Building on Maurice Moe Mitchell 🐺’s Building Resilient Organizations, three organizers discuss practical ways to deal with the challenges of non-profit culture. Jesse Graham, Amy Halsted, and Ben Chin in our latest: forgeorganizing.org/article/nuts-a…

Resilience in organizations is about challenging traditional activist and non-profit paradigms with humble, disciplined, and compassionate leadership. Read Amy Halsted, Ben Chin, and Jesse Graham's thoughtful piece on what it takes to lead the way. convergencemag.com/articles/nuts-…

How activist and non-profit culture prevent good organizing + what we can do about it. Co-authored by Jesse Graham, Amy Halsted, and me. Responding to Maurice Moe Mitchell 🐺's piece on conflict within progressive organizations. The Forge: Organizing Strategy and Practice forgeorganizing.org/article/nuts-a…

On this week’s podcast, we discuss the collapse of a Aroostook County daycare center that will leave 100 kids without care, as well as the implications of an educator hiring crunch and the way Maine pays for public education. #mepolitics mainebeacon.com/podcast-sudden…

I'm excited to moderate this debate! "LDSJ Debate Series: The Four-Day Workweek" eventbrite.com/e/ldsj-debate-… @Eventbrite

Amazing new report on automatic stabilizers from Darrick Hamilton, Naomi Zewde ናሆሜ, and Chris Hughes. Their proposal complements UI, but is simpler + more effective. General fund transfers since 1970s to UI are small + clumsy. Let's do the real thing! racepowerpolicy.org/wp-content/upl…

Two more frustrating vetoes from Governor Janet Mills today. LD 373, my bill, would have promoted labor agreements at clean energy facilities, creating good jobs in a new industry. LD 1231 would have cut taxes for middle class Mainers by partially restoring a tax on the very wealthy.

If you want a read that makes you pumped to dig in and fight, check out Natalie Foster’s THE GUARANTEE!

This week on the podcast, Ben Chin interviews Marshall Ganz, America’s preeminent expert on grassroots organizing, about building organizing skills, building a movement, and creating lasting change. mainebeacon.com/heads-without-…

Check out Ben Chin's review of Natalie Foster's The Guarantee via The Forge: Organizing Strategy and Practice “She’s not just trying to convince you of a whole new economic paradigm, one that guarantees people’s needs like income, housing, education, and care. She goes further, aiming to persuade you

A great piece!

Strategy Summits continues next month with panelists discussing Leadership for Movements of the Future. Join us for a conversation where we discuss how election results will impact movement leaders and what strategies can be developed to sustain democracy.

Maine is an outlier. It stands out as the only rural, working class state with Democratic leadership of the governorship and both legislative chambers. To read why that is and what makes Maine unique, click the link below! mainebeacon.com/maine-is-the-o…

Our country is at a critical moment, Ben Chin writes, and Sen. Susan Collins has a key role to play in protecting ordinary Mainers from billionaire greed and government abuse. mainebeacon.com/billionaires-a…

10/10 and gratitude to the Economic Security Project and Economic Security Project Action board who’ve helped shape our thinking Chris Hughes , Aisha Nyandoro, Dorian Warren, Felicia Wong , K. Sabeel Rahman , and Ben Chin .

Honored to serve. mainepublic.org/politics/2025-…

Senate Democrats need to hold the line. No healthcare, no deal. Mainers want a Democratic Party that fights for them, not one that rolls over. When we fight, we win.

The member-led board of Maine People's Alliance announced today that they unanimously decided to endorse oyster farmer and veteran Graham Platner in the Democratic primary for the 2026 U.S. Senate race against Sen. Susan Collins. mainebeacon.com/maine-peoples-…