Community Potluck
Jun
14
5:00 PM17:00

Community Potluck

Please join us for a Potluck at Belmont Park and get to know your fellow activist community! Bring a shareable dish and some friends! We will have a social activist scavenger hunt, family fun games, and voter education about the upcoming ballot measures we vote on in November! Belmont Park features a playground, basketball court, and a Splash Park, as well as plenty of green space to spread out picnic style and play games.

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Let’s Move! A Practice Session for Non-Violent Physical Disruption
Jun
15
6:00 PM18:00

Let’s Move! A Practice Session for Non-Violent Physical Disruption

It's time to practice using our bodies for strategic civil disobedience to protect our community and disrupt fascist threats. Folks with all bodies and physical abilities are welcome, as always. We encourage sneakers and comfortable clothes, and remind everyone to ask for consent as we move our bodies together. Come practice with us even if you're not sure this is for you. There is a role for everyone!

The People’s Activist Series is an opportunity to learn more about using people power to fight fascism. Learn more about the series HERE, and keep an eye on our events page here for for more specifics on each session—let’s build power!

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Non-Violent Strategies and Solidarity Practices for Antifascist Movements
Jun
22
6:00 PM18:00

Non-Violent Strategies and Solidarity Practices for Antifascist Movements

Join us for this deep-dive into understanding non-violence as an antifascist strategy. We will explore how non-violent actions such as non-cooperation can be strategic in helping our movements grow. Then, we will apply the Solidarity Principles from St. Paul, MN to our organizing decisions as we grow nonviolent mass movements alongside our broader community.

The People’s Activist Series is an opportunity to learn more about using people power to fight fascism. Learn more about the series HERE, and keep an eye on our events page here for for more specifics on each session—let’s build power!

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We Got the Power! Power-Mapping Pressure Points to Win a Campaign
Jun
29
6:00 PM18:00

We Got the Power! Power-Mapping Pressure Points to Win a Campaign

Power-mapping is a tool we can use to plan strategic campaigns by making decisions along the way. Once we have a specific campaign goal, like blocking the construction of a data center or ICE facility, we can name the people, agencies, businesses, and organizations that support us or oppose us, and how much influence they each have over the outcome. Our power map helps us plan our actions so we can win that campaign and grow our movement.

The People’s Activist Series is an opportunity to learn more about using people power to fight fascism. Learn more about the series HERE, and keep an eye on our events page here for for more specifics on each session—let’s build power!

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Should I Risk This? Individual and Shared Decisions as We Face Fascist Threats
Jul
6
6:00 PM18:00

Should I Risk This? Individual and Shared Decisions as We Face Fascist Threats

Hosted by Indivisible Charlottesville, Congregate Charlottesville, and Charlottesville DSA, the People’s Activist Series is an opportunity to 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. Learn more about the series HERE, and keep an eye on our events page here for for more specifics on each session—let’s build power!

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Seeds of Change: Socialist Strategies to Start Now and Grow the Future
Jul
13
6:00 PM18:00

Seeds of Change: Socialist Strategies to Start Now and Grow the Future

Hosted by Indivisible Charlottesville, Congregate Charlottesville, and Charlottesville DSA, the People’s Activist Series is an opportunity to 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. Learn more about the series HERE, and keep an eye on our events page here for for more specifics on each session—let’s build power!

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Toppling the Pillars: How to Bring Down an Authoritarian Regime
Jul
20
6:00 PM18:00

Toppling the Pillars: How to Bring Down an Authoritarian Regime

Hosted by Indivisible Charlottesville, Congregate Charlottesville, and Charlottesville DSA, the People’s Activist Series is an opportunity to 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. Learn more about the series HERE, and keep an eye on our events page here for for more specifics on each session—let’s build power!

