Organize Against Autocracy: From Fear to Action with Vanessa Priya Daniel | What Women of Color Teach Us About Power

Unrig the Game: How to Organize Through Autocratic Fear with Vanessa Priya DanielWhat's your part to contribute when autocracy tightens its grip and fear becomes a daily ration? For Vanessa Priya Daniel, the answer has always been: organize. But not the performative kind—the kind that might get you attacks...from your own team. The kind that moves $100 million from donor control to community power. The kind that may costs you everything and also, actually work.In her book, Unrig The Game, Vanessa breaks down what organizing actually looks like when Black and brown women social justice leaders come under attack—not from the right, but from our supposed own side. She reveals how to survive when your own team comes for your throat, how to build a thought leadership platform that fortifies resistance (not just your book sales), and why the tools women of color have used since Day 1 are exactly what we need now.But here, Vanessa goes beyond the book to give you the toolkit you need to actually speak the difficult truth that needs to be spoken and take your idea from the pit of your stomach to published and disruptive AF thought leadership, to a book tour that fortifies community power in a time of raids and authoritarian fear. IN THIS EPISODE:The real-time playbook for when you speak truth and folks on "your side" come for your throat—because if you're doing this work right, they willHow Vanessa found an agent and publisher who align with her values, then built a book tour that fortified community and resistance (real numbers, real strategy, real receipts)Toolkit: How to channel your gifts to stand up to authoritarianism instead of metabolizing fear your body can't process🔗 CONNECT with Vanessa: 📚 Book: Unrig the Game: https://www.vanessapriyadaniel.com/books📲IG: https://www.instagram.com/vanessapriyadaniel 👩🏽‍💻Website: https://www.vanessapriyadaniel.com/ CHAPTERS:00:02 What's Your Part to Contribute?[Time] From Farm Laborers to Wealthy Philanthropists: What Organizing Actually Looks Like[Time] The Oligarchy Playbook: How American Philanthropy Still Runs on Donor Control[Time] Telling the Bare-Ass Truth: From Childhood Sexual Violence to Calling Out the Left[Time] When Your Own Team Attacks: The Real-Time Playbook for Survival[Time] How to Build a Book Tour That Fortifies Resistance (Not Just Sales)[Time] Your Antidote to Fear: Channeling Your Gifts Against Authoritarianism📧 JOIN -  Expect fresh newsletters every week or so, where I share bare truths, storytelling tips and plenty of F-bombs.Ready to turn your ideas into influence? APPLY for 1:1 coaching to transform your voice into your greatest asset.