We are a small minority of seekers, beset on all sides by people who think we are crazy, demonized by those who have a vested interest in concealing the truth, and plagued by internal conflicts. There is perhaps no court or body of law on Earth that we can trust to do the right thing, and no one in a position of power seems to want to help us.  I say, so what? 

    There have been movements in history more beset and oppressed than ours, whose tiny actions seemed hopeless against the power of tyranny laid against them, but they persevered, they did what they did not because they thought that it would work, but simply because it was the right thing to do, and they would have been diminished if they had not done it. 
    Solidarity in Poland, the African National Congress, the Velvet Revolution; all of these started with a small group of idealists, who wanted to see a better world.  They too were dismissed by those who should have been their allies, who would say "What is the point of these things you are doing?  Your cause is hopeless, you must be realistic."  They were hunted and imprisoned and punished for their beliefs and causes, but in the end, they won, by not giving up and by reaching out to everyone they could to build a collective power base which toppled empires. 
    I do not believe that we should give up entirely on our elected officials, or at least not yet, but we should also not count on them.  We must remember that we are better than our opponents, and claim the moral high ground. 
    When we are insulted, attacked, the response is not to attack in return, but simply to look at your attacker with sorrow in your eyes, and ask why, if we are so crazy they cannot prove us wrong. 
    I feel that we should take steps to make ourselves look as responsible and reliable as possible, and to start small when dealing with outsiders.  Remember that not everyone has had the time to do the research that we have, and start by asking questions, pointing out the holes in the official story, and then ask if they still feel they can put as much trust in the Powers that Be as they did before. 
    We must also, as others here have mentioned, avoid giving in to tunnel vision and remember that there are other ways of being an activist.  We must not only preach the revolution but live it, every day, as much as we can.