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Choose Your Own Adventure: Plan, Launch and Win a Campaign
Jul
27
6:00 PM18:00

Choose Your Own Adventure: Plan, Launch and Win a Campaign

Hosted by Indivisible Charlottesville, Congregate Charlottesville, and Charlottesville DSA, the People’s Activist Series is an opportunity to 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. Learn more about the series HERE, and keep an eye on our events page here for for more specifics on each session—let’s build power!

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Stay Together, Stay Tight: More Physical Practice of Non-Violent Disruption
Aug
3
6:00 PM18:00

Stay Together, Stay Tight: More Physical Practice of Non-Violent Disruption

Hosted by Indivisible Charlottesville, Congregate Charlottesville, and Charlottesville DSA, the People’s Activist Series is an opportunity to 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. Learn more about the series HERE, and keep an eye on our events page here for for more specifics on each session—let’s build power!

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Whiteness and Illiberal Democracy: Undoing America’s White Supremacist Roots
Aug
10
6:00 PM18:00

Whiteness and Illiberal Democracy: Undoing America’s White Supremacist Roots

Hosted by Indivisible Charlottesville, Congregate Charlottesville, and Charlottesville DSA, the People’s Activist Series is an opportunity to 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. Learn more about the series HERE, and keep an eye on our events page here for for more specifics on each session—let’s build power!

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What a Summer! Looking Back and Looking Forward to Grow Our People Power
Aug
17
6:00 PM18:00

What a Summer! Looking Back and Looking Forward to Grow Our People Power

Hosted by Indivisible Charlottesville, Congregate Charlottesville, and Charlottesville DSA, the People’s Activist Series is an opportunity to 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. Learn more about the series HERE, and keep an eye on our events page here for for more specifics on each session—let’s build power!

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Voices Rising
Jun
12
7:00 PM19:00

Voices Rising

Join us for Voices Rising, a community gathering to learn and share songs of strength and courage, hope and resistance!

Throughout history, song has been a vital force in social movements around the world and here in the U.S. From freedom songs in South Africa’s Anti-Apartheid Movement, to the Singing Revolution in Estonia, to the labor and Civil Rights movements in this country, music and song have helped sustain collective struggle.

No singing experience is necessary. All are welcome.

Come raise your voice, build community, and prepare for the work ahead.

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Oh No, Let’s Go! A 5-Point Rapid Response Strategy to Resist Fascist Violence
Jun
8
6:00 PM18:00

Oh No, Let’s Go! A 5-Point Rapid Response Strategy to Resist Fascist Violence

When fascists cross a line, how do we respond? This session will introduce the 5-R strategy for making political violence and repression backfire, from Harnessing Our Power to End Political Violence (endpoliticalviolence.org). We’ll apply these strategies to examples of fascist violence we have faced or could face here in Central Virginia.

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All Hands Meeting
Jun
6
1:00 PM13:00

All Hands Meeting

  • Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Charlottesville (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The stakes this November are clear. In addition to everything that is at stake nationally, in addition to electing congressional representatives, this fall Virginians will vote on three major constitutional amendments that could shape the future of rights and democracy in the Commonwealth. This meeting will focus on what we can do locally to prepare for the November election and how we can work together to build stronger, more engaged communities.

We’ll have some snacks to tide you over; and we’ll be providing childcare onsite.

This will be a working meeting; we’re going to build teams, make plans, and get to work. Mark your calendar, invite a friend (or two or three) and join us.

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Protest Against Health Care Cuts
Jun
5
7:00 PM19:00

Protest Against Health Care Cuts

  • First Amendment Monument/Freedom of Speech Wall (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The Trump administration has cut a trillion dollars from healthcare spending and research to enable more tax cuts for billionaires! These cuts will cost 51,000 lives each year.

There will be two protest actions against these health care cuts on Friday, June 5, as part of the national Seven Days in June protest: 

  • 7:00-8:30pm | Doctors will be at the First Amendment Monument at the Downtown Mall (Charlottesville Free Speech Wall) to answer questions about how these health care cuts are impacting our health.

  • 8:30pm | Candlelight vigil for the 51,000 preventable deaths that will result every year from these funding cuts.

