Resisting Authoritarianism: A Workshop About PROJECT ESTHER

What is Project Esther? Project Esther is the plan the Trump administration uses to attack immigrant rights, free speech, and climate justice. And they say the plan protects Jews. Overview: At this workshop, you will get information that you won’t see in the mainstream media. Find out how the Trump administration is using Jews as an excuse to violate constitutional rights and push deeper into an authoritarian regime. The Project Esther playbook is being rolled out against all kinds of groups the white Christian nationalists brand as ideological enemies. In September 2025, the White House issued a policy statement that outlines its intention to target any group it deems anti-American, anti-capitalist, anti-Christian, and hostile to traditional American views on family. This workshop will help you and your community understand – and fight! – the many injustices that are taking over this country. What is covered in the presentation? Defining authoritarianism and democratic backsliding Unpacking the dangerous rhetoric of the Project Esther plan How Project Esther tactics are used to attack immigration, climate, voting rights, and other progressive initiatives Defining Christian Nationalism How to resist the slide into authoritarianism that is intensifying every day in the U.S. This workshop is production of IF NOT NOW, Bay Area. https://www.ifnotnowmovement.org Co-Sponsored by UUSF Human Rights Working Group uusf.org/hrwg