"Organizing & being an organizer starts by behaving like one, by committing to a set of principles and methods, and trying them over and over. You talk less, you ask more. You plan the conversation strategy ahead of time and predefine success"

So useful! https://jacobinmag.com/2019/11/thanksgiving-organizing-activism-friends-family-conversation-presidential-election

"Organizers [unlike activists] devote their time to engaging with people who are not yet in our movement, who don’t identify with “us,” who are disengaged from “our” movement — the vast “undecideds,” those who aren’t reading this magazine, or any of our social media feeds (yet)"

"Activists are already in agreement about what’s wrong and who is to blame, and their focus is on getting other activists to take action"

This is such a crucial difference - if you want to attain specific results, you gotta know your role.

Always grateful for @rsgexp's teaching