13370934, aoc with some much needed advice.
Posted by Reeq, Wed Mar-04-20 05:52 PM
https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1235312177747308554
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Effective organizers are welcomers, natural educators, and positive in their interactions.
They make new people feel like theirs is a movement they want to be part of.
Effective organizers treat the internet as an organizing space (although not the *only* organizing space!).
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https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1235313180949303296
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It is important to fight for the issues, advance your argument, and grow the cause.
To do so, the questions that organizers or anyone seeking to advance a cause or campaign should always ask themselves are: who else can we include, and how can we listen and include them?
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of course she is catching some flack from the zealots like she did when she admitted m4a is prolly not feasible and public option would be an acceptable compromise.
but you can tell her time in politics and interactions with the broader american electorate are encouraging her to grow into a better leader and build a sustainable movement.
shes trying to convey the same message that many in this post are. hopefully people will listen.
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