Posted by Attend to learn about the fifteen indispensables for organizing and taking action distilled from studying two centuries of U.S. democratic struggles—from the abolitionists and suffragists to labor, civil rights, and environmental movements—and what they can teach us now.
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At the talk, Dr. Charles Euchner will share the 15 lessons from activism documented in his new book. Sample lessons are that -
- Protest alone is never enough. Activism succeeds when it organizes—when it builds relationships, identifies shared interests, and converts scattered frustration into focused power. Organizing turns crowds into communities, grievances into agendas, and energy into endurance.
- Power is relational, not static. Successful activists learn to map power—to see who makes decisions, where influence flows, and how to find leverage points. Understanding power is the precondition for changing it.
- Democracy grows through experimentation. Movements advance by trial and error, learning from failure as much as from success. Democracy itself grows through this process of experimentation and renewal.
We are fortunate to have Dr. Euchner back. Rules of Activism builds on his previous work, Nobody Turn Me Around, about the 1963 March on Washington.
About the Speaker, Dr. Charlie Euchner
Photo by Isabel Chenoweth
Charlie Euchner is an author, teacher, and coach in New Haven.
In addition to his most recent book, Rules of Activism, Euchner is the author of The Reckoning: How Woodrow Wilson Lost the League of Nations.
He has written books on cities (Urban Policy Reconsidered and Playing the Field), civil rights (Nobody Turn Me Around), and sports (The Last Nine Innings). He is also author of a series of books on writing, including The Elements of Writing.
Euchner has taught writing at Columbia University and Yale University. He coaches authors and works with companies to improve their efficiency and creativity with better writing. He also writes StoryPower on Substack.
A former city planner in Boston, Euchner was the founding director of the Rappaport Institute at Harvard University. He has also taught at Holy Cross College, the University of Pennsylvania, Northeastern University, and SUNY-Purchase.
Education: B.A. at Vanderbilt University, M.A. and Ph.D. at the Johns Hopkins University.
He can be reached at 203-645-6112, [email protected], and awriteratlarge.com.