Link: https://discord.com/invite/50501

Upvote this post before you read this, because this needs to go to the front page! For those who like to go beyond having discussions and attending protests, for those who want to make deeper contributions to shape the core of our movement, and for those who seek guidance but can’t find enough here in this subreddit, we invite you to join our official Discord server.

Link: https://discord.com/invite/50501

Our movement has made great impacts, but it must continue to scale rapidly to make real changes. The threats to democracy won’t wait for us, so we must act quickly.

We are not merely a protesting movement. Our spirit is to try every possible way to defend our democracy, and make the best use of our passion and talent. You don’t have to be an expert, but you will become experts and contribute more if you are passionate enough.

To use our valuable time and resources efficiently, we should go beyond discussions. we must get more organized, work in teams, and take on specialized roles. Collaboration is what made human achievements possible. Structured work is the path to success. However, we are a decentralized movement. We cannot always wait for a leader to tell us what to do. We must self-organize.

For the national volunteer hub, hundreds of volunteers work there, and so far, there have been 11 “volunteer guilds” that you are free to join: Social Media Guild, Video / Animation, Graphics / Design, Writing, DevOps / WebDev, InfoSec / CyberSec, Legal / PoliSci, Teachers / Speakers, Research / Data, Translation, Outreach / Mediation. Once we form clear clear, actionable ideas, we create projects and work on them. There are more than 50 projects available now. For general discussions, there are more than 50 channels and several hundreds of threads covering almost everything you can imagine. And people are really active there. But we need much more than that.

Volunteers at state and local levels are even more needed, and we also have state and local channels on the Discord server, but they really should be expanded much more, and that really needs all your help. Please keep in mind, for most people, the most effective way to help 50501 grow is to take the core strategy and guidance we created on the national level, combine them with your local strategy, help your local protest organizing, either in your respective State’s discord channels, Signal, on the neighborhood corner, or elsewhere.

We need a lot more people on the Discord server. We usually have 1500-2000 people online at any time. Considering r/50501 having more than 200,000 members, our Discord population is still quite small. We have many unfilled roles and unfinished projects, and we can make ourselves so much more organized and productive, if you decide to join us.

By joining our Discord, you can contribute to our structured discussion, build on a project, or start a new project, and help with state and local organizations. If you are not ready for a volunteer role now, you still get a wide range of discussions here, and you get our ever-growing resource library, which will help you attend or organize a protest, or engage in other resistance methods. There are many more things you may be interested in, beyond what is available in this subreddit.

Please remember Discord is not a secure platform. Because of this, Discord cannot become the “brain” of our movement. Think of it more like the heart instead! Discord is how we build our energy and momentum. All serious planning is done via Signal, though it varies from state to state. But we strongly advise against putting links to Signal channels on public platforms. Once you are able to find your state on the Discord, your state liaisons will help you from there. You can also find your state via Reddit!

Also, if you know there are other 50501 platforms where highly organized work happens, please share below this post. Thanks!