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%.
We’ve been working on Organizing Upgrade for two years now, and we are taking the time to adjust our editorial collective, modify content, and explore new ways to engage the social movement left. We could use your help in finding our way. Can you give us 10 minutes to answer 10 questions? It is multiple choice, and you don’t even need a #2 pencil.
Community Organizing / Cultural Work / Direct Action / Latest Upgrades / LGBT Movement / Racial Justice / Rebuilding the Left
July 1, 2011 0A child of the late 1950′s longtime left organizer and activist Kai Barrow has a wealth of experience she brings to her work. Here OrgUp excerpts her exit letter as she leaves her staff position at the prison abolition organization, Critical Resistance. In this thoughtful piece, grounded in auto-biography, Kai poses the question “How do we win?” which leads to a second question “What is to be done?”
