Courage Collectives
Pillar: Business
Location: Virtual
A collective of business owners, managers, investors, and professionals who recognize that our democracy rests upon strong, predictable, free and fair economic systems.
Join Advocates for a Strong EconomyPillar: Other
Location: Pennsylvania
A collective based in Chester County, PA with action teams focused on taking action within different pillars of society.
Join Chester County Marching ForwardPillar: Business
Location: Oregon
A collective in Clackamas, OR pushing the business pillar into noncooperation
Join Clackamas Community Courage CollectivePillar: Military/Police
Location: Colorado
A collective working with military members and local police to guard against authoritarian influence over these organizations
Join Colorado Courage CollectivePillar: Business
Location: Illinois
A collective in Illinois creating a community inventory database that connects people to resources for pre-owned items to buy, rent, borrow, trade, etc.
Join Community Chest NetworkPillar:Â Faith
Location: Minnesota
A collective organizing faith institutions in Minnesota
Join Community ConnectionsPillar: Education
Location: Virtual
A national collective of Cornell alumni that are pushing Cornell University to not comply with the Trump administration’s demands
Join Cornell CouragePillar:Â Civic
Location: Nevada
A collective in Nevada that’s interested in conducting advocacy trainings for college students.
Join Courage Collective ConversationsPillar: Business
Location: Delaware
A collective in Delaware taking on businesses that are collaborating with the authoritarian regime
Join Courage Not ComfortPillar: Business
Location: Washington
A collective in Seattle, WA working against corporate support of authoritarianism
Defenders of Democracy - WAPillar: Military/Police
Location: Oregon
A collective working to push local officials to remove Flock cameras in Montrose and Ouray counties in Colorado
Join Deflocking the Western SlopePillar: Medica
Location: New York
A collective based in Rockland County, NY that is countering the Trump administration’s disinformation through in-person actions
Join Disinformation Destroys DemocracyPillar:Â Education
Location: Missouri
A collective of retired educators in Missouri supporting public education
Join Education AdvocatesPillar:Â Education
Location: California
A collective of Sacramento-area educators, both current and retired, resisting authoritarianism and supporting democracy.
Join Educators Resist!
Pillar: Faith
Location: Colorado
A collective in Colorado working to ensure the Episcopal church is a leading moral voice in upholding the image of God in all people, especially immigrants and the poor
Join Episcopalians for Social JusticePillar: Other
Location: Oregon
A collective in Portland, Oregon engaging in tactical frivolity and blending 80’s style aerobics with peaceful protest
Join Exercise Our RightsPillar: Faith
Location: Utah
A collective of Salt Lake City residents who believe that faith communities can save our democracy
Faith Comunities For DemocracyPillar: Faith
Location: Connecticut
An Connecticut-based faith pillar collective
Join Faith Courage CollectiveLocation: North Dakota
A collective of ND church leaders fighting back against Trump’s misuse of religion to spread authoritarianism
Join Faith in Civic ActionPillar: Other
Location: Virtual
A collective of grandmothers passing on knowledge on how to fight against authoritarianism to their grandchildren
Join Grammas Against KingsPillar: Military/Police
Location: Washington
A veteran operated rapid response collective to prevent immigration enforcement from making illegal arrests of immigrants in Seattle
Join Greater Seattle Veterans Rapid Response Anti-ICE UnitPillar: Healthcare
Location: Colorado
A collective of healthcare workers in Colorado taking a stand against dangerous changes to the US health system
Health Workers Speak Out ColoradoPillar: Civic
Location: Florida
A collective in SW Florida combatting misinformation on social media and using letters to the editor to ensure civic institutions stand strong against authoritarianism
Join Indivisible Gambit SWFLPillar:Â Other
Location: Oregon
An Oregon based collective recruiting and training people on how to use the pillars of support to fight authoritarianism
Join Indivisible Justice For AllPillar:Â Other
Location: Tennessee
A working group of Indivisible Knoxville, taking on the various pillars of society
Join Indivisible Knoxville Courage CollectivePillar: Civic
Location: Virtual
A collective that uses satire to push the civil society pillar into noncooperation
Join Indivisible Truth HurtsPillar: Faith
Location: Michigan
A collective in Michigan for people who want to organize an interfaith community to promote a robust and diverse democracy
Join Interfaith Citizens Strengthening DemocracyPillar: Other
Location: Virtual
A collective that sends letters of support to those actively resisting authoritarianism and letters of protest to those that are giving in to authoritarianism.
Join It's All About the StampPillar: Other
Location: Massachusetts
A collective of folks from the Jamaica Towers and Townhouses in Boston, MA coming together to fight authoritarianism
Join Jamaica Towers and Townhouse Courage CollectivePillar: Other
Location: Indiana
A collective in Indiana taking action together across multiple pillars of society
Join Light of LibertyPillar: Education
Location: Virtual
A collective of University of Michigan alumni working to ensure university leadership defend academic freedom and institutional independence
Join Maize and Blue CouragePillar: Faith
Location: Oregon
A collective of faith communities centered in Medford, OR.
Join One Million Rising MedfordPillar: Education
Location: Virtual
A collective focused on writing resistance poetry about how the Trump administration is negatively impacting children and submitting to various outlets for publication
Join Progressive Poetry PossePillar: Faith
Location: Virtual
A collective of angelic troublemakers (Quakers and allies) working to stop authoritarianism through spirit-led, nonviolent means
Join QUAKE: Quakers United Around Kinship and EquityPillar: Education
Location: Virtual
A collective of University of Pennslyvania alumni pushing the university to stand strong against Trump
Join Quaker CouragePillar: Education
Location: Virtual
A collective of University of Pennslyania alumni pushing the university to stand strong against Trump
Join Reed College Alumni for DemocracyPillar: Business
Location: Tennessee
A collective in Knoxville, TN focused on getting businesses to refuse to cooperate with the Trump regime
Join Rocking DemocracyPillar: Education
Location: Arizona
A collective in NW Arizona to fight back against attacks on public education
Join Stand Up Together AZ NW ValleyPillar: Other
Location: California
A collective of local athletes and sports community members in Lake Tahoe that are committed to strengthening democracy
Join Tahoe Athletes for DemocracyPillar: Other
Location: North Carolina
A collective in Guilford County, NC working to spread awareness about Project 2025
Join Truth for Democracy Guilford County NCPillar: Education
Location: California
A collective defending the University of California and ensuring UC leadership reject any efforts at authoritarian control
Join UC UnbowedPillar: Faith
Location: Washington
A collective of progressive Christians in NW Washington joining together to speak out against Christian Nationalism
Join United in FaithPillar: Military/Police
Location: Washington
This collective is a partnership between Seattle Indivisible and Veterans for Peace to prepare the community for the possibility of federal troops being deployed to Seattle
United Veteran-Civilian ResponsePillar: Education
Location: Virtual
A collective focused on ensuring the University of Maine safeguards academic freedom
Join Universities Safeguarding Academic FreedomPillar: Military/Police
Location: Massachusetts
A collective empowering veterans to stand up for our community against the tide of racism, hate, and violence and champion a representative democracy
Veterans Action TeamPillar: Military/Police
Location: Virtual
A collective for veterans who want to fight for our democracy
Join Veterans for VictoryPillar: Healthcare
Location: Wisconsin
A collective focused on pushing the healthcare pillar in Wisconsin to protect and expand healthcare benefits and healthcare worker’s rights
Wisconsin Health Advocacy CollectivePillar: Education
Location: California
A collective in Wiseburn, CA dedicated to supporting democracy
Join Wiseburn Rising
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