Since Parkland, it has become clear that we need new, bold policy gun reforms and that survivors—many of them Black, Brown and Indigenous peoples—must have a seat at the table....
Posted by | May 15, 2019
What Philly Taught Us: How Philadelphia Activists Beat School Privatization to Restore Local Control
https://www.facebook.com/NetrootsNation/videos/853303325038212/ State control of Philadelphia's schools came to an end in November 2017. This was an historic event, long in the making by a resistance campaign led by Philadelphians. State...
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How do we create safe schools? In the wake of seemingly nonstop mass shootings, there's a renewed sense of energy around this question. But, more often than not, the answer...
Posted by | May 15, 2019
Join us for a cross-movement approach to campaigning for economic, social and environmental justice. You’ll hear from those directly impacted by poverty, the punitive welfare and child welfare systems, and...
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Poverty and lack of access to the means to exit from poverty disproportionately impacts Black and Latinx folks, LGBT and gender non-confirming folks, those with disabilities and single parents. Seventy...
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Social movements have long used economic cooperation towards liberation. In 1970s Philadelphia, Movement for a New Society created affordable housing co-ops for activists. During the Civil Rights movement, black organizers...
Posted by | May 15, 2019
https://www.facebook.com/NetrootsNation/videos/2406999146291159/ Kavanaugh's confirmation fight and the response of progressive voters in 2018 shattered the notion that the courts are a losing issue for our side. With the Senate and White...
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Sometimes, the incentives of investor-driven, for profit technology are exactly counter to the long-term interests of our movement. Recently, a new generation of technology has been built using different, innovative...
Posted by | May 15, 2019
In the fall of 2018, Mainers partnered with dying father Ady Barkan of Be a Hero to beg Senator Collins to vote "no" on Trump's Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh....
Posted by | May 15, 2019
Politics in the modern age has taught us that digital tools and tactics are no longer the the singular resource of a "digital team." From comms to development to field...
