Action Planning

Indivisible States: Organizing a Legislative Lobby Day

Organizing a statewide lobby day can be an big undertaking but, if executed properly, can make a significant impact on the outcome of the legislative process while also promoting statewide Indivisible unity.

Indivisible States: District Office Visits

Not all legislatures have district offices, but if yours does, this can be a powerful way to make your voice heard without having to travel to the state capitol.

Indivisible States: Letters of Support/Opposition to Policy Committees

Sending a written letter of your Indivisible group’s position directly to a state legislative policy committee is a tried and true method of making your voice heard at the committee level. 

Indivisible States: Giving Public Testimony at A Legislative Hearing

Public testimony at a hearing is the opportunity to be heard directly by the decision makers and potentially influence the outcome of votes. This is an incredibly powerful way to shape the outcome of policy and to share your group’s perspectives on a piece of legislation. 

Example Strategic Campaign Plan

It can be enormously helpful to actually write out a campaign plan, outlining your strategy in tactics and identifying resources you will need and the timeline for execution.

How to Form Local Partnerships

At their core, partnerships are about relationships—and long term partnerships require building trust in the same way that relationships do.

Advocacy Resource

How to be Inclusive: An Introduction

The resistance cannot consist just of fighting back against Trump. Rather we have to work to overturn the patterns of injustice that helped Trump rise to power.

Advocacy Resource

How To Build Inclusive Partnerships

This resource will set out guidelines for how to build inclusive partnerships, including who you can and should be reaching out to, and how to build trust and show respect when reaching out.

Advocacy Resource

A Note on Police Encounters

Summary of Federal Constitutional Rights During Police Encounters at Protests and Marches

How To Get Press To Cover Your Event

As we wrote in the original Indivisible Guide, Members of Congress (MoC) care enormously about maintaining a good image in their hometown media. They want to appear in-touch, well-liked and competent. They want to highlight their work on certain policy issues whenever possible—and they’d never talk about some policy issues at all, if they had their way! Splashy cable TV shows are nice, but local media really is where a MoC’s career lives and dies, and where their legacy matters most.

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