Author Archives: Scott

Learning from Organizers — Emma Jackson

Posted on December 10, 2024 by Scott

(Originally published at The Media Co-op.) Emma Jackson is an organizer, trainer, and occasional writer based on Treaty 6 territory in Edmonton, Alberta. She first began organizing over a decade ago in the student fossil fuel divestment movement and has … Continue reading →

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Learning from Organizers – Tara Ehrcke

Posted on September 24, 2024 by Scott

Tara Ehrcke of Victoria, BC, was initially politicized as part of the global justice movement in the 1990s. As that movement faded after 9/11, she was peripherally involved in anti-war organizing, but put more of her energies into local political … Continue reading →

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Learning from Organizers — Lorraine Lam

Posted on July 26, 2024 by Scott

As part of Toronto’s Shelter and Housing Justice Network (SHJN), Lorraine Lam is active in struggles related to housing, homelessness, and poverty. She connects her commitment to social justice to growing up in a church setting, saying, “It was there … Continue reading →

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Learning from Organizers – Kerri Claire Neil

Posted on June 6, 2024 by Scott

Kerri Claire Neil (she/her) is a community organizer based in St. John’s, Ktaqamkuk (Newfoundland). She is Co-Chair of the Social Justice Co-operative of Newfoundland and Labrador (SJCNL) and recently took over her family’s business, Downtown Comics. Currently, Kerri is actively … Continue reading →

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Learning from Organizers – Dev Ramsawakh

Posted on May 1, 2024 by Scott

Dev Ramsawakh is a disabled, transmasculine, and diasporic Indo-Caribbean multidisciplinary storyteller, producer, and educator. Their written, audio, and video work focuses on their intersecting identities, on community, and on deconstructing colonial systems, and it has appeared in a wide range … Continue reading →

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Learning from Organizers — Saleh Waziruddin

Posted on March 26, 2024 by Scott

[Originally published on The Media Co-op.] Saleh Waziruddin is a South Asian anti-racism activist who has participated in grassroots struggles throughout his adult life. In his 20s, he organized in the Muslim community in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Now in his 40s, … Continue reading →

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Learning from Organizers – Nina Newington

Posted on January 26, 2024 by Scott

[Originally published on The Media Co-op.] Nina Newington is an organizer based in rural Nova Scotia. In recent years, her grassroots work has focused on protecting forests in the province.  Newington says that her political consciousness “really emerged from being … Continue reading →

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