DOA

Do’ers, Organizers and Admins

This collaboration began when Hector Solon connected a few of us from different Indivisible groups. We quickly discovered a shared interest in supporting each other and decided to meet to exchange ideas, surface common challenges, and find collective solutions.

Based on the feedback from our first meetings, here’s a ranked list of what we collectively hope to work on together.

1. Collaboration, Coordination & Collective Action 

  •  Coordinating events and actions across groups

  •  Coordinated state actions (e.g., Lansing protests)

  •  Joining forces to build the movement and increase impact

  •  Participating in events with other Indivisible groups

  •  Fixing cross-group issues, sharing best practices

  •  Website and tools to help collaborate efficiently

  •  Preventing siloed work; creating a stronger front

  •  How to collaborate while supporting diverse group goals

  •  How collaboration might be enacted across regions

2. Growing & Sustaining Membership / Recruitment

  •  Growing membership to have more impact

  •  Ideas and strategies for recruiting volunteers who actually show up

  •  Encouraging active participation from existing members

  •  Keeping people engaged and motivated

  •  How to reach young people and underrepresented groups

  •  Why our base is often older, white, privileged—and how to change that

  •  Creating more diversity and inclusion in membership

3. Messaging & Public Awareness

  •  Clearer, stronger messaging statewide

  •  Messaging to members and to the public

  •  Raising awareness of threats to democracy and local impacts

  •  How to get public attention for events

  •  Getting the message out in rural/red areas

4. Organizing, Leadership, and Internal Operations

  •  Managing internal conflicts and making group decisions

  •  How to structure priorities and work efficiently

  •  Frequency and format of meetings

  •  Media lists, tech tools, and trainings

  •  Learning how other groups operate (structure, history, successes)

  •  Tracking involvement and participation

5. Creative and Impactful Actions

  •  Creative actions beyond traditional protests

  •  Ideas for impactful events that channel people’s desire to act

  •  Effective resistance activities

  •  Shared activities and rallies

  •  How to pull off a Town Hall

  •  Texting tools and cost-effective communication methods

6. Education, Support & Inspiration

  •  Hearing from other groups—what they’re doing, what’s working

  •  Stories of issues and successes

  •  Understanding group histories

  •  Supporting vulnerable populations (e.g., immigrants)

  •  Being around like-minded people to stay motivated

  •  Training (media, tech tools for activism)