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Organizing Strategy

Block and Build

What Does It Look Like When We Build Our Power and Fight the Right?

by: Sandra Hinson
Article published:: September 6, 2017

Four organizing leaders talk about unity and struggle with centrist allies, building our progressive and left alignment, and what can stand in the way.

Budget Politics

How to De-Mystify the Debt Ceiling and De-Code the Budget Drama

ReFrame 2023 Narrative Predictions

Narrative Strategy

ReFrame Names the Narratives Shaping Our Organizing Terrain

By: Liz Hynes; and Shaira Chaer

Electoral Strategy

Bernie and Brandon Endorse Biden: What’s the Takeaway?

By: Max Elbaum

Participatory process - some people sitting in a circle, leaning in, one person writes on a long sheet of paper.

Labor Organizing

Democracy defense

To Deepen Democracy, Give Workers More Say

By: Desmond Serrette

Group shot of a convening by Funders Collaborative on Youth Organizing

Organizing Practice

Youth Organizing

Youth Organizers Build Alliances to Win the World We Need

By: Christopher June Zizzamia ,; Jonathan Bix ,; Lukas Brekke-Miesner ,; and Viridiana Hernandez

Posed shot of members of Sunrise El Paso celebrating after they turned in more than 40,000 signatures to qualify the Climate Charter for the May 2023 ballot.

Climate Justice

Climate Justice on the Ballot in El Paso: Crystal Moran & Mike Siegel

By: Crystal Moran ,; Eddie Wong ,; and Mike Siegel

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Movement Voices

Shaira Chaer

Shaira Chaer

Liz Hynes

Liz Hynes

Desmond Serrette

Desmond Serrette

Eric Braxton

Eric Braxton

Podcasts

Black Work Talk by Convergence

Bill Fletcher: Keep Fighting Till the Lights Go Out

Black Work Talk comes full circle: This is the last episode of this iteration of Black Work Talk, and host Steven Pitts talks with Bill Fletcher Jr, who was the show’s first guest in November 2020.

Hosted by: Steven Pitts

Local Power Building

Leadership and Accountability

Organizing Strategy

New Lynn Coalition’s Road to Local Power – Part 1

By: Jeff Crosby

Emma Tai and Jackson Potter: It’s Movements vs. MAGA in Chicago

By: Emma Tai; and Jackson Potter

Can Oakland’s New Leaders Save Its Schools and Port?

By: Ken Epstein; and Kitty Kelly Epstein

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Understanding Sunrise, Part 3: Structure and Governance

By: Dyanna Jaye; and William Lawrence

OBS On Conflict: Know Your Friends From Your Enemies

By: Jamala Rogers ,; Jennifer Disla ,; Kalimu Endesha ,; and Velta Smith

Balancing Accountability and Grace: Introduction

By: Jennifer Disla

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The Case for Expanding the Landscape of Democracy Work

By: Aditi Juneja

State Sen. Nikil Saval: We Can Collaborate to Meet Deep Needs

By: Jacob Swenson-Leygel; and Nikil Saval

Interview with Bishop William J. Barber II: Learning from Reconstruction

By: Ezra Kaprov

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Videos

Watch Maurice Mitchell

Building Resilient Organizations

Organizing Practice

Maurice Mitchell talks with Cyndi Suarez about the inspiration and consultations behind “Building Resilient Organizations: Toward Joy and Durable Power in a Time of Crisis.”

Hosted by: Cyndi Suarez

Philadelphia mayoral candidate Helen Gym speaking at a lectern

Philadelphia Election Tests the Left’s Electoral Muscle

By: Eric Braxton

Immigration policy

‘Humanitarian Parole’ Excludes the Most Vulnerable Immigrants

By: Sergio

Immigration policy

La Libertad Condicional Humanitaria excluye a los inmigrantes más vulnerables

By: Sergio

Danger from the Right

Block and Build

It Is Happening Here: GOP Mainstreams Political Violence

By: Max Elbaum

Organizing Strategy

Democracy defense

The Case for Expanding the Landscape of Democracy Work

By: Aditi Juneja

Organizing Practice

Something Old, Something New: The Arc of Organizational Resilience

By: Kim Fellner