Trump, Americans are left wondering how to take action.

Now, a new Google Doc is here to help.

A popular spreadsheet crowdsourced by Mic seeks to identify all Confederate monuments on public land across the United States, along with info about whether the monuments still stand, have been removed, or have a protest movement in place. The spreadsheet hopes to bring those monuments down.

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The spreadsheet is especially symbolic since Jason Kessler, the "Unite the Right" protest organizer, planned his rally in hopes of reversing the planned removal of confederate general Robert E. Lee's statue from a Charlottesville park.

So far, users from across the country have listed nearly 200 Confederate monuments, statues, plaques, and memorials in 20 states including Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Texas, and Virginia.

Of those listed, 10 have already been removed — including the statue torn down by protestors in Durham, North Carolina on Monday, and the memorials and statues removed in Baltimore, Maryland on Wednesday morning.

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Though several states, including North Carolina, South Carolina, and Alabama, have laws dedicated to preserving Confederate history, the spreadsheet notes over 20 movements in those states are in the works.

Beyond the spreadsheet cells

While Mic's spreadsheet has identified nearly monuments and united determined Americans from all over the country, it's just one part of a bigger effort to confront Confederate iconography.

Back in 2016, Alabama's Southern Poverty Law Center found "at least 1,503 symbols of the Confederacy in public spaces" including over 700 Confederate monuments on public property and over 100 public schools named after prominent Confederates.

Also another popular Google Doc, a 17-page document titled "Things You Can Do," is making the rounds in the wake of Charlottesville, and looks to foster a strong sense of community by collaboratively sharing helpful resources and ways to help those in distress. The document includes invaluable information on how to report hate crimes, which organizations to donate to, how to monitor upcoming rallies, a list of relevant articles, and more.

Online documents as a tool of resistance

Though using Google Docs to help organize protest efforts may seem like a recent trend, it's not the first time online crowdsourcing has been used as a tool of resistance. Back before Trump took office, Google Docs were used to fight fake news. The concept resurfaced again before Trump's inauguration and the early days of his presidency.

Those docs identified everything from upcoming Town Hall events to Senator stances on SCOTUS and lawsuits against Trump. The documents also played a significant role in the immigration ban protests, allowing lawyers to easily communicate with one another and effectively provide legal assistance to those being detained.

One can only imagine how many Google Docs Americans will create over the course of the next four years...

Additional reporting by Martha Tesema.