"By Any Means Necessary": Lessons From An Organizer, Part 1

First of all, SPOILER ALERT (11:08-16:59)! Revolutionary Baddies start this episode with a little discussion of Sinners- the greatest movie of 2025. What was highlighted in Sinners serves the discussion of how we relate to each other and embody a sense of community despite the circumstances. It also highlights the need for organizing. Not closets and arranging wardrobes, but moving people into action with values and principles in the face of uncertainty. But how do you organize? What constitutes an organizer? Luckily, one of the host of this podcast is a community organizer with experience from the local, statewide, and national level. She discusses the difference between mobilizing and organizing while pulling examples and leaders from historical movements in the US. Dee Dee shares the story of what brought Durham Beyond Policing to life, and how the campaign met the moment in 2016 and brought in multiple fights for critical demands to win. This episode is an opportunity to hear directly from an organizer the beauty and challenge of transforming communities to change our conditions. We need power. We need community. But how? Questions for our listeners: If you were to build a new community, what would it look like? How would you act? What is community?Links for the Show: Season 1. Episode 9Irish Republican Army(IRA)Eyes On The Prize DocuseriesRoyal Ice Cream Parlour Sit-InUS Campaign for Palestinian RightsMortal Man- Kendrick LamarSoweto UprisingChildren’s Crusades MarchStudent Nonviolent Coordinator CommitteeFred Hampton’s AssasinationKwame Ture on Mobilization and OrganizationElla Baker Organizes NAACP Chapters in the SouthSoutherners On New GroundDemanding Justice for ChuyDurham Beyond PolicingI Write What I Like by Steve BikoOrganize, Fight, Win: Black Communist Women’s Political Writings by Charisse Burden-Stelly and Jodi DeanStokely Speaks: From Black Power to Pan Africanism by Stokely Carmichael(Kwame Ture)Disarm: The Missing Movement for Gun Control in America by Kristin A. Goss Send us Fan MailSupport the showInstagram & Threads: @revolutionarybaddiesYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@RevolutionaryBaddiesPatreon: patreon.com/RevolutionaryBaddies