Susan's Rules for a Community Organizer

The video includes an excerpt from veteran activist Marge Harrison speaking at Love Song for Susan Blake, A Life Celebration. Marge speaks about Susan's insights about being a Community Organizer. The excerpt includes discussion of the corrupting power of money; triangulation; insider-outsider dynamic; respecting the grassroots; me politics vs. we politics; transparency; pragmatism and opportunism; celebrity politics; the life of a community organizer; Saul Alinsky; and humility (doing work without demanding credit.) The video also includes an excerpt of Susan Blake speaking at the LI Peace Summit.

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News & Politics

Tags:

• Community
• Organizer
• Progressive
• Politics
• Peace
• Saul
• Alinsky
• Marge
• Harrison
• Susan
• Blake
• June
• Grassroots

[ryanshaunkelly]

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