Resource Library

Get new ideas and the tools you need to build a stronger and bigger membership! You can do this.

No matter how many new and exciting digital tools we develop to organize and stay in touch, there will never be a replacement for face to face conversations.

Relationship building is one of the most important parts of organizing, and one-on-ones are one of the best ways to develop and maintain those relationships.

At their core, partnerships are about relationships—and long term partnerships require building trust in the same way that relationships do.

This document covers strategies for group and team leaders to prevent burnout and keep group members motivated for the long haul.

This short video covers how to analyze your membership, how to set membership goals, how to build a recruitment team, and make a plan.

Follow this step-by-step process of uplifting leadership within current active members, re-engaging inactive members, and recruiting new members.

Consult this toolkit for simple tactics you can employ to enhance your group’s presence on social media and convert digital engagements into group growth.

Bringing together members of your Indivisible group through recurring meetings is a great way to build deeper relationships with one another, engage and communicate with all your members, collectively plan for the future, and put the fun in organizing fundamentals.

The ladder of engagement is a visual representation for a structured path for individuals to become increasingly connected and committed.

With vibrant, diverse, and passionate members but limited time, we know that it can sometimes be tough to make decisions efficiently. This document dives ways that your group could use to help reach decisions.

When done right, virtual meetings can be an effective way to hold our elected officials accountable, build a more inclusive democracy, and be in community with our fellow activists.

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!

A sustainable group will likely need to go through several leadership transitions over time. It’s a normal part of group development and will even strengthen the group to bring new folks into leadership.

Many Indivisible groups have a single leader, but a single leader can’t effectively lead an Indivisible group for long. You need a leadership team to be successful.

Anyone can form a local group and start taking action to resist extremism. But we also know that we will have to stand indivisible together to win.

Since Indivisible was founded, some states have developed strong, interconnected statewide networks that sustain, nourish, and strengthen their local organizing in their states.

This short video focuses on how interest + capacity + skills = a leader in the making

Get new ideas and the tools you need to build a stronger and bigger membership! You can do this.

This resource outline what it means to be inclusive in your organizing and gives practical steps on how to create inclusive meetings, volunteer mobilization and how to approach the work.

This resource 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.

This resource addresses how to address white supremacy in your group and community.

This checklist in an interactive tool that can be used with your group to understand how white supremacy is present.

Consult this resource for the do’s and don’ts of how to show up and be the best ally possible.

This is from the Indivisible University series that we ran in 2021. It outlines the traits of an ally and how to put your allyship into practice.

This statement outlines some of the principles that we apply to our own work and the expectations we have for Indivisible groups.

This resource provides a list of diversity, equity and inclusion terms.

This a comprehensive list of resources that are referenced in all of the documents in this section.

Recording of the virtual event with Dr. Ian Haney López. Topics include how rich powerful elites have used strategic racism and dog whistles as an insidious class weapon to achieve their economic agenda for decades and building a truly cross-racial progressive movement, winning elections, and saving our democracy.

This is a list of books Indivisibles have reported reading to continue their education about racial justice.

This training covers the basics of Indivisible as an organization - how it came to be, its theory of change, and some of its core programs and resources.

This is a basic training on recruiting for Indivisible groups and events that can be independently led within a group to help build capacity.

These workshop-discussion style resources are designed to guide Indivisible groups through independent reflection and action planning around their equity and inclusion practices.

This training prepares Indivisibles to hold an effective 1:1 ("one-on-one") organizing meeting, one of the foundational tools in group growth and overall organizing work.

This micro-training on safety & security best practices gives a quick overview and directs to additional resources; it's designed to be an add-on to other calls or trainings, not an event in itself.

Canvassing 101 + 201 is intended to cover several different aspects of how to set up, run, and train others on canvassing. You can use the different parts of it depending on your needs.

This is an introductory training on how to pursue and gain press coverage to support your Indivisible group's actions and goals.

Learn about common group legal structures should your group wish to explore these options.

"Coordination" is a legal term defined by federal election law and FEC regulation. Once a group has been exposed to nonpublic strategic info, any money the group spends on that election will likely be treated as a coordinated expenditure.

As local Indivisible groups have engaged in several election cycles, we’ve received many questions about campaign finance law. While we’re not able to provide legal advice, this is meant to be a helpful resource to provide a general overview and answer common questions.

Do you find the legal terms around organizing confusing? The guide helps define what a contribution, coordinated expenditure, independent expenditure, and electioneering communications are.

Need a certificate of insurance for your group meetings? Request one here.

Learn more about copyright law and how it may impact your group.

As our political environment becomes even more and more polarized, it is important that activists practice healthy digital hygiene to keep themselves and their data safe from bad actors.

Zoom is a communications platform that allows users to connect with video, audio, phone, and chat. And you can create a free Zoom account to host your own meetings!

Zoom is an amazing tool to meet and connect with virtually, but not everyone is familiar with the platform. Here we provide some guidance for first time zoom users.

Google Hangouts is a service that allows members to initiate and participate in text, voice or video chats, either one-on-one or in a group.

Google Meet is an amazing tool to connect virtually with a large group or just an individual, but not everyone is familiar with the platform. Here we provide some guidance for first time google meet users.

If you’d rather not use your personal phone for phone banking, setting up a Google Voice number might be a solution for you.

QR codes are a handy way for people to access information. They are quick and easy to create.

Gaining visibility through banner drops, billboards, and political theater are ways to build long-lasting and inclusive power in your communities.

Step-by-step directions for the many ways to engage with your elected officials.

Tighten bonds in your community while finding opportunities to have a good time and bring new folks into the fold.

These types of actions allow small and large groups of people alike to serve awareness, build community, and exert pressure on elected officials.

Press releases, media advisories, and statements are formal communication tools that your group can use to get its messages out to media.

When your Indivisible group holds events that get the local media’s attention, it puts a unique pressure on your member of Congress. And no coverage is too small.

Media interviews may feel like a high school exam you need to cram for. They’re really not! You have much more control of how the interview will go than you think.

Building relationships with reporters takes time and work, but the benefits are huge. It helps you build your power to shape the narrative about your member of Congress.

Members of Congress care enormously about local media. The op-ed sections of local newspapers are one of the most influential pieces of real estate in the local media.

Letters to the editor are a timeless tool 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.

Learn how to use the EPIC framework to create an effective Letter to the Editor and see an example of a letter to the editor that had impact.