Amanda Weaver

Two Futures Scenario & Strategy Workshop: How to Maximize Racial Justice & Power-Building in Every Post-Election Scenario

This workshop will move participants through an analysis of the political moment and how we got here and then dig into how to maximize racial justice, power-building, and strategy in whatever post-election scenario we find ourselves in. Participants will think through the best cases for racial justice and power-building in the event of a Trump/Vance victory or a Harris/Walz victory, and the various permutations for Congress and states. Participants will leave this session with a list of prioritized power-building moves for their organizations. We will contrast the long-term agenda of the corporate-conservative and authoritarian movements --- including their strategic use of racism --- with our own movement long-term agenda, and then our respective mid-range plans for the next 10 years. This leads to a conversation about power-building in the post-election scenario in four areas: issue campaigns, battle of big ideas, movement politics, and power-building. We will also share links to free resources on governing power, state alignment tables, strategic campaigns, narrative strategy, building 10-year power plans, and creating/deepening state power analysis.

Speakers: Sulma Arias, Domenico Romero, Amanda Weaver