ENSURING DEMOCRACY'S FUTURE:
Block & Build Strategy for 2024 and Beyond
Friday, September 6, 2024
10am - 5pm
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CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies
25 West 43rd Street, 18th floor, New York, NY 10036 (map)
Register to join us *in-person* in Midtown Manhattan.
REGISTER: https://slucuny.swoogo.com/6September2024/register
Every election lurches us towards -- or pulls us back from -- crisis. The stakes seem higher than ever for 2024, in the US and around the globe. The Block & Build message is simple – stop the bad, grow justice. We must do both and with fierce urgency. But re-fashioning our organizing apparatus to incorporate electoral organizing is a formidable challenge. We will digest our field experiences with organizers and strategists who are knocking on doors and share lessons as we battle to build an authentic democracy. As social justice warriors learn the tools of electoral organizing, we expand our ability to weave a winnable alchemy of politics, people, and policy. Join us for this in-person, interactive gathering to reflect on the Block & Build organizing strategy and identify our needs for 2024 and beyond.
For an introduction to the Block & Build organizing strategy, watch this webinar and read this article. Syllabus for reading groups available here.
Free and open to all. Lunch will be provided. Space is limited. Register today!
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Program Schedule:
ENSURING DEMOCRACY’S FUTURE:
Block & Build Strategy for 2024 and Beyond
Welcome - 10:00-10:15am
Morning Panel - 10:15-11:15:
"Protecting Democracy: Victories & Lessons"
Morning Breakout Discussions - 11:30-12:30:
"Field Experiences: Wins, Surprises, Challenges"
Lunch – 12:30-1:30
Afternoon Panel - 1:30-2:30:
"Moving Forward and Making Democratic Futures"
Afternoon Breakout Discussions – 2:45pm – 3:45pm:
"Reflections: What We Need and How We Get It"
Insights & Implications - 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Speakers:
Rabab Abdulhadi - San Francisco State University
Fahd Ahmed - DRUM
Margie Del Castillo - State Power Caucus
Max Elbaum - Convergence
Jasmine Gripper - Working Families Party NY
Alethia Jones - CUNY SLU
Stephanie Luce - CUNY SLU
Brandon Mancilla - UAW Region 9A
Maria Stephan - Horizons Project
Sponsors:
Convergence Magazine: convergencemag.com
CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies: slu.cuny.edu/civicleadership
Civic Engagement and Leadership Development at the Murphy Institute
Co-Sponsors:
1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East; CAAAV;
Democratic Socialists of America NYC; Grassroots Power Project;
Historians for Peace and Democracy; Liberation Road;
Movement Law Lab; NY Caring Majority;
Seed the Vote; State Power Caucus; SURJ NYC
