October 20, 2025
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6:00 pm
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7:30 pm
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Do you wonder what resistance actions are the most effective in standing up to the Trump Administration?
This interactive 90 minute workshop will present theory and case studies that will help us explore the most effective actions and tactics that can be used to create social change – including addressing the current threat to democracy in the US.
Specifically, we will focus on 1) identifying and putting pressure on primary and secondary targets, 2) learning about the importance of communicating with unlikely allies and mobilizing passive supporters, and 3) using creative tactics that draw on cultural resonances of the target audience(s).
Interspersed with learning and studying campaign case studies will be small group discussions and exercises designed to help participants apply concepts to goals and projects they care most about.
The workshop leaders have been social justice activists for many decades, in movements including anti-nuclear, anti-intervention, housing rights, youth empowerment, voting rights, climate change, and classism awareness and action; and they have studied the research on social movement outcomes.
About the Speakers: Betsy Leondar-Wright, PhD, is a long-time economic justice activist whose graduate studies focused on what makes social movements succeed. She is the author of several books, most recently Is It Racist? Is It Sexist?
Anne Wright is a long-time social justice activist. Over the last 40 years she has focused on the anti-intervention and environmental justice movements, and on voter registration and education for low-income youth. The sisters are both co-editors of the Don’t Mourn Organize Eastern Mass substack, an e-newsletter that recommends action alerts for progressives in the greater Boston area.
A core principle behind all Indivisible events is a commitment to nonviolent action. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values.
