While Lenawee Indivisible members were learning about voting rights from the League of Women Voters and gathering supplies for migrant workers, the people who helped inspire that work were being honored on one of the most sacred stages in American democracy.
Ezra Levin and Leah Greenberg, co-founders of Indivisible National, were named honorees at the Freedom Flame Awards Gala during the 2026 Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee—held March 7 in Selma, Ala.
The honor goes to leaders, advocates and changemakers who continue to advance civil rights, voting rights, freedom and equality.
What Is the Freedom Flame Award?
The Freedom Flame Awards Gala is the Bridge Crossing Jubilee’s highest honor, given to men and women who have worked to ensure social and economic justice and add to the legacy of the civil rights movement.
Past honorees include Harry Belafonte, Dick Gregory and Coretta Scott King.
What Is the Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee?
The annual Jubilee commemorates “Bloody Sunday”—March 7, 1965—when roughly 525 Black demonstrators marched to the Edmund Pettus Bridge demanding the right to vote and were beaten by state troopers. The attack aired on national television and became a defining image of Southern racism.
Two weeks later, the marchers returned, and the momentum they built pushed Congress to pass the Voting Rights Act.
Every year, tens of thousands of people make the trip to Selma the first weekend of March to hear from surviving freedom fighters and march alongside people who risked their lives for the right to vote.
This year’s theme was “All Boots on the Bridge.” Speakers included Martin Luther King III, National Urban League President Marc Morial, Black Voters Matter co-founder LaTosha Brown, former Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Kristen Clarke and farmworker movement icon Dolores Huerta.
Why Leah and Ezra?
In late 2016, Greenberg, Levin, and other fellow former congressional staffers wrote Indivisible: A Practical Guide for Resisting the Trump Agenda. It went viral.
What started as a Google Doc became one of the largest grassroots civic organizations in the country—and eventually gave rise to local chapters like ours in Lenawee County.
Greenberg and Levin have been named one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People, appeared on GQ’s 50 Most Powerful People in Washington and ranked No. 2 on the Politico 50.
What It Means for Us
When Ezra and Leah accepted that honor in Selma, they were accepting it on behalf of every local Indivisible group in the country—including ours.
The Voting Rights Act won on that bridge is the same framework Lenawee Indivisible is fighting to protect right now. The movement that marched in Selma is the same one we carry forward in Adrian, Tecumseh, and every corner of this county when we show up, speak out and refuse to back down.
Get Involved
Join us at our next event:
No Kings 3—Saturday, March 28, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Comstock Park in Adrian, MI.
The flame isn’t just in Selma—it’s burning right here in Lenawee County on March 28.
About Lenawee Indivisible:
Lenawee Indivisible is a grassroots organization dedicated to defending democracy, protecting voting rights, and holding elected officials accountable—here in Lenawee County and beyond. We believe in informed civic engagement, inclusive communities, and building power through people. Learn how you can get involved.