Resource Library

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.

The ladder of engagement is a visual representation for a structured path for individuals to become increasingly connected and committed.

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

When done right, virtual meetings can be an effective way to hold our elected officials accountable, build a more inclusive democracy, and be in community with our fellow activists.

We know it’s easy to get overwhelmed by how much is going on and how much there is to do. Here are a few tips on how to make advocacy a habit—and keep it fun and engaging in the months ahead!

A sustainable group will likely need to go through several leadership transitions over time. It’s a normal part of group development and will even strengthen the group to bring new folks into 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.

Anyone can form a local group and start taking action to resist extremism. But we also know that we will have to stand indivisible together to win.

Since Indivisible was founded, some states have developed strong, interconnected statewide networks that sustain, nourish, and strengthen their local organizing in their states.

This short video focuses on how interest + capacity + skills = a leader in the making

Building a relationship with your Members of Congress (MoC) and their staff is an essential strategy for building grassroots power

Use this template after taking action

Your safety and the safety of your group members and volunteers is important. Use these guidelines as a place to start

Understanding how the legislative process works on both the federal and state levels in the United States is essential when taking action

Be prepared for a worst-case scenario. You may not need all of these items, but it's better to be overprepared than underprepared

This resource addresses how to address white supremacy in your group and community.

This checklist in an interactive tool that can be used with your group to understand how white supremacy is present.

Consult this resource for the do’s and don’ts of how to show up and be the best ally possible.

This is from the Indivisible University series that we ran in 2021. It outlines the traits of an ally and how to put your allyship into practice.

This statement outlines some of the principles that we apply to our own work and the expectations we have for Indivisible groups.

This resource provides a list of diversity, equity and inclusion terms.

This a comprehensive list of resources that are referenced in all of the documents in this section.

Recording of the virtual event with Dr. Ian Haney López. Topics include how rich powerful elites have used strategic racism and dog whistles as an insidious class weapon to achieve their economic agenda for decades and building a truly cross-racial progressive movement, winning elections, and saving our democracy.

This is a list of books Indivisibles have reported reading to continue their education about racial justice.

Learn about common group legal structures should your group wish to explore these options.

"Coordination" is a legal term defined by federal election law and FEC regulation. Once a group has been exposed to nonpublic strategic info, any money the group spends on that election will likely be treated as a coordinated expenditure.

As local Indivisible groups have engaged in several election cycles, we’ve received many questions about campaign finance law. While we’re not able to provide legal advice, this is meant to be a helpful resource to provide a general overview and answer common questions.

Do you find the legal terms around organizing confusing? The guide helps define what a contribution, coordinated expenditure, independent expenditure, and electioneering communications are.

Is your group hosting a meeting or special event at a venue/space that requires Insurance?

Learn more about copyright law and how it may impact your group.

As our political environment becomes even more and more polarized, it is important that activists practice healthy digital hygiene to keep themselves and their data safe from bad actors.

Zoom is a communications platform that allows users to connect with video, audio, phone, and chat. And you can create a free Zoom account to host your own meetings!

Zoom is an amazing tool to meet and connect with virtually, but not everyone is familiar with the platform. Here we provide some guidance for first time zoom users.

Google Meet is a service that allows members to initiate and participate in text, voice or video chats, either one-on-one or in a group.

Google Meet is an amazing tool to connect virtually with a large group or just an individual, but not everyone is familiar with the platform. Here we provide some guidance for first time google meet users.

If you’d rather not use your personal phone for phone banking, setting up a Google Voice number might be a solution for you.

QR codes are a handy way for people to access information. They are quick and easy to create.

Members of Congress care enormously about local media. The op-ed sections of local newspapers are one of the most influential pieces of real estate in the local media.

Letters to the editor are a timeless tool to get your Member of Congress’s attention. But there’s something about a sharp letter to the editor in a hometown paper that can really get under the skin of the most powerful lawmaker.

Learn how to use the EPIC framework to create an effective Letter to the Editor and see an example of a letter to the editor that had impact.