People’s Activist Series!

Hosted by Indivisible Charlottesville, Congregate Charlottesville, and Charlottesville DSA

Thursdays October 9, 16, 23, & 30

6-7:30pm workshop

7:30-8pm potluck dinner

Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Charlottesville, 717 Rugby Road

Join our new and improved People’s Activist Series! Learn more about using people power to fight fascism. We will explore how to use symbolic actions and strategic noncooperation while organizing to keep our community safe. Join as many sessions as you can—let’s build power!

We hope folks who join these sessions will learn to:

  • Understand yourself as part of long-standing global freedom struggles

  • Decide how you will engage in activism and find roles that excite you

  • Welcome new folks to join our activist communities

  • Protect yourself and each other at protests and other activist events

  • Work together to make plans and take action against fascism

We will start each workshop promptly – please arrive a bit early to get settled. Everyone is invited to stay to enjoy food and each other’s company after the workshop. Bring food if you’re able! We join a long legacy of Southern communities eating and learning together as we grow movements for collective liberation!

Access information:

  • Masks will be provided and encouraged. There is outdoor space for eating, and we will use air purifiers.

  • The building is wheelchair accessible, with an elevator.

  • Gender neutral bathroom access

  • Parking in lot across the street. Accessible parking is at the Edgewood Lane entrance.

  • Please contact kathryn@indivisiblecharlottesville.org with additional accessibility requests.

Date Topic
October 9 Let’s Get Oriented: Non-Cooperation to Resist Authoritarianism
October 16 We Keep Us Safe: How to Help with Safety and Security at Protests
October 23 Non-Cooperation Strategies in Action: Defending Free Elections
October 30 Growing Our Movements: Using Elections to Build Mass Power