Leading Change Network Book Event: Prisms of the People with Liz McKenna (Video)
A video of Liz McKenna sharing ground-breaking research from her latest book, Prisms of the People: Power & Organizing In Twenty-First-Century America.
A video of Liz McKenna sharing ground-breaking research from her latest book, Prisms of the People: Power & Organizing In Twenty-First-Century America.
How can organizations build power that is not only about gaining a seat at the decision-making table, but enables them to challenge the status quo, and win victories for their constituents?
On April 21st, 2021 we were joined by Liz McKenna who shared ground-breaking research from her latest book, Prisms of the People: Power & Organizing In Twenty-First-Century America.
Drawing on data from successful movement organizations in the US – including LUCHA, an immigrant rights organization that helped win a minimum wage increase in 2016 and turn Arizona blue in 2020; New Virginia Majority, which helped restore voting rights to the formerly incarcerated; the Amos Project which passed universal preschool in Cincinnati; and ISAIAH, which built a multiracial and multi faith base to influence a gubernatorial election in Minnesota – Liz and her co-authors show that the power of successful movements most often is rooted in their ability to act as “prisms of the people,” turning participation into political power just as prisms transform white light into rainbows.