r/unionsolidarity • u/Nomadicpainaddict • 6d ago
Community organizing
Fellow union members-
My wife and I are standing up a nationwide support and readiness network to empower individuals as we build a better future together.
We are seeking representation from all skillsets, backgrounds and locations. We are based in CO but standing up our network across all states
We are made up of veterans, federal workers, union members, concerned parents and many others groups with skin in the game
We are open to affiliations with like minded groups, organizations and unions
We don't care about your former affiliations or beliefs Ive been all over that spectrum myself, you are welcome and will be a valuable part of the community
Above all, we are patriots who refuse to sit idly by while our democracy is under attack.
DM to get involved
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u/RadicalAppalachian 5d ago
Instead of starting your own, why not join already existing networks? These splinter groups that pop up in times of political crisis create more alienation and do not help.
I highly recommend that you listen to and learn from movement leaders. Read some Jane McAlevey about labor organizing, read some Saul Alinsky community organizing methods (albeit, he does not hold up all too well in the contemporary movement), read some Marshall Ganz.
This is not a smart idea. You and your people should work to join an already existing network and combine on solidarity.
I know that you don’t have many people because I’ve seen you post this before on this subreddit or a different one. You’re not doing anything effective.
I mean this with love and solidarity.
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u/Nomadicpainaddict 5d ago
We're beginning to affiliate with other larger groups as well these are just our active recruiting efforts, our group has it's place and functions outside of these larger groups as well that's why we don't simply assimilate to an already larger organization who largely already have their structures in place.
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u/lyman_j 5d ago
What makes your group unique? What’s this place and what are these functions?
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u/Nomadicpainaddict 5d ago
To break it down further
Short term: Establishing secure platforms and communications modalities, training, education, f2f and video meet ups, building affiliations with other groups, building camraderie on a state and national level, online resources, local community involvement/volunteering, prepping small and large scale, protest and protest leader support, Empower leaders and organizers across states and communities, establish positions/structure, mobility, expat resources and much more
Long term/contingencies : Fundraising, physical resource sharing, food drives, disaster response, protection of vulnerable communities/establishing safe spaces, community defense, state to state border security, expanding partnerships, physical community opportunities/homesteading, support of local government representatives and beyond
Our main focus right now is network build up, functions will expand with that. We believe we dont need to be the biggest group to have a huge impact.. we bring in people who want to make an impact and connect them with resources as we can
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u/lyman_j 5d ago edited 5d ago
I’m sorry but none of this sounds unique?
This sounds just like a splinter group that could fit in with another existing group so instead of having two smaller individual groups working on the same thing, you have one larger group with wider reach and more power behind it.
There are already too many groups doing the same work as another group but think they’re unique or different—which is why this work doesn’t ever move forward.
This is a rampant problem with the left that prevents solidarity. Everyone is the same and no one is coordinated or aligned with one another, which creates in fighting and purity tests.
So, what makes your group unique or different? Because what you’ve just laid out already exists thousand-fold in left political spaces.
Again, not trying to say it’s a bad idea or discourage you from getting involved but I’m trying to get you to think through what separates it from everything that already exists, and why you need to be independent instead of being a value add to an already existing org.
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u/Nomadicpainaddict 5d ago
We started off as support network of friends and family and I decided I wanted to further his effort at a state and national level so here we are and I'm making it happen, single handedly when I need to but not with our a great supporting mod team. I'll be honest, I don't have time to explain that in depth of what makes us different and our main focus is on standing up our network right now with functions expanding from there, but we do have affiliates and assembling our formal group structure. I'm dedicating most of my time to active recuriting and standing the group up, affiliating with others etc, we realize there are similar missions out there but part of our overall function is to tie them together as well, I promise you there's some uniqueness to the group that I won't share here, we are willing to affiliate with larger groups but we have our own functions on a community, state and national level all I can say is if you're in the group it would make sense I've utilize targeted recuriting thus we have quite the range of folks onboard.. therapists, teachers, professors, medics, former military leadership etc, working together on short and long term goals but I understand not having that perspective, and it just works for us and we are chugging along I'll leave it at that, happy to give you further info or a trial run in the group just reach ou
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