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Tag: gender justice

Some of the posts here are serious considerations of campaign issues. Others are spur-of-the-moment, thinking-out-loud. Still others are just funny. (Well, we think they’re funny.)
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A Rare Window of Clarity

There was a moment last year when the impact of the unspoken white and male supremacy in our society was crystal clear. I was having dinner with a friend/client who is a trans woman and was a candidate for public

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Our Candidates (might) Make History!

You’ve heard all the election recaps right? Democrats did better than expected. Some races still too close to call. No red wave. Blah, blah, blah. Let’s move on. . . . . . . to runoffs. No, not that runoff.

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Weird

“I like being weird. People remember you that way. They say ‘Hey, I remember you. You’re the weird one.’” -Sylvia Gordon (aka my mom) circa 1980 You know how there’s one kid in every school that no one likes and

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Are you a Witch?

Don’t you love Halloween? The costumes. The adorable kids. The candy. (The day-after-Halloween candy sales.) The silliness. I especially love all the witches. And by witch, I mean: Woman In Total Control of Herself Since June 24, there are a

Zekiah Wright, a Black person with natural, short dreads, wearing glasses, smiling and looking up and to the side. Wearing a grey blazer, white button-down shirt and a blue bowtie.

Meet the Future of Local Politics

Please meet Zekiah Wright! Z – as they’re known – is running for the city council to protect the unique culture of West Hollywood. Their vision for the city includes more affordable housing, stronger renter protections and more accountable law

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New Campaigns, New Candidates – Brights Spots in 2022

I won’t lie. June has been a hard month. January 6th Committee hearings that reveal just how close we are to losing our democracy. Supreme Court decisions that recognize more rights for guns than for women. Inflation and looming recession.

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Root Causes and Organizing Strategy Coaching

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

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What Are We Willing to Question?

Originally published in November 2021 Earlier this year, I started to think about what I had done in past in campaigns and projects that perpetuated, rather than disrupted, white supremacy, even if I didn’t know it at the time. Most

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What are we willing to question?

Most of the people I know express unqualified support for Black Lives Matter and defunding the police. Me too. However — and there’s always a but — is that enough? The problem isn’t that our entire criminal justice system is