If you want to see what it takes to host a meeting, look at our Host Prep Packet.
House meetings have always been a basic foundation of organizing in America. They’re a great way to bring people together to build relationships, spread knowledge and information, and inspire action!
Over the coming months, Change Nation will create monthly guides to help you facilitate house meetings. We’ll help you discuss a range of topics:
We’ll learn some history – from the Great Depression and New Deal to how unions built the Middle Class.
We’ll look at current issues – from the fight to extend unemployment insurance to policies to create jobs.
We’ll explore new economic ideas and visions – from a vision for full employment to proposals for creating a fair economy.
Use the links below to check out the materials on each topic:
My earliest political memory was when my family joined a picket line supporting the teachers union’s fight over salary levels. I was only eight years old so I probably didn’t need much of an explanation for walking in a circle, chanting and carrying signs – it was just fun! But that early memory came back to me this past year when I saw tens of thousands turn out to protest...
One of the things I love about living in the Midwest is the change of seasons. You can tell it’s coming when the wind changes.
And like the wind signaling the start of fall, a wind of social change is in the air. There are a lot of us who have been waiting for a change. We’ve seen the course our country is on, and it scares us. Bankers run amok, leaders can’t lead, people...
Portia Boulger hosted a successful house meeting in her hometown of Chillicothe. Here’s what Portia has to say about why the meetings are so important:
To create good jobs, we must first fight back against the attacks on labor and the working middle class and the lack of taxing the wealthy and corporations. Those in city, county, state, and federal offices, be they Democrats,...
Thousands of Americans confronted the jobs crisis in house meetings held in all 50 states over the weekend. There were over 1,550 total, which resoluted in concrete solutions to create jobs.
MoveOn.org and Change Nation joined forces to facilitate the house meetings. Gabe Gonzales, our national campaign director, had this to say about the meetings:
It’s painfully obvious to...
The United States has more than enough. We are the richest country in the world. And because we’ve given corporations and the wealthy so many tax cuts recently, the U.S. tax rate is at its lowest rate in 60 years.
Despite the wealth of Read more...
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