Move to Amend Reports

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Mississippi gets some deservedly bad press. The plethora of far-right Koch-sponsored bills that swept through its legislature is the stuff of nightmares. But some good folks in Jackson are having none of it.  Cooperation Jackson is an emerging network of worker cooperatives and supporting institutions fighting to create sustainable community development and economic democracy.  Join us for an enlightening conversation with the founder and organizing coordinator of Cooperation Jackson, Brandon King.

Move to Amend Reports is the weekly podcast that details current events and features guests specializing in movement building, grassroots organizing, amending the Constitution, and issues being addressed by Move To Amend.

OCTOBER 13, 2016

United We Dream is much more than a lovely thought. It’s a cutting edge organization run by youth for undocumented youth. Ambar Pinto is one such youth coming from Bolivia to the US with her mother at age 12, and now works for United We Dream fighting deportations at the intersections of commonality within the undocumented and other oppressed communities. United We Dream is the largest immigrant youth-led organization in the United States organizing and advocating for the dignity and fair treatment of immigrant youth and families, regardless of their immigration status.  Join us for this eye-opening discussion!

Move to Amend Reports is the weekly podcast that details current events and features guests specializing in movement building, grassroots organizing, amending the Constitution, and issues being addressed by Move To Amend.

OCTOBER 6, 2016

The 2016 ballot is shaping up for a pivotal election year, and Move to Amend will be a part of the action in two states this November.

Move to Amend partners and affiliates in California are mobilizing to get out the vote for the largest population of any US state for Proposition 59, the Overturn Citizens United Act. Tune in this week to hear to learn how you can get involved in this exciting campaign from Move to Amend affiliate organizer Anne Wilson of Santa Clara County and Yes On Prop. 59 Committee Chair Michele Sutter of the Money Out Voters In Coalition!

Move to Amend Reports is the weekly podcast that details current events and features guests specializing in movement building, grassroots organizing, amending the Constitution, and issues being addressed by Move To Amend.

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

REPLAY: Elsa Lakew, grassroots organizer and Black Lives Matter activist is joining us to deepen our conversation on the intersections between movements for democracy, racial justice, and amending the Constitution to abolish corporate rule!

Move to Amend Reports is the weekly podcast that details current events and features guests specializing in movement building, grassroots organizing, amending the Constitution, and issues being addressed by Move To Amend.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016:

Through the corporate-funded American Legislative Exchange Council, global corporations and state politicians vote behind closed doors to try to rewrite state laws that govern your rights. These so-called "model bills" reach into almost every area of American life and often directly benefit huge corporations.  In ALEC's own words, corporations have a "voice & vote" on specific changes to the law that are then proposed in your state. DO YOU?

Join us for the second half of our discussion with Lisa Graves on ALEC Exposed, where journalists and whistle blowers unveil ALEC bills and their corporate schemes to the public. 

Move to Amend Reports is the weekly podcast that details current events and features guests specializing in movement building, grassroots organizing, amending the Constitution, and issues being addressed by Move To Amend.

September 15: Move to Amend Reports is the weekly podcast that details current events and features guests specializing in movement building, grassroots organizing, amending the Constitution, and issues being addressed by Move To Amend.

Through the corporate-funded American Legislative Exchange Council, global corporations and state politicians vote behind closed doors to try to rewrite state laws that govern your rights. These so-called "model bills" reach into almost every area of American life and often directly benefit huge corporations.  In ALEC's own words, corporations have a "voice & vote" on specific changes to the law that are then proposed in your state. DO YOU?

Join us for Part 1 of a discussion with Lisa Graves on ALEC Exposed, where journalists and whistle blowers unveil ALEC bills and their corporate schemes to the public.

SEPTEMBER 8

The presidential race is exciting, but local party politics can be just as exciting and lead to serious national impact. Just weeks ago, Vincent Campos and Patrick Tarr led the Iowa’s Pottawattamie County Republican Party to change its party platform to call for an end to corporate constitutional rights -- in similar language to our We the People Amendment! Campos and Tar join us to tell all about his effort to amend his party’s platform and endorse Move to Amend in this week’s episode of Move to Amend Reports!

Move to Amend Reports is the weekly podcast that details current events and features guests specializing in movement building, grassroots organizing, amending the Constitution, and issues being addressed by Move To Amend

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

The 2016 ballot is shaping up for a pivotal election year, and Move to Amend will be a part of the action in two states this November. With less than 10 weeks before voters head to the polls, Move to Amend partners and affiliates in California are mobilizing to get out the vote for the largest population of any US state for Proposition 59, the Overturn Citizens United Act. Tune in this week to hear to learn how you can get involved in this exciting campaign from Move to Amend affiliate organizer Anne Wilson of Santa Clara County and Yes On Prop. 59 Committee Chair Michele Sutter of Money Out Voters In!

Move to Amend Reports is the weekly podcast that details current events and features guests specializing in movement building, grassroots organizing, amending the Constitution, and issues being addressed by Move To Amend.

AUGUST 25, 2016

Who the hell is Daniel Shays and what exactly was Shays' Rebellion? Historian Ray Raphael has spent his lifetime debunking American founding myths. In so doing he’s unearthed the stories of American revolutionaries like Shays and the Massachusetts farmers of 1786, who changed the course of US democracy. Listen and learn from this fascinating account of one of the US's first uprisings in this edition of Move to Amend Reports!

Move to Amend Reports is the weekly podcast that details current events and features guests specializing in movement building, grassroots organizing, amending the Constitution, and issues being addressed by Move To Amend.

AUGUST 18, 2016

As culture exists as a dynamic process creating and reflecting human consciousness, and the arts are an expression of that collective consciousness, Art and Culture are an integral part of movement-building work. Find out why and learn how to express that creativity into your local organizing with Christian Sarkar and Ruthi Engelke, as we explore the role of Artists and Cultural workers in social change and revolution as we examine the collaborative art + activism project known as Global Corpocracy and Move to Amend’s Art & Culture Caucus.

Move to Amend Reports is the weekly podcast that details current events and features guests specializing in movement building, grassroots organizing, amending the Constitution, and issues being addressed by Move To Amend.