A few months ago, I met with the co-executive director of a statewide organization that has been instrumental in transforming his state. It hadn’t voted for a Democrat for president since 1964, then voted blue in every cycle since 2008.
The end of the year is often about taking stock, regrouping and refocusing. While election work this cycle was important, it reminded me that the real work of Organizing to Win is about more than winning elections. It’s about building
Originally published in February 2022 The upcoming midterm elections have me thinking about organizing. (Doesn’t everything?) A political campaign isn’t organizing. If we’re going to win long-term, election campaigns should be an opportunity for organizing. Our objective should be to
If all we do is scramble to win elections every two years, that’s all we’re ever going to do.
With guest co-author Ken Fujimoto In Mira’s piece about online and IRL organizing, she referred to a difference between organizing and mobilizing and promised (threatened?) a follow-up piece. Mobilizing is reaching out to voters, activists or volunteers to move them
