Elections are a time when organizers hope to establish their issue as a central priority for both the public and the candidates campaigning to take office. The phrase “electoralizing” an...
Abraham Lugo Bello is a lifelong community organizer and first-generation Venezuelan immigrant whose work sits at the intersection of grassroots power, public policy, and building a reparative, representative democracy. Beyond...
Ben Carroll, Organizing Coordinator for the Southern Workers Assembly details what it takes to build worker power in Spartanburg County,SC. On an unseasonably warm afternoon in early March, four worker-volunteers...
Ben Carroll lives in Durham, NC and is the Organizing Coordinator for the Southern Workers Assembly.
Conceptualizing social movements as part of a trans-generational struggle is crucial to both stamina and success, he says In the winter of 1969, a group of 70 Black students occupied...
Workshop’s Executive Director, MB Maxwell breaks down five ways to secure people-centered policy wins in their latest. Originally published in Democracy: A Journal of Ideas – Time for People-Centered Policy) Like...
Mary Beth Maxwell (she/her) is the Executive Director of Workshop. She has worked for three decades to advance equity and workers’ rights through organizing, policy, government, and philanthropy.
Learn how Georgian citizens have fought against their own Trump-like figure to get a glimpse of what may be ahead for the United States. It’s the 148th day of protests...
Tamta Chkhaidze is a freelance journalist and communications specialist based in Tbilisi, Georgia. Her career bridges journalism and strategic communications, allowing her to connect with diverse audiences across platforms. For...
Learn how Citizens UK borrowed from Chicago organizers to transform Universities into catalysts for community power. “In terms of people, money and relationships, universities are by far [one of] the...
Cameron Conner is a Professor of the Practice at the Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University. Originally from Eastern Washington, he comes to this work as a former...
Three members of the Just Economy Institute share their insights on how to weave multiple worlds together to accelerate change. This article is republished from Common Dreams. Most activists sense...
Deb Nelson is executive director of the Just Economy Institute, which educates, supports, and connects financial activists who are shifting the flow of capital and power to solve social and environmental...
Tina Beck is deputy director of the Just Economy Institute, responsible for designing and overseeing programs, community engagement activities, and systems management. Previously, she was senior events producer at Social Venture...
In this four-part series, we are exploring the phenomenon known as “cancel culture.” We hope to invite more people into conversations about how we work through tension and conflict in...
In this four-part series, we are exploring the phenomenon known as “cancel culture.” We hope to invite more people into conversations about how we work through tension and conflict in...
In this four-part series, we are exploring the phenomenon known as “cancel culture” in collaboration with Convergence Magazine. We hope to invite more people into conversations about how we work...
Following the 2024 Election, Popular Democracy convened Executive Directors and senior staff of the grassroots power building organizations that make up its network. The meeting took place before President Trump...