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Does your org train you to be an organizer/leader or train you to respond to mobilization calls?

Turns out, both are needed.

"What MAGA Can Teach Democrats About Organizing—and Infighting

“Mobilizing is about getting people to do a thing, and organizing is about getting people to become the kind of people who do what needs to be done.” For a social movement to create real change, it helps to be skilled at both mobilizing and organizing. But that doesn’t mean that both skills are equally important. Dare (as well as No Kings) was great at mobilizing—the organization collected huge donations, charmed legislators, and spurred hundreds of rallies—but it was largely ineffective at changing how people behaved.

Paywall free New Yorker article;
https://archive.is/MmJm1

#Organizing #Organizer #Mobilize #NoKings #Maga

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From the article: "Today’s Democratic Party is great at mobilizing: it can propel people into the streets with big marches, raise billions of dollars for national candidates, and get liberals to bombard congressional offices with letters and phone calls.

However, it’s less talented at organizing—building the kinds of local infrastructure and disparate leaders that are needed to sustain a large and ideologically diverse coalition."