Just as a great loaf of bread requires the right ingredients to rise, a winning civil resistance campaign needs three essentials to rise up: a compelling vision, broad community engagement and a spark for action.
Wikler believes that local and state elections are fundamental to restoring democracy, but his book also addresses, in concrete steps, how to restore democracy in the House, Senate, presidency and Supreme Court, with a timeline for action.
Destroying Black civil rights destroys everyone’s rights. If one of us isn’t free, none of us is free. We all have a responsibility to each other to fight and to take back every freedom that has been taken from us.
The Environmental Protection Agency was created in 1970 because we needed it — desperately. The air and water in parts of the United States had become so polluted that it was impossible to ignore.
Hungary’s ousting of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán after his 16-year career of increasing authoritarianism, corruption, media suppression and rampant crony capitalism has important lessons for pro-democracy activists in the United States.
The December Boston Globe article examining ICE charter flights departing from Hanscom Field was the result of months of organizing, research and coalition-building by Lexington Alarm! and Indivisible groups across the region.
Ensuring that everyone in his community can be fully themselves, exercising talents and perspectives that may differ from those around them, is Darius’s mission as a diversity, equity and inclusion professional.
“I really didn’t want to be the one to organize in Holyoke,” Claire McGale recalled. But after “waiting and listening” for months, she took the leap. It is time to stand together. We are writing American history right now. What will your story be?
Reily’s Story: Uplifting students in a world not created for them by A DEI Professional Editor’s Note: This […]
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In a world that feels increasingly fragmented and hostile, it’s easy to feel like we’re on our own. The most effective antidote to this rising tide of division isn’t a fiery political slogan but a simple, profound truth: We are stronger together.
Courage is contagious; we can inspire those around us to stand in solidarity and share our democratic values with people everywhere to rebuild freedom for all.
The hard work of rebuilding relationships and a shared sense of humanity with those from whom we differ is key to creating the popular consensus we need for a political mandate.
Historians and philosophers have often asserted that labor unions and collective bargaining are “bulwarks of democracy.”
DEI has been the target of a concerted campaign since the first Trump administration, when the president rescinded numerous executive orders supporting DEI and inflamed racial tensions among Americans. Since then, it’s become an epithet used by MAGA adherents against individuals and categories of people they don't like — often women in leadership and people of color.
Discussing how a cause personally affects you and motivates you to act can be incredibly inspiring to others. It answers the unspoken question: "Why should I care?"
The goal of grassroots lobbying is to turn our supporters into champions, the fence-sitters into supporters, and the opposition into bystanders. An essential part of that is showing up to meet with your legislators.
On June 14, across America, over 5 million people showed up to peacefully protest Trump’s authoritarian actions. It was one of the largest protests in U.S. history.
Are you thinking about forming a local Indivisible group? You are not alone! Here is a quick summary about how to do that. Nationwide success depends on people like you building a team to ensure we keep our democracy out of the hands of authoritarian billionaires — and make it stronger.
Social scientists have been studying democracies backsliding into authoritarianism — and what works to arrest the slide — for quite a long time. They’ve analyzed more than 100 years’ worth of data to address these questions.
This is our Paul Revere moment. Sound the alarms. Light the lanterns. Spread the word that now is our time to ride.
The recent surge of new activists has been inspiring, and the energy, enthusiasm, and willingness to fight for democracy is heartening. I would be lying, however, if I said these first two months have gone smoothly. In fact, they’ve presented established organizers with a whole new set of frustrations and challenges.
A former federal government data scientist, today Neil Miller is helping Americans become citizen watchdogs against potential federal corruption and clandestine financial deals by giving us visibility into no-bid government spending.
If you want to know more about local Indivisible groups in Massachusetts, or Indivisible Mass Coalition (IMC), this brief guide may help.
