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Organize in Your City

Ida B. Wells organized city by city, church by church, block by block. So do we. Bring Rise With Wells to your community and help carry her fight forward where you live.

Start Organizing
Chapter & Community Network

Bring the movement to your city.

Tell us where you are. A coordinator will follow up personally.

  • Host screenings, town halls, and Red Record drives
  • Get a ready-to-use organizer toolkit
  • Organize in coalition with the NAACP

Thank you.

Your request is in. A coordinator will reach out soon to help you get started in your city.

The Coalition

A movement built where people already are.

Rise With Wells is not run from one office. It is carried by a coalition of local chapters, congregations, campuses, and neighbors, working together in partnership with the NAACP and community organizations across the country. Wherever people gather to tell the truth and build power, there is a place for this work.

You do not need a title or a budget to start. You need a room, a few neighbors, and a willingness to do what Ida did: document, organize, and refuse to be moved.

Ways to Organize

Four ways to bring the movement home.

01

Host a Screening

Gather your community for a screening and a guided conversation about Ida's legacy and the fight it demands today.

02

Run a Town Hall

Convene a "Boycott to Build" town hall, framing the film as a community-funded institution and pooling collective power.

03

Start a Red Record Drive

Help neighbors record their family stories and local histories, adding them to a living archive of truth.

04

Launch a Chapter

Form a standing local chapter that connects with the NAACP, churches, and organizers to carry the campaign forward.

The Toolkit

You bring the people. We bring the rest.

  1. Tell us where you areSend the form up top and we'll connect you with a coordinator and any chapters near you.
  2. Get your organizer kitScreening and discussion guides, printable flyers, a social toolkit, and campaign materials, ready to use.
  3. Host your first eventA screening, town hall, or Red Record drive, with support from our team every step of the way.
  4. Join the networkYour city becomes part of a growing coalition carrying Ida's truth forward, block by block.

In coalition with the NAACP

Rise With Wells organizes alongside NAACP chapters and local partners so that this work is rooted in trusted institutions already doing it, not layered on top of them.