Thessaloniki The twenty people watching “The Organizer” documentary screening in the classroom at the Aristotle University in Thessaloniki, Greece, were all either PhD candidates in political science or professors. They began with a good, open-minded attitude and were friendly and tolerant as we worked to get the pieces together at the last minute. We …
Category: Community Organizing
Building Sustainable Organizations and Utilizing Capacity
Denver Visiting with a whole range of people before, after, and during screenings and meetings at the University of Denver international center and at Café Mayan, a haven of organizing on the University of Colorado campus in Denver, as well as talking to students, professors, and other before and after made for a fascinating day. …
Life Stirring in “Remnant” Unions in Pacific Northwest
Corvallis Driving through rush hour on both sides of Portland early in the morning in route to Oregon State University I was listening to an interview on KBOO, the 50-year old community radio station broadcasting from that city. The interview was with a professor at Berklee Music College in the Boston area who didn’t teach …