22nd Century Initiative

The 22nd Century Initiative facilitates widespread opposition to authoritarian movements to build a people-powered democracy.

[22nd Century Initiative @22ndCI]

🌟 A Special Message from Maya Wiley 🌟

This inspiring clip from our last conference features Maya Wiley sharing powerful insights on building a people-powered democracy. Join movement leaders, organizers, and change-makers at the #22ndCenturyConference this June 19-22 in Atlanta, GA!

Together, we’ll strategize, learn, and build the tools we need to stand strong against authoritarianism.

🎉 Early bird registration ends March 31—don’t wait! Secure your spot today: https://t.co/JkD3N9GTJH

✨ Let’s shape the future, together. #ProDemocracyMovement

[22nd Century Initiative @22ndCI]

We’re looking for inspiring session proposals for the 22nd Century Conference, June 19-22 in Atlanta, Georgia!

🎤 Showcase your skills in building and strengthening the pro-democracy movement.

Deadline: March 21.
Submit at: https://t.co/OhQBIj887s

[22nd Century Initiative @22ndCI]

Registration is OPEN! 🎉 Join us at the 22nd Century Conference, June 19-22, 2025, in Atlanta, GA.

Let’s build a resilient pro-democracy movement together. Early bird rates end March 31—secure your spot now: https://t.co/OhQBIj887s #22ndCenturyConference #ProDemocracyMovement"

[22nd Century Initiative @22ndCI]

🎙️ New episode: Ejeris Dixon (@ejeris) joins The Anti-Authoritarian Podcast to discuss justice beyond punitive systems and strategies to resist authoritarianism.

🎧 Listen now: https://t.co/7je6EdRYlU

#TransformativeJustice #Podcast

[22nd Century Initiative @22ndCI]

In our latest episode of The Anti-Authoritarian Podcast, we speak with Kunthida Rungruengkiat, a Thai academic & pro-democracy leader, about resisting authoritarianism, building grassroots movements, & turning possibilities into action.
🎙️ Listen now! https://t.co/z5DjSOJNMD

[One Six Comics @onesixcomics]

We joined the @22ndCI’s Anti-Authoritarian Podcast to talk about our graphic novel, 1/6 and how we repair and protect our democracy from future threats. Give it a listen! https://t.co/CoZtMCOmBC via @_convergencemag

[22nd Century Initiative @22ndCI]

Serena Sebring of Blueprint NC joined our Anti-Authoritarian Podcast to talk about the fight to defend Democracy in North Carolina and lessons the rest of the country can learn. Give it a listen! https://t.co/nBCNogGVnn

[Hahrie Han 한 하 리 @hahriehan]

Thanks to @22ndCI for inviting me to the podcast to talk about #Undivided and what it tells us about race, faith, authoritarianism, and American democracy!

https://t.co/yGVJzh6tR0
@AAKnopf

[22nd Century Initiative @22ndCI]

Scot and Sue are joined by @hahriehan, author and director of @SNFAgoraJHU, to discuss her new book Undivided. Listening to reflections from the congregation, Hahrie shares a powerful story about politics in the US and what we can do to protect democracy. https://t.co/esYz7gzGVk

[22nd Century Initiative @22ndCI]

Recently @GRITlaura of the @LFAndFriends show joined our podcast to discuss the history of political media in the US, and share a vision for how the pro-democracy movement ecosystem can grow. Listen to this insightful conversation here! https://t.co/zkUwvY297c

[22nd Century Initiative @22ndCI]

Lindsay Schubiner of @WStatesCenter joined our Anti-Authoritarian Podcast to talk about the new threat of white nationalist active clubs and how the pro-democracy movement in the Northwest is working to make them fail. Listen to the full conversation here: https://t.co/CqcmvbC8lH

[Showing Up for Racial Justice @ShowUp4RJ]

Our Executive Director Erin Heaney talked to the folks on Anti-Authoritarian Podcast about how we do what we do. Great listen for folks who want to learn more about why we are specifically organizing white folks into movements.

[22nd Century Initiative @22ndCI]

Recently @heaney_erin of @ShowUp4RJ was a guest on our Anti-Authoritarian Podcast to share how we compete for the hearts and minds of white workers and bring them into the movement for a multi-racial democracy. Listen to the full conversation here! https://t.co/jyyD02jVze

[22nd Century Initiative @22ndCI]

“Narrative strategy is really about a long term process to achieve fairly significant ends. Shifts in values, shifts in social relations, shifts in relations of power.” 🔥

Listen to @culturejedi of @mediajustice on our Anti-Authoritarian Podcast here! https://t.co/cPckvhJlhO

[People's Action @PplsAction]

Recently @AriasSulma of @PplsAction joined @22ndCI’s Anti-Authoritarian Podcast to expose authoritarian scapegoat tactics and explain how a revival of community and worker organizing is key to stopping their takeover. Listen to the full conversation here: https://t.co/nqgAZLInOA

[Carnegie Democracy @CarnegieDCG]

"We have, right now, the largest majority of Americans we've ever had who want a multiracial, inclusive America."

🎙️@RachelKleinfeld discusses ways to overcome polarization and build a stronger democracy on @22ndCI's Anti-Authoritarian Podcast:
https://t.co/PslCG8XE7q

[22nd Century Initiative @22ndCI]

"Yes, a corporately captured government will be used against you. But what would it look like if we came together to reclaim the government and put it to work for us?”

Listen to @MauriceWFP full conversation on the Anti-Authoritarian Podcast here: https://t.co/vHnLwobz5V

[22nd Century Initiative @22ndCI]

On the latest episode of 22CI's Anti-Authoritarian Podcast, @MauriceWFP explains why working class families feel ignored by politicians on both sides of the aisle, and how working class organizing and solidarity is the path to win democracy. Listen here: https://t.co/vHnLwob1gn

[Carnegie Democracy @CarnegieDCG]

As political polarization worsened in the United States, so has the nation's state of democracy. Is there a way to overcome this extreme polarization and strengthen U.S. democracy?

🎙️@RachelKleinfeld speaks on @22ndCI's Anti-Authoritarian Podcast:
https://t.co/PslCG8XE7q

[WORLD @worldchannel]

How do we stomp out political violence & keep communities safe? Guests from @visionchangewin, @22ndCI & @horizonsprjt share their strategies on @LFAndFriends today @ 11:30a ET. Check local listings: https://t.co/uHt65yz3bR @mxgmnational @cyrilteacher @hardymerriman @MariaJStephan