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Dr. Amber Benge

@amberbenge.bsky.social
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Community Organizer and Political Strategist 💙💙💙🌊🌊🌊 Substack: substack.com/@organizingwithamber?r…

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Jess Piper Fan Page 💙 📚 @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Harvard invited Jess to Talk & She Did @piperformissouri.bsky.social / @fpwellman.bsky.social @wellmanformo.bsky.social @ruralfreedomnet.bsky.social @mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social @unauthorizedbeast.bsky.social @jbminatra.bsky.social @bluthrunthru.bsky.social @j1j2.bsky.social @mlipsitt.bsky.social
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Dr. Amber Benge @amberbenge.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
@democrats.org @missouridemocrats.bsky.social @indivisible.org @indivisiblestl.bsky.social @maddow.bsky.social @jimmykimmel.com @morningjoe-msnow.bsky.social @msnowreports.bsky.social
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Dr. Amber Benge @amberbenge.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
FREE Festival in St. Louis, MO. We need help to make this as barrier free as possible. Link to free tickets for VoterPalooza: www.eventbrite.com/e/voterpaloo... Link to volunteer: forms.gle/dHCQb3DsapgD... Link to donate: givebutter.com/voterpalooza
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Dr. Amber Benge @amberbenge.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
It’s Substack Friday! Today’s post shares why we created VoterPalooza STL: to remove voting barriers, inspire participation, and bring our community together. Missourians have shown what is possible when we show up. Please read and share. #VoterPaloozaSTL
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VoterPalooza STL: Democracy Is Not a Spectator Sport
A Free Festival Bringing St. Louis Together to Register, Get Informed, and Turn the Power of the People Into Action
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Dr. Amber Benge @amberbenge.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I need this reposted and shared everywhere. I have 6400 followers and sharing/donating is a way to help blue people in a red state fight back.
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Dr. Amber Benge @amberbenge.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
URGENT: We've raised just $260 toward a $5000 matched donation goal, every dollar given now gets doubled. VoterPalooza is a free St. Louis voter registration festival, but we still need funds for park rangers, interpreters, and basics. Please donate today: www.eventbrite.com/e/voterpaloo...
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VoterPalooza: A No Kings Festival
Get ready to rock the vote! Join us for live bands, voter registration, info, and community groups. Let’s get informed and rock the ballot!
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Dr. Amber Benge @amberbenge.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
It's Substack Friday, and today we are talking about data centers. All my articles are free because I do not like barriers to reading. I truly appreciate all those who have chosen a paid subscription because you help me keep writing. Link: abenge.substack.com/p/what-is-th...
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What Is the Secret?
Who Profits and Who Pays When Technology Moves In
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Dr. Amber Benge @amberbenge.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
New Substack is up! I keep my Substack articles free because barrier-free reading is important to me. I never want a paid subscription to be the reason someone cannot read something I have written. To everyone who chooses to subscribe, BIG thank you. Link: abenge.substack.com/p/i-cannot-b...
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I Cannot Be the Only One Who Grew Up Like This
Somewhere along the way, we forgot who we were supposed to question.
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Dr. Amber Benge @amberbenge.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
In November besides candidates, Missourians will be voting on amendments. Amendment 3: No Protect women’s right to an abortion. Amendment 6: Yes Protect the Citizens Initiative petition results. Amendment 7: No Eliminate state income tax. Lost Tuesday by 83%. Round 2. Also, f**k Denny Hoskins.
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Dr. Amber Benge @amberbenge.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
New Substack up. No subscription required (but always welcomed and appreciated) because I like barrier free reading. Please read, like, and share. Link: open.substack.com/pub/abenge/p...
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What We Have Learned to Accept
Every system tells a story about what we believe people deserve.
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Dr. Amber Benge @amberbenge.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
@jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social @indivisiblestl.bsky.social @missouridemocrats.bsky.social @thedailyshow.com @democrats.org My new article. No subscription is required to read because I like barrier-free reading, but subscriptions are always appreciated. open.substack.com/pub/abenge/p...
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Where Is the Line?
How many times can a society move on before the unthinkable becomes ordinary?
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Dr. Amber Benge @amberbenge.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
New Substack open.substack.com/pub/abenge/p...
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The People I Almost Missed
What a trip to southern Indiana taught me about history, citizenship, and the beauty of us as America turns 250
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Dr. Amber Benge @amberbenge.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
@jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social @indivisiblestl.bsky.social @missouridemocrats.bsky.social @sfcdemocrats.bsky.social New Substack. Please read and share.
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What a Drag Show in Farmington, Missouri Taught Me About Community
A packed coliseum, an unexpected welcome, and a reminder that election maps rarely tell the whole story.
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Dr. Amber Benge @amberbenge.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
New Substack posted: open.substack.com/pub/abenge/p...
