I'm excited to share a project I'm working on w/ Green Majority Radio. We’re creating a special episode called Activist Love, On Air: What Keeps Movements Going. It's an intergenerational panel spanning 25 to 80 yrs old — a youth organizer, a land defender, & a longtime feminist activist among them.

Star #exclusive: Former Toronto councillor Mike Layton is launching a political comeback in University-Rosedale, setting up a rare battle between a political heavyweight and the ward's incumbent councillor, Dianne Saxe. New from Mahdis Habibinia:

Mike Layton is running for Toronto city council again, setting up a ‘clash of titans’ in University-Rosedale

Former Toronto councillor Mike Layton is launching a political comeback in University-Rosedale against incumbent Dianne Saxe.

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I just submitted a comment to Toronto City Council for consideration this Wednesday, demanding they pass a Moratorium on AI Data Centres! Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/mora...

FLOOD CITY COUNCIL'S MOTION COMMENTS — AI DATA CENTRE MORATORIUM NOW!

On Wednesday, July 29th, Toronto City Council is considering two motions on AI Data Centres in the GTA: The Hyperscale Stack Data Centre in Scarborough and the Microsoft Data Centre in Etobicoke. Bi...

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This piece, along with some of my other activist-anthropological work, is now available @leadingchange.bsky.social’s resource centre. I hope this work can be useful in meetings, discussion groups, and trainings – please don't hesitate to reach out! leadingchangenetwork.org/by/amanda-ha...

Amanda Harvey-Sánchez - Leading Change Network

Amanda Harvey-Sánchez is an activist-anthropologist, organizing coach, and public educator who has been organizing in movements for liberation since 2015. Amanda found her way into organizing through ...

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Amanda Harvey-Sánchez Okumu@amandahsanchez.bsky.social · 8mo ago

As we head into 2026, I’m excited to share my 2025 editorial on activist love as a feminist praxis and utopian method for grassroots organizing. I've love to hear your thoughts! Read the piece here: doi.org/10.1093/cs/c... Or access a free PDF copy here: tinyurl.com/5985u7hp

As we head into 2026, I’m excited to share my 2025 editorial on activist love as a feminist praxis and utopian method for grassroots organizing. I've love to hear your thoughts! Read the piece here: doi.org/10.1093/cs/c... Or access a free PDF copy here: tinyurl.com/5985u7hp

Nurturing Activist Love: Strategies for Cultivating and Sustaining Youth Climate Justice Organizing

In September 2019, over 6 million people worldwide took to the streets for a series of youth-led climate strikes. Inspired by the “Fridays for Future” move

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this is what will happen if mamdani makes bus rides free

I always leave these sessions feeling re-energized & inspired. Yesterday's Groundswell session was on power mapping, & we were fortunate to have a special guest from the Montreal Autonomous Tenants' Union speak about a recent victory. More on their campaign here: montrealgazette.com/news/landlor...

Amanda Harvey-Sánchez Okumu@amandahsanchez.bsky.social · 10mo ago

I'm truly living my dream teaching load this semester: TA for two rad courses w/ inspiring profs (Capitalism & Its Rebels; Advocating Environmental & Climate Justice) & co-facilitating Groundswell, a 6-week grassroots campaigning course for organizers at my coaching job.

I'm truly living my dream teaching load this semester: TA for two rad courses w/ inspiring profs (Capitalism & Its Rebels; Advocating Environmental & Climate Justice) & co-facilitating Groundswell, a 6-week grassroots campaigning course for organizers at my coaching job.

Toronto police threw someone down and arrested them after the person asked "What laws are we breaking?" while police pushed the crowd on a sidewalk. This was across from Casa Loma on Tuesday while Israel's former ambassador to the UN was a special guest at a gala inside.

“Keep organizing and growing,” he said, “to become a political force that no one can ignore.” #Tenants mediacoop.ca/node/119288

Tenant Unions are Winning—Why Aren’t More Renters Organizing?

Emma B. didn’t know she had rights until her landlord tried to take them away. When he did, she got together with her neighbours, fought back, and won. And given how bad things are for tenants these d...

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"But instead of asking: 'Do we all share the same worldview?' Adrienne urges us to ask: 'Is your heart beating and do you plan to live? Then come this way and we will figure out the rest on the other side.'"

The rise of end times fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor

The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them

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writing organizing training descriptions for promo before creating the training 🤝 writing conference paper abstracts before writing the paper The perfect intersection for my procrastinating organizer-trainer-researcher-scholar self. 😅

Thousands in Spain join nationwide march to protest against housing crisis

Thousands in Spain join nationwide march to protest against housing crisis

Organisers say 150,000 joined protest in Madrid urging the government to ‘end the housing racket’ and to demand access to affordable housing Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of Spain in the latest protest against housing speculation and to demand access to affordable homes. Organisers claim that up to 150,000 joined the protest in Madrid while smaller demonstrations were held in about 40 cities across the country. Protesters from Málaga on the Costa del Sol to Vigo in the Atlantic northwest chanted “end the housing racket” and “landlords are guilty, the government is responsible”. Continue reading...

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Every person or child martyred is a universe extinguished. Every martyr was someone’s entire world. The heaviness of these moments are unbearable and incomprehensible. For the genocide in Gaza to continue while the world watches, feels like the end of the world as we know it.

In case you missed it, a summary of my report "Movement Memo" (on climate justice organizing challenges & possibilities) has been republished on The Commons Social Change Library, a wonderful online global library for organizers & campaigners: shorturl.at/Q6fAE Full report here: shorturl.at/hjj7g

Movement Memo - Developing Strategic Capacity and Cultivating Collective Care: Towards Community Power

The Commons is an online library for the change makers of the world and for those interested in social change, activism, organising, advocacy and justice.

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Some smart political advice for progressive folks in Canada facing a gloomy election soon. medium.com/@hussansk/we...

We Can Defeat Poilievre’s Agenda: Here’s How

Six steps we can take now to stop a destructive Conservative majority

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Great new report from HUB colleague @amandahsanchez.bsky.social on capacity needs and future development strategies to build out Canada's climate justice activist movement! (no doubt relevant across borders) www.lehub.ca/media/moveme... cc @tashahester.bsky.social

1/ Does climate activism work? The short answer is yes, and there's been lots of research this year showing how Here are some highlights 🧵

A year after killing his granddaughter Reem, the soul of his soul, Israel killed Khaled Nabhan this morning in a shelling attack on Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza. He spent the last year caring for children and animals in Gaza, volunteering and serving wherever he was needed. Shattered.

If you're at #AAA2024Tampa & into climate action, please come by the Climate Change Interest Group's roundtable bright & early Saturday! A great group: Sarah Strauss, @amandahsanchez.bsky.social, Steven Schwartz, Raka Sen & Anna Willow with @ebhite22.bsky.social chairing & me leading the discussion!