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A collection of resources to strengthen our community and build the skills we need for strategic noncooperation and effective nonviolent resistance.
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Power Mapping
Step-by-step process for mapping power dynamics to identify your primary target, then design a campaign strategy to pressure them to make the right decision. By Beautiful Trouble.
Points of Intervention
A guide to identifying pressure points where you can take action to interrupt business as usual and press for change. Six types of points are discussed. By Beautiful Trouble.
Training Agendas
Off-the-shelf training agendas to use and adapt to your own needs. Covering a variety of topics from Mutual Aid 101 to Action Security and De-escalation. By Choose Democracy.
Nonviolent Direct Action Toolkit & Resources
A practical guide to NVDA, featuring links, tips, and best practices for newcomers, first-time action planners, and those with experience, with a particular focus on utility for elders.
Library of Free GIFs
Library of free GIFs from designers, illustrators, animators and artists building cultural momentum around civic engagement. By Into Action.
Freedom Over Fascism Toolkit
Tools and information to join the fight effectively, with an emphasis on narrative and messaging. Includes general best practices as well as specific guidance for current events. By ASO Communications.
10 Principles in the Face of State Repression
Suggested principles for activists and organizers to build stronger movements in the face of surveillance and repression. By Catalyst Project.
SMART Objectives For a Successful Campaign
Strong campaigns are built on a series of short- and medium-term SMART objectives that function as intermediary steps towards a more ambitious campaign goal. By Beautiful Trouble.
Reframing America
A Substack on how Democrats can use language to communicate what they believe and counter the narrative from the Right. By political messaging expert Antonia Scatton.
Community Defense Resource Hub
Event templates and shareable graphics, resources, trainings that can be customized for local actions, events, and KYR tools. By La Siembra / Defend & Recruit
Movement Memos
Interviews with activists, journalists, and more to process what's happening and what to do to strengthen the movement and mutual aid efforts. Hosted by organizer and author Kelly Hayes.
The Fascism Barometer
Interviews and info to help identify patterns of fascism, demystify what’s happening, highlight what to focus on, and offer concrete tools and actions. Hosted by organizer and strategist Ejeris Dixon.