by Ellen Bolotin | May 29, 2019 | GOBK News
What is #HALTsolitary? Racial Justice BK is asking all member of GOBK to support the #HALTsolitary Campaign, which brings together advocates, formerly incarcerated persons, family members of currently incarcerated people, concerned community members, lawyers, and...
by Ellen Bolotin | May 28, 2019 | GOBK News
#GOBK working group Welcome to the Table was honored on Monday night by partner organization Center for Family Life. The spark for Welcome to the Table came at the first #GOBK meeting, one week after the 2016 presidential election. A speaker from the New York... by David Neustadt | May 23, 2019 | GOBK News
Red2Blue’s texting team has formed a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Working Group to conduct an equity audit of the team’s work. The Red2Blue texting team has been texting to voters in key elections since 2017. We have grown to include 24 organizers, 100 expert... by Ellen Bolotin | May 21, 2019 | GOBK News
How does GOBK recruit new members and grow the organization? How do we plan winnable issue campaigns so more people will want to join up? How do webuild new leaders so our original group leaders don’t burn out? And how do we decide where our first barbecue will...
by Ellen Bolotin | May 13, 2019 | GOBK News
5-DAY CALL CHALLENGE: Call Albany Every Day this Week for a Better New York for All! With the Destroyer in Chief in the White House, New York should and can move forward on key issues like climate change, protecting immigrants, and housing. We’re challenging all our...
by Ellen Bolotin | Apr 30, 2019 | GOBK News
For the past two-plus years, many of us have become furnaces of steadily burning, justified rage. The stockpile of fuel stoking that rage – the corrupt people and policies of the current administration – shows no sign of diminishing. With all that heat, fire and smoke...