Dan inspired all of us, and we continue to work in memory of his leadership.

Dan was the keynote speaker for the Washington Council of Firefighters in 2002. He spoke the morning of September 10. Dan was a true friend and a force for intelligence and progress. We miss him dearly. Watch Dan's keynote address here. —Helen Kramer and Mike...

When Dan was the Director of Cornell's Human Affairs Program (HAP), I was a graduate student in Cornell's Department of City and Regional Planning. I met Dan at a party he gave for his friends and colleagues, including one of my professors, Cary Hershey. Cary had...

Very sorry to hear of Dan's passing, so sad for everyone. He was such a pleasant man and had such an interest in life and people, enjoyed many talks with him when he was around Kinsale and also over zoom. He was also kind enough to offer accommodation to my two sons...

It is hard to believe that such a vital force as Dan is gone. I'm not surprised to hear that he was engaged right up to the end. I was thinking of Dan today as I was reading the latest issue of the BCTF magazine and there was an article about the Tri-national...

Lamenta deceso de Dan Leahy, estratega internacionalista Dan Leahy, sabio visionario que estableció los cimientos de la Coalición Trinacional en Defensa de la Educación Pública, falleció el pasado 10 de diciembre. Dan, en 1993, reunió a unos 300 activistas de la...

Dan was a great friend, neighbor, colleague and mentor. When our house across the street was being painted, he and Bethany offered their own as an essential refuge. On a warm summer night he taught us the exuberant joys of nightball. His boys spent hours playing in...

Take risks, fearlessly. Make no excuses and admit nothing. Read more. Fight the system, do it with intention and your heart. Celebrate all the victories, celebrate the moment, share stories. With all my love and gratitude, thank you for teaching me this shit and so,...

Me and Dan I spent a key period of my youth "helping" Dan and my mom, Jinx Dowd, doing office chores for the Human Affairs Program. Mostly my help was the sort that involves things like walking around and around a long table collating the Organizers Notebook, but...

I learned how damn nice it is to be with, listen to, talk to laugh with, hang out with, dialog with, travel with, drink with, watch with, mingle with, dine with, witness and march with Dan Leahy almost from the moment he walked into Barbara and Marc’s house in DC and...

When my son was three years old, Dan introduced him to “Bobby Dylan,” demonstrated how to properly grind coffee by hand, and modeled unbridled confidence and zeal. I’m fairly certain some of Dan’s confidence rubbed off on this child as he exhibits a similar dogged...

Shit Dan Leahy taught me. Though this may shock those who know Dan through what we call his professional life, through my early life and teen years, Dad wasn't really one for explicit life lessons. Exceptions being the Rules, of course, and, later, once, "when someone...

Dan Leahy taught me what it looks like to drive fearlessly and competently through a thick blizzard of a snow storm one Thanksgiving when we made our way from Boston to Marathon, NY to visit Maryrose and Donn. It also happened to be the first time I met Bethany and...

Shit my dad taught me If you feel like driving fast, don't do it in the neighborhood. Actually, for that matter, the coolest way to drive through your own space is between 8 and 13 miles an hour. Leave driving fast for the mountains, but pass on the uphills, not the...

Things I have learned from Dan Leahy Keep in touch with people. If you don’t write your own story, someone else will write it for you. Make sure you know what you are saying (particularly if you are protesting in another language). Take time to do the research—and...

I have known Dan Leahy since my arrival in Olympia, 35 years ago. He has been a good friend, a wise and caring person whose advice and reflections I seek out. We taught political economy together at Evergreen on five different occasions, both to undergraduates and in...

What to say about one's neighbor of 36 years! We're Dan and Bethany's neighbors to the East and about the same age - a bit older. We had our children sooner so we were about a decade ahead in school activities: piano and band recitals, sports, academic events and...

Included in the list of shit I learned from Dan is the tool/rule about reading source documents. Read them, then read them against what's being written and said about them. Then help others do the same. Create a chart. Make it plain. Dan taught this in his classes and...

There are so many lessons I could list, including his insistence on lists. But I will focus on just one. Dan is committed to continuous learning and brings a rigorous spirit of inquiry to the world. It was telling that in his roster of recommended top 25 books, he...

Dan taught me THIS. What you are doing with this shout-out email to gather learnings from him. Call it organizing? Spurring into action? Following up? All of the above, possibly. My guess is that If you are doing it, it's because of a seed that Dan planted in you, and...

Dan Leahy: What he taught me In 1987, I worked with Dan to put on an organizing school for trade union women. At one of the early events, I taught some classes to the participants on math and using computers. At the closing ceremonies of the event, Dan thanked the...

Some of the shit that Dan has taught me: how to appreciate a beautiful old Mercedes  how to reach for the cheese without shame  how to open a bottle of French wine (around the age of 6)  how to make change locally and support your community  how to build and make...

I have known Dan for 52 years; we were students at NYU. Both of us were returned Peace Corps volunteers.  The Dan Leahy of today differs little from the man I met in grad school; wiser, more experienced and weathered but essentially he is what he was then. By that I...

The art of walking Sometime after arriving at Evergreen in 2005, as green as green can be, I called Dan from a landline in a rental that was far more grown up than I was. I asked him what Evergreen students wanted. “They want to do things,” he said. “They want to...