Who has the power to shape the political environment? Drawing on an in-depth case study of a state-wide campaign to protect democracy in Michigan in the wake of the 2020 election, this session will surface lessons about how groups can insert themselves in larger power struggles and build the structures and strategic capacity necessary to anticipate and counter well-funded and media-savvy political opponents.

What you get: A detailed discussion of how to power-map the meta-political environment in your state, including how you can diagnose what the big picture political narrative fights will be, understand the stakes of those fights, and anticipate the moves of different actors on the chess board.

Reports Referenced: Prisms of the People (book) & An Approach to Understanding and Measuring People Power