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Posted by | June 6, 2017
Ready to Resist: How a New Collaboration Used Technology and Mass Organizing to move Tens of Thousands into Action

Since January, an emerging collaboration of organizations have partnered on strategies and a series of mass actions and phone calls to build and bolster just part of the resistance movement....

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Posted by | June 6, 2017
Tweeting in the Eye of the Storm: How Savvy Digital Organizing was Essential to Blocking the Muslim Ban

On January 27, Trump signed his discriminatory Muslim ban executive order. Attorneys with the National Immigration Law Center and International Refugee Assistance Project worked late into the night to draft...

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Posted by | June 6, 2017
Keep Marching! How Connecting Locally Builds Power for Local and National Progressive Wins

The Women's March was among many post-election on-the-ground actions reflecting our desire to gather in real life to express political power and will and to meet and support each other....

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Posted by | June 6, 2017
Holy Sh*t: Where Did All These People Come From?

What happens when you wake up after Election Day, and your monthly donors have DOUBLED? Since Election Day, many progressive organizations have seen an unprecedented swell in interest and engagement...

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Posted by | June 6, 2017
From Demonstration to Legislation: How Organizing Will Win Back Progressive Power

Progressives lost because we failed to motivate enough people to show up to the ballot box. We will win back power when we empower the grassroots and fight for the...

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Posted by | June 6, 2017
States Resisting: Working with State Lawmakers to Fight the Conservative Agenda

For decades, conservatives—backed by corporate special interests—have invested massive resources to cement power in the states. Now, Trump and Congressional conservatives are wreaking havoc at the federal level. Their regressive...

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Posted by | June 6, 2017
Making Congress Listen: How to Transform Trump Anger and Movement Energy into Victories on Capitol Hill

We’re living in a moment of unprecedented energy and activism, as Americans of all political stripes are speaking out and looking for ways to resist the radical Trump agenda. As...

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Posted by | June 6, 2017
Take the Donkey by the Tail: How (and Why) to Take Over Your Local Democratic Party

Republicans now control the White House, the Senate, the House of Representatives, two thirds of State Houses, and the majority of Governorships. Why? Many point to a Democratic Party that...

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Posted by | June 6, 2017
A Whole New Woooorld: Organizing in Pop Culture Communities

From comics to boy bands, there are pop culture fan communities already self-organizing resistance, creating culturally relevant content, and imagining new ways to inspire narratives that open imagination and belief...

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Posted by | June 6, 2017
Parenting in the Resistance

Parents are an important but often overlooked center of political and economic power, but parents and other caregivers face unique challenges in movement building and resistance work. How do we...

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