Author: MassCommons

Every now and then some folks start talking about the possibilities of a “second Civil War” in these United States.  With all due respect, we’ve already had one—it’s called the Civil Rights...

You can’t negotiate with a movement.  Rosa Parks, E.D. Nixon, Martin King and the other Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA) leaders knew that.  That’s one of the reasons they formed the MIA—to...

Meet WITH a plan, not FOR a plan…Part 2. Why do so many people hate meetings?  One reason is that so many meetings end with no action occurring, no meaningful decisions being made (and no, setting up committee...

One of the most agonizing moments for leaders and organizers is the time between when a call for action goes out and the time when the action begins.  Anyone can issue a “call to action”.  But will people...

Having been up late at the Parks’ home Thursday night, E. D. Nixon was up before dawn on December 2, 1955.  Here’s how Nixon remembered what he did that morning  (source:  Larry Tye’s...