In today’s final staff spotlight, you’ll meet Tracey Lewis, Groundwork’s National Organizing Advisor, and Errin Douglas, our Special Programs Advisor.
Alongside national organizational partners, Tracey and Errin are leading some really exciting program development for Groundwork in 2023, focused on training and supporting the next generation of organizers in our focus states, and beyond.
Knowing Groundwork’s mission, you can see why we’re excited to share more details in the coming weeks! Groundwork has a lot more to come as we start the new year, and I couldn’t be prouder to have you standing by our side. Make an investment in Groundwork and reach the organizations and organizers building a more just and equitable future.
Now, back to the last spotlights… Meet Tracey and Errin!
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Joe Kennedy (he/him)
Founder
Groundwork Project
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What does GWP’s mission mean to you?
For me, Groundwork’s mission means that the work of organizing, the act of getting things done, to support our communities, to foster institutional change, to fight for social justice and to make a better world doesn’t end. Organizing may take different forms and evolve but we can’t forget the organizers, the advocates, the activists, and the volunteers. We need to support them year-round and long term. Organizers are the roots that nourish democracy.
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⚡ Tracey’s Lightning Round ⚡
⁂ Your ultimate hero ⁂
Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley
⁂ The self-care practice you can’t do this work without ⁂
Walking
⁂ Favorite podcast or book at the moment ⁂
Both/And by Huma Abedin
⁂ Your life motto ⁂
To be an active participant in living. To be an active participant in democracy.
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How and where did you get your start in this work?
I first got started in this work in high school when I was a community activist. I did little things around my community but nothing I thought made a huge impact or changed the outcomes of people’s lives. During my senior year of high school, I was hired as an intern in then-City Councilwoman Ayanna Pressley’s office. She was my original inspiration for moving from solely community activism into politics because I saw someone who looked like me actively fighting every day to make a difference in our communities’ lives.
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⚡ Errin’s Lightning Round ⚡
⁂ Your ultimate hero ⁂
My mother
⁂ The self-care practice you can’t do this work without ⁂
Meditation
⁂ Favorite podcast or book at the moment ⁂
Currently rewatching Parks & Recreation for the 200th time and binge-watching the whole season of House of Dragons
⁂ Your life motto ⁂
“For what it’s worth: it’s never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the courage to start all over again.”
–F. Scott Fitzgerald
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