A while back, I was the organizing director for an organizing campaign with state employees in Colorado. It was a huge campaign, with about 30 organizers and 40,000 workers. Part of leading the campaign was going with organizers during their
A few weeks ago, my co-conspirators and I facilitated our quarterly workshop called “Disrupting White Supremacy Culture in Nonprofits.” It’s based on the Characteristics of White Supremacy Culture in Organizations, developed by Tema Okun. Some of the comments we hear
In Kern County (CA), we’re trying something new. If we believe Kern County’s current elected officials and corporate power, it’s one of the most conservative places in California. (Yes, there are some.) It’s the heart of California’s petroleum industry. Big
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,
