Strategic PlanningWe support groups through challenging conversations to identify shared values, a common purpose, and practical next steps to move their work forward.
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Popular EducationWe translate complex policy issues to give people the information they need to understand the issues and advocate effectively. We also work with coalitions to get the word out about what they're working on, and why it matters.
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Policy DevelopmentWe facilitate group conversations about policy design to support organizers and directly impacted people in crafting their positions, then turn those into powerful policy proposals.
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Popular Education
We work to make policy more understandable and accessible.
What's Going on in the Neighborhood?
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Is Your Landlord Harassing You or Your Neighbors? Collaboration with CUPA guide to what constitutes harassment, how the Certificate of No Harassment Program works, and how tenants can assert their rights if they're being harassed.
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Stories + Data = Power
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Policies, Platforms & Reports
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From Big Business to a Liberation Economy (August 2023): We co-authored a report about the anti-competitive, anti-worker tactics corporations use to assert their power, and policies to advance racial economic justice for workers and communities.
Racial Impact Study Coalition: We worked with the Office of the Public Advocate and a diverse coalition of grassroots groups, policy organizations, and planners to pass historic legislation to ensure that racial impacts are considered in every major land use decision. Dianne for NYC Mayor (Spring 2021): We worked to develop the candidate's policies around land use, housing, and community safety alternatives. Thriving Communities Coalition Comprehensive Planning Proposal (January 2019): We analyzed the City's current land use, capital, and expense planning process, and developed a proposal to support equitable development and advance citywide planning goals. Many elements of this proposal were subsequently adopted by City Council Speaker Corey Johnson. Flawed Findings: How NYC's Approach to Residential Displacement Risk Fails Communities (Fall 2018): We provided detailed feedback on this report to the Pratt Center for Community Development, drawing from our experience working with communities in the southwest Bronx and East New York. Inclusive City: Strategies to Achieve More Equitable and Predictable Land Use in NYC (January 2018): We served on a citywide working group to create an equity-driven framework for comprehensive planning in NYC. White Paper: Resisting Displacement in the Southwest Bronx: Lessons from CASA’s Tenant Organizing (May 2017): We provided research, writing and editing support to CASA for this report. Nothing About Us, Without Us, is For Us! Bronx Coalition for a Community Vision Policy Platform (October 2015): We supported the Bronx Coalition in creating a robust policy platform to support planning designed to meet the needs of low-income residents of the South Bronx. |
Facilitation
We've facilitated everywhere from South Dakota to the South Bronx, guiding groups through strategic planning processes, empowering community members through popular education about complex policy topics and imparting core organizing and advocacy skills to directly impacted people leading social change efforts. Some of the workshops we've created over the years are described below.