Deepa Iyer

How To Build Solidarity Infrastructure for the Long Haul | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice. Many movements get stuck in episodic solidarity because they lack scaffolding and support, but solidarity infrastructure must go beyond movement moments.

New at @npquarterly.bsky.social - BMP's Adaku Utah and @deepaiyer.bsky.social write about the solidarity infrastructure that our movements need to move beyond episodic solidarity.

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Mayor Mamdani Breaks His Promise to NYC Public Libraries The Struggle Against Defunding Libraries Continues...

My thoughts on how critical fully funded public libraries are to any Left political project in the U.S. open.substack.com/pub/prisoncu...

Gratitude to Deepa who continues to offer tools for us to get organized.

[NEW) Minneapolis is showing us how it's done. Over the past few weeks, I've received questions about how to adapt the Social Change Map for emerging efforts. I put together a short planner that can support folks in:

facilitating meetings
identifying roles
evaluating growth

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Thanks for including me!

THE VISTA: December 2025 As 2025 comes to a close, many of us may still be trying to make sense of what we are living through with the second Trump administration. This article offers […]

From the emotions driving fascism to the promise of community #organizing - check out what we're reading, watching and listening to.
#Democracy #Noncooperation
https://horizonsproject.us/the-vista-december-2025/

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So does the publishing industry!

95% of authors are not making a living through book publishing. The public needs to understand this.

What My Toughest Audience Taught Me (and an Invitation for 2026) About a year ago, I nervously stood in front of an audience that I had never spoken to before...

My toughest audience taught me about what matters in the midst of harsh news headlines and hopelessness. Read my latest Substack here:

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All the Threads Between Us: The Power of Poetry Clubs, Writing Circles, Open Mics, and Other Collective Efforts (Zine) A collection of tips, tools, and resources for people looking to start poetry clubs, writing circles, or other collective efforts.

I have a few ideas! @guante.info might have more too

All the Threads Between Us: The Power of Poetry Clubs, Writing Circles, Open Mics, and Other Collective Efforts (Zine) guante.info/2024/04/18/p...

Something to Share with Friends and Neighbors Asking “What Do We DO?”
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Ecosystem of Well-Being | Tools & Resources — Solidarity Is This tool provides a starting point for networks and organizations to integrate self-care and community-care and sustainability practices with systemic changes.

From the SolidarityIs team at BMP - this Ecosystem of Well-Being tool with reflection prompts on what what drains us, what sustains us - www.solidarityis.org/ecosystem-of...

on Dec 12, @deepaiyer.bsky.social has an online workshop on mapping social change roles - especially love this resource for folks who are newer to this or need a reset because of burnout.

Thanks so much for sharing!

If you know someone who is feeling

1) unmoored because they don't know how to be most helpful to their community in this moment and/or

2) overloaded because they say yes to wayyyy too many asks

...great news, this workshop is for them!

Oooh this sounds goooood

Join me on 12/12 for a public online workshop focused on deepening our social change commitments for 2026. Register at www.socialchangemap.com.

Great work, @deepaiyer.bsky.social! Important to highlight there is active resistance to white Christian nationalism.

Voices from the Frontlines of Christian Organizing - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly Authoritarian movements seek legitimacy by invoking a “Christian America,” but a growing number of faith leaders and faith-rooted institutions are pushing back.

Authoritarian movements seek legitimacy by invoking a “Christian America,” but a growing number of faith leaders and faith-rooted institutions are pushing back. nonprofitquarterly.org/voices-from-... @deepaiyer.bsky.social @buildingmovement.bsky.social

Thanks for speaking with me for this article, Guthrie!

Voices from the Frontlines of Christian Organizing - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly Authoritarian movements seek legitimacy by invoking a “Christian America,” but a growing number of faith leaders and faith-rooted institutions are pushing back.

“As authoritarian movements seek legitimacy by invoking a ‘Christian America,’ a growing number of faith leaders and faith-rooted institutions are pushing back more loudly and visibly.”

@deepaiyer.bsky.social @npquarterly.bsky.social

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Feel free to reach out!

The Social Change Map — Social Change Now by Deepa Iyer Social Change Now: A Guide for Reflection and Connection by Deepa Iyer is a practical guide for those on their journey towards justice, equity and solidarity.

Everything can be found at www.socialchangemap.com. Thank you!

Amazing!! Thank you for sharing!

Twenty Years After Katrina: Lessons in Climate, Justice, and Solidarity - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly Two decades after Katrina, community leaders offer lessons for nonprofits on supporting local organizations navigating climate disasters.

Two decades after Katrina, community leaders offer lessons for nonprofits on how to support local organizations navigating climate disasters in an era of democratic erosion. nonprofitquarterly.org/twenty-years... @deepaiyer.bsky.social

Israel kills 106 Palestinians in a day of attacks on Gaza as people starve Israeli forces kill 12 Palestinian civilians seeking aid hours after US envoy Steve Witkoff visits Gaza.

Israeli forces kill 12 Palestinian civilians seeking aid hours after US envoy Steve Witkoff visits Gaza.

A Teen Was Detained at Alligator Alcatraz. Could They Be the First of Many? It comes after weeks of uncertainty around how minors would fit into Florida's immigration crackdown.

new @teenvogue.com: Florida officials claimed they wouldn't hold minors in mosquito- and sewage-ridden Alligator Alcatraz, but a bombshell report in July found a 15-year-old was detained there in July. young people in Florida are afraid.

said one, "If it happens once, it’s going to happen again.”

At the epicenter of collapse and community Signs of grief, belonging and care in the DC area

DC feels both like the epicenter of a democracy in collapse —and the place where community care is being reimagined.

Sharing my latest essay on finding home in the DC area during this time:

open.substack.com/pub/deepaiye...

Thanks for sharing!

An essential read by writer and advocate @deepaiyer.bsky.social, who highlights that social change requires an intersection of gifts, skills, and roles.

Read here: deepaiyer.substack.com/p/all-of-us

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