Amanda Tattersall, Power in Coalition

Start: 09/02/2010 7:30 pm

End: 09/02/2010 8:30 pm

Common Good Books welcomes Amanda Tattersall Amanda Tattersall for an insightful discussion of her new book, Power in Coalition: Strategies for Strong Unions and Social Change on September 2nd at 7:30.

Activist and scholar Amanda Tattersall explores when and how coalition unionism is the best and most appropriate strategy for social change, organizational development, and union renewal. It is essential reading for community organizers and activists alike, providing clear lessons and sharp advice.

"Amanda Tattersall's book is the most insightful study of coalitions to date. It is not your typical gauzy view of coalition building, but offers a clear-sighted, practical road map to building more effective labor-community coalitions and in turn an opportunity to transform the labor movement. It combines a rare mix of academic rigor and analysis with an organizer's sensibility, which makes it as useful in the field by practitioners as in the classroom by scholars." —Jeff Blodgett, Executive Director, Wellstone Action