Indivisible

Indivisibles,

On Saturday, millions of us took to the streets in one of the largest protests in our nation’s history, showing our fellow Americans that we will not bow down to a king -- and they don’t have to either.

What we achieved Saturday was momentous and inspiring. But its real impact will be determined by what we do next.

Throughout the lead-up to No Kings Day, you’ve heard our coalition refer to the 3.5% rule -- the observation by social scientists that few authoritarian governments have withstood 3.5% of their population mobilizing against them in a peak event.

The 3.5% is a historically important target -- but not a magic number. We doubt any readers believe that if we got 11.8 million Americans to take to the streets, Trump would miraculously resign the next day. Or that one massive protest would be sufficient to secure our democracy against the deeply-rooted threats it faces.

Erica Chenoweth -- the scholar who developed the rule -- agrees, and in fact has written: “Other factors -- momentum, organization, strategic leadership, and sustainability -- are likely as important as large-scale participation.”

You need large-scale participation. Even bigger than Saturday. But also: Sustainability. Organization. Strategic leadership.

This work goes beyond one single day of protest or even multiple large-scale demonstrations. It requires a serious commitment to local organizing and grassroots leadership development. It requires bringing those people who participated on Saturday -- and those who were moved by the protests -- into our movement and providing them with meaningful actions.

It requires using our massive numbers in a sustained way to apply the right leverage on elected officials to blunt Trump's agenda, to embolden civil society leaders to stand up to his threats, and to build the electoral power we need to vote out the enablers of Trump’s authoritarian agenda and replace them with champions of democracy.

That’s what Indivisible is all about. So if you want to help us build off Saturday’s incredible momentum and continue growing this movement against authoritarianism, we’re asking you to chip in today.

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Your donations will allow us to funnel all this energy coming out of No Kings Day into growing our broad-based movement and giving people who are tuned in concrete ways to defy Trump’s agenda. That includes:

Supporting our coalition’s One Million Rising campaign -- a national effort to train one million people to help lead in this moment and gain the skills to lead others.
Preparing for future national mass mobilizations -- recruiting hosts, providing toolkits and resources, messaging guidance and more.
Organizing in blue states to push Democratic electeds -- including governors and attorneys general -- to use every tool available to them to resist Trump’s agenda.
Pressuring vulnerable Republicans into voting no on Trump’s Bad Ugly Bill that will cut taxes for billionaires, gut Medicaid and SNAP, and turbocharge funding for ICE.

As our movement for democracy grows, we need your help to continue providing our groups and volunteers with the tools, resources, and support they need. Please click here to make a donation and help us continue the fight against Trump and fascism.

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And if you haven’t already, please visit the No Kings website to view a recording of our mass call from Monday and next steps from our coalition partners.

In solidarity,
Sarah Dohl
Chief Campaigns Officer & Co-Founder, Indivisible

Indivisible Project is a locally-led, people-powered movement of thousands of local groups in red, blue, and purple states, and in urban, suburban, and rural areas. Our mission is to power and lift up a grassroots movement of local groups to defeat the Trump agenda, elect progressive leaders, and realize bold progressive policies.

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