Join us for a post-midterm analysis with Republican and Democratic experts! Guests: Mark Lotter, President, Lotter Communications; former Press Secretary to Vice President Pence and former Special Assistant to President Trump and Amy Dacey, IOP Fall 2018 ...

It’s called Power Hoarding: when one group dominates the who, what, where, when, and why.  And it even happens in social movements.  Together, we will ask ourselves what and who has hoarded power in social movements of the past- and explore what elements ...

The limits of social movements are often impaired by the tyranny of the status quo. Even when we go to change the world, we settle for incremental visions instead of revolutionary ones.  Is there more power in a particular approach? Why do we believe in “ ...

Kneeling during the anthem.  Breaking a store window.  Blocking traffic with a human chain.  Shutting down a store. Interrupting a presidential candidate. Disrupting a SCOTUS hearing. Occupying the lawn of a mayor.  All of these have been tactics of prote ...

Much has been made of the importance social media in modern movements-but it is not the exclusive source of news on social issues for the general American public.  Mainstream media and entertainment outlets continue to be primarily responsible for craftin ...

A debate as old as social movements themselves, there is hardly a clear answer as to which tactic is most effective, or even if the strategies of working from the inside of systems or pressing them from the outside need to be presented as mutually exclusi ...

As we await the critically important election night returns of the 2018 Midterm elections, we'll embrace the hope in the air and name the possibilities. If movements are truly intersectional, equitable and diverse, they do they have the power to chan ...

Rarely do we get to hear the stories and pathways of those who’ve chosen many forms of activism and advocacy.  Some, like Chikesia Clemons, were forced to this place. Her assault by police at a Waffle House in Saraland, AL was caught on film and went vira ...

“Mainstream Media” “Alternative Media” “Fake News” Beyond the three traditional branches of government, there is another that has often been described as a fourth branch: the free press. Sir Edmund Burke reportedly said “there were three Estates … but in ...

With a spate of retirements, resignations, and runs for other offices, will the results of the mid-term elections lead to a 116 th Congress that is more willing and capable of governing? Guest: Chris Wilson, CEO of WPA Intelligence, Chris will provide an ...