Hi John,
Happy Netroots Week!
As a big part of our team gets ready to travel to Chicago for Netroots Nation this week, I wanted to reach out with a reminder about where you can find us at the conference. We’d love to see you there!
Here’s where you can find us at Netroots:
We'll be at Booth 501/503, right by the entrance to the Town Square. Come by and meet our team, learn more about our tools, and pick up some swag!
We're hosting two sessions, one on Thursday afternoon, and one on Friday morning. Check out the full descriptions for these sessions at the bottom of this email.
Panel: Worker Power: Online to Offline Organizing & Emerging Unions
Thursday, 4pm, Salon A-1 (and on the Netroots livestream!)
Training: Using Time-Tested Tactics to Evaluate and Boost Your Organizing
Friday, 10:30am, Williford C
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Safe travels to Chicago!
In Solidarity,
Jeff Dugas
he/him
Action Network & Action Builder
Panel: Worker Power: Online to Offline Organizing & Emerging Unions
* This panel will be live streamed!
The most exciting labor organizing stories this year have come out of emerging organizing efforts like Trader Joe’s United and Advocates for Minor Leaguers. Worker organizers are taking on some of the largest corporations in the country and winning historic victories for working people. What strategies have led to success in these emerging organizing campaigns? What do these efforts have in common, and how have they taken advantage of new and existing technologies to build worker power?
Led by: Maximillian Alvarez (The Real News & Working People Podcast)
Panelists: Jamie Edwards (Trader Joe's United), Harry Marino (Major League Baseball Players Association)
Training: Using Time-Tested Tactics to Evaluate and Boost Your Organizing
Friday, 10:30am, Williford C — link to session description at netrootsnation.org
It’s no secret that organizing is hard work. Talking with people, creating relationships, and building leaders is what has, and will continue to, advance our movement. We’re at a pivotal moment where we know the importance of high-attention, short-term events like elections, voter registration pushes, and Census outreach. Our challenge is molding these moments into long-term power-building opportunities for our communities. This training will cover the basics of the “leaderful” organizing model—including assessments, one-on-ones and more—and how to bring them all together into an effective, power-building organizing program that identifies and develops leaders to help scale progressive movements.
Trainers: Seth Pinckney (Action Network & Action Builder), Harry Marino (Major League Baseball Players Association)
