How do we deal with billionaire right-wing funders? Match them!
How do we deal with billionaire right-wing funders and a surging Tea Party? Match them! Recent media stories abound on the conservative advocacy and training group FreedomWorks--promoted by Glenn...
View ArticleFirst-ever "camp" is just for guys-the good and bad
There's an intriguing camp starting at noon today in St. Paul. No tents or campsite deposits are needed. Though it runs for two days, there's really no overnight, so you don't need to pack a...
View ArticleCamp Sheila Wellstone for Men
This past month, our Sheila Wellstone Institute, in partnership with United Way Greater Twin Cities, presented a historic, first-ever Camp Sheila Wellstone just for men. The training was targeted to...
View ArticleHigh-kick that closet door wide open!
Today is National Coming Out Day, and I want to make it clear to the world, beyond a shadow of a doubt that I am a lesbian and there are others like me who live in this world. I have always thought...
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Latina Leadership Academy
Wellstone Action recently partnered with the Institute of Community and Civic Engagement at DeAnza College to train 20 DeAnza College staff members, students and community members in Santa Clara...
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Proving the pundits wrong, mobilizing the immigrant vote
If you're paying attention to the 2010 elections, you probably heard about the Pew Hispanic Center's recent survey that indicated voter enthusiasm among Hispanic voters was way down from historic...
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Wellstone Action goes down under
Here at Wellstone Action's headquarters, we're finally accepting that winter is sticking around. On the other side of the world, summer is heating up in Australia, where the training organization...
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Governing as a pro-labor progressive
Local and state elected officials from across the country gathered at SEIU International in Washington, DC, for the first-ever Governing as a Pro-Labor Progressive Workshop. Wellstone Action...
View ArticleNew Year, new leadership at Wellstone Action
Each New Year brings the chance for renewal, opportunity, and positive change. It is in this spirit I am sharing exciting news for Wellstone Action and myself. Starting this month, my role at...
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Readying the movement for 2012
Since the move this month to a new "Founding Director" position at Wellstone Action with Ben Goldfarb now our Executive Director, I've had more time to read and reflect. I've been looking closer at...
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2010 year in review
A look back at our training numbers from 2010. We're gearing up for an even busier year in 2011!
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Egypt's social media revolution
We all have seen the impact of social media, but have we ever seen it done in the likes of Egypt's revolution? The brave women and men on the ground reported back to the rest of the waiting world...
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Take action: Support state workers in Wisconsin
This past Friday in Wisconsin, Governor Walker made good on his promise to try to strip away worker's rights in the state. He has turned Wisconsin, known as the birthplace of public sector union...
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Attention Scott Walker and John Kasich: We all do better when we all do better
The rallying cry of the labor movement is "an injury to one is an injury to all." The bible teaches us that "I am my brother's keeper." Benjamin Franklin implored his wavering fellow delegates to...
View ArticleOpportunity knocks as the conservatives start to overreach
Earlier this month, I wrote about the 2010 legislative and governor takeovers in many states by very conservative forces. They've wasted no time pushing their ideologically extreme agenda. In...
View ArticleCarleton alum channels Wellstone, inspires students
Jeff Blodgett, the founding director of Wellstone Action, a national center for training and leadership development, opened his convocation speech last Friday by recalling his own experience of...
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Corporate reforms will not create excellent schools
Increase competitiveness. Focus on maximizing short-term output over long-term investment. Layoff workers. Squeeze more productivity from the remaining beleaguered workforce. Demonize unions that...
View ArticleRepresentative Keith Ellison testifies against hateful bigotry
This blog is cross-posted from Sojourners. In addition to serving as Director of Wellstone Action's Native American Leadership Program, Peggy Flanagan also serves on the board of directors for...
View ArticleTraining draws activists from around state
(ATLANTA, GA.) -- Last weekend, nearly 90 campaign activists from across the state gathered at Georgia State University for a nationally-recognized political training workshop. The Red Clay Democrats...
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High praise for the Alberta Party
Jeff Blodgett knows a thing or two about grassroots community and political organizing. He helped organize American farmers during that country's farming crisis in the 1980s, worked as a senior aide...
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