You and a Few
Movement Toolkit for Defending Democracy
Everything you need to organize, grow, and sustain a nonviolent movement to protect democratic institutions and human dignity. Guides, templates, print materials, and strategy — all free, all open, all yours.
The Website
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youandafew.org — The Landing Page

The main site. The research, the calculator, the psychology, the seven-step playbook. This is what you share. This is what starts conversations. This is what converts bystanders into participants.

Landing Page → Share this link
Brand & Identity
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Brand & Media Kit

Complete brand guide: logo, colors, typography, voice & tone, messaging hierarchy, hashtags, social copy templates, and usage permissions. Everything to keep the movement looking and sounding consistent.

Brand Guide → Colors, fonts, voice
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Web Banners

Classic internet ad formats — 728×90 leaderboard, 468×60 full banner, 300×250 medium rectangle, 160×600 skyscraper, and the legendary 88×31 micro button. Dark and amber variants.

Web Assets → All standard sizes
How-To Guides

The Coffee Conversation

Step-by-step guide for talking to coworkers, friends, or neighbors about becoming active. Exact scripts for opening lines, handling pushback, and setting up your first group meeting. For people who've never had this kind of conversation before.

How-To → Your first conversation
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Ignore the Leader. Target the Pillars.

Why focusing on the person at the top is exactly what the authoritarian playbook is designed to make you do. How to redirect your energy to the seven pillars of support where the actual leverage is.

Strategy → Where the real power is

What Is Nonviolence?

Not passivity. Not weakness. The most effective strategy for social change ever documented. Myths debunked, mechanisms explained, 198 methods cataloged, and discipline protocols for when things get hard.

Essential → The core discipline
Print & Distribute
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DIY Print Kit

Pin buttons (8 designs for 1.5" button makers), letter-size flyers (dark and amber), 18×24 poster, and a tri-fold brochure. All designed to print at home on a standard printer. Instructions included.

Print Materials → Buttons, flyers, posters, brochures
Email & Outreach
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Email Templates

Four ready-to-send templates: welcome email for new signups, personal share-with-a-friend email, local group kickoff invitation, and a recurring newsletter format with pillar reports and action items.

Templates → Welcome, share, invite, newsletter
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Mailing List Signup Page

A standalone signup page for collecting email addresses. Clean design, clear value proposition, success confirmation. Ready to connect to Mailchimp, Buttondown, ConvertKit, or any email service.

Signup → youandafew.org/join