Bridging Differences and Movements
Written by Sean Thomas-Breitfeld Recently, I was in Detroit for a community summit organized by our partners at the Detroit People’s Platform and led a workshop on coalitions and alliances. Since the […]
Tag: Alliance Building
Beyond the Wedding Cake: The Fight Continues
Written by Alex Nguyen In its monumental decision this past Friday, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in a 5-4 decision that same-sex marriage is a legal right protected by the […]
Reflections on the Penas for the Common Good
Written by Alicia Lueras Maldonado As the year comes to an end, it’s a good time to reflect on the past year and think about the work ahead of us. […]
Update from the 3rd Peña for the Common Good
Written by Alicia Lueras Maldonado As we sat in the community room behind the St. Martin’s Coffee Shop on the corner of Lomas and 2nd Street listening to Mark Allison, former Executive […]
Update from the 2nd Pena for the Common Good
Written by Alicia Lueras Maldonado On June 12th, we hosted our 2nd Peña for the Common Good at the beautiful campus of South Valley Academy, a public charter school in […]
Penas for the Common Good
Written by Alicia Lueras Maldonado On Friday, May 2nd, over 25 nonprofit service providers, advocates and community organizers joined together in what was the first of a series of “peñas” […]
Relationships Are (the) Work
Written by Sean Thomas-Breitfeld Lately, I’ve been thinking about relationships. Maybe it’s that my partner just proposed to me. Or maybe it was the time with our Project Team earlier […]
Kicking off 2014: Lessons from New Mexico
Written by Frances Kunreuther Starting a new year calls for optimism and hope. Here in New York City we are looking forward to the work of our new Mayor, Bill de […]
Court Rulings Must Lead to Broader Alliance Building
Written by Frances Kunreuther Our new report, At the Crossroads: The Future of the LGBT Movement, was conceived over a year ago. Little did we think then it would be released the […]