Introduction to Digital Organizing

Introduction

A primer from re:power to help you understand how to best use digital organizing strategies and tactics to strengthen your electoral and advocacy organizing work. In this resource you will:

• Understand what digital organizing is and why it’s important
• Understand the tools available for digital organizing
• Understand the basics of a digital organizing plan

Digital Organizing is the practice of building a digital presence and community, rooted in trust, in order to move people to action online to confront the state and build power. – pg. 6

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About the Author

re:power is based in the United States and are a team of organizers, strategists, and technologists dedicated to building a liberated multi-racial democracy. re:power exists to build a critical mass of social justice movements and their leaders who embody the ideology and practice of liberatory organizing, an organizing practice that is pro-Black and grounded in community, collective action, and abundance. They have existed since 2003 and used to be called Wellstone Action.

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