Faith communities hold something authoritarian power cannot manufacture: moral authority. The legitimacy to say, this is wrong — and have people believe it.

That authority has always been hard-won. Faith communities marched in Birmingham and stood at Selma. They harbored refugees and refused unjust laws. And right now, faith communities are rising up to defend their neighbors and communities: declaring sanctuary, showing up at detention centers, putting their bodies on the line protesting cuts to Medicaid and food stamps. 

Across the country, authoritarian power is consolidating, dismantling democratic institutions, targeting vulnerable communities, and working to make dissent costly. That’s why we need people of all faiths bringing their networks, their moral authority, and their collective voice to this moment. Join us June 27 to learn how together.

• What: Collective Courage: A Free Community Training in Faith-Based Resistance

• Date: Saturday, June 27

• Time: 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm 

• Where: Hosted by Nefesh LA, Echo Park (RSVP for address)

• Who: Free and open to all: clergy, organizers, congregation members, and anyone drawn to faith-rooted approaches to social change.

Co-hosted by Nefesh LA, LA Voice, CLUE, Jewish Partnership for Los Angeles, and Sacred Resistance, this training is led by two of the country's leading anti-authoritarian thinkers and practitioners: Nadine Bloch (training director at Beautiful Trouble) and Scot Nakagawa (co-founder of 22nd Century Institute and author of the Anti-Authoritarian Playbook). It draws on the strategic logic that movements have used to bring down authoritarian regimes, adapted for this political moment and grounded in the specific power of faith-based organizing.