Join longtime educator and organizer, Gopal Dayaneni, for a conversation about the opportunities and challenges of organizing for Collective Liberation and Ecological Justice during these particularly tough times. Organizing broader alliances for collective action requires us to build meaningful relationships; engage in principled struggle; learn to navigate conflict with care; and engage in loving accountability. How can this look in practice? How do we distinguish between “in-fighting,” “principled struggle” and “drama?
Guest Bio: Gopal (he/him) has been involved in working for social, economic, environmental and racial justice through organizing & campaigning, teaching, writing, speaking and direct action since the late 1980’s. He is a co-founder of Movement Generation: Justice and Ecology Project, which inspires and engages in transformative action towards the liberation and restoration of land, labor, and culture. MG is rooted in vibrant social movements led by low-income communities and Black, Indigenous & communities of color committed to a Just Transition away from profit and pollution and towards healthy, resilient and life-affirming local economies. MG is a founding member of the Climate Justice Alliance. Gopal teaches courses in Climate Justice, organizing, and social movements at San Francisco State University in the Race and Resistance Studies Department.
