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What formal partnerships or coalitions does Indivisible maintain with major social justice organizations?
Executive summary
Indivisible presents itself as a national movement of thousands of local groups and a coordinating national team that builds partnerships and coalitions, but the organization’s public pages emphasize guidance for coalition‑building rather than listing formal, long‑term institutional partnerships with major social‑justice organizations [1] [2]. Available reporting and Indivisible materials in the current search results show events and resources about coalition strategy and local partnerships, guest speakers from prominent movement figures, and local chapter collaborations — not a clear roster of standing formal coalitions with major national groups [3] [4] [2] [5].
1. Indivisible’s stated approach: partnerships as strategy and support, not a fixed partner list
Indivisible’s “About” language describes the movement as “fueled by a partnership between thousands of autonomous local Indivisible groups and a national staff,” and says the national team “builds partnerships, runs media campaigns, and develops advocacy strategies” [1]. That phrasing frames partnerships as ongoing tactical relationships and movement support rather than a catalog of formal, institutional alliances [1].
2. Resources emphasize how to build inclusive partnerships — guidance, not partner roll call
The organization maintains a resource, “How To Build Inclusive Partnerships,” that instructs chapters to reach out to groups working on racial justice, immigrant rights, poverty, women’s rights, environmental justice, disability rights, and LGBTQIA+ rights — and to approach partnership-building as relational work [2]. This resource demonstrates an orientation toward local coalition‑building and cross‑movement solidarity, but it does not name national organizations with which Indivisible has standing formal agreements [2].
3. Programming and events: collaboration with movement leaders and local organizations
Indivisible’s event listings and trainings show it invites prominent movement figures (for example Leah Greenberg hosted conversations with author Heather McGhee) and offers trainings on coalition management and resilience [3] [6]. Archive material also highlights a session titled “Building Partnerships and Coalitions featuring Cristina Jimenez,” indicating collaboration with well‑known movement leaders, yet these examples are event‑based collaborations rather than documentation of formal multi‑year coalitions [3] [4].
4. Local chapters actively partner with community groups — evidence at the grassroots level
Multiple local Indivisible chapters publicly engage existing local social‑justice networks; for instance, Indivisible Alabama’s event convened a dozen local social‑justice groups, and Indivisible Santa Barbara lists local partner organizations it engages with [5] [7]. These examples show decentralized, chapter‑level partnerships and mutual support, supporting Indivisible’s model of local coalition work rather than centralized formal alliances [5] [7].
5. What the available sources do not show: named, formal national coalitions
Search results do not list any formal, standing coalitions or memoranda of understanding between Indivisible and major national social‑justice organizations (for example, United We Dream, ACLU, NAACP, or Sierra Club) as institutional partners. Available sources do not mention a public roster of formal partner organizations or long‑term coalition membership at the national organizational level [2] [1].
6. Two plausible interpretations and their implications
One reading of the materials is that Indivisible deliberately operates as a movement infrastructure that facilitates many ad hoc and local partnerships rather than entering into formal national coalitions; the site’s how‑to resources and training calendar support that decentralized model [2] [6]. An alternative is that Indivisible does have formal partnerships that simply aren’t captured in the scraped pages and local reports in the current results; if so, those relationships aren’t publicly documented in the provided sources [1] [4].
7. How to confirm formal partnerships (next reporting steps)
To establish whether Indivisible maintains formal, institutional partnerships with major national social‑justice organizations, consult: (a) an official “partners” or “coalitions” page on Indivisible.org beyond the pages searched here; (b) press releases or annual reports that name coalition memberships; and (c) public statements from candidate partner organizations confirming joint coalitions. Those documents are not found in the current set of sources [1] [2].
Limitations: This analysis is restricted to the provided search results; it cites Indivisible’s public framing of partnership work, event collaborations, training resources, and local chapter reports, and notes where the present reporting is silent about a formal national partner roster [1] [2] [3] [5].