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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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Finding Steady Ground
7 behaviors we can use to strengthen minds and spirits, so we can keep taking more and more powerful and strategic actions. By Daniel Hunter.
Pillars of Support Explained
The Pillars of Support is a tool that can help us organize smart movements and break down the structures of authoritarian regimes. By Choose Democracy.
SWOT Analysis
How to assess strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats to identify best case, missed opportunity, mobilization scenario, and worst case options. By Beautiful Trouble.
Cybersecurity and Privacy for Activists
How to encrypt your communications, protect your identity and anonymity online, secure your electronic devices, and an overview of legal considerations. By Museum of Protest.
Guide to Planning Nonviolent Campaigns
A guide for activists and organizers who wish to grow their nonviolent resistance activities into a more strategic, fixed-term campaign. By International Center on Nonviolent Conflict.
Surveillance Self-Defense
Tips, tools, and how-tos for safer online communications. Guides for installing secure apps and explanations of common security scenarios. By Electronic Frontier Foundation.
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.