Shaping the Future of Organizing

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February 7, 2025
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In partnership with The Forge and the Initiative for Community Power, we released our Power to Win Report...

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Last summer, in partnership with The Forge and the Initiative for Community Power, we released our Power to Win Report—a project that amplified organizers' voices and their ideas for strengthening our movements. The report has sparked meaningful conversations and received enthusiastic feedback from both new and experienced organizers. Building on that momentum, we brought together 30 movement leaders to develop, and begin putting into action, strategies that tackle the challenges highlighted in the report. The gathering sparked many potent conversations and we are excited to build on these insights in the year ahead.

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