FIVE RESOLUTIONS FOR KEEPING DEMOCRACY ALIVE IN 2025
And because Indivisible has a bias towards action, I’ll include an actual thing you can do with each resolution.
From Leah Greenberg, Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director
1) Seek out community. “They want you to be alone. Nobody is going to fix this alone. That’s not how this works.” That’s from the famed historian of tyranny Timothy Snyder. The quote resonated so much with us, it leads a chapter of the new Indivisible guide:
Indivisible: A Guide to Democracy on the Brink– https://indivisible.org/
2) Build something local. For the time being, we still live in a representative democracy. That means your elected officials at the local, state, and federal levels still wake up every morning worrying about what their constituents think. And that gives you power — if you organize and apply it. If you’re wondering where to start go to–
https://indivisible.org/resource/guide
And get to work focusing on what you can do.
3) Connect with those under threat. The Project 2025 agenda is a divide and conquer gameplan — pick us off one-by-one as they dismantle our democracy and hand the federal government over to their billionaire buddies. But their strategy has an Achilles’ Heel — it doesn’t work if we stick together.
Inauguration Day falls on MLK Day this year. Well, MLK Day is traditionally a day of service, and we’re encouraging Indivisible groups across the country to use that day to connect with their communities. It’s a good chance for all of us to do the most basic work of democracy: connecting with our fellow Americans where we live together. Watch this newsletter for the Prescott Indivisible Day of Service announcement.
4) Support your independent media and social media. We need to engage, trumpet, and support journalists with a pro-democracy bias — whether independent actors or embattled fighters for truth in compromised institutions. And we need platforms for communicating the truth and with each other.
And there are easy steps you can take.
When it comes to media, identify the journalist you trust and like, and amplify them (or, if they’re independent, start signing up and paying for their work).
START BY signing into the Prescott Indivisible BlueSky site:
https://bsky.app/profile/indivisprescott.bsky.social
5) Have fun. I’m serious. Fascism is frightening. But self-flagellating judgment or descending into despair are not gonna help us. Our power is in our numbers, which means we have to create welcoming, fun, caring, impactful communities for folks to join.