Learn About Fan Activism
Level Up
A 101-style introductory digital series featuring bite-sized infographics on key topics related to fan activism, civic engagement, and how to prepare for the 2024 election. Learn about how to transition from a casual fan, to member of a fandom, to fan activist.
Level Up: Reloaded
A 102-style digital series that further explores the concepts mentioned in the original Level Up series. Using framework from the 7 Main Organizing Strategies in Minieri & Getsos' Tools for Radical Democracy: How to Organize for Power in Your Community (2007) and Fandom Forward’s 5 Pillars of Fan Activism, see how successful fan-based actions made decisions in their organizing processes to achieve their goals. Learn how to apply these strategies to your own actions in preparation for the Save Our Progress: Civic Imagination Challenge.
Level Up: Final Boss
A brief digital series to provide ideas and inspiration for brainstorming and organizing your own fan-inspired actions!
Apply the strategies learned from the Level Up series and submit an idea for our Save Our Progress: Civic Imagination Challenge to win funding to bring your idea to life!
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