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We Are Not Good Bosses
The Voters Are the Employers. It's Time We Started Acting Like It.
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Dr. Amber Benge @amberbenge.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
New Substack posted. Link: open.substack.com/pub/abenge/p...
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How Do You Mend a Broken Heart
When accountability fades, trust breaks, and hope becomes a choice
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Dr. Amber Benge @amberbenge.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
This week’s Substack article is dedicated to my friend and St. Louis legend, Ray Hartmann.
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The Man, The Myth, The Legend That I Got to Know
A personal reflection on Ray Hartmann, the public voice St. Louis knew and the friend I was lucky enough to call mine
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Jess Piper Fan Page 💙 📚 @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
I do too @bireeves95.bsky.social
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Dr. Amber Benge @amberbenge.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
New Substack posted.
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The Last Shared Childhood
What growing up between worlds taught me about organizing, community, and what we need now.
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Dr. Amber Benge @amberbenge.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Okay yall (I say yall I’m from MS originally) there is a May Day National Strike on May 1st. No Work. No School. No Shopping. There will also be rallies. How are you planning to participate? @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social @stldems.bsky.social @missouridemocrats.bsky.social maydaystrong.org
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MAY DAY STRONG
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Dr. Amber Benge @amberbenge.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
@missouridemocrats.bsky.social @indivisiblestl.bsky.social @moworkers.org @stldems.bsky.social If you have the ability, please join us tonight for an important meeting to discuss the May Day strike. Please register so we can put a seat out for ya. Register: mobilize.us/s/LqOAAv
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Fight Back with Jeremy Al-Haj · Indivisible St Louis
We're teaming up with 50501-St. Louis to host a special training in preparation for May Day. We'll be joined by Jeremy Al-Haj from Missouri Workers Center for his presentation, FIGHT BACK: Organizing ...
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Dr. Amber Benge @amberbenge.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
This week’s Substack open.substack.com/pub/abenge/p...
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Wolves and Snakes
How “reasonable” politics quietly decides who gets protected and who gets left out
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Dr. Amber Benge @amberbenge.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
New Substack posted and this week it’s about No Kings 3. open.substack.com/pub/abenge/p...
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We Brought the Fight to Their Backyard
How local organizing is building power in communities
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Dr. Amber Benge @amberbenge.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
New Substack posted open.substack.com/pub/abenge/p...
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This Is Why We Keep Losing
A call for honesty, accountability, and a higher standard of leadership
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Dr. Amber Benge @amberbenge.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
New Substack posted open.substack.com/pub/abenge/p...
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11:11, the Balloon of Democracy, and the 8-Second Glitch
The signs we see when trying to make sense of chaos
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Dr. Amber Benge @amberbenge.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
First post after a needed break. open.substack.com/pub/abenge/p...
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The New Holy War: Why The Words Of Jesus Demand Resistance, Not Silence
If Jesus Flipped Tables Today, You’d Call the Police.
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Dr. Amber Benge @amberbenge.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
I just published a new piece on Substack. Writing is how I make sense of the moment we’re in. Your support means more than you know.
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Shock, Awe, and the Lessons We are Teaching
Cruelty does not arrive suddenly. It is rehearsed.
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Dr. Amber Benge @amberbenge.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
New Substack posted substack.com/@organizingw...
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The Road to 2026: Securing Our Base and Defending Our Communities
A strategic call to mobilize voters, protect democratic values, and turn awareness into action before November.
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Dr. Amber Benge @amberbenge.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
This week's Substack is about communications, and I laid out a short, simple plan that anyone can use. @missouridemocrats.bsky.social @indivisiblestl.bsky.social @democrats.org
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Words that Build
How We Communicate Determines What We Build
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Dr. Amber Benge @amberbenge.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
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Organizing Is Love Work
Why listening, collective care, and everyday courage still shape the future of our communities
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Dr. Amber Benge @amberbenge.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Dr. Amber Benge will begin the meeting with an updated presentation of the "5 Things You Can Do Now," which reflects the changing political world we live in. Laura Gordon will close the meeting with a discussion of Indivisible's goals for the year ahead. Register: www.mobilize.us/dashboard/in...
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Dr. Amber Benge @amberbenge.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
New Substack posted.
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Starve the Attention Seeker
Why it's time to turn off the circus, refocus on our states, and feed the work that actually matters.
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Dr. Amber Benge @amberbenge.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Here’s the new Substack article.
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The Next Move: Turning Protest Momentum Into Action
We have twelve months to organize, rebuild, and create the kind of change our communities deserve. It starts now.
