Episode 10. DON'T MOURN, ORGANISE: The power of community organising
Reasons Revisited
Geoff Lloyd
4.8 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 27 November 2017
⏱️ 82 minutes
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Summary
Hello! With Geoff in Chicago, the birthplace of modern community organising, we thought it’d be a great opportunity to discuss the transformative power of community organising and why it’s a Reason To Be Cheerful. We are joined by veteran community organiser Jerry Kellman, who gave a 24 year old Barack Obama his first job as an organiser in Chicago in 1985. We also speak to Dan Firth from We Can Win about the transformative power of community organising in the U.K.
Geoff talks grilled cheese and Thanksgiving with the inlaws and Ed discusses parental leave and feminist foreign policy in Sweden.
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We’re also joined by US comedian Emily Galati who pitches her ideas.
FURTHER READING
More on Jerry and Barack: https://mobile.nytimes.com/2010/10/17/us/17cncwarren.html
Want to be a community organiser? Contact We Can Win: http://www.wecanwin.co.uk
Swedish Feminist Foreign policy: http://www.government.se/information-material/2017/10/swedens-feminist-foreign-policy--examples-from-three-years-of-implementation/
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is sponsored by the Teach In Further Education campaign. |
| 0:04.0 | This is really interesting. |
| 0:05.6 | Did you know that you can teach in further education |
| 0:08.5 | alongside your current job? |
| 0:10.2 | Now you might think that you don't have the necessary experience or qualifications, |
| 0:13.8 | but actually your existing skills are more valuable than you realise. |
| 0:18.4 | You don't always need a degree and you can teach in further education |
| 0:22.1 | and get your teaching qualification while you earn. |
| 0:25.4 | What's needed is real world industry experience. |
| 0:29.2 | And if you have that, you have what it takes. |
| 0:31.8 | No matter what your industry is, it is likely that you'll find a role in further education to match |
| 0:36.8 | from construction to engineering to digital, |
| 0:40.3 | accountancy, health, social care. |
| 0:42.6 | The range, of course, is incredibly diverse. |
| 0:46.0 | And teaching in further education can be really flexible too. |
| 0:49.5 | It's something you can do full-time, but you can do part-time or on an ad hoc basis |
| 0:54.2 | to fit alongside your current career. |
| 0:56.4 | If you're intrigued and you like the idea of inspiring future generations in your field, |
| 1:02.6 | search Teach In Further Education to find out more. |
| 1:14.7 | This is Reasons to Be Cheerful with Ed Millivand and Jeff Lloyd. |
| 1:20.0 | London to Chicago, do you read me? |
| 1:22.9 | London to Chicago, do you read me? |
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