Movements are rightfully celebrating their leadership role in electorally defeating Trump. Despite these immediate victories, organizers are looking ahead to the prolonged struggle to overcome the rightwing stranglehold on political power in their cities and states. Frontline Dispatches host Jayanni Webster talks to Sendolo Diaminah of the Carolina Federation about this ongoing effort in North Carolina, as well as the broader post-electoral landscape.
Guests
Sendolo Diaminah is the Co-Director of the Carolina Federation, where s/he works building governing power for working people and communities of color in North Carolina. S/he is a strategist with over 15 years of experience in community and electoral organizing, as well as experience winning and holding elected office. Before founding the Federation, Sendolo worked as training director at Black Organizing for Leadership & Dignity (BOLD), where s/he developed somatically based leadership curriculum for organizers and executive directors.