Hey y’all, 👋🏽 to celebrate Star Wars Day, we hosted a Live panel discussion with Get Free about Andor and Star Wars as a place for organizing lessons.

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Sam Chavez (she/they/he) chats with Natalie (she/her) and Anthony Torres (he/him) from Get Free about their new program to get Star Wars fans involved in organizing called Project Fulcrum. In the hour-long conversation, we discussed:

• How Star Wars fandom can inform our activism on Earth in 2025
• Mon Mothma’s unique role in The Resistance as someone with privilege within The Empire
• Nemik’s Manifesto and what lessons we can take about movement building
• Get Free’s Project Fulcrum as an opportunity for Star Wars fans to get involved
• Why we need The Force and joy for long-term movement building

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Natalie Green is a leader on Project Fulcrum, a Get Free initiative that mobilizes Star Wars and Andor fans across races, backgrounds, and generations to rebel against real-world authoritarianism. A lifelong Star Wars fend, she blends pop culture with politics to inspire action and build community. Natalie is a progressive communications strategist with over a decade of experience advancing the rights of women, survivors, and communities of color. She currently works in the reproductive rights movement and has previously served on Senator Elizabeth Warren’s digital team and as Communications Manager at UltraViolet, where her campaigns reached tens of millions. Originally from New Jersey, she now lives in Washington, D.C.

About Anthony Torres (he/him)

Anthony Vidal Torres is the Communications Director for Get Free. Anthony is a messaging specialist, political strategist, and organizer originally from Long Island, New York. He’s supported winning campaigns across the country and most recently served as the Director of Collaboration at ASO Communications and has been a key steward and trainer of the Race Class Narrative. Prior to this, he led communication efforts for the national grassroots campaign to impeach Trump in 2019, and held a variety of leadership roles in the climate movement.

Sam Chavez is a storyteller, strategist, and curious human. She founded Roots of Change, a storytelling agency for activists, non-profits, and political organizations in 2020. Sam is a queer, white, Latine activist who’s passionate about a livable planet & equitable societies.

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Hi y’all! 👋🏽 Earth Day doesn't feel very celebratory this year. ​To help us all move through the discomfort of living amidst climate collapse, while organizing for a better world, Taj Smith and I hosted a movement gathering on April 24th. In the live conversation, we dove into:

• Social media, tech, & the climate crisis
• How social media has changed us
• ​Navigating The Late Stage Social Media Era
• ​Grounding exercises in times of peak need
• ​Practices for self & community care

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​Taj M. Smith founded Rooted Respite out of a deep desire to know the liberation he’s spent his life working towards.

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Progressive organizing is being targeted and threatened to intentionally overwhelm our movements and ability to act against rising fascism.

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Hi y’all! 👋🏽 I'm unlocking our latest private podcast to directly speak to our digital futures. In the podcast, I react to Carole Cadwalladr’s TED talk 🎬 This is what a digital coup looks like and offer a new perspective on our digital power and activism.

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• Who is Carole Cadwalladr and why should we be listening to her
• The history of Cambridge Analytica Facebook scandal and the 2016 election
• The global scale of Putin’s economic mechanisms of control
• Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice by Bill Browder
• Billionaire-owned Bluesky’s digital privacy concerns
• The first step is admitting we have a problem
• Our role as social change communicators, non-profits, activists, etc.
• What does Collective Action actually look like?
• Proposing a Digital Montgomery Bus Boycott

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Hi y’all! 👋🏽

I host my friend and AI expert, Dr Linda Berberich, directly address AI overhype, Big Tech harms, and what we do about it. Watch on YouTube

We dove into the intersectionality of AI and its impacts on society, especially marginalized communities. We spoke of the real harms that AI poses to society, but also how technology can be used to augment human behavior and learning. Our discussion delved into:

• What is AI behind the hype and media's misconceptions
• The challenges of consent and regulation in the digital space
• The repercussions of AI on creativity and authenticity in society
• Ethical implications of technology – facial recognition technology and data privacy

I especially loved hearing about Linda's experiences in Big Tech and how her own experiences of misogyny reflect the broader historical context of misogyny and white supremacy in the development of AI. I hope you enjoy the conversation!

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Dr Linda Berberich, Founder and Chief Learning Architect at Linda B. Learning, a consulting company based in the greater Seattle area, focused on innovation in learning design and learning technology. With a 30-year track record of designing learning experiences and technologies that revolutionize how people learn, her expertise helps tech leaders develop innovative learning products in record time.

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Hi y’all! 👋🏽 Joe Cardillo and I share actionable tips and lessons from global organizing on our private podcast page. We can use old and new tactics both online and IRL to build a mass movement of resistance.

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• Learning from Hungary’s dissent into illiberal democracy
• Successful messaging against authoritarian regimes across the globe
• Concrete examples of what organizing looks like right now
• Shifting away from Democrats vs. Republicans binary thinking
• Action against anxiety - how to work with anxiety in this time
• Lessons on organizing and community from the Civil Rights Era
• What does privilege mean
• Managing capacity and overwhelm in times of crisis
• Creating change and embracing messiness

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Hi y’all! 👋🏽 This week on the roots of change podcast, Joe and I are back! We dig into the news with a social change lens best understand how to move in this moment against the right-wing authoritarian forces.

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• How propaganda makes its way into the mainstream media ecosystem
• Wisconsin Supreme Court race proves they aren’t invincible
• The “pay to play” economic policy and how it’s impacting real people
• Global negotiations and mafia-style behavior from the Trump Administration
• How we can learn to organize in this moment from other regions of the world
• We close with some good news from the Senate floor!

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Hi y’all! 👋🏽 This week's Tech News Round Up is about how we can navigate the unregulated social landscape including building up your video reach, watching for data regulation, and avoiding AI brain rot on Instagram.

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1. 🌱 YouTube Tops Disney in Streaming - 🤓 
2. 🌱 23andMe Files for Bankruptcy - 🤓
3. 🌱 AI Brainrot on Instagram - 🤓

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Hi y’all! 👋🏽 this week, we speak to Taj Smith and Stone Cairns about trans visibility, trans magic, and spirituality. We dove into:

• Our unique experiences with the gender binary
• How TERFs have influenced feminist movements
• The liminal space of spirituality and social fears
• Christianity, Millennials, and the rise of Mega Churches
• The intersection of our spiritual journey and gender
• Being seen in a society

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Hi y’all! 👋🏽 In this week's private podcast feed, we get into the Signal chat heard 'round the world and what it means for our privacy and security. We the People are under threat by our own government. We talk about how we take back our power. Become a Seedling Member to get access to the full conversation.

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As social change communicators, it’s our role to help shift the narrative away from the Big Tech-dominated stories. We offer four tips to help build your capacity in your work. I hope you enjoy today’s chat!

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