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1 big union with a strategy to change the South and the nation
Welcome to Team Thursday! We stay in the South for a third day of exciting developments that could one day tip the balance of power...

Karen Young
Jan 11, 20242 min read


With a free petition platform, MoveOn fertilizes grassroots organizing
Welcome to Take Action Tuesday! MoveOn.org sent me an email saying, Will you start a petition to turn vacant office buildings into...

Karen Young
Jan 9, 20241 min read


GrowNYC Lives, Organizing To Save Compost Programs Continues
Welcome to Winning Wednesday! I love living in Milwaukee, but the thing I miss most about living in New York is that I can no longer...

Karen Young
Jan 3, 20242 min read


Two pieces of good news – and one warning – about Texas
Welcome to Take Action Tuesday! I’ve been a big fan of Beto O’Rourke since I saw the 2019 HBO documentary Running With Beto. This...

Karen Young
Jan 2, 20242 min read


Bigger Movement, Bigger Wins: SWOT Sunday
Read an overview of SWOT analyses and my analysis of the progressive movement. Here is a summary of a related pair of Strengths and...

Karen Young
Nov 25, 20235 min read


Jane Goodall Grows Organizers - Team Thursday
Jane Goodall is best known as the woman who did groundbreaking research with chimpanzees years ago. She is also a most formidable...

Karen Young
Nov 25, 20232 min read


Climate Corps - Winning Wednesday
On Sept. 21, President Biden announced the formation of a new federal Climate Corps by executive action. The Hill described this as a...

Karen Young
Nov 24, 20232 min read


VoteVets 1, Tuberville 0: Message Monday
You may have heard how former Crimson Tide Coach Tommy Tuberville (now a Senator from Alabama) has been holding up hundreds of...

Karen Young
Nov 24, 20231 min read
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