In May, 2021, our movement’s candidates swept the elections for four seats on the Salem-Keizer School District board, a governing majority, including the first—second and third—Latinx board members ever elected! How do we adjust our expectations and strategies to sustain power and change? ...
Incredibly, a one-word change in current immigration law on “adjustment of status” would open an immediate pathway to citizenship for millions of immigrants DACA and TPS holders. No new regulations or forms required! Will we persuade Congress enact the one-word change via...
The arc from the Trump's defeat through 2022 will have four phases, including post vaccine re-engagement surge and the Biden Administration’s bold recovery initiatives. 2022 mid-terms gains depend on them amid the Coronavirus and Trump pandemics’ lingering effects on our mindset, routines, energy,...
This third essay in the series about organizing in a time of pandemic, looks at the likely trajectory for economic and health recovery and describes two key strategies—“Lived Relief” and “Vote at Home”—that social change organizations can pursue to meet the moment."...
Building on the Organizing in an Era of Approaching Pandemic, this essay offers ideas on how we should think about the likely length and depth of the Coronavirus pandemic and navigate the health and unprecedented economic crises it's spawned. ...
The threat of a coronavirus pandemic is scrambling our already turbulent reality. The impacts on public health, on the economy and, in turn, on our campaigns and activities could be profound and swift. This essay lays out ideas for how to shift gears quickly and...
The threat of a coronavirus pandemic is scrambling our already turbulent reality. The impacts on public health, the economy and our campaigns and activities could be profound and swift. This essay lays out ideas for shifting gears quickly and responding appropriately, including...
January 21, 2021 will be the next administration’s first day. How do we need to show up on that day ready to begin years of "restoring, repairing and re-building"? The path in 2019 and 2020 will be harrowing, especially Trump's final weeks in...
Summarizes the Trump Administration’s anti-immigrant policies under 3 “Ds” (self Deportation, self-Detention, and self-Demobilization) and asserts that if we are to sustain ourselves and our communities, we must find ways to move past our (many) defeats and value/understand our victories. ...
A reflection on the October 8, 2013 civil disobedience action near the U.S. Capitol building, resulting in the arrests of 211 immigration reform supporters, including eight members of Congress....