Activists tend to be motivated by a powerful, inclusive sense of connection to all beings and the planet. Yet guilt, frustration, weariness and internal conflict can remove us from the...
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How can social and racial justice organizations leverage technology on behalf of criminal justice campaigns? Panelists will discuss how their respective organizations utilize the internet, social media platforms and mobile...
Posted by | April 7, 2012
Lobbying Congress can seem like an impossible uphill climb even in the best of times, but there are alternative ways to make progress. There's much to be done without worrying...
Posted by | April 7, 2012
This panel will explore case studies that exemplify outstanding mobile organizing practices and how they're going to be critical in 2012. Panelists will share their experiences in bridging the digital...
Posted by | April 7, 2012
There are new emerging movements online that differ from their identity-based or multi-issue predecessors, ones that bring new people into the progressive movement and represent an exciting evolution of our...
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Culture is the realm of ideas, images and stories; it is where people make sense of the world and where they find meaning and forge community. History shows that when...
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When Occupy Wall Street first started, almost no one thought it would work. What does the explosion of interest in OWS say about the tactics of the occupation? What can...
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When the right-wing noise machine gets started, any progressive group or individual can find themselves the target of a coordinated wave of attacks (remember ACORN?). Fighting back isn't easy—it takes...
Posted by | April 7, 2012
This January, against long odds, the environmental movement dealt a blow to Big Oil, forcing President Obama’s rejection of a presidential permit for the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline—the industry’s marquee project and a conduit...
Posted by | April 7, 2012
Community heroes across the country are taking great risks to stand up and say no to coal pollution and other environmental injustices, and they're succeeding—more than 100 of the nation's...
