Indivisibles,

This isn’t the world we wanted to end the year with, but it’s a world we
prepared for. A week after the election we had 40,000 people join us for
the launch of the new Indivisible Guide, [ [link removed] ]Indivisible: A Guide to
Democracy on the Brink. Within a couple weeks after launch, we had more
new Indivisible groups form than at any point since 2017. In recent weeks,
Leah and I have joined Indivisible groups from across the country for
their regional or statewide convenings, all reporting an enormous surge of
energy. We can tell you first hand, people are sad, angry, determined, and
organizing.

I’m going to tell you about the three main areas of work we’re planning
for 2025, and yes, [ [link removed] ]I’m going to ask you to help us fund it. That’s my
job as co-executive director of Indivisible, and it includes telling you
this: I believe there is no national organization in the country better
prepared, better run, or better positioned to organize a mass localized,
nationwide response to the coming threat. Eight years ago we were a
typo-filled Google doc, and today we are a full fledged, battle-scarred
national operation with policy, organizing, communications, and technical
expertise.

Leah and I founded Indivisible in a moment like this. Yesterday was the
eight year anniversary of the original Indivisible Guide. Back then, we
had a wave of energized people looking to take collective action as we
faced an incoming wannabe authoritarian regime. We didn’t have all the
answers, but we knew the future would be brighter if everyday people
organized to fight back. Indivisible was made in, and for, this moment. 

We are going to fight, and we are going to win -- that’s what we’re built
to do, but we need your support to do it. At a high level, here is what
that looks like:

 1. Absorb and harness the surges of energy. We are currently overwhelmed
with the number of new Indivisible groups and new Indivisible members
coming through our front door. We expect additional waves to come when
Congress convenes on January 3, after the inauguration on January 20,
and then in response to heinous administrative and legislative actions
by the incoming MAGAs through the year. I don’t want this energy
dissipating -- I want it directed to effective, on the ground work
that can make a difference over the next two years. 
 2. Defend, defeat, and delay nationally. Trump has a minuscule majority
and a deeply unpopular agenda. For the next two years, we’ve been
forced into a defensive posture, responding to the agenda MAGA puts
forward. That does not mean we have to accept that agenda. We won’t
stop everything but we can stop some things, and we can delay things
we can’t stop -- using up valuable time they have to do harm. That
means peeling off Republicans where we can and stiffening the spines
of Democrats to fight back. This demands both entrepreneurial and
rapidly reactive work nationwide across blue, red, and purple
geographies.
 3. Proactively protect in the states where we have control. In 2017 we
had only six Democratic trifecta states. In 2025, we’ll have fifteen.
And we control even more mayorships and city councils. There is
enormous opportunity to go on offense in the states and cities to
protect residents and offer a safe-haven to red state residents under
threat. Throughout the Obama years, GOP governors did everything they
could to undermine the Obama agenda -- our Democratic leaders should
be using their power in this moment to protect democracy, progress,
and people. 

This plan will not solve all our problems. It’s a plan to limit harm,
fracture their coalition, and build ours so that we can survive this
period. It’s a plan to protect our democracy and its residents so that we
do not fall off a cliff into full-blown authoritarianism. Most
importantly, it’s not a hypothetical plan -- it’s a practical, actionable
plan that we are already executing on with local Indivisible groups.

What we need. Indivisible’s single largest source of funding is our
grassroots donors. That is core to who we are, and with the tough fights
ahead of us, we’re counting on that support now more than ever.

Our goal is to raise $400,000 from the grassroots before the end of the
year to meet the immediate influx of demand for support from new and
existing Indivisible groups. That funding will ensure our groups are
prepared to defend our democracy and take on the Trump administration from
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In solidarity,
Ezra

Ezra Levin

[24]Indivisible Co-Executive Director

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