We don’t have kings in America, and we won’t let a handful of billionaires run our country into the ground. As we face the growing threat of autocracy in our country, it's more crucial than ever that we come together to build a stronger, more united movement for freedom and democracy.

To support this effort, we're excited to invite you to an introductory call for the Rise for Freedom Trainings on Thursday, March 20 at 8 p.m., ET / 5pm PT.

This introductory call will launch a series of weekly two-hour training sessions that will be held over the next 7-8 weeks. These sessions will explore how grassroots organizers like you can organize against the threats we face and build capacity for mobilization within your communities:

• Thurs. March 20, 8pm - Launch call: Walk through the program to top activists/interested grassroots

• Thurs. March 27- 8-10 pm ET, 5-7 pm PT 1st Training: How did we get here? Intro to organizing under creeping autocracy

• Thurs. April 3 - 2nd Training: Building to a critical mass locally (outreach)

• Thurs. April 10 - 3rd Training: How to talk to people you might disagree with

• Thurs. April 17 - 4th Training: Making political violence backfire

• Thurs. April 24 - 5th Training: Mutual Aid & Structures for Stronger Local Organizing

• Thurs. April 1 - 6th Training: Advanced Strategic organizing skills

• Thurs. May 8 - 7th Training: Advanced Strategic organizing skills II

The content will be taught online, but the hope is that you will gather your community together in your living rooms, common rooms, libraries, etc., to participate in these trainings on organizing effectively in times of creeping autocracy.

There will be breakout sessions and activities where Zoom will be paused for you to do the exercises in each training in person together. For folks who are homebound, we encourage the use of Google Meet or other tools to gather a small group of people to do the breakout training exercises with so you still get the community-building element of the training.

The Thursday, March 20 session is for individuals interested in hosting in-person gatherings for the training series. Come learn more about the Rise for Freedom training program, ask questions, and connect with fellow organizers!

RSVP HERE

I hope to see you there,