upcoming online events
Host: Political Research | Harnessing Our Power to End Political Violence: Elections Edition | Date: Oct 7, 2026 03:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM ET
Host: Strike Ready Corps | Stronger Together: Two-Part Action Planning for Election Defense | 2 Times: Thu, Oct 8 – Thu, Oct 15. 5:00-6:30 PM PT | 8:00-9:30 PM ET
Host: States at the Core | See All October & November events | Includes Beyond ICE Watch: Documenting Authoritarian Threats to Neighbors and Elections, Organizing to Protect Elections and Demand Democracy (multiple dates), Rapid Response Post Election (multiples dates)
Host: Right-To-Be | See All October events | Includes Bystander Intervention, Accountability & Repair, Digital Safety, Active Shooter Training, and Targeted Violence Prevention.
Host: Democracy Revival Center | How to Fix Our Broken System | 3 dates: Thursdays 3 PM ET/12 PM PT. October 15 -The Cracks in the Foundation. October 22- Our Political System and Authoritarianism, October 29- A New North Star & How to Achieve It.
election protection resources
Source: ACLU | The Democracy Download: A Mini-Course on Countering Election Misinformation
Source: LookLoud | Library of resources to help us all make our movements feel palpable, clear and emotionally resonant to the public in the election sabotage scenarios ahead—before, during and after election day.
Source: 50501 Resource WG | Consolidated election protection resources.
Source: 50501 Veterans and vet coalition | Veterans & Military Families Are Protecting our Midterms – Join Us!
Source: Ground Control | The central hub to find high-impact nonpartisan election protection volunteer opportunities across the U.S. ! Want to help a high-risk state? Look for remote opportunities to do phone/text banking, letter writing, voter ID help and more!
safety & Security
Source: Activist Checklist | Four tools we built to go along with the checklists. Each one covers a step that is hard to finish from written instructions alone. Risk Mapper, Social Scrub, Security Update Checker, and AI Chat Auto-Delete
Organizer resources
Organizers in the movement had a question and organizers shared their answer. Sharing knowledge is power!
Question: Does anyone have any training materials related to 1:1 onboarding / organizing conversations?
Answers:
1. Source: Fire with Fire | 1-on-1 Organizing Conversation
2. Source: War Resisters League | Orienting New Members & Volunteers to a Local Group
3. Source: Dogwood Initiative, Leadnow, One Cowichan, the David Suzuki Foundation, Stonehouse Institute, and genius. | Organizing: People, Power, Change Handbook has recommendations and an agenda on pages 15-20 | Originally adapted from the work of Dr. Marshall Ganz of Harvard University and resources from the Leading Change Network and the New Organizing Institute
Question: How can we improve information divide and build stronger solidarity in rural areas?
Answer: It’s different in each area but creating a parallel system separate from mass media outlets is a good first step to improving the information divide. Here is an example and inspiration from a conservative rural town in Colorado where a local progressive news outlet not only report the news, they partake in benefits, fundraising, and support their community! The newspaper: https://therevolutionistgj.org, and a Substack article about it: https://coloradomedia.substack.com/p/an-anti-capitalist-newspaper-takes
50 million Americans live with limited or no access to local news! Do you live in a news desert? Maybe it’s time to create your own local news? Get help at the Tiny News Collective!
Lastly, don’t forget to read the 50501 Movement Friday Briefings on Substack!