Singing Resistance is building a mass movement of singers to protect and care for our communities and to resist and defeat authoritarianism. We are grounded in love, nonviolence, and solidarity. In the context of intense and escalating violence towards our communities, we are welcoming training, and engaging large numbers of people and moving them into action.

We believe that in order to overturn authoritarianism and build true multiracial democratic governance in the US, we need a mass people's movement. Singing Resistance is a vehicle that can absorb and politicize large numbers of people and build their skills to take sustained action. We employ a variety of nonviolent methods including protest, noncooperation, and mutual aid, and we organize to disrupt and delegitimize the regime.

We are building a movement that is irresistible to participate in. Our actions have been attracting people who have told us that this is the first public pro-democracy action they have ever taken, and that they are drawn to the singing and to the culture of belonging and action. Song is not incidental—it is a tactic that allows broad participation while maintaining non-violent discipline and emotional resilience. Through song and other cultural practices, we seek to not only change systems, but also to heal the cultural wounds that were created in the founding of this country and that make our society susceptible to authoritarianism. We are working to uproot a culture of isolation, individualism, and violence, and to replace it with a culture of belonging, connection, and solidarity in order to create lasting change.

Singing Resistance has its roots in the Twin Cities, but has grown rapidly to become a national movement with 300 chapters across the US. Singing Resistance Twin Cities played an integral role as part of the larger anti-ICE resistance movement during Operation Metro Surge this winter, and in the midst of the occupation, trained 6,000 people across the US to start their own Singing Resistance groups and to take action in response to front lines of authoritarianism in their own hometowns.

We are at a pivotal moment of growth and evolution, and we need your support. We are in a period of acute authoritarian consolidation, and the next six months are critical to defend our basic right to vote. In the lead up to the midterm elections, we plan to prepare our base to contribute song as a strategic tool in election defense, alongside the many other authoritarian threats we face. We have mobilized thousands already, but our leaders need support to become a sustained, power-building vehicle. This summer and fall, Singing Resistance will be providing intensive training, coaching, toolkits, digital song resources, and more. As a majority-volunteer led project, we need support to grow our capacity and continue to mobilize. With your support, we will be able to dramatically expand our majority-volunteer led movement by growing and expanding capacity at all levels.

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