ARISE!

Join us for a global participatory event as we revive and remix the Wide Awakes Grand Procession. There will be activations both online and across the globe where we will gather in joyful collaboration to pursue liberation of mind, body, and spirit.

Please use any and all of the open-source tools and programming suggestions below to activate your community in collective joy on Wide Awakes Day, October 3, 2025.

 

Together, we will:

Create a joyful, mindful, aesthetically vibrant and music-filled atmosphere

Facilitate safe, respectful, social-distanced demonstration

Encourage the exercise of one’s civic duties & participation through voter registration and mobilization

HOW TO GET INVOLVED

1. Show Up & Activate
 

Zoom in and out to see prior activations

The Wide Awakes are everywhere. See how the network is activating.

Initiate one with any of the tools or programs found within this Toolkit!

Submit your activations to be added to the map here

Create a Processional Route to Circle Specific Locations for Big Moments.

On October 3 of 1860 the Wide Awakes marched in the name of emancipation. They held torchlight parades around the country; in Chicago, Boston, Cleveland, and through lower Manhattan, all carrying lanterns and clad in oilcloth cloaks. Revive and remix this tradition with a Grand Procession of your own.

 

Tune In 

@wideawakes on Instagram

2. Reach hearts & minds

Lead in meditation or prayer


Use this act of collective mindfulness to anchor your community  firmly in the work and the interdependence of our world. It is alongside one another that we can bring about true justice and liberation.

Some inspiration from our network:

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Open-source branding


The Wide Awakes branding is available to everyone. We invite you to iterate upon and reinvent the assets provided by our collaborators at Otherward. Make art using eyes with teardrop irises! Amplify events in your community by posting on social!

Tag us @wideawakes & hashtag #wideawakesday #wideawakes

©1860—∞

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