Something to keep in mind when figuring out organizing.
The people in the Civil Rights era didn't make gains because they held marches and sit-ins.
They made gains because they very publicly put economic strain on the Powers That Be in a way that those powers didn't have the infrastructure for absorbing the hit, while simultaneously caring for their own most vulnerable so that they would have the political willpower to hold the line until the powers were forced to concede.
I see a lot of people get angry that a march didn't work, because "we did the thing, why won't they back down now, they're supposed to back down!" And that's not how change actually happens. It's how it's taught, because if people believe that's how it happens, they won't cause problems to the status quo. But historical actions that worked, worked because they were multi-pronged, and hit key figures in the pocketbooks. If there is not economic pressure, those key figures will just sigh and wait it out, and let resistors burn themselves out. If oppression played fairly, there wouldn't be oppression. Not to mention that the infrastructure of power has changed in the last sixty years. Easy road is always mined, and all that.
if you want to emulate that history, look at the level of planning that went on behind those big movements and the weeks or months of prep-work, and emulate the style of the plan as adapted to your region rather than focusing on the flashy outcome.
It's about holding the line and choosing goals and methods based on strategy, not just because they look cool.
