The Battles We Pick
von David Shorr
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What can we learn about making social and political change from talking to professional change-makers? This work takes a combination of persistence, shrewdness, and luck. On the Battles We Pick podcast, skilled advocates and organizers talk about how they deal with the various challenges they confront.
Theme music by generous permission of recording artist Stephen.
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- Civic Strategist Caitie Whelan on "Giving folks the tools to make public policy for the people" · 30 Min. · Folge 23Send us Fan Mail Civic strategist Caitie Whelan's professional mission is to level the playing field of public policy. As she puts it on her website, "If regular folks don’t know…
- White nationalism researcher Hannah Gais on the overlap of hate groups and the GOP · 45 Min. · Folge 22Send us Fan Mail The Intelligence Project of the Southern Poverty Law Center is well known for tracking and exposing the activities of hate and extremist groups. So it was great…
- Veteran immigrant rights advocate Charles Kamasaki on the last comprehensive reform, and the next · 44 Min. · Folge 21Send us Fan Mail It is often noted that the last time Congress enacted comprehensive immigration reform was in the 1980s. Charles Kamasaki was not only deeply involved in shaping…
- Civic Power coauthor Sabeel Rahman on bringing affected communities directly into decision-making · 45 Min. · Folge 20Send us Fan Mail Cornell Law School Professor Sabeel Rahman is coauthor of an important recent book, Civic Power, about the urgent need to revitalize American democracy with much…
- African social entrepreneur Lolo Cynthia on getting healthy sexuality education into schools · 48 Min. · Folge 19Send us Fan Mail Lolo Cynthia is an African reproductive health activist, social entrepreneur, and experienced communicator. She shared some of the negative experiences that led…
- PEN America CEO Suzanne Nossel on the battle over free speech and book banning · 37 Min. · Folge 18Send us Fan Mail Suzanne Nossel leads the US chapter of PEN, the international network of professional writers dedicated to promoting and protecting the basic right to freedom of…
- Memphis Councilwoman Michalyn Easter-Thomas on her Driving Equality Ordinance to Save Black Lives · 50 Min. · Folge 17Send us Fan Mail After Tyre Nichols was killed by Memphis Police officers who had pulled him over for a trivial traffic infraction, City Councilwoman Michalyn Easter-Thomas "had…
- Philanthropic adviser Stephen Saloom on the unique and vital role of community foundations · 53 Min. · Folge 16Send us Fan Mail One interesting angle on advocacy are the effort some people devote to prodding certain key players to get more involved. In sectors like philanthropy, there can…
- Advocacy evaluation pioneer Sarah Stachowiak on emerging challenges for the advocacy field · 44 Min. · Folge 15Send us Fan Mail First episode back after a hiatus of several months, so I needed a great guest. Sarah Stachowiak is CEO of the Seattle-based evaluation consulting firm ORS…
- Early-career social worker Sadie B. S. on using creative problem-solving to meet human needs · 35 Min. · Folge 14Send us Fan Mail This episode features a conversation with our daughter when they were home for Thanksgiving. Sadie is in the early phase of a career in social work, currently…
- Author Sasha Issenberg on how he chronicled the major social change of same-sex marriage · 60 Min. · Folge 13Send us Fan Mail This episode's guest is a journalist rather than an advocate, the author of one of the best books focused on advocacy work. Political reporter Sasha Issenberg's…
- Voting rights attorney Yael Bromberg on turning the tide on voter suppression · 50 Min. · Folge 12Send us Fan Mail Election law attorney Yael Bromberg is principal of her own firm and litigation practice. With a specialty in student voting rights, she serves as outside…
- Veteran advocate and evaluator Kathleen Sullivan and I review key points from the podcast's first ten episodes · 55 Min. · Folge 11Send us Fan Mail To mark the podcast being ten-episodes old, I invited close colleague and good friend Kathleen Sullivan of Fine Gauge Strategies to listen back to some of the…
- Strategist and philanthropic adviser Richard Healey on cues progressives sould take from the military's strategic principles · 56 Min. · Folge 10Send us Fan Mail The podcast's tenth episode was a reunion with the former executive director of the group where I was an intern right after college. Richard Healey was executive…
- Climate action advocate Clarence Edwards' observations about how power works in Washington · 57 Min. · Folge 9Send us Fan Mail Clarence Edwards has worked on nearly every side of US foreign policy and politics—from presidential campaign finance to the State Department to the Council on…
- Veteran public interest lawyer Eileen Hershenov on homegrown threats to American democracy · 53 Min. · Folge 8Send us Fan Mail In our conversation, Eileen Hershenov of the Anti-Defamation League kept coming back to the theme of advocacy's broadest challenge: to keep progressing and…
- Consultant Terry Woodbury on how struggling rural communities can pull back from the brink · 54 Min. · Folge 7Send us Fan Mail When Terry Woodbury was fresh out of his masters program at Princeton Theological Seminary in the late-1960s, an internship with a wealthy Kansas…
- Fetal alcohol spectrum advocate Sandra Ionno Butcher on bringing diverse stakeholders together for shared goals · 54 Min. · Folge 6Send us Fan Mail Sandra Ionno Butcher has been chief executive of the National Organisation for FASD for six and a half years—and active in efforts on behalf of the Fetal Alcohol…
- Anti-poverty advocate Gawain Kripke on the importance of flexibility and opportunism in advocacy · 53 Min. · Folge 5Send us Fan Mail Prior to launching his consulting firm Double Dogwood, Gawain Kripke spent the bulk of his career with Oxfam America, most of that time as policy director…
- Amnesty International advocate Adotei Akwei on the inside game, outside game, and movement-building · 58 Min. · Folge 4Send us Fan Mail Adotei Akwei is a seasoned and accomplished advocate who has worked for the American Committee on Africa, Human Rights First, CARE USA, and spent over 25 years…
