¶ Indivisible
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Indivisible is an American political organization based in Washington, D.C. It is primarly made up of three distinct organizations: Indivisible Action, Indivisible Civics and the Indivisible Project.[1]
¶ History
On December 11, 2016, a document titled "Indivisible: A Practical Guide to Resisting the Trump Agenda" was published and distributed on Google Docs.[2] The authors included Angel Padilla, Billy Fleming, Caroline Kavit, Ezra Levin, Indivar Dutta-Gupta, Jennay Ghowrwal, Jeremy Haile, Leah Greenberg, Matt Traldi, Sara Clough and Sarah Dohl.[3]
In June 2021, Indivisible launched a "fact-checking" project called the "Truth Brigade."[4]
On September 5, 2023, Indivisible Action endorsed Joe Biden in his 2024 presidential re-election bid.[5]
¶ Organization
| Name | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Leah Greenberg | Co-Executive Director;[5:1] Original author[3:1] | Tom Perriello, Humanity United, Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR)[6] |
| Ezra Levin | Co-Executive Director;[7] Original author | Prosperity Now, Lloyd Doggett, AmeriCorps VISTA, San Jose Housing Department[8] |
| Matt Traldi | Chief Operating Officer; Original author | Service Employees International Union (SEIU) |
| Mari Urbina | National Political Director and Chief of Staff | Voto Latino, Harry Reid, Barack Obama |
| Angelica Morales Amuzie | Data and Technology Director | Analyst Institute, The Movement Cooperative |
| Liz Ramey | Director of Operations & Governance | Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Vital Voices, Civil Service Agency, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) |
| Tonia Moultry | Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Director | - |
| Mary Small | National Advocacy Director | Detention Watch Network, Defund Hate |
| Tony Nam | Finance Director | Community Change, Community Change Action |
| Liz Towne | General Counsel | Working America, Alliance for Justice (AFJ), United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, March Fund for Cancer Education |
| Tracye Beaman | National Human Resources Director | Revolution Messaging |
| Casey Hogle | National Development Director | - |
| Susannah Hook-Rodgers | National Organizing Director | Courage Campaign, Citizen Engagement Lab, MoveOn |
| Sarah Dohl | Chief Communications Officer; Original author | JA Worldwide, Lloyd Doggett, Maria Cantwell |
| Angel Padilla | National Policy Director; Original author | National Immigration Law Center, Luis Gutiérrez, UnidosUS[9] |
| Adnan Bokhari | Board member | National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC), National Immigration Law Center, Prosperity Now, Golden Key International Honour Society, Virginia Community College System, National Housing Trust |
| Bill Dempsey | Board member | Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Nathan Cummings Foundation, Milwaukee LGBT Community Center, Cesar Chavez Community Center, Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW), New World Foundation, Christensen Fund, Community Change Action, National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, Americans for Financial Reform, Workers Lab |
| Christie George | Board member | New Media Ventures, Blavity, Swing Left, Women Make Movies, Louder, Roosevelt Institute, Media Impact Funders, Skoll Scholarship |
| Fatima Goss Graves | Board member | National Women’s Law Center, TIME’S UP Legal Defense Fund, Mayer Brown, American Law Institute, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Ford Foundation |
| Mike Yang | Board member | United States Congress, California State Legislature, Pinterest, Google |
| Caroline Kavit | Associate Creative Director[10]; Original author | - |
| Billy Fleming | Original author | Ian L. McHarg Center for Urbanism and Ecology, Domestic Policy Council, Data for Progress, Climate and Community Project, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Pew Center for Arts and Heritage, William Penn Foundation, Summit Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation[11][12] |
| Indivar Dutta-Gupta | Original author | Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP), Indivisible Civics, National Academy of Social Insurance, Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality (GCPI), Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP), Advisory Committee on Poverty, Freedman Consulting, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Subcomittee on Income Security and Family Support, Amnesty International, Center for American Progress (CAP), Congressional Hunger Center, D.C. Hunger Solutions, University of Chicago, Dick Durbin, Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE), Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities, ACLU of Georgia[13] |
| Jennay Ghowrwal | Original author | US-UK Fulbright Commission, Women Thrive Worldwide, Population Reference Bureau (PRB), Volunteers for Economic Growth Alliance (VEGA), Treatment Advocacy Center, Africare, Hanover Research, Open Society Institute-Baltimore, Maryland Board of Nursing[14] |
¶ Affiliations
Indivisible is allied with:[14]
- American Association of University Professors
- American Federation of Teachers
- Bend the Arc: Jewish Action
- Center for American Progress Action Fund
- Color of Change
