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...Origins 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.Theda Skocpol, Lara Putnam Articles about #Indivisible groups
In the summer of 2018, Harvard sociologist Theda Skocpol and her graduate students studied the grassroots resistance that grew up in response to Trump. The HUB for Progress was one of the groups studied. She has published several pieces about this data. Lara Putnam, a...Undocumented Fears: Hazelton and the Latinx Wave… Jamie Longazel
Jamie Longazel is a scholar whose book Undocumented Fears documents the arrival of a wave of Latinx immigrants to Hazelton, his hometown.I have yet to read it, but knowing Jamie and the topic, it seems clear this is a key study to understand community, politics, race...Hyper local ads
An article about how a super PAC is trying to create hyper local ads to help Dems in rural, local elections.From Impact 2020. ” Already, officials with the group said they have raised $21 million for the effort while deploying staffers to three of presidential...Rural Organizing.Org
I met Matt Hildreth, the founder, at the 2019 Netroots conference in Philadelphia. Later, I heard him discuss his group’s work around framing in it’s “Conversation Guide” group when it’s founder, Matt Hildreth came on a group call of the Indivisible Rural...Book Notes: Practical Network Theory for Organizing
In my quest to synthesize network theory and social movement research for usable tools, I pulled three books off my shelf to revisit which ones will help with this. They are: Networks of Courage and Hope by Manuel CastellsCommunities and Networks by Katherine...Netcentric
Netcentric is a word I coined, I think, to describe approaching organizing and action while conscious of networks.Eating My Yard
My son, Aley, has been interested in edible landscapes. He pulled up some garlic mustard from our yard — yes it is a weed!
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