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Challenges and Imperatives of Building Mass Movements And Coalitions

Day 2 June 18, 2024

How do social justice organizations bring their movements up to scale? What are the terms of unity, and what does the big tent look like? How do movements engage in principled struggle internally? How do small groups reach, represent, and learn from grassroots local organizers and the larger communities that movements seek to mobilize and serve? How do organizers build movements that radically include all sectors and groups within our communities? How do we make sure they are open and accessible in every way? What is the role and power of organized labor to the larger social justice movement (where does bargaining for the common good come in)?

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