Organize the Rich
We've tried eating the rich. What about organizing the rich?
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What connects Dolly Parton to Haymarket People’s Fund? (opens the original)
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A few years back I got to interview George Pillsbury, an heir to the Pillsbury baking fortune, one of the founders of Haymarket People’s Fund and one of the key leaders in organizing the rich toward justice from the 70s-90s.When I asked George to tell me who inspired him in his early organizing, he named one of the founding board members of Haymarket People’s Fund, Karen Nussbaum.He told me that Karen was the co-founder of the organization 9to5, which inspired Dolly Parton’s son
“The support group is nice, but what else can we do?” (opens the original)
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What do I mean by organizing? (opens the original)
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I have been intending to finish up this piece and share it here for at least 2 years. I am thankful to have had the time this Summer to push it over the finish line and post it now.For more on how we organize the rich, please read Transformative Donor Organizing: The Developing Theory and Practice by Isaac Lev Szmonko. This booklet includes important topics I don’t cover below, like what accountability looks like in organizing the rich, while sharing more detail about the theory and practice. If
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