Activism & Organizing
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The Hub for Progress
Founder
A multi-county, multi-organizational network dedicated to helping grassroots political groups become a more effective movement.
Active Community Training
Co-Founder
Delivering training to activists and changemakers in management, advocacy, and technology.
Barnstorming PA
Producer and Co-host
A podcast dedicated to progressive politics and culture (broadly) in central Pennsylvania — it tries to strike a balance between informal, humorous, and informative.
Recent Posts
Fault lines can be built for, not eliminated… thoughts on “Defund” and the movement
Well, here is one of my occasional deep dives into the progressive movement and what it feels and looks like. Me: The progressive movement can have some deep conversations about race, policing, politics, and how we talk about that. If you see yourself as a...
read moreOrigins of UU Justice PA in the Philly Universalist Milieu
Tim Styer put me onto this story... of Pat DeBrady and the links between Restoration church and the founding of UUJusticePA (then UU PLAN). Source.
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Strategic Voting 101- Bullet Voting in Two Elections in Union County
Strategic voting means voting not just your preference, but in a way that anticipates how OTHER people will vote. Personally, I have mixed feelings about it. In the Democratic primary, it is part of the "electability" foolishness where millions (Leonard Pitts Jr...
read moreJay Smooth’s TED Talk Reveals How He Learned to Love Talking About Race | Colorlines
An excellent 12 minutes about the social construction of race and how knowing this idea can help to have conversations about race.
read moreLet’s Talk About the Real Issue: Defining Personhood
As a society, we have to find a workable compromise.
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Knoxville Suffrage
Thanks, Mom!
read moreSociety for Creative Maladjustment
I want to see if we can recreate the society of creatively maladjusted people.
read morePolitical Typology Quizzes Annoy Me
I find myself able to take either side in almost all of these forced choice pairs in these things.
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Politics & Civic Engagement
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Scholarship & Research
My research and writing have analyzed how organizations, networks, and movements work and how they work together.
Social Entrepreneurship
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Being Jordi
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