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Ocean of Organizing

Ocean of Organizing

By: Benn Marine
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Feed your soul and fill your toolbox every Thursday with Benn Marine (a trans man, outdoors person, political organizer, and social justice advocate) as he interviews organizers, activists, artists, academics, and experts about their experiences and knowledge on building community and creating change. They dive deep into social movements, fundraising, building teams, volunteer leadership development, self care, recruitment, time management, launching non-profits, resiliency work, digital organizing, direct action, coalition work, and so much more. Guests on the show also explore different progressive issues and how they are organizing around them including sexual assault prevention and consent language, organizing peer to peer support networks for trans folks, water justice, resiliency work in communities of color, and a vast array of other topics. In addition to interviews, Benn shares his own toolbox of knowledge and skills to help you be more efficient and effective in the work. So dive on in! The water's warm!© 2026 Ocean of Organizing Social Sciences
Episodes
  • 19. Action Builder & Action Network with Martha Grant
    Feb 13 2020

    I am constantly looking for ways to make organizing easier on organizers and when I met the folks of Action Network and Action Builder at Netroots nation this year, I was super excited to learn more about the tools they are building. Martha Grant is the Director of Product Strategy at the nonprofit Action Network and Action Builder. She builds and designs digital tools for and with community organizers, especially in the labor movement.

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    36 mins
  • 18. Swing Left with Steve Pierce
    Feb 6 2020

    Swing Left helps folks find the most impactful ways of electing democrats in the most important elections all across the United States. Their focus for 2020 is flipping the senate, winning the white house, and tackling gerrymandering. Steve Pierce is on the show sharing with us ways we can get involved with a couple pro tips to boot.

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    31 mins
  • 17. Messaging with Anat Shenker-Osario
    Oct 28 2019

    Anat Shenker-Osario is a leading researcher in progressive messaging and communications with her research and writing being featured in a myriad of publications including The Atlantic, Boston Globe, Salon, and The Guardian, among others. She is also the host of the new podcast Brave New Words, where she takes listeners behind the scenes of different campaigns and what goes into crafting a winning message. Tune in to hear Anat's advice for progressive organizers on how to communicate your message to the masses in the most effective way.

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    38 mins
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