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Dr. Amber Benge @amberbenge.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
No Kings, St. Louis County, MO. Torrential rain and thunderstorms didn’t stop us. People standing up for one another is how we defeat this regime. #nokings @indivisiblestl.bsky.social @stldems.bsky.social
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Dr. Amber Benge @amberbenge.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
My new Substack post. This one means the most to me. This one is for my friend Christy.
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Another Wednesday in America
⚠️ Content Warning: This essay contains descriptions of gun violence, trauma, and grief. It is long and deeply personal. Please read with care.
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Dr. Amber Benge @amberbenge.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
New Substack posted.
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Martyrdom for Sale: When Faith Becomes Theater
How empty rituals, false heroes, and political betrayal blind us to who the real enemies are.
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Laura Burkhardt @lauraannstl.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
After a filibuster by Missouri Senate Democrats, Republicans shut down debate and forced a vote passing #HB1 (gerrymandering) using the PQ motion. Immediately after, before debate even began for #HJR3 (IP process) they did the same and passed it. Not allowing any debate. #MoLeg
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Dr. Amber Benge @amberbenge.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
I wrote this 3 months ago. There’s a pattern. open.substack.com/pub/abenge/p...
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Bruh, You OK? White Men, Extremism, and the Slow Creep of American Fascism
A brief look at how white men are radicalized, and how we can bring them back from the algorithm’s edge; with care, with community, with fire.
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Laura Burkhardt @lauraannstl.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
🧵Tomorrow (9/4) the Missouri GOP will hold public hearings as part of their attempt at illegally gerrymandering our congressional districts & gutting our citizen-led initiative petition process. Follow & share this thread for steps YOU can take to fight back. Because… fuck those fascists. #MoLeg 1/
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Dr. Amber Benge @amberbenge.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
New Substack
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Stick Bugs and Rabbits
Every leap and every wave matters in the journey forward
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Dr. Amber Benge @amberbenge.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Got a fresh Substack for you today. I’ll keep being me. If that makes you uncomfortable, that’s on you. open.substack.com/pub/abenge/p...
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The Problem Isn’t What We Say, It’s What We Ignore
Facing the truth is uncomfortable, but necessary for real change.
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Dr. Amber Benge @amberbenge.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Today we talk about the myth of the moderate. open.substack.com/pub/abenge/p...
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The Myth of the Moderate
How the Middle Paves the Road to Extremism
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Dr. Amber Benge @amberbenge.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Today I discuss civility.
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Casseroles Won’t Save Democracy: Why Civility Won’t Save Us
Why Democracy Needs Courage, Not Courtesy
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Dr. Amber Benge @amberbenge.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
New Substack up.
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Joy Is a Team Sport: What the Savannah Bananas Taught Me About Unity and Organizing
In a world built to divide us, sometimes all it takes is a little joy, a bigger table, and a game everyone wants to play.
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Dr. Amber Benge @amberbenge.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
REMINDER THIS IS TODAY! PLEASE SHARE DIGITAL PROTEST FOR THE PEOPLE | July 19 Whether you're keeping yourself safe, working long hours, caregiving, or facing mobility or access challenges, we see you. And we built this for you. We’ve got a full toolkit to make participating easy and impactful.
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Resources
Resource site for the Good Trouble Digital Protest
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Dr. Amber Benge @amberbenge.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Today we discuss the lie of powerlessness. @sfcdemocrats.bsky.social @missouridemocrats.bsky.social @indivisiblestl.bsky.social
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The Lie of Powerlessness
The Quiet Revolution Waiting Inside Us All
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Dr. Amber Benge @amberbenge.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
PLEASE SHARE EVERYWHERE DIGITAL PROTEST FOR THE PEOPLE July 19 Join the Digital Protest from anywhere in the U.S. (or beyond!): www.digitalgoodtrouble.com We’ve got a full toolkit to make participating easy and impactful.
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Resources
Resource site for the Good Trouble Digital Protest
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Dr. Amber Benge @amberbenge.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
This is my letter to all of us…including myself. It’s about ego and organizing.
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Carrying Chairs, Not Spotlights
How I Learned to Follow Before I Led
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Dr. Amber Benge @amberbenge.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
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This Was Never About Immigration
They Are Practicing on Immigrants. We Are the Next Test.
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Dr. Amber Benge @amberbenge.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
New Substack Post Is Live: Today, I’m diving into something hard, honest, and necessary, with the driving question being: Why do so many people so easily accept authoritarianism?
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The Comfort of Control: Understanding the Grip of Authoritarianism
Understanding the Mindset That Keeps Us Loyal to Authoritarianism
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Dr. Amber Benge @amberbenge.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
“Just like the love and unity that saved that old building and loan, it’s the same love and community that can save America. And it’s worth every fight, every struggle, and every ounce of organizing we have to give.”
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The George Bailey Way: Living with Heart in a Potter-Run World
How Love and Community Build America
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