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Posted by | May 6, 2014
Q&A with Howard Dean: 10 Years Since the Campaign

Ten years after the groundbreaking Dean campaign, one of the 22-year-old kids who showed up in Vermont to help the long-shot governor turn the primary race upside down and change...

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Posted by | May 5, 2014
Money in Politics: Candidate Forum

Join us for a frank discussion on money in politics in the context of the 2014 election, as both a movement building exercise and opportunity to raise awareness of the...

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Posted by | May 5, 2014
Agitating for Change: Russian Media and the Thirst for Information

Access to information is crucial for an informed and democratic society, and obtaining important government information is getting more difficult in Russia, where the state is beginning to clamp down...

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Posted by | May 5, 2014
Pope is Dope: How to Message Like a Gladiator and Win

Narrative strategy and messaging aren't new to television or pop culture, but Shonda Rhimes' "Scandal" has drawn attention to the role of crisis communications and strategic messaging in Beltway politics....

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Posted by | May 5, 2014
Moving Beyond Petitions: How Organizations Can Harness Distributed Campaigns to Build Progressive Power

What does it take to turn an online petition into a full-fledged, multifaceted, effective campaign that builds progressive power? We'll discuss what we've learned about turning petitions into winning campaigns...

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Posted by | May 5, 2014
From Underdog to Top Dog: Organizing for Impact While Small and Mighty

Listen, we know everyone wants to nerd out about list sizes, email tests, and unsubscribe rates. And let's be honest: a lot of the assumptions about successful online organizing focuses...

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Posted by | May 5, 2014
Solutions Not Suspensions: This is How We Close the School-to-Prison Pipeline

Across the country students, parents, and educators are organizing to change their school districts' zero tolerance policies. And they're winning. Misguided discipline policies like zero tolerance push children out of...

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Posted by | May 5, 2014
Marijuana Arrests: The Gateway to Mass Incarceration

Every 48 seconds someone is arrested for marijuana possession in the United States. Most of these arrests are of people of color, despite the fact that white people use and...

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Posted by | May 5, 2014
Hunger First: The Importance of Food Security in Detroit, and Why We’re so Hungry (for Change)

Detroit natives can easily point to any number of challenges to food security in their community. Whether it's the lack of fresh and affordable options or the insidious targeting of...

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Posted by | May 5, 2014
The Corporate Takeover of Our Neighborhood Public Schools: A Detroit Case Study

This session will utilize key findings and data that have been learned by observing the flawed attempts to corporatize Michigan's most vulnerable and struggling schools. It will also examine alternatives...

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