In this piece, veteran organizer and activist attorney, Kamau Franklin reflects on the strategic implications of his move from Brooklyn NY to Jackson, Mississippi. Reflecting his commitment to building towards Black self-determination rooted in the South, Kamau reflect on the possibilities for exciting new electoral organizing and community development projects in Jackson.
Organizing Upgrade is excited to repost this interview – conducted by the Media Mobilizing Project – with two Pennsylvania organizers about the impact of Occupy on rural Pennsylvania. In this episode Audra and Miguel speak with Mitch Troutman and Kara Newhouse of Pennsylvania from Below about the occupations across Pennsylvania sparked by #OccupyWallSt.
Community Organizing / Direct Action / Electoral Organizing / Latest Upgrades / Occupy Wall Street
January 18, 2012 0This January, SOUL organized a discussion on Occupy with veteran organizers from community and labor organizations. Maria Poblet of CJJC, Shaw San Liu of CPA, and Brooke Anderson of EBASE share lessons from on-the-ground mobilizations in Oakland & San Francisco and exchange ideas about challenges and opportunities in this new moment in the fight against the 1%.
Community Organizing / Direct Action / Occupy Field Reports / Occupy Wall Street / Poor Peoples Movements / Racial Justice / Urban Struggles
November 14, 2011 4After visiting Occupy sites across the nation, Take Back the Land’s Max Rameau calls for a movement that both occupies and liberates.
Community Organizing / Direct Action / Occupy Wall Street / Poor Peoples Movements / Racial Justice / Worker Organizing
November 1, 2011 0Maria Poblet and Rose Arrieta of CJJC share knowledge and insights about the organizing process of the Oakland General Strike.
Community Organizing / Direct Action / Occupy Wall Street / Poor Peoples Movements / Racial Justice / Urban Struggles
November 1, 2011 0Organizers from Community Voices Heard & VOCAL reflect on their organizing around revenue and their relationships with the Occupy movement.
Community Organizing / Occupy Wall Street / Poor Peoples Movements / Urban Struggles / Worker Organizing
November 1, 2011 0At a time when city after city is holding back austerity measures, organizers in Chicago are asking policy makers to stop making cuts.
Doyle Canning and Rachel Laforest reflect on the connections between recent Right to the City actions in Boston and the #occupy movement.
Amanda Devecka-Rinear, lead organizer on the Make Wall Street Pay Campaign at National People’s Action, shares her reflections on #OccupyWallStreet.
In this article, organizer Jaron Browne reviews Eric Mann’s new book, Playbook for Progressives: 16 Qualities of the Successful Organizer.
