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INVITATION TO JOIN MONTHLY CALL February 6, 2018

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Reversing Runaway Inequality – SF Bay Area Tues. Feb. 6, 2018 6-7pm PST Dear Movement Builders, You are invited to join the first Monthly Call for the SF Bay Area educators network. Calls will be held on the first Tuesday of each month. The agenda for the call is attached. Ideas for Future Workshops We are pleased to have as guest speaker: Steve Lawton, Pres. CWA Local 1102 in New York. Steve will share how he planned and conducted the one-day “silo-busting” conference: Staten Island United 2018 https://www.siunited2018.org/ with 15 progressive groups and 140 attendees. The conference featured break-out sessions (Labor Rights, Immigration …

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After reading Runaway Inequality, what next?

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A friend writes: “I have a small book club reading Runaway Inequality as part of our Indivisible Suffragists Group. We will finish the first week in November. What should our next steps be? There are four of us.” We asked some Reversing Runaway Inequality trainers for their suggestions. Margarita Hernandez said: “There is a huge tax fight right now that folks should plug into. It’s not enough they learn about runaway inequality but now it’s time for them to step up to fight back. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders talk about the plan in a video here. She should try to do short presentations at her local community …

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Link: Stripmining Toys

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What can happen when debt is used to buy a troubled business and financial manipulation ensues. The bankruptcy of Toys R Us. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/10/09/toys-r-us-and-the-trump-voter

We’ve Updated the Trainers Map!

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We have 26 new members who would like to participate in Train the Trainer sessions to Reverse Runaway inequality. They’ve signed up from across the country. Meanwhile we’re working with local groups and Trained Trainers to bring trainings to areas with enough interest across the country. Here’s the full map of interested trainers on the continental US.

Activism 101—Les Leopold in Boone North Carolina, October 19th.

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When: Thursday, October 19th. 12:30 PM to 2 PM Where: HOW Space. 182 Howard St., Boone, North Carolina 28608 What: Facilitated by Les Leopold, co-founder of the Labor Institute in New York, this nuts and bolts workshop provides an opportunity to learn more about developing successful grassroots campaigns for social and economic justice. + learn skills to create effective campaigns and actions + explore the historical context for social justice movements and contemporary organizing + develop concrete tools you can use in your own work Leopold is a veteran activist with over 40 years of dedication to labor rights as well as …

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