On democracy
Understanding the workings of democracy, whether or not they are always applied in our country, is necessary to localize the nature and structure of power in our society.
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Nonviolent Direct Action Training Resources
This is an evolving digital library of resources for people who want to use nonviolent direct action to support democracy.
Various sources
10 Actions Nonprofit Leaders Can Take to Support Our Democracy and Their Constituents
Nonprofit leaders and organizations have a historic and moral role to play. Learn how to support our democracy as a nonprofit leader.
New Profit
Hold the Line: A Guide to Defending Democracy
Hold the Line: A Guide to Defending Democracy was developed to help people organize and ensure that the 2020 election was free and fair, and that the results were upheld.
Hold the Line
10 things you need to know to stop a coup
A guide to defend democracy with the wide body of experience and evidence from the many countries that have experienced a coup since World War II.
Waging Nonviolence
Listen to How whiteness distorts our democracy, with Eddie Glaude Jr. from The Ezra Klein Show
A conversation about some of the hardest issues in American life: the way racism is intertwined with America’s political system, the worldviews we force ourselves to adopt to justify racial inequality, and the way white fear sets boundaries on black politics.
Vox Conversations
SWITCH PATHWAYS
We move through change each day – it is a constant in our lives. These are the building blocks of sustainability for living in this moment and throughout the long road ahead.
There can be a deep sense of urgency for change that drives us to action before we have fully aligned our purpose and outcomes. This can lead to disruptions, unnecessary conflict and ultimately failure of our plans. Here are valuable guides for aligning intention and action to save energy, resources and time.
To make change in our society, we need to understand the fundamentals of how decision making happens, in our teams, through our social identities, and in our systems of power.
Work for diversity, equity and inclusion achieves lasting impact when we orient our energy towards structural change and integrate structural change tools into our programs and operations. This pathway provides support for analyzing structures and transforming them for justice.
Breaking the status quo and opening up new possibilities for equity and freedom in our work requires innovative experiments. Teams must ensure that all members have the ability to act on the vision and goals they are co-creating.
Our minds cannot move toward racial justice, equity or transformation if our bodies are not prepared for change. This pathway offers those preparations that we have found most beneficial to adult learning.
Explore the interviews, frameworks, templates and articles created and published by Up With Community.
GROW COMMUNITY
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