Thanks for writing up this great piece on the need for companies like Patagonia to step back in order to step up, Calum!
It's been interesting to explore some of these ideas together and do this kind of piloting you're talking about - discovering the dynamics of social change real time. With Catalyst (https://catalystcrm.org/) we're working on perfecting and scaling up those activation pathways, making it easier for organizers to train people at scale and increase their impact manifold.
Seeing first hand how desperately the movement needs the resources that Patagonia has access to, I'd be excited to see more strategic, guided action from their side. We're all here with the knowledge of how to organize, ready to make the most of Patagonia's organizing spaces, graphic designers, marketing people, event organisers , social media experts, ambassadors, athletes, and funding!
I'm looking forward to continuing organizing with you to protect democracy and the climate, and hope some of these heavy hitters choose to step up their game, joining us on the right side of history.
thankyou! Yeah agree - I think that was the main thing i was trying to get across here - that when a company like Patagonia has such resources to impact the political landscape, a lot of thought needs to be put into the strategy and organising methods to have the biggest impact and to give as many people agency as possible. There is loads of things that could be learnt from the Catalyst method on this I think.
Chilling! And, sadly, none of what you say is sensationalist. Truth, stranger than fiction. Well, not strange at all, actually. Because we have seen, lived, or read about it all before. And because we have seen it coming for almost a decade now. It's so easy to mollify, to deny, to talk ourselves down from the impending cliff edge of panic and despair. To look way, put fingers in our ears and say "la la la la la la la, oh blah dee, oh blah dah, life goes on" even when we see with our own eyes that life doesn't always go on, not for everyone. Life is being devalued, allowed under certain conditions--namely fealty to power. The Hogwarts Wizards are not going to save us. Only we can save ourselves.
Thanks for reading! Yeah that is the frightening thing - that it seems so easy for people to look the other way and turn a blind eye. We need more people willing to step up and act as if the truth and what is happening is real - and learn how to best organise effectively to go up against the power that the right has built.
thanks for reading! Yeah I think personally there is a massive potential for them to connect their infrastructure more to things that are happening on the ground. And definitely for more people to realise that “taking action” should be a lot more than just sharing posts or sending a letter to your representative - like for example going door knocking.
Thanks for writing up this great piece on the need for companies like Patagonia to step back in order to step up, Calum!
It's been interesting to explore some of these ideas together and do this kind of piloting you're talking about - discovering the dynamics of social change real time. With Catalyst (https://catalystcrm.org/) we're working on perfecting and scaling up those activation pathways, making it easier for organizers to train people at scale and increase their impact manifold.
Seeing first hand how desperately the movement needs the resources that Patagonia has access to, I'd be excited to see more strategic, guided action from their side. We're all here with the knowledge of how to organize, ready to make the most of Patagonia's organizing spaces, graphic designers, marketing people, event organisers , social media experts, ambassadors, athletes, and funding!
I'm looking forward to continuing organizing with you to protect democracy and the climate, and hope some of these heavy hitters choose to step up their game, joining us on the right side of history.
thankyou! Yeah agree - I think that was the main thing i was trying to get across here - that when a company like Patagonia has such resources to impact the political landscape, a lot of thought needs to be put into the strategy and organising methods to have the biggest impact and to give as many people agency as possible. There is loads of things that could be learnt from the Catalyst method on this I think.
Chilling! And, sadly, none of what you say is sensationalist. Truth, stranger than fiction. Well, not strange at all, actually. Because we have seen, lived, or read about it all before. And because we have seen it coming for almost a decade now. It's so easy to mollify, to deny, to talk ourselves down from the impending cliff edge of panic and despair. To look way, put fingers in our ears and say "la la la la la la la, oh blah dee, oh blah dah, life goes on" even when we see with our own eyes that life doesn't always go on, not for everyone. Life is being devalued, allowed under certain conditions--namely fealty to power. The Hogwarts Wizards are not going to save us. Only we can save ourselves.
Thanks for reading! Yeah that is the frightening thing - that it seems so easy for people to look the other way and turn a blind eye. We need more people willing to step up and act as if the truth and what is happening is real - and learn how to best organise effectively to go up against the power that the right has built.
thanks for reading! Yeah I think personally there is a massive potential for them to connect their infrastructure more to things that are happening on the ground. And definitely for more people to realise that “taking action” should be a lot more than just sharing posts or sending a letter to your representative - like for example going door knocking.