The Creator of the Hip-Hop Track About Canvassing On Bringing Your Full Self to Organizing
Immigrant rights policy director Pratik Dash found a home in using the microphone as a megaphone.
Category: Community Organizing
In Georgia, Young Grassroots Organizers Are Key to Keeping the State Blue
As the Georgia primary nears, organizers on the ground have played an integral part in raising early voting numbers and mobilizing the youth vote.
‘Trust Black Women’ Must Be More Than a T-Shirt Slogan
Yes, Black women are everywhere. Yes, there is beautiful Black leadership in the hills of Appalachia. I have had the privilege to organize alongside some of the fiercest Black organizers.
One Year Into the American Rescue Plan: The States Organizing to Get Funds to Families
Grassroots groups across the country secured millions for affordable housing, child care, tax credits and other priorities.
Storytelling at the center of racial healing
The way we tell stories colors how we remember our own experiences and eventually the longer history of how we fit in society. Repeating these stories leaves a mark on…
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I Vote Because I Want To Be a Cause Beyond Myself I wasn’t eligible to vote until the 2012 Presidential election. During that time, I was a freshman in college…
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Still. I vote because of his work. I have made a conscious decision that his work and that of countless others cannot be in vain. I must remember that sacrifice of those before us, their persistence and refusal to back down, runs through my veins.
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I vote because my life depends on it, literally and figuratively. As a Black, queer, low-income mother, another four years of what we’ve had feels like I’m signing over my own death certificate.
Let’s Keep Each Other Safe by Banding Together for a National Day of Action, Oct. 22
We all deserve to live in a country where we are safe in our homes, at our places of work, and all the places in between. But for a long…
Six Issues We Expect the Candidates to Address During the First Presidential Debate
It’s imperative the candidates address how they are thinking about how they will ensure voters’ basic needs are met as we continue to live through this pandemic, and beyond.