Inflatables, rainbow crosswalks, flooding snitch lines — creative action was off the charts in 2025 In the face of rising authoritarianism, creativity is an enduring movement superpower that helped us break through the stranglehold of fear this year.

“If signs and symbols didn’t matter, authoritarians wouldn’t strive so desperately to erase history, ban books, remove flags, paint over crosswalks, and suppress any visible sign of diversity.”

@riverasun.bsky.social @wagingnonviolence.org‬
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We need to keep talking about climate. People are increasingly understanding.

People power matters.

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I’m honored to be speaking at “Faith-Based Organizing in the Age of Authoritarianism” on Nov. 23 in NYC — a free interfaith event bringing together activists, clergy, and organizers to unite faith and justice.

🕐 1–4 PM | 📍15 Rutherford Place | 🥗 Free Lunch Included tinyurl.com/faithbasedor...

Great to speak at @pendlehillusa.bsky.social where folks sang together and asked deep questions. Video link below.

If you haven't ordered the book CommonGround yet, the Pendle Hill bookstore still has copies: pendlehill.org/product/comm...

Quaker author and activist Eileen Flanagan talks about activism and how Quaker Meetings help us in overcoming fear.
Hear or watch Quakers Today podcast: www.friendsjournal.org/podcast/quak...
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@pendlehillusa.bsky.social is where I went to figure out if I was a writer and/or a Quaker. (It's also where I met my husband.) Looking forward to giving the Monday night lecture on November 3.

REVIEWED: Common Ground: How the Crisis of the Earth Is Saving Us from Our Illusion of Separation "Lessons in resistance and solidarity” learned over the course of Eileen Flanagan's life-changing journey to protect the earth.

Common Ground is Quaker activist Eileen Flanagan's account of her experience in the climate justice movement, a collection of “lessons in resistance and solidarity” that Flanagan has picked up along the way in her life-changing journey to protect the earth.

Was great to see @thirdactwisconsin.bsky.social folks in Madison and Milwaukee readings of Common Ground!

Celebrated with a good event at Elliott Bay Book co in Seattle.

"This is the right book for a moment when our government is trying to divide us, and when we must respond with real and meaningful unity." —Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature

Happy pub day to COMMON GROUND by @eileenflanagan.bsky.social! Flanagan weaves together stories of hard won successes in the climate change movement, including against a multinational bank in one case, and a heavily polluting fossil fuel company in another, based on grassroots organizing.

A veteran climate organizer's new book shares lessons from the frontlines In “Common Ground,” author Eileen Flanagan takes readers inside hard-fought climate victories, exploring the importance of acting in solidarity.

As pub date approaches, I'm grateful for this review from #Quaker activist and mentor George Lakey: wagingnonviolence.org/2025/08/a-ve...

Shout out to @anatosaurus.bsky.social whose work I cite. I discovered her after doing much of my research, and her framing helped to explain some of what I was seeing in climate campaigns.

Good news in hard times - Eileen Flanagan It’s hard to believe, but my launch party for Common Ground will happen two weeks from today! It’s been a long road, but the timing is perfect in a way I

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author holding a copy of the book Common Ground

It's been a long road, but I feel like I'm where I'm meant to be--sharing lessons from the #climate movement that are relevant to the struggle against #authoritarianism.

Please see the comments for my blog post on my new book! #commonground

Research from the Yale Program on Climate Communication shows:

Timely lessons for keeping people safe in the streets As Trump looks to increase repression, a new training guide explains how peacekeepers reduce fear and build solidarity.

It's been such a busy week preparing for 6/14 I forgot to post this piece I wrote on peacekeeping in the streets: wagingnonviolence.org/2025/06/time...

"Well researched and impassioned, this successfully mixes big ideas with frank advice." -- Publishers Weekly

Common Ground: How the Crisis of the Earth Is Saving Us from Our Illusion of Separation by Eileen Flanagan Flanagan, a Quaker and environmental activist, weighs in on the underlying causes of the climate crisis and offers nonviolent st...

Excited for this review of Common Ground! www.publishersweekly.com/9781644214787

Thanks for sharing! Here's to a great day of action tomorrow.

What ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ teaches about resisting authoritarianism With ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ coming to an end, here are seven timely lessons from the TV series for resistance movements today.

@bradleywhitford.bsky.social These lessons from resistance in The Handmaid's Tale are especially relevant at this moment: wagingnonviolence.org/2025/05/the-...

Also @margaretatwood.bsky.social! The lessons are there in your writing.

What ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ teaches about resisting authoritarianism With ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ coming to an end, here are seven timely lessons from the TV series for resistance movements today.

Please check out this article from an activist trainer on what we can all learn about resistance from The Handmaid's Tale. wagingnonviolence.org/2025/05/the-...

What ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ teaches about resisting authoritarianism With ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ coming to an end, here are seven timely lessons from the TV series for resistance movements today.

Please consider sharing this article from an activist trainer on what we can all learn about resistance from The Handmaid's Tale. wagingnonviolence.org/2025/05/the-...

@bradleywhitford.bsky.social please share!

What ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ teaches about resisting authoritarianism With ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ coming to an end, here are seven timely lessons from the TV series for resistance movements today.

What ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ teaches about resisting authoritarianism wagingnonviolence.org/2025/05/the-...

Loving spring! Have to celebrate lilacs, which will last longer than our current administration.

Repeating "deport" in understandable exhortations "do not deport X" "stop deportations" "end mass deportations" traps us in the opposition's frame and actually reinforces the logic of...deportations. We must say what we're for: "here to stay" "[PLACE] is our home" etc presuppose immigrants belong.

I was just saying this today. Part of Dr King's legacy is that he taught people that they could do more than they thought they could. #MLKDay