Dear Personal Democracy Forum and Civic Hall community: Some of you may have heard that Pawel Adamowicz, the Mayor of Gdansk, Poland, was brutally stabbed to death two days ago while on stage during a popular charity fundraising event. Ironically the event was focused on raising money for medical equipment for local hospitals...
In an age of mass participation, how best to make technology that serves good organizing? In this guest oped, Brian Young of Action Network offers some answers.
By Liz Barry, Greg Bloom, Willow Brugh, and Tammy Shapiro Hurricane season last year was wild, right? Harvey, Irma, and Maria—each storm spreading more devastation across the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean. Many months later, communities are still recovering—especially Puerto Rico, where our government has outright failed its citizens. Our...
If you are looking for a fresh and comprehensive analysis of how the Digital Age is transforming the civic arena, get yourself a copy of New Power, Jeremy Heimans and Henry Timms’ new book, which is being released today. It’s based on their 2014 article in the Harvard Business Review,...
Since Trump's election, tech workers have shown unprecedented interest in political organizing—maybe even unionizing—but as efforts like Tech Solidarity show, it's going to take a while to see real impact.
The March for Science in April was a coup for organizers: 600 marches around the world; an estimated 1.3 million marchers; and more than 300 organizational partners, from the Paleontological Society to the Center for Biological Diversity to the Consortium of Social Science Associations. But for one of the organizers,...
At the ripe “old” age of 38 with a pair of toddlers and more than a decade into a career as a public defender, Rita Bosworth doesn’t conform to the stereotypes of a Silicon Valley startup founder or a slick Beltway operative experienced in the ways of manipulating American politics....
Aditi Juneja is the co-founder of the Resistance Manual, a crowdsourced platform that harnesses the collective power of the people to resist policies that undermine justice and equity. In a series of interviews for Civicist, we’re discussing what makes a movement intersectional, and how to support inclusiveness. In the first...
With a new tool called Ladders, Action Network hopes to bring the efficiency of for-profit marketing campaigns to the progressive digital organizing space.
This past winter, I was invited to a private dinner at the home of someone described to me as a “big donor” to progressive and Democratic causes, along with a mix of people with decades of experience in movement organizing. According to the person who pulled together the invitee list,...