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You Are an Organizer! How to Bring Your Friends and Neighbors Into Our Movement
Jun
1
6:00 PM18:00

You Are an Organizer! How to Bring Your Friends and Neighbors Into Our Movement

You – yes, you – are an antifascist community organizer. You are helping to build a beautiful, powerful, multifaceted movement against fascism. Some folks have asked for an “Organizing 101” so let’s start this summer with the basics. Join an organization. Find your role on a team. Maybe form a new team! Talk with your friends and neighbors and get them involved. In fact, bring your friends and neighbors to this session, and get involved together.

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May Day
May
1
12:00 PM12:00

May Day

NO Work

NO School

NO Shopping

YES to Protesting!

We’ll gather at the Free Speech Wall at NOON. Then we’ll march to Booker T. Washington Park for an afternoon MAY DAY SOLIDARITY CELEBRATION (Music & Food, Kid’s Activities, Community).

This is a national campaign—we are joining communities across the country in building our capacity to be STRIKE READY in case a general strike is needed.

Co-sponsored by Charlottesville DSA.

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People's Activist Series | Strike Safe: Tactical Decisions Under Pressure in a General Strike Against Fascism
Apr
23
6:00 PM18:00

People's Activist Series | Strike Safe: Tactical Decisions Under Pressure in a General Strike Against Fascism

  • Jefferson School African American Heritage Center (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Strike Safe: Tactical Decisions Under Pressure in a General Strike Against Fascism

This session is where we make space for all the what-ifs. What if something happens we don't want. What if something happens we do want? How do we make decisions in the moment that support our campaign strategy and respond to in-the-moment changes to dangers and opportunities. We keep us safe! We take care of us! Let's practice care and coordination as we keep growing our people power, come what may.

With a pizza dinner.


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Hosted by Indivisible Charlottesville, Congregate Charlottesville, and Charlottesville DSA

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Indivisible Charlottesville Welcome & Orientation
Apr
18
2:00 PM14:00

Indivisible Charlottesville Welcome & Orientation

  • Charlottesville Friends Meeting (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

This welcome and orientation for new (and returning) members, is designed to provide you with some basic information about the Indivisible Charlottesville organization, connect with each other, and explore ways to get involved. We'll give a brief overview of who we are and why we organize, and provide you with opportunities to meet team members and learn about different ways to plug into our antifascist, pro-democracy work. All are welcome—come as you are and bring a dish or snack to share if you’re able.

If you are joining us, please park on the street rather than in nearby lots, and ensure that driveways remain unobstructed. If you are able, we encourage you to park farther away to help reserve closer spaces for those with mobility considerations.

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Rethink Revote Rally
Apr
16
4:00 PM16:00

Rethink Revote Rally

Our community was promised a more inclusive process, and we are calling on the Board to uphold that commitment. The Board has conceded to holding a working session on this issue on April 16. We encourage Charlottesville community members to take action by joining us at the Rethink Revote Rally at 4 PM on Thursday, April 16, 2026 at the entrance to Charlottesville High School. You don’t have to register to attend the rally, but we would love to get an idea of how many people may show up in support!  Register here.

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Indivisible Charlottesville Social Hour
Apr
11
4:30 PM16:30

Indivisible Charlottesville Social Hour

Note: This starts at 4:30 PM! Please consider joining the People’s Activist Series session on General Strikes, and then come on over to Firefly!

Curious about Indivisible? Already Involved? Join us to connect with fellow organizers, volunteers, supporters, and Indivisible newcomers at a our first social of 2026! Organizers will be on hand, and new folks are warmly welcome.

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People's Activist Series | Strike Smart: Action Logic for Escalating Toward a General Strike Against Fascism
Apr
11
2:00 PM14:00

People's Activist Series | Strike Smart: Action Logic for Escalating Toward a General Strike Against Fascism

  • Jefferson School African American Heritage Center (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Strike Smart: Action Logic for Escalating Toward a General Strike Against Fascism

May day is one action in a broader campaign: one day of no work, no school, no shopping - yes protest! Action logic is how we make sure everything we do as part of this one action serves our campaign. Through action logic, we take time together to set our goals, grow our coalition, coordinate our messages, and make clear plans for how the actions we take have the impact we want. We'll use May Day as an example to practice applying action logic together.

