Resources

Small Businesses Fuel the Fight for Freedom in Ukraine 

A central part of Ukraine’s successful “Orange Revolution” was the nonviolent occupation of Independence Square in Kyiv, which drew millions of participants. Small and medium-sized businesses provided much of the...

German Businesses Defend Democracy and Fight Extremism

Given their country’s history of Nazism, business leaders in Germany are particularly sensitive to the importance of speaking out against anti-democratic forces. In response to current threats, most notably the...

Venezuelan Businesses Fight a Rising Dictator 

In response to the rapid deterioration of democracy in Venezuela, the Venezuelan business community, organizing alongside labor and church groups, organized several day-long strikes and marches. While the actions propelled...

A Missouri Chamber of Commerce Speaks up For Their Community

After the murder of George Floyd and subsequent Black Lives Matter (BLM) demonstrations, members of the Joplin Area Chamber of Commerce (JACC) in Missouri chose to speak out against systemic...

Check My Ads Illuminates Authoritarian Advertising 

The Check My Ads Institute is using their educational newsletter, Branded, and social media work to bring awareness and demand transparency around the opaque nature of advertising technology (adtech), which...

Wisconsin Business Leaders Ensure Fair Elections

In 2020, a bipartisan group of Wisconsin business leaders, concerned over unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud during the 2020 election, formed an association to protect voting rights and democratic institutions....

Sensemaking with Horizons: What’s the Ask?

Chief Network Weaver, Julia Roig and Jarvis Williams, Director for Race & Democracy reflect on some of the natural tensions facing the work of organizers at the national and state...

Comparative Caselets: The Civil Service as a Pillar of Support

The civil service is simultaneously an incredibly powerful and limited pillar when it comes to movements targeting the government. As the actual implementers of government policy, they have the capacity...

Faith and the Authoritarian Playbook

*This article was written by Chief Organizer Maria J. Stephan and was first published on Sojourners, you can access the full article without a paywall here. How Christians can defend and nurture democracy...