Author Archives: Brigid Flaherty

2008 Campaign School: Building on Experience, Training for Success

In Los Angeles, California labor and community organizations have long-recognized the need for a joint campaign training program — a program that would include both in-class and field training components.
That’s exactly what took place the weekend of April 5-6, 2008, when over 25 community and labor activists, including PBN reps, gained the skills [...]

Capturing the Energy Before and After the November Elections: The Pushback Network as a Model

On March 25th, members of the Pushback Network (Sondra, Carl, Henry, and Micaela, all from New York; Scott from Alabama, Rodney, and myself) presented at a NYRAG Members Briefing sponsored by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, The Ford Foundation, New York Foundation, North Star Fund, and Open Society Institute.
Our presentation was called, Capturing [...]

Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: CA Convening a Success!

“To me, Can’t Stop Won’t Stop signifies the rising challenge that communities of color and progressive communities are posing, in that we are a majority in California and we need to recognize the power that we have and recognize that this power will only continue to grow.”– Emily Lee, Chinese Progressive Association, San Francisco, CA

Over [...]

Brigid and Rodney Meet with the KY State Alliance

On Wednesday, February 27th, I was welcomed to the Blue Grass Airport in Lexington, Kentucky, by a host committee of snow flurries and grey skies that completely misspoke the wonderful things in store during my and Rodney’s visit with Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, Kentucky Jobs with Justice, and the Fairness Campaign.
First on the agenda was [...]