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Coalition work depends on trust and clarity—here's the blueprint to get there. By Lynsy Smithson-Stanley and Jack Zhou of the Climate Advocacy Lab.
https://forgeorganizing.org/article/how-progressive-organizers-can-build-healthier-more-effective-coalitions-climate-action
Barbara Ransby charts the relationship between Black feminist organizing and the movement for a Free Palestine, and provides a poem in solidarity with the people of Gaza.
https://forgeorganizing.org/article/black-feminist-reflections-palestine-liberation
Shelby Chestnut, executive director of the Transgender Law Center, explains how trans liberation is inherently anti-colonial and inseparable from the struggle for Palestinian freedom.
https://forgeorganizing.org/article/trans-liberation-and-palestine
Rami Kablawi breaks down how Israel weaponizes Pride to oppress Palestinians, and how you can help resist it.
https://forgeorganizing.org/article/pinkwashing-101-how-israel-turned-gay-pride-occasion-oppression
Montague Simmons, Director of Strategic Partnerships for The Movement for Black Lives , explores the transformed terrain that organizers must navigate this election season.
Montague Simmons, Director of Strategic Partnerships for the Movement for Black Lives, explores the transformed terrain that organizers must navigate this election season. Dear Organizer Well, here we go again. Those of us who’ve done this work for a while know the season without ever having to lo...
Organizers and researchers Zac Chapman and Nairuti Shastry examine how movements can build power by working within, without, and against philanthropy. New Economy Coalition
Organizers and researchers Zac Chapman and Nairuti Shastry examine how movements can build power by working within, without, and against philanthropy. In April 2022, grassroots organization Mijente unveiled a political framework in which it advocated for a threefold strategy of working within, witho...
Announcing Clarissa Brooks as The Forge’s new Editor-in-Chief🎉 Clarissa is an author, journalist, and cultural worker who has deep roots in the American South. With a decade of editing experience and bylines in Rolling Stone and Harper’s Bazaar, she brings a wealth of expertise!
Brandon Sturdivant of Mass Liberation Project argues that addressing personal trauma can help transform the work and lives of Black organizers, and make systemic change all the more possible.
https://forgeorganizing.org/article/traumas-america-shores-africa-journey-self-healing
Brandon Sturdivant of Mass Liberation Project argues that addressing personal trauma can help transform the work and lives of Black organizers, and make systemic change all the more possible. In 2019, I went to Africa as part of a cohort focused on healing in an effort to grapple with years of traum...
A follow-up to “How Four Black Women Changed Labor Organizing Forever”, this article captures the contract fight that followed and the genius and fortitude required to create one of the most important unions in U.S. history. Seiu Health Care SEIU Healthcare IL & IN SEIU
A follow-up to “How Four Black Women Changed Labor Organizing Forever”, this article captures the contract fight that followed and the genius and fortitude required to create one of the most important unions in U.S. history. McMaid workers, led by Irma Sherman, Doris Gould, Juanita Hill, and Mar...
Intervening on Activist Culture | Learn from Ingrid Lakey of the Earth Quaker Action Team () how a group of Quakers created a purpose-built organization that forced change at the country's sixth-largest bank. Season Finale of Craft of Campaigns from Training for Change
https://forgeorganizing.org/article/intervening-activist-culture
Arielle Klagsbrun of the Action Center on Race and the Economy breaks down how the movement for a free Palestine has adopted and transformed the affinity group model of mass movement organizing.
Arielle Klagsbrun of the Action Center on Race and Economy breaks down how the movement for a free Palestine has adopted and transformed the affinity group model of mass movement organizing.
Brianna Gibson of the BlackOUT Collective interviews Sidney Miralao from Dissenters, an anti-imperial youth organization playing an important role in the student movement for a free Palestine. Learn what’s happening on the ground & how this political moment is creating a new generation of disciplined leaders.
Brianna Gibson of the BlackOUT Collective interviews Sidney Miralao from Dissenters, an anti-imperial youth organization playing an important role in the student movement for a free Palestine. Learn what’s happening on the ground and how this political moment is creating a new generation of discip...
Sumaya Awad of the Adalah Justice Project explains BDS, its urgency, and why it is essential for ending Israel’s policies of genocide and apartheid.
Sumaya Awad of the Adalah Justice Project explains BDS, its urgency, and why it is essential for ending Israel’s policies of genocide and apartheid.
A Campaign Against Transgender Discrimination Pivots After Getting Stuck | Learn from Nico Amador of the Leadership Institute at CenterLink—an international member network of LGBT Centers—about how campaigns can pivot to create more favorable conditions.
Learn from Nico Amador, Director of the Leadership Institute at CenterLink—an international member network of LGBT Centers—about how campaigns can pivot to create more favorable conditions.
Bill Fletcher Jr, long-time labor and racial justice organizer, interviews Paul Ortiz, of the United Faculty of Florida, about the growing fascist movement and how unions can be a critical force in fighting the likes of Ron DeSantis and Donald Trump.
Bill Fletcher Jr., long-time labor and racial justice organizer, interviews Paul Ortiz, of the United Faculty of Florida, about the growing fascist movement and how unions can be a critical force in fighting the likes of Ron DeSantis and Donald Trump.
Learn how Byron Hobbs & Jonathan Hogstad of Community Change/Action and the Defend Black Voters Coalition, creatively targeted utility companies & health insurers as a strategy to combat voter suppression in Michigan.
