Welcome! Register for The Citizen Ninja Way using the sign-up form below.

Citizens for Free Speech is home of The Citizen Ninja Way™, a method of activism that uses effective strategies, tactics, and tools resulting in positive change at the local level. 

CFFS National Training Director Mary Baker is the creator and facilitator of the training program based on her book, Citizen Ninja: Stand up to Power.

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Why does involvement in local government matter?

At CFFS we believe that exercising free speech is most effective when we're taking a seat on our local city councils, school boards, and homeowners associations. Read this important article to learn more.

Ready to take action in your community?

Get the grassroots leadership training you need to engage with others civilly and confidently. Our FREE Citizen Ninja training will give you an empowered mindset and practical tips for collaborating with other grassroots activists.

PART 1 -- Citizen Ninja: The Basics is designed for conservative Americans who recognize they have a duty to engage in the civic process but are unsure how to go about it or are fearful of bully tactics being used against them.

What you'll learn:

• The Four Citizen Ninja Powers
• How to Stage Your Discourse
• Bully Tactics and Counter-Measures
• How to Take Action

PART 2 -- Citizen Ninas in Action: Team-Building Essentials builds upon the foundational concepts presented in Citizen Ninja Basics, and will teach local activists how to successfully develop, grow, and activate a team.

Learn how to:

• Build & Align Your Team
• Evaluate and Assign Team Functions & Roles
• Deploy Your Team

Meet Mary Baker!

Watch this video to learn about Citizen Ninja author and training creator Mary Baker and what inspired her to get involved in local activism. 

Wondering what your current activism skill level is? Use this personal assessment to find out.

Get Started Today!

Join other grassroots leaders from across the country in this interactive and foundational leadership training. 

Complete the registration form below to be added to the spring 2023 cohort and receive links to the video recordings of the trainings. 

Citizen Ninja FAQs

Are materials needed for this training? We recommend the book Citizen Ninja: Stand Up to Power by Mary Baker and the accompanying Citizen Ninja Training Manual for taking notes during each session. Details about ordering the materials will be provided upon registration for the course. 

I am part of a group, how can we train together? Training your entire team is a great idea! Consider meeting together to either watch the training live or the recorded version, then talk about how you can begin applying the concepts to your group's mission! 

Is there a test and will I receive a certificate of completion? Yes and yes! At the end of the training, you'll be invited to complete a short quiz designed to reenforce what you learned. Upon successful completion, you will be awarded a certificate of completion that will be sent to you by email. In addition, you'll be part of a larger group of activists trained The Citizen Ninja Way™ and eligible to participate in more advanced training and programs. 

Tell us how you'd like to be involved with CFFS:

Thank you for your participation in the Citizen Ninja Summer Series. We've enjoyed spending the past 8 weeks with you and hope the program increased your skills and confidence in community activism.

In order to receive your Certificate of Completion, please complete the following quiz and survey. The quiz is open-book/notes and is intended to help reinforce the information shared throughout the program.

Following the quiz is a set of survey questions to help us improve and promote future trainings. We value your honest and constructive feedback.  

Upon completion of the quiz/survey, we will send you a PDF of your certificate by email.

Questions? Please contacting Kimberly Miller, CFFS Deputy Director, at [email protected]. 

Thank you!

Thank you for your participation in The Citizen Ninja Way training series. We hope you have gained new knowledge and help insights that will empower your effectiveness as a grassroots leader in your community. 

To receive The Citizen Ninja Way Certificate of Completion, you will need to complete this simple quiz based on the training you just received. Don't worry, it's a straightforward assessment and you are welcome to use your course materials to locate answers, if needed. 

Following the quiz is a series of questions asking you to share feedback about your experience in the training. We value your input and invite you to be honest and constructive when sharing your feedback. 

Why get a certificate of completion? Glad you asked!

First, of course, we want to train as many Citizen Ninjas as possible and this will help us measure our effectiveness.

Second, if you are growing your activist resume, you can add the training to your education credentials.

Third, those who have received certificates will be invited to continue their Citizen Ninja journey as we develop additional programs and trainings. 

Begin the Citizen Ninja Quiz/Survey

The Citizen Ninja Way quiz has 25 questions designed to help reenforce what you learned during the training. 

The survey portion contains 8 questions to help us evaluate the effectiveness of the material and how you enjoyed the learning experience. 

If you value Free Speech and the First Amendment as the main deterrent against outright tyranny and totalitarianism, then we ask that you stand with us financially to support our work. Generous donations from our members make it possible to launch and sustain these important initiatives. 

How can I be a CFFS donor?

Upon completing The Citizen Ninja Way training, CFFS members are eligible to join our CFFS Ambassador program where you can be a free speech leader and activist in your community and state.  You will receive leadership training and coaching and work with talented free-speech activists from all areas of the country. 

I'm interested in becoming a CFFS Ambassador. How do I begin?

