Feeling overwhelmed? Want to get your members plugged in to help run your local group? Indivisible’s organizing team shares best practices for how to identify and develop leaders in your group and build a sustainable team structure—so that we can all stay in the fights to come!
Read MoreVoter Registration Guide →
The difference average constituents can make when they raise their voices and hold their Members of Congress accountable is the core of the Indivisible strategy. In addition to showing up at district offices, town halls and making calls, there is another easy way constituents can hold their MoC accountable—voting! However, before constituents can vote, they have to register.
With nearly 6,000 Indivisible groups, and at least two in every congressional district, imagine the number of voters we can register together. This guide will cover why we register voters, how to use our new voter registration tool and how to register voters in your community.
Read MoreElection Laws and Your Group Webinar →
We've been hearing from Indivisible groups that you want to know how to get involved in elections and also what restrictions incorporating would bring. Groups across the country can have a big impact on elections. As a volunteer, there are a variety of ways you can get involved! On Thursday at 8 PM, we'll be joined by Bolder Advocacy for a presentation about engaging in elections.
Read MoreGrowing your Group Webinar →
How do I recruit new members for my group? How do we get Facebook group members to come to meetings and actions more often? How can we sustain our energy and keep our group members feeling engaged and empowered? Hear answers to these questions and more with the Indivisible Organizing team!
Read MoreEndorsement Webinar →
Why are endorsements important? How does my group decide to endorse a candidate in the primary or general election? What does it mean when we endorse a candidate? Hear answers to these questions and more with the Indivisible Political and Organizing teams!
Read MoreFight Systemic Oppression and White Supremacy Webinar →
You asked for it and we listened. One of our takeaways from the Listening Tour was that you want more trainings, opportunities to share best practices on organizing, or to discuss topics that will contextualize our work in the broader movement space.
For our first event, we’ll dive into a conversation about systemic oppression, white supremacy, and how these forces show up in our lives and in our organizing.
We’ll hear from special guest Chris Crass, who will talk about systemic oppression and white supremacy, and how these forces show up in our lives. There will be room for questions and discussion at the end.
Read MoreIndivisible Endorsements: A Practical Guide for Endorsing in Primaries and Beyond →
The original Indivisible Guide focused on how to act locally to influence your elected officials. This guide focuses on how to act locally to replace them.
What we wrote in the Guide nearly a year ago remains true today: Trump’s agenda doesn’t depend on Trump, but rather on whether your elected officials go along with him or resist. Indivisible groups in every congressional district in the country have taken that to heart.
Your local application of constituent power has, incredibly, altered the national political landscape. Ten months in, Trump’s plutocratic, white supremacist cabal has yet to enact a single significant piece of legislation. Instead, a ragtag bunch of volunteers just doing their civic duty on their home turf have won a breathtaking series of victories.
But you know these victories aren’t final. To stop the Trump agenda of racism, authoritarianism, and plutocracy, we have to take back power.
Read MorePress Releases, Media Advisories, and More →
Press releases, media advisories, and statements are formal communication tools that your group can use to get its messages out to media. Think of them as the type of communication you have with reporters that goes out on your organization’s nice letterhead stationery. Ideally, they’re just one way that you’re in touch with your media contacts and great tools to have in your toolbox.
Read MoreElectoral Politics 101: Why Elections and Voting Matters →
Lasting change can only be assured through electoral wins. This guide will give you the background on campaigns and elections you need to get involved in electoral politics for the first time.
Read MoreTips From Journalists: How To Build Great Connections with Media →
As your Indivisible group sends down roots and becomes an institution in your community, it's worth putting some time into developing strong long-term relationships with the media in your area.
The Indivisible network is lucky to have some great group leaders who have professional backgrounds in media themselves. We've gotten their personal takes on what makes someone a great and easy-to-work-with “source.” (That’s you!) We also asked them how they've incorporated that knowledge into their work as media points-of-contact for their Indivisible groups.
Read MoreHow To Build Inclusive Partnerships →
In our introduction to inclusivity, we set out why we all need to make inclusivity a core focus of our advocacy and set out some practical steps on how to embed inclusivity into our groups.
This document will set out guidelines for how to build inclusive partnerships, including who you can and should be reaching out to, and how to build trust and show respect when reaching out.