From Craft of Campaigns w/Training for Change
Learn how Byron Hobbs and Jonathan Hogstad of Community Change/Action and the Defend Black Voters Coalition, creatively targeted utility companies and health insurers as part of their strategy to combat voter suppression in Michigan.
David Duhalde brings us a history of the late 2000s youth section of the Democratic Socialists of America and how they used lessons from Mao and labor to reevaluate their conditions and build a winning strategy.
A history of the late 2000s youth section of the Democratic Socialists of America and how they used lessons from Mao and contemporary labor to reevaluate their conditions and build a winning strategy.
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The Governor's Science and Technology Fellowship is seeking talented, passionate individuals who want to explore careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and have a drive to help make Pennsylvania a better place to live.This fellowship is open to recent college graduates w...
George Gabriel reflects on the British Refugees Welcome movement, which helped bring tens of thousands of Syrians to the UK, and how a system of incubating and cascading created the local and national capacity necessary for the victory.
George Gabriel reflects on the British Refugees Welcome movement, which helped bring tens of thousands of Syrians to the UK, and how a system of incubating and cascading created the local and national capacity necessary for the victory.
Read how Devan Spear and Philadelphia Jobs with Justice helped secure $100 million to address asbestos and lead contamination within the Philadelphia public school system. Newest Craft of Campaigns from Training for Change.
https://forgeorganizing.org/article/dusting-seven-year-old-demand-win-millions-phillys-public-schools
Matt McManus explains how National Conservatives, postliberals, and the Nietzschean Right are struggling for power over the Right, and the future of the nation.
National Conservatives, postliberals, and the Nietzschean Right are struggling for power over the Right, and the future of the nation.
Claire Haas examines the impact of technology on organizational dynamics, particularly in generating internal conflicts, and offers practical recommendations for addressing these challenges.
Lessons from a convening between pro-democracy organizers from the U.S. and Hungary. Gordon Whitman explains how grassroots organizations can adapt as authoritarians change the rules of the game, and how neoliberalism paves the path for dictators.
Lessons from a convening between pro-democracy organizers from the U.S. and Hungary. Gordon Whitman explains how grassroots organizations can adapt as authoritarians change the rules of the game, and how neoliberalism paves the path for dictators.
Learn, with Stephen Lerner of Bargaining for the Common Good, how Justice for Janitors transformed themselves & created multipronged strategies for victory. Craft of Campaigns w/ Training for Change
https://forgeorganizing.org/article/justice-janitors-comeback-story-continues-today
40 years ago, Harold Washington challenged Chicago's entrenched political system. Mark Engler and Paul Engler interview filmmaker Joe Winston about his new documentary covering Washington's career.
A new documentary explains how, 40 years ago, Chicago’s first black mayor shattered status-quo politics in his city, offering insights that remain relevant for grassroots movements today.
Our next piece, "A Love Letter to All Who March", comes to us from direct action trainer and dancer LJ Amsterdam, who writes that it is our role and our responsibility to put our bodies in motion.
Palestinian children are being crushed by rubble. We cannot allow ourselves to be crushed by bleakness. Direct action trainer and dancer LJ Amsterdam writes that it is our role and our responsibility to put our bodies in motion.
Our opening pieces from our special co-editors where they present context, history, and a resounding commitment to liberation for Palestine.
Three opening pieces from our special co-editors: Sandra Tamari, Morgan Bassichis, and Ramah Kudaimi. They present context, history, and a resounding commitment to liberation for Palestine.
As a journal of organizing strategy and practice for organizers, The Forge has an important role to play in crisis moments through strengthening the work of organizers by helping them to make sense of the moment and learn lessons from it. As such, The Forge has recruited three special co-editors: Sandra Tamari of the Adalah Justice Project, Morgan Bassichis of Jewish Voice for Peace, and Ramah Kudaimi of the Action Center on Race and the Economy, to support in publishing content on Palestine/Israel that is relevant, nuanced, and that centers organizers and organizing.
This special series on Palestine/Israel will be ongoing, so check out our first few pieces now, and keep coming back to read and learn more about the organizing work that is happening across the country and the world in this crucial moment for democracy and humanity as a whole.
We’ve come together to help people understand what’s happening in Gaza from an organizing perspective, and we will be sharing our perspectives while also sharing many points of view throughout the issue and we hope that you engage. This issue is important to many of us, and we intend to create s...
Excluded from minimum wage and union rights, gig workers, disproportionately Black, grapple with a two-tiered system rooted in historical labor laws that must be reformed for racial and worker justice.
https://forgeorganizing.org/article/sieve-black-workers
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As the influx of federal relief money flows to our cities, the fight to build equitable budgets that truly meet our communities’ needs is a fight to define the futures of our cities. During this event, you’ll hear a powerful panel of leaders from PowerSwitch Action’s national network and partners speak on the transformational power of reclaiming public money for public goods that benefit all people and build racial and gender justice in our communities. We’ll discuss why budget fights are crucial for shaping our future, the opportunities and challenges they present, and how key takeaways from recent campaigns inform evolving strategies and tactics on the ground. Featuring: - Arielle Klagsbrun: ACRE, Philadelphia. - Kennedy Bartley: Legislative Director, United Working Families, Chicago - Liana Molina: Senior Campaign Director, EBASE, Oakland - jean-huy tran: Organizer, CPI, San Diego Moderated by Edgar Beltrán: Senior Campaign Lead, PowerSwitch Action Hosted by PowerSwitch Action and The Forge
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