Childcare provided on-site.


Learn more about the People’s Activist Series!

Hosted by Indivisible Charlottesville, Congregate Charlottesville, and Charlottesville DSA

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NO KINGS 3!
Mar
28
1:00 PM13:00

NO KINGS 3!

  • Both sides of 29, from Hydraulic Rd to Greenbrier (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

We have the power and are claiming it together. No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings.

On March 28th, rise up, take to the streets, and say it loud: no thrones, no crowns, no kings. We’re not watching history happen—we’re making it. Join us.

We will be spreading out on both sides of 29, from Hydraulic Road north to Greenbrier Drive. Bring signs!

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No Kings Sign Making Session - Scrappy Elephant Open Studio Hours
Mar
28
9:00 AM09:00

No Kings Sign Making Session - Scrappy Elephant Open Studio Hours

  • The Scrappy Elephant (Suite c) (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Bring a friend, and join fellow community members and Indivisible Charlottesville volunteers at the Scrappy Elephant during their open studio hours for No Kings sign making! Crafters will also have the opportunity to participate in a resistance art project that will be displayed in the store windows.

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People's Activist Series | Strike Strong: Campaign Strategy for a General Strike That Wins Against Fascism
Mar
26
6:00 PM18:00

People's Activist Series | Strike Strong: Campaign Strategy for a General Strike That Wins Against Fascism

May Day is a 1-day general strike with no work, no school, no shopping - yes protest! How does this one-day action help us build towards a larger, longer general strike that has the power to defend democracy? Campaign strategy! By joining communities nationwide in a campaign for Strike Readiness, we can grow the people power for a general strike to defend democracy, protect free and fair elections, and stop a certain authoritarian from stealing a third term.

Join us to visualize and strategize!

With a potluck dinner.

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No Kings Sign Making Session - Scrappy Elephant Open Studio Hours
Mar
25
10:00 AM10:00

No Kings Sign Making Session - Scrappy Elephant Open Studio Hours

  • The Scrappy Elephant (Suite c) (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join fellow community members at the Scrappy Elephant during their open studio hours for No Kings sign making! Crafters will also have the opportunity to participate in a resistance art project that will be displayed in the store windows.

Indivisible Charlottesville volunteers will be on-site from 10 AM to noon!

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Indivisible Charlottesville Welcome & Orientation
Mar
21
2:00 PM14:00

Indivisible Charlottesville Welcome & Orientation

  • Charlottesville Friends Meeting (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

This welcome and orientation for new (and returning) members, is designed to provide you with some basic information about the Indivisible Charlottesville organization, connect with each other, and explore ways to get involved. We'll give a brief overview of who we are and why we organize, and provide you with opportunities to meet team members and learn about different ways to plug into our antifascist, pro-democracy work. All are welcome—come as you are and bring a dish or snack to share if you’re able.

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No Kings Sign Making Session at the Farmers Market
Mar
21
9:00 AM09:00

No Kings Sign Making Session at the Farmers Market

Join us at the Farmers Market! We’ll be with The Table outside the entrance, and will have a station where you can make your own sign or leave a sign suggestion if you’re short on time. You can take your sign with you or leave it with our volunteers to bring to No Kings Kings for other attendees to use.

The Table is an independent, Charlottesville-based, grassroots group that interfaces with individuals and community organizations to bolster democracy and foster vibrant, sustainable community connections.