Read MoreHow to be Inclusive: An Introduction →
Donald Trump’s victory in November was shocking to many of us, but it did not come out of nowhere. It could only have happened in a society that has consistently devalued the lives and dignity of historically marginalized groups, such as people of color, immigrants, queer people, and women. This means that resistance cannot consist just of fighting back against Trump. Rather we have to work to overturn the patterns of injustice that helped Trump rise to power.
Therefore, a core Indivisible principle is that we must model the value of inclusion in our work and challenge efforts to silence the voices of people who have been marginalized or excluded. Being inclusive is an acknowledgment of the injustices that have brought us to this point. It is an investment in the durability and solidarity of our communities and in the efficacy of our work. And it is a rejection of the idea that any of us deserves to remain vulnerable or to be left out of the conversation.
Read MoreIndivisible Against White Supremacy →
In the wake of the domestic terrorist attack and white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, VA, it is important that we take a critical look at our role in dismantling systems of oppression. This document includes initial things to do in your groups and your community, but is just a start.
Read MoreWriting OpEds That Make A Difference →
The Indivisible Project and The OpEd Project are excited to be publishing this joint resource.
The OpEd Project's mission is to increase the range of voices and quality of ideas we hear in the world, with a focus on increasing the number of underrepresented voices and thought leaders in influential public forums. The Indivisible Project’s mission is to equip locally-led groups across the country with tools to hold their Members of Congress accountable and resist the Trump agenda.
Our missions overlap. We both believe that the right voices speaking up at the right time can have a big impact on decision makers. And we both believe that our democracy is full of untapped expertise and potential.
Read MoreHow to Write Letters to the Editor that Really Get Attention →
Letters to the editor might not seem like the flashiest way to get your Member of Congress’s attention. But there’s something about a sharp letter to the editor in a hometown paper that can really get under the skin of the most powerful lawmaker.
In this resource, we will cover:
Why your MoC cares about letters to the editor
How to submit a letter to the editor
Some tricks to make sure your letter really leaves an impression with your MoC’s office
How to Form Local Partnerships →
Partnerships can be useful for a lot of different reasons. Maybe you need policy support or data/graphics for some work you’re doing, and another group has the experts who can help you. Maybe you’re having a rally and you want to be sure that lots of people will show up. Maybe you are conscious of the demographics of your own group, and you want to work on issues where other people’s voices should be front and center.
But partnerships are also about mutual benefit and mutual respect between two organizations. At their core, partnerships are about relationships—and long term partnerships require building trust in the same way that relationships do.
Read MoreTips for making your schedule work for the long haul →
You’ve heard us say it before, but we’ll say it again: this is a marathon, not a sprint. The key to success is to keep showing up, but we know it’s easy to get overwhelmed by how much is going on and how much there is to do. Here are a few tips on how to make advocacy a habit—and keep it fun and engaging in the months ahead!
Read MoreDigital Communications Security →
Different groups communicate with each other or store information in different ways. And just like steps to ensure physical security, it’s important to consider the risks you and your group might be facing—or might not. Many security measures require compromises in terms of the ease of communication or cost to an organization’s institutional memory. Being secure is less convenient than just doing nothing, and the goal should be to identify what’s most important to you and your group, and focus on what you can effectively do to secure that, rather than devising an iron-clad system that’s impossible to use.
Read MoreHow to Have a Successful District Office Visit →
As we discuss in the Indivisible Guide, every MoC has one or more local offices, but constituents very rarely visit them. The Tea Party understood this, and they knew they could make their voice heard by going in person to those offices, often unannounced. This seems simple, but it can have an enormous impact—the whole congressional staff will be talking about that group that showed up and demanded answers about Trump’s agenda. It also demonstrates to them that you, their constituents, care very much about the issue you’ve come in to speak about and that you’ll be watching what they do going forward.
Read MoreHow to Keep Your Group Motivated →
Indivisible groups across the country did an incredible job resisting the Trump agenda during the first 100 days. But we know this is a marathon not a sprint—we have a lot of work ahead of us! We’ve heard repeatedly that groups are planning ahead and thinking through how to keep members motivated.
This document covers strategies for group and team leaders to prevent burnout and keep group members motivated for the long haul.
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