We follow legislation impacting all facets of the First Amendment on the national, state, and local levels and alert our activists when it's time to take action. 

How do I find out more? 

Local Activists advocate for and protect constitutionally sound policies in their neighborhoods, townships, municipalities, counties, and states. Local Activist (www.LocalActivist.org) is a private and secure communication platform designed to support your activism efforts through networking, training, and team collaboration.

How do I learn more?

At CFFS we believe that exercising free speech is most effective when we're taking a seat on our local city councils, school boards, and homeowners associations. Get the leadership training you need to engage with others civilly and confidently. You will come away with an empowered mindset and practical tips for building collaborative teams. 

How do I learn more about Citizen Ninja training?

The Stand & Deliver podcast helps free speech defenders understand the many ways our First Amendment rights are threatened and how you can fight back. Share the podcast with your network to help us reach more people. 

How do I listen to Stand & Deliver?

One of the primary roles of a CFFS member is to be an evangelist for free speech. CFFS seeks to engage individuals and groups to help them recognize threats to free speech and, by extension, their ideas and causes. We provide tools, training, and support that enables them to be civil and effective activists in their local communities. You can be part of this critical mission by getting the Free Speech Statesman into the hands of others in your community. 

How do I become a Free Speech Statesman distributor? 

Welcome to CFFS! We're so glad you have joined our mission to protect our First Amendment rights. Here is how you can be a free speech defender in your community.

We look forward to sharing the thoughts and perspective of our members in the inaugural issue of the CFFS newspaper.

Please write 3-4 sentences on ONE of the following topics:

• Why is free speech an important issue to you?
• What has been the most impactful benefit of being a member of CFFS?
• What are you personally doing to protect free speech/First Amendment in America?

Please note, that we will edit for clarity and grammar/punctuation/spelling. Due to space constraints, we may not be able to print every response we receive in the publication. But we will look for opportunities to share as many as we can on other platforms such as our website and social media. 

Thank you for your support of this project and CFFS! 

Thank you for your participation in the online Citizen Ninja Study Group sessions. We value your feedback and ask that you share your responses to the following questions. If you would like to provide input on anything we did not ask here, please do so. Provide your responses to these questions in the blank field below. 

1. Did you attend the Tuesday evening sessions or Wednesday mid-day sessions?

2. How many sessions (approximately) did you attend?
A. Less than 4 sessions
B. 5-8 sessions
C. 9-12 sessions
D. 13-16 sessions
E. more than 17 sessions

3. Please provide feedback on the facilitation of the sessions:
A. Good
B. Average
C. Poor

4. How would you rate the study group content, materials/videos, and format?
A. Good
B. Average
C. Poor

5. How would you rate communication of study group sessions and related follow-up?
A. Good
B. Average
C. Poor

6. What are three things you liked best about the study group sessions?

7. What are three things we could do to improve future study group sessions:

8. Which Citizen Ninja concept/principle was most impactful to you and why?

9. Anything else you'd like to share?

To receive full recognition as a trained Citizen Ninja, please log in to Local Activist and complete the Citizen Ninja quiz at the end of the Citizen Ninja Basics section. This will help reinforce the concepts you learned in the study groups and will provide us an official record of who has completed the training so that we can include you in future programs and initiatives we are developing for Citizen Ninjas. 

If you have questions, or need assistance, please contact Kimberly Miller at [email protected] 

Thank you!

On Episode #9 of Stand and Deliver, Pat gets a personal challenge to stand and deliver after being presented with information that attempted to link him and his late colleague, Professor Antony Sutton, with anti-Semitism. Nothing could have been further from the truth. The incident was resolved by the publication allowing Pat to write a rebuttal giving the facts and demonstrating the error.

Parents designated as domestic terrorists for arguing with school boards may soon be codified in American law. The designation came after the US Department of Justice prompted and received a letter from the National School Boards Association complaining of parents’ behavior at board meetings. Now, a bill in the Judiciary Committee would cement the language as law.

In this week's Stand and Deliver podcast, Patrick and Bob discuss the new “Pronoun Passports” being adopted in schools around the country, forcing and compelling students and teachers to use the “pronouns of choice” for people who have alternate identities.

On episode 4 of Stand and Deliver, Patrick and Bob analyze the lessons learned from the Canadian Freedom Convoy and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s heavy-handed stifling of their protest. Trudeau imposed Canadian Martial Law in crushing the truckers’ revolt against vaccine mandates and other pandemic-related restrictions, before eventually ending his use of the “Emergencies Act” under threat of legal action.

Oh Canada. Tyranny has entered your house!

The biggest story on the north American continent is taking place in Canada and yet it is censured to death in the U.S. Prime Minister Trudeau has enacted sweeping martial law policies to crush the protest and the protestors, effectively declaring himself dictator. Thus, the largest battle over Free Speech (the right to peaceably protest) is taking place right before our eyes.