WHAT IS ONE MILLION RISING?
From the No Kings national mobilization to local organizing, millions have already taken defiant action and joined the movement against authoritarianism. Our next step is to direct that momentum into mass, decentralized pressure that compels key institutions to defect from Trumpism. We have to strike while the iron is hot—before the regime locks in even more power.
Fortunately, based on the academic research and analysis of experts of pro-democracy movements, we know the playbook that works. We have examples of powerful, successful campaigns–both in the US historically, and internationally–to bring societies back from dangerous spirals of democratic backsliding. But it’s going to take large numbers of us all taking action, pressuring the key institutions and sources of power that enable an authoritarian to cement their power.
Our goal: reach one million people by asking everyday people to host in-person community gatherings with their friends and family to continue to bring people into the movement, to step into our power together, and build impactful campaigns to stop this descent into authoritarianism.