I am constantly looking for ways to make organizing easier on organizers and when I met the folks of Action Network and Action Builder at Netroots Nation this year, I was super excited to learn more about the tools they are building. Martha Grant is the Director of Product Strategy Read more…
Swing Left helps folks find the most impactful ways of electing democrats in the most important elections all across the United States. Their focus for 2020 is flipping the senate, winning the white house, and tackling gerrymandering. Steve Pierce is on the show sharing with us ways we can get Read more…
Anat Shenker-Osario is a leading researcher in progressive messaging and communications with her research and writing being featured in a myriad of publications including The Atlantic, Boston Globe, Salon, and The Guardian, among others. She is also the host of the new podcast Brave New Words, where she takes listeners Read more…
Chris O’Connor shares with us his 5 years of experience as a development director at Equality Maine, one of the largest LGBTQ advocacy organizations in the state. Chris came to Equality Maine with a boat load of experience organizing and working with teams, but had little to no fundraising experience. Read more…
In this episode I share with you how this podcast came to be, goals for the future, and last but not least I share with you a little nugget of one of the biggest lessons that organizing has taught me. SHOW NOTES Maine Transgender Network – I don’t like to Read more…
Cooper Reed got his start in political organizing as a young person (pre-teen!) volunteering on Obama’s 2008 campaign and has worked on a myriad of issue and candidate campaigns. Currently he is the Political and Organizing Director of the Maine Democratic party. He shares with us what it was like Read more…
Recording from the Netroots Nation conference in Philadelphia, this episode highlights some vendors and causes while also sharing some tips from fellow organizers. Netroots Nation is one of the largest gatherings of progressive organizers in the country. Show Notes Action Network – Mobilizing tools for organizers Action Builder – Relational Read more…
Jeanie has worked on LGBTQ advocacy campaigns on both marriage and non-discrimination efforts. She shares with us some of her favorite memories and greatest challenges in the work. Currently she is off hiking the Pacific Crest Trail as part of her goal to be walking for a year, she’ll be Read more…
Sass shares a powerful story of how a direct action protesting trains transporting fracked oil through their small Maine town forever changed the direction of their life. Now as an organizer for Resources for Organizing Social Change (ROSC) they share the skills they have learned over the years. I should Read more…
100 people die from gun violence every day in America. We have the highest rate of gun violence in the world. This month (June) is gun violence awareness month and this weekend beginning June 7, 2019 marks a nation wide weekend of action to bring about awareness of gun violence Read more…
This week I am thrilled to have my friend and mentor Monna Wong on the show. Currently living in San Francisco with roots in New York, I met Monna when she was the Regional Field Director for marriage equality in Maine in 2012. Running the Portland field operation she grew Read more…
Chris Perez is an urban farmer and food justice advocate. Their passion is supporting and building sustainable food systems in their communities. Chris comes from a background of organizing for LGBTQ rights and racial justice organizing and has applied that experience to their gardening and community building around food and Read more…