As one who joined a phone banking mobilization effort this very evening, I absolutely feel your message resonating with me. During Zoom call outlining the problem and making the call to action, I had a sense of something exciting and important in the works, but also worryingly fragile and desperate, an attemptto make some difference immediately before an urgent deadline hits. I couldn't put my finger on the source if my concerns until I read your piece here.
This is brilliant. Thank you. I’ve been trying to explain the difference to my friends. Now I have something to send them. Funny story about organizing and philanthropy: Back in the late 90s/early 2000s, when I did two non-continuous stints in the communications department at the Ford Foundation, we were not allowed to use the word “organizing” in print. Even if it said that’s what the money was for in the grant. We had to call it “community development.” Laughing, so as not to cry.
As one who joined a phone banking mobilization effort this very evening, I absolutely feel your message resonating with me. During Zoom call outlining the problem and making the call to action, I had a sense of something exciting and important in the works, but also worryingly fragile and desperate, an attemptto make some difference immediately before an urgent deadline hits. I couldn't put my finger on the source if my concerns until I read your piece here.
This is brilliant. Thank you. I’ve been trying to explain the difference to my friends. Now I have something to send them. Funny story about organizing and philanthropy: Back in the late 90s/early 2000s, when I did two non-continuous stints in the communications department at the Ford Foundation, we were not allowed to use the word “organizing” in print. Even if it said that’s what the money was for in the grant. We had to call it “community development.” Laughing, so as not to cry.
Thank you soo much for this piece, long-term mobilization and sustained effort is required.