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Future Hindsight

Mila Atmos

Turning Hope Into Action: Michael Ansara

SEP 18, 202544 MIN
Future Hindsight

Turning Hope Into Action: Michael Ansara

SEP 18, 202544 MIN

Description

We discuss the basics of organizing and the fruits of that work. Michael reminds us that "organizers organize organizations."

Michael's civic action toolkit recommendations are:

1) Gather 4-5 friends to talk about what's happening

2) Share ideas on what you can do to resist

Michael Ansara is a seasoned community organizer and the author of The Hard Work of Hope: A Memoir.

Let's connect! Follow Future Hindsight on Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/futurehindsightpod/

Discover new ways to #BetheSpark:

https://www.futurehindsight.com/spark

Follow Mila on X:

https://x.com/milaatmos

Follow Michael on BlueSky:

https://bsky.app/profile/michaelansara.bsky.social

Read The Hard Work of Hope:

https://bookshop.org/shop/futurehindsight

Sponsor:

Thank you to Shopify! Sign up for a $1/month trial at shopify.com/hopeful.

Early episodes for Patreon supporters:

https://patreon.com/futurehindsight

Credits:

Host: Mila Atmos

Guests: Michael Ansara

Executive Producer: Mila Atmos

Producer: Zack Travis