“If you have the solution to my problem. Then you are my leader.” Willie Baptist has been organizing the homeless and the poor for over 40 years. He was active in the Nation Union of the Homeless, Kensington Welfare Rights Union,and Poverty Scholars. He is co-author of Pedagogy of the Poor. The day before Occupy [read more]
In August 2011 John “Chicago” Hough sat down with General Baker to discuss labor history and union organizing in Detroit. This Learn to Lead video is part of that interview. In this video General Baker talks about the history of the United Auto Workers(UAW) and the deep connection they have with the United Mine Workers (UMWA) and [read more]
Waistline & Mitch have been members of the United Auto Workers for most of their adult lives. In this Learn to Lead video they discuss the need for the unions to change in response to the electronic revolution, the Science of Society, and the Thursday night Political Education classes they hold in Detroit at the MWRO offices. [read more]
In order for an organization to be a true part of a larger social movement the development of the organization must incorporate the values and vision of the larger movement. It’s not enough to say your organization is part of a social movement for change. Your organization itself must be an agent of change. What [read more]
In order to develop a language for our work, we have to take a look at the way society uses language to oppress. We have to look at the language we use – the language taught to us by an unjust system – and reclaim that language, re frame that language to reflect the [read more]
Jean Colman spent her career working to help lower-income women achieve fair treatment and dignity. The former Welfare Rights Organizing Coalition director died May 8 at the age of 59 after helping thousands of women improve their lives and inspiring countless others via Local News | Jean Colman, made a career helping low-income women | [read more]
In August 2009, the Poverty Scholars Program will convene a week-long Leadership School to be held in Charleston, WV and to be coordinated in collaboration with the Direct Action Welfare Group (DAWG). The Leadership School marks the foundation of a modern Poor People’s Campaign. Leaders who have participated in preparatory Strategic Dialogues will be [read more]
I just returned from the second convening of the Poverty Scholars program at the Povety Initiative at Union Theological Seminary in New York. We had the honor of being joined by Bertha Burres, the Queen of he Mule Train. She organized the Mule Train after Dr. King’s death as part of the the Poor People’s [read more]
As I am sure, many of you heard that during the Republic Convention derogatory remarks were made about community organizers. Since then many people have responded in defense of community organizing. You can do a search of the blogs and put in the words community organizer and get thousands of responses. That being said, as a [read more]
The Teen Track went great this year. The teens are becoming more responsible and aware of their actions and how they impact everyone. We did however have some name calling and rumors (It was not just by the teens) but that cant always be avoided when you have that many people together those that were the target of [read more]
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