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| Formation | 2016; 9 years ago (2016) |
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| Type | 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization |
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Executive Directors | Leah Greenberg, Ezra Levin |
| Affiliations | Indivisible Action (PAC) |
| Website | indivisible |
Indivisible is aprogressive movement and organization in the United States initiated in 2016 as areaction to the election ofDonald Trump aspresident of the United States. The movement's organizational components include theIndivisible Project,Indivisible Civics, andIndivisible Action.[1] The movement began with the online publication of a handbook written bycongressional staffers with suggestions for peacefully but effectively resisting the move to the right in theexecutive branch of the United States government under the Trump administration that was widely anticipated and feared by progressives.[2] According to Americanurban policy analystPeter Dreier, the goal of Indivisible is to "save American democracy" and "resume the project of creating a humane America that is more likesocial democracy thancorporate plutocracy."[3]
Indivisible's founders,Leah Greenberg andEzra Levin, were included inTime Magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2019.[4]
The movement started with the online publication of a 23-page handbook,Indivisible: A Practical Guide for Resisting the Trump Agenda.[5] The authors of the document, most notablyEzra Levin, Jeremy Haile,Leah Greenberg, and Angel Padilla,[5][6] were formerCongressional staffers. Greenberg worked as an aide to Democratic RepresentativeTom Perriello ofVirginia,[7] while Levin, Greenberg's husband, worked as an aide toLloyd Doggett, aDemocratic Party member of theUnited States House of Representatives fromTexas. After the 2016 presidential election, in mid-December 2016, Levin and Greenberg began working on an online guide in the form of aGoogle Document on how to make contact with congressional aides as a way of grieving over Trump's victory. Angel Padilla, Jeremy Haile, and dozens of other staffers for Democratic members of theUnited States Congress joined in the creation of the online publication.[7][8]
The authors modeled their document after theTea Party movement, which focused on local activism and obstructing theDemocratic Party's agenda following the election of PresidentBarack Obama in 2008.[9] They thought that similar action taken by the left could be effective against what they perceived as Trump's "bigoted and anti-democratic agenda".[10] The purpose of the guide was to encourage resistance toTrump's presidency, most notably by targeting Republican elected members ofCongress by attending town halls, calling congressional officials, visiting their offices, and showing up at public events.[11]
The guide was first published online on Google Docs on December 14, 2016, with Levin posting a link to it on his personalTwitter account. It soon wentviral,[9] with, among others,Robert Reich,Jonathan Chait,George Takei, andMiranda July circulating it online.[12]
Since the guide's publication, its authors have created a website with further resources on using the guide and organizing local movements. The guide is continuously updated and is available in English and Spanish.[5] By February 4, 2017, less than two months from the publication of the Indivisible Guide, and about two weeks after Trump'sfirst inauguration, more than 3,800 local groups identifying as "Indivisibles" had formed and declared their support for the movement.[13] In February, they organized as a501(c) organization.[7]
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Many groups attendedtown halls,[14] demonstrated against nominees forTrump's Cabinet, and worked with organizers of theWomen's March.John Kasich andMo Brooks acknowledged that the protests would affectefforts to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.[15][16]David Weigel said the movement was a possible reason for the initial failure of Republicans to pass theAmerican Health Care Act of 2017.[17]
In 2018, the group and its volunteers contributed money, endorsements, and volunteer time to many House races, which was followed by Democrats winning back control of the chamber.[18] In 2019, the group endorsed a series of events aimed at supporting theimpeachment of Donald Trump.[19]
The group continued its advocacy activities into the post-Trump era following his loss of the 2020 election. In 2021, Indivisible advocated in favor of Democrats' $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill.[20] In October 2021, Indivisible planned to spend $1 million to protect eight Democratic incumbents in Congress, an effort that overlapped partly with that of theDemocratic Congressional Campaign Committee.[21] In May 2022, a board member of Indivisible Houston directly confronted SenatorTed Cruz about gun reform in the wake of theUvalde shooting and theNRA convention.[22] In June 2022, Indivisible planned to spend $7 million in the2022 United States elections to highlight "MAGA extremism" to aid in the election of Democrats.[23] On September 5, 2023, Indivisible Action endorsed PresidentJoe Biden's 2024 re-election bid.[24]
Since the inauguration of the second Trump administration in January 2025, the Indivisible organization has continued its activities and declared that the democracy of the republic is under threat and that the organization will not yield to fascism, pledging to stand together to fight in defense of rights, communities, and values. They post the organized efforts to protest and the Indivisible co-founders Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin hold a weekly conversation regarding the news of the week, to answer questions, and to inform about calls to action.[citation needed]
On March 1, 2025, the Mad River Valley chapter of Indivisible protestedJD Vance's ski trip visit in Vermont and held up signs calling him a "traitor," a day after the2025 Trump–Zelenskyy Oval Office meeting.[25] Later that month, a chapter of Indivisible organized a protest outside a Tesla store in Milford, Connecticut; around 300 people were seen at it.[26] Ann Arbor Indivisible planned to picket outside a Tesla dealership in May.[27] In theWabush Valley, a local news outlet published that the organization’s goal was to "remake the democracy", with one Indivisible member saying, "We just want the government to stop being a thing that is by the billionaires and for the billionaires."[28] In June, Indivisible and other organizations coordinatedNo Kings protests in over 2,000 communities in the United States as a countermove to Trump’sU.S. Army 250th Anniversary Parade and to protest his administration.[29]
In March 2017, Levin said that Indivisible had received over 10,000 donations that totaled over $500,000 since January throughActBlue.[30] In October 2017, theNew York Times reported that Indivisible had received almost $6 million since its inception, mostly through small donations via its website as well as fromReid Hoffman and organizations linked toDemocracy Alliance donors.[31] In April 2025,The Hill reported that since 2017, Indivisible Project, which is the group’s 501(c) body, had received over $7.6 million fromOpen Society Foundations.[32]
