Thursdays, 5pm PT/8pm ET, April 3-May 15

Rise for Freedom Training Series · Rise for Freedom Trainings

Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice: Rise for Freedom Nationwide Mass Training to Defend Democracy and Protect Freedom

April 3 • How did we get here? (Creeping autocracy.)

April 10 • Building to a critical mass locally (outreach)

April 17 • How to talk to people you disagree with

April 24 • Making political violence backfire

May 1 • Mutual aid for stronger local organizing

May 8 • De-escalation and related advanced skills

May 15 • Advanced strategic organizing skills II

This is a call for everyone interested in learning how to organize under advancing autocracy and mobilizing in this moment. We'll be talking about two exciting ways to take action and build pro-democracy power in this moment of crisis:

The Rise for Democracy Training Series and the HandsOff! Sat. April 5th Nationwide Mobilization.

Learn more about the HandsOff! Nationwide Mobilization on 4/5 at: https://handsoff2025.com/

Join Rise for Democracy Training for a series of live online trainings intended for in-person groups nationwide on Thursday evenings over 7 weeks. The goal of the training series is to bring people together, grow & strengthen their local networks, and get ready to mobilize to demand democracy in this new challenging environment.

Training content will be presented live and breakouts will take place in-person in people’s living rooms and other activist organized spaces.

Follow up asks deemed the most important to the moment will be shared at the end of trainings as appropriate.

Training is a flexible tool that can help build for specific events as well as build existing and new local groups of people who can take action together.

Learn more and RSVP: Rise for Freedom Training Series · Rise for Freedom Trainings