- Corporate Accountability International
- CPD Action
- CREDO Donations
- Daily Kos
- Democracy for America
- Democratic Socialists of America
- Friends of the Earth
- Greenpeace
- Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights (IREHR)
- Japanese American Citizens League
- Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
- League of Conservation Voters
- MoveOn
- NARAL Pro-Choice America
- National Domestic Workers Alliance
- National Education Association
- National Immigration Law Center
- Natural Resources Defense Council
- New Leaders Council
- NextGen America
- People for Bernie
- Peoples Climate Movement
- Planned Parenthood Federation of America
- Progressive Democrats of America
- Public Citizen
- Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
- Sierra Club
- Truman National Security Project
- Voto Latino
¶ Funding
Donors to the Indivisible Project PAC include:[15]
- Patricia Bauman[16]
- Kristopher Giesing (Google)
- Reid Hoffman[16:1]
- Leah Hunt-Hendrix[16:2]
- Investing in US[17]
- Anna McLung (United States Department of Agriculture)
- Pat Meeks (Thomson Reuters)
- Open Society Policy Center[18]
- Jane Rohlf (Premier Research)
- Sandler Foundation, via the Tides Foundation[19]
¶ External links
¶ Further reading
- September 13, 2023: "Who’s Behind “Indivisible”?" by Liam Sturgess, published by The Kennedy Beacon
About. Indivisible. Retrieved September 6, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230906001636/https://indivisible.org/about ↩︎
Local Advocacy Tactics that Work. Indivisible. Retrieved February 26, 2021, from https://web.archive.org/web/20210226024617/https://indivisible.org/resource/local-advocacy-tactics-work ↩︎
Indivisible: A Practical Guide for Resisting the Trump Agenda (web version). (2016, December 20). Indivisible Guide. https://web.archive.org/web/20170101190828/https://www.indivisibleguide.com/web ↩︎ ↩︎
Reimann, N. (2021, June 1). Progressive Group Indivisible Launching Grassroots Disinformation-Fighting Campaign. Forbes. http://archive.today/2023.09.06-221813/https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2021/06/01/progressive-group-indivisible-launching-grassroots-disinformation-fighting-campaign/?sh=5935bf75c6c5 ↩︎
Oshin, O. (2023, September 5). Progressive advocacy group Indivisible endorsing Biden reelection bid. The Hill. https://web.archive.org/web/20230906001035/https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4187592-progressive-advocacy-group-indivisible-endorsing-biden-reelection-bid/ ↩︎ ↩︎
Leah Greenberg. Indivisible. Retrieved August 28, 2020, from http://archive.today/2020.08.28-015513/https://indivisible.org/staff/leah-greenberg ↩︎
Staff. Indivisible. Retrieved August 27, 2020, from https://web.archive.org/web/20200827233452/https://indivisible.org/staff ↩︎
Ezra Levin. Indivisible. Retrieved August 28, 2020, from https://web.archive.org/web/20200828015621/https://indivisible.org/staff/ezra-levin ↩︎
Middleton, M. (2018, January 12). “Indivisibly” Divided: Faux-Insurgents for the Professional Left. Capital Research Center. https://web.archive.org/web/20230906224403/https://capitalresearch.org/article/indivisibly-divided-faux-insurgents-for-the-professional-left/ ↩︎
Indivisible site build. Aten Design Group. Retrieved September 8, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230908221832/https://atendesigngroup.com/work/indivisible ↩︎
Staff. Climate and Community Project. Retrieved September 8, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230908221503/https://www.climateandcommunity.org/staff ↩︎
Billy Fleming. The McHarg Center. Retrieved September 8, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230908221609/https://mcharg.upenn.edu/people/billy-fleming ↩︎
Experience | Indivar (Indi) Dutta-Gupta. LinkedIn. Retrieved September 8, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.09.08-222752/https://www.linkedin.com/in/indivar/details/experience/ ↩︎
Stand in Solidarity with Charlottesville. Indivisible Guide. Retrieved January 10, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220110175630/https://act.indivisibleguide.com/event/stand-in-solidarity-with-charlottesville/search/ ↩︎
Indivisible Project PAC Donors - 2022. OpenSecrets. Retrieved September 6, 2023, from https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs/indivisible-project/C90017492/donors/2022?start=150&page_length=25 ↩︎
Vogel, K. P. (2017, October 7). The “Resistance,” Raising Big Money, Upends Liberal Politics. The New York Times. http://archive.today/2020.02.20-013457/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/07/us/politics/democrats-resistance-fundraising.html ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
Mehlhorn, D. (2018, December 21). Investing in US. Medium. http://archive.today/2020.02.07-011124/https://medium.com/@DmitriMehlhorn/investing-in-us-64afe222face ↩︎
Awarded Grants, Scholarships, and Fellowships - “Indivisible.” Open Society Foundations. Retrieved September 6, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230906222030/https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/grants/past?filter_keyword=indivisible ↩︎
Sandler Foundation, Form 990, Schedule I - Nonprofit Explorer. (2019, May 13). ProPublica. https://web.archive.org/web/20230131151957/https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/943147856/201901339349302285/IRS990ScheduleI/ ↩︎