by Stephanie Guilloud | Organizing Lessons
Leahy’s Lessons from 60 Years of Organizing A brief synthesis by Stephanie Guilloud Organizers’ histories are intentionally obfuscated. Our stories are simplified, and our triumphs are turned into passive voice. The strike began and ended. The development was stopped....
by Stephanie Guilloud | Featured, Organizing Lessons
Dan wrote five concise pages titled “Framework for Organizing” as part of a 500-page “Organizer’s Notebook on Public Utilities and Energy” that he produced with the Human Affairs Program he directed in Ithaca, New York in 1976. The program organized people for public...
by DanLeahy.org | Organizing Lessons
Eras of Dan’s Organizing Work: A Chart The following chart reflects a chronology of major campaigns and organizing initiatives in Dan Leahy’s life, spanning over 60 years of dedicated work. This chart is a chronological list of Dan’s fights with established (and...
by Stephanie Guilloud | Organizing Lessons
1) WHY: Why Organize? “Three guidelines that drive organizing: Organize to improve people’s real conditions. Organize to give people a sense of their own strength. Organize to change power relationships.” – Organizer’s Notebook on Public Utilities and Energy,...
by Stephanie Guilloud | Organizing Lessons
2) WHAT: What kind of organization do you need? “That is the job of the organizer: to build an organization.” – Organizer’s Notebook on Public Utilities and Energy, 1976 As quiet as it’s kept, Dan Leahy was the engine behind one of the most concerted attempts to...
by Stephanie Guilloud | Organizing Lessons
3) WHO: Who will be a part of the organization? “Use any activity to find people like yourself – open-minded, serious, long-term – and bring them into a structure that they can see and learn within. It’s always amazed me how much people want to know and learn about...
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