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The Civil Rights Movement and Nonviolent Direct Action: Learning from History
Mar
15
2:00 PM14:00

The Civil Rights Movement and Nonviolent Direct Action: Learning from History

  • Trinity Episcopal Church (in the Sanctuary) (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

This workshop explores the strategies, philosophy, and impact of nonviolent direct action during the American Civil Rights Movement and into the present day. Participants will have the opportunity to hear from local community members with direct experience in how activists have used methods such as boycotts, sit-ins, marches, and civil disobedience to challenge sytemic racial injustice. The session highlights how disciplined action mobilized communities, influenced public opinion, and helped bring about significant social and legal change, and what lessons we can apply to our resistance work today.

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People's Activist Series | Strike Ready: Using General Strikes to Protect Democracy and Topple Authoritarianism
Mar
14
2:00 PM14:00

People's Activist Series | Strike Ready: Using General Strikes to Protect Democracy and Topple Authoritarianism

This spring at the People’s Activist Series we are getting ready to go on strike. A general strike is a day of no work, no school, and no shopping for all of us. Learn how we can use general strikes to fight fascism, and how we can get our community ready to go on strike when the time is right. Practice how to talk with friends, neighbors, and coworkers about it. And, plug into local organizing so we can act on what we’re learning together! 

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Voices Rising
Mar
13
7:00 PM19:00

Voices Rising

Join us for Voices Rising, a community gathering to learn and share songs of strength and courage, hope and resistance!

Throughout history, song has been a vital force in social movements around the world and here in the U.S. From freedom songs in South Africa’s Anti-Apartheid Movement, to the Singing Revolution in Estonia, to the labor and Civil Rights movements in this country, music and song have helped sustain collective struggle.

This is an ongoing series and is part of the national Singing Resistance movement.

No singing experience is necessary. All are welcome.

Come raise your voice, build community, and prepare for the work ahead.

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All Hands Meeting
Mar
7
10:00 AM10:00

All Hands Meeting

  • Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Charlottesville (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join us for our first All Hands Meeting of the year! We’ll come together as a community of organizers, volunteers, and supporters to strategize for the year ahead (2026 midterms, here we come!) and to welcome folks who are new or just curious about Indivisible.

Come to ask questions, help shape our work, and find your place in the collective effort to fight authoritarianism, strengthen our democracy, keep our community safe, and prepare for the moments that matter.

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You Are Not Immune to Propaganda: How to Navigate the Media Ecosystem as an Antifascist
Feb
28
3:00 PM15:00

You Are Not Immune to Propaganda: How to Navigate the Media Ecosystem as an Antifascist

  • Rivanna Area Queer Center (RAQC) (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The media ecosystem, which includes conventional, alternative, and social media, is no longer an observer in geopolitics, but an active participant in what has become a full-contact sport. Everyone is both a target and a participant. Despite increasing awareness of media-driven manipulation, we are as vulnerable as ever to being victimized by a system that does not have our interests at heart. This workshop will discuss how information and media is weaponized and how antifascists can invert this process to protect ourselves and our communities and begin to fight back.

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Indivisible Charlottesville Welcome & Orientation
Feb
28
12:00 PM12:00

Indivisible Charlottesville Welcome & Orientation

  • Rivanna Area Queer Center (RAQC) (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

This welcome and orientation for new (and returning) members, is designed to provide you with some basic information about the Indivisible Charlottesville organization, connect with each other, and explore ways to get involved. We'll give a brief overview of who we are and why we organize, and provide you with opportunities to meet team members and learn about different ways to plug into our antifascist, pro-democracy work. All are welcome—come as you are and bring a dish or snack to share if you’re able.

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What We Do When ICE Shows Up
Feb
25
6:00 PM18:00

What We Do When ICE Shows Up

  • Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Charlottesville (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

This training will focus on non-violent legal actions we can take to protect our neighbors when ICE arrives. As a community, we need to know what to do when ICE shows up here. There is no such thing as too much training in these times. The more people who are trained, the better. So grab a friend, and join us. Childcare available.

Although there is parking in the church lot and on the street, we strongly encourage carpooling.

Sponsored by Indivisible Charlottesville and Keep Going Together.

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