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Laura Flanders talks to creative thinkers and change-makers from the worlds of politics, arts and the new economy. The smartest conversations, with the smartest thinkers and doers of our time, distributed in multiple formats on a variety of platforms. Keep abreast of fresh content by following GRITtv, the site Flanders founded, on Twitter @GRITtv.
Community organizing has become "cool," at least according to the New York Times, but will the Obama movement survive and flourish after his elector...
Community organizing has become "cool," at least according to the New York Times, but will the Obama movement survive and flourish after his electoral victory? Will grassroots activism and organizing expand? Is the movement a field of wild flowers or a controlled garden? Sally Kohn, Director of the Movement Vision Lab at the Center for Community Change and Marshall Ganz, a lecturer at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government discuss lessons for organizers from the Obama campaign as well as the challenges and opportunities grassroots activists face when a candidate advocating "change we believe in" gets elected.
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