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.
When I started Organizing to Win two years ago, I didn’t have big dreams of being my own boss. I didn’t care about being a small business owner. There were no visions of entrepreneurship dancing in my head. I was
Big news! Starting this month, Organizing to Win’s (OTW) mission expands to include white supremacy disruption consulting and organizing strategy coaching. If you read the Organizing to Win newsletter regularly (thank you!), you may have noticed an emphasis on what
Have you ever had a drop the mic moment? I’ve had one and the recognition came from an unexpected place. It was during a prep session for an organizing training. We anticipated that the folks who came to this session
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
Originally published in January 2022 Recently, I was part of a facilitation and coaching team for a multi-month training program for new organizers in the education space. As a training team, together we have over 150 years of organizing experience.
Originally published in December 2021 Remember all those memes from the end of 2020? When we thought “Whew. 2020 is done. Come on 2021!” And we thought it would be all over, like a bad dream. As it turns out,
Organizing to Win has joined with a new venture called Sustainable Futures (SF) to organize with historically excluded communities in Atlanta. Founder Adrienne Rice’s dream is to build “green economy pathways for ‘Black’ and people of color in the South
With guest co-author Ash Lynette. As organizers, Ash and Mira see our roles as bringing people together to build power. Ash is a senior resource organizer at the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights (EBC). Mira is the founder and
If all we do is scramble to win elections every two years, that’s all we’re ever going to do.
