Reworking A How-To Guide
Shape A New Action Guide For Promoting & Doing Civic Engagement By Joining Brainstorming Zooms
Quick take. If you’d like to be involved in updating the Fierce Community approach to get more Americans more engaged in community, check out the documents on this page to see older ideas from The Before 2025 Times & join in on the fall zoom series.
We’re exploring changes on the fall zooms. We’ll be looking at this existing stuff in the brainstorming zooms in the fall zoom series. Join in on those — they’re free & informal.
This is teamwork! Please don’t revise documents on your own without coordinating with the team here so we make sure we’re coordinating, that we can use the material, & that we’re working well with all our volunteers.
Revision notes: This page is under active construction by staff & volunteers. The guide & idea lists posted here are from 2024, prior to the current new administration. This info is usable but doesn’t address the new fast-changing US risk landscape in terms of security, immigration, data, etc. Some linked content is out of date & was removed. Documents below also have not yet been updated to the new “Fierce Community” initiative name from “Shift the Country”
*** Key document: (2024) THE BIG SHIFT GUIDE. ←This is the core action guide but it’s outdated. If you’re looking to join a brainstorming zoom to help update the Fierce Community civic engagement approach… this is the core document.
Contact us with questions on all this, ideas, time you have to volunteer, invitations to speak, etc. Email people@fiercecommunity.com to set up a conversation.
Donations help! This work is made possible by volunteers who help, and by people who donate to these efforts through ActBlue, through Patreon, and through paid Substack subscriptions. Fierce Community is a Shift the Country initiative.
The Socials: Any shares, reactions, restacks, & comments totally help grow the work here. Here’s this Fierce Community Substack — free or paid! Here’s the Substack “Notes” for the founder here (Notes is a social media platform). We’re working on Bluesky & LinkedIn, with Discord on the radar if we have volunteers who can help. No plans for Facebook or Twitter/X right now.
OTHER TOOLS & IDEA LISTS (OUTDATED)
2025 — This post on Deportations & Disappearances is a 2025 community engagement tool may be helpful but local/state groups with expertise on laws & rights related to activism & immigration are recommended for specifics.
(2024) Idea List #1 — Activity Types. A core starter list of 39 event & activity types.
(2024) Idea List #2 — Variety Mix. 25 ideas for activities, events, engagement, & pressure.
(2024) Idea List #3 — Variety Mix. 25 ideas for activities, events, engagement, & pressure.
The archived “How To Guide” page is here.