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Guide for New Groups

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  • Guide for New Groups

    A 30–60–90 Day Plan helping new Indivisible groups get organized, build leadership, and take action at their own pace.

    How to Use the Guide

    The Guide for New Groups is a 30–60–90 Day Plan that walks new Indivisible groups through their first three months of organizing. In the first 30 days, you’ll get connected, meet your Organizer, join trainings, set up your group’s structure, schedule your first meeting, and establish your communications and online presence. By 60 days, you’ll hold your first meeting, start building leadership, have 1:1 conversations, evaluate Indivisible tools, create a decision-making process, and begin growing your membership. By 90 days, you’ll take action, deepen partnerships, form working groups, hold your second meeting, engage in campaigns, set up organizing tools, and use the Group Support Hub to guide your next steps.

    📍 First 30 Days

    📬 Sign up for Group Leader weekly emails

    Make sure you sign up for Indivisible’s Group Leader email list for important weekly updates either above or through this link.

    👋 Introduce yourself to your Organizer

    Contact form coming soon!

    🎓 Sign up to attend New Leader Training series

    A structured four-session program that trains new Indivisible leaders in organizing skills, group management, conflict navigation, messaging, digital tools, and inclusive leadership.

    📅 Schedule first group meeting

    You’re ready to launch your work as a brand new Indivisible group – congrats! You can use this sample plan to run your first group meeting.

    🏛️ Establish structure

    This guide outlines best practices for structuring an Indivisible group—from defining your values to creating leadership roles, building inclusive decision-making, and using EveryAction. It helps groups get organized, stay focused, and grow sustainably.

    📢 Establish social media or website

    A website or social handle helps your group reach new members, communicate clearly, and stay connected with your community.

    📍 Days 31-60

    🤝 Have your first meeting

    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.

    🌱Cultivate 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.

    💬Set-up some 1/1’s

    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.

    🗳️Establish a Decision Making Structure

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

    🧰 Build your group

    Use these ideas and tools to recruit for a strong and resilient group.

    🛠️ Evaluate Indivisible Programs and Tools

    Read about Distributed Fundraising, EveryAction, Mobilize, and more to see if they’d be a good fit for your group

    📍 Days 61-90 and Beyond

    📣 Take action now

    Rise up with Indivisible. Take immediate action, speak truth, and join with others to defend our democracy—building a people-powered movement that creates a fair, hopeful, and inclusive future for all.

    🤝 Establish partnerships with other groups

    These guidelines are suggestions for building inclusive partnerships, including who you can and should be reaching out to, and how to build trust and show respect when reaching out.

    💬 Hold a second meeting

    Resources coming soon!

    🛠️ Establish working groups

    Resources coming soon!

    🚩 Get involved in one our campaigns

    Join our campaigns driving real impact—empowering people to take action, inspire change, and build a better future together.

    🛠️ Set-up Indivisible Programs and Tools 

    Register or apply for Distributed Fundraising, EveryAction, Mobilize, and more once you have decided if they are a good fit for your group

    📖 Review the Group Support Hub

    The Support Hub has a wealth of resources and should be the first place you consult when needing additional support or have questions

     

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  • Coordinate with Other Indivisible Groups

    Coordinate with Other Indivisible Groups

    You’re not on your own here. The Indivisible team is creating new tools to help you coordinate with your local groups, and we’re available to help make connections and answer question. Here are some of the key resources for coordination.
    Everyday Organizing Support

    Everyday Organizing Support

    Access ready-made training packages and FAQs on election law, legal structures, and common software for independent group use.
    How to Make New Friends! (i.e., Recruiting New Group Members)

    How to Make New Friends! (i.e., Recruiting New Group Members)

    Building up the size of your local group is essential to effectively #standindivisible. Whether it’s to increase your capacity to tackle your goals, to make sure your group reflects the amazing diversity of your community, or to demonstrate the strength of your opposition, you need to be recruiting.