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Movement success is less about overcoming fear and more about persevering through it
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If you, like a lot of people, woke up this morning to the news that pro-Trump rioters had stormed the U.S. Capitol, you’re probably thinking – what the hell is happening? As Jack L. Rozdilsky Associate Professor of Disaster and Emergency Management at York University wrote for The Conversation, the “anarchy” unfolded “as Congress was set to confirm President-elect Joe Biden’s victory”.
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Choose Democracyâs whirlwind effort to prevent a coup is a crash course in good organizing
Being part of the team that trained 10,000 people to defend the election taught me five principles I want to practice going forward.
Choose Democracy â the whirlwind start-up that trained 10,000 people to prevent an election-related power grab â started with just three folks. Two had full-time jobs and small children. The other was 82 years old. Over the summer of 2020, Daniel Hunter, Jenny Marienau and George Lakey observed alarming signs that Donald Trump might not go quietly if defeated at the polls. As experienced trainers and organizers, they knew that preparation helped people to act powerfully. So they decided to prepare people to resist a potential coup based on nonviolent strategies that have worked in other countries.