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Phil Prehn

Phil Prehn

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Sep 12, 2017

Back to School

It’s the beginning of September — families are pulling together the binders, backpacks and pencils their children will need to go back to…

Back to School

Phil Prehn

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Aug 22, 2017

“Would you like a Coke with that accessibility?”

Cases before the Supreme Court often result in widespread changes to our society. Issues such as school segregation, abortion and the right…

“Would you like a Coke with that accessibility?”

Phil Prehn

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Jan 12, 2017

The Road Ahead

Yeah, yeah — Happy Holidays etc. But, more importantly, just as when Public Enemy famously urged us to fight the power: “let’s get down to…

The Road Ahead

Phil Prehn

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Nov 1, 2016

The Ladies On Lynhurst

When I was working as an organizer for a neighborhood group in Syracuse, one of the big tasks at the end of the year was to help people…

The Ladies On Lynhurst

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Phil Prehn

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Sep 9, 2016

Don’t Stop At The Stop Signs

This is a piece I wrote several years ago. How long ago? It was written for “Disclosure: The Newspaper of the Neighborhoods” published by…

Phil Prehn

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Sep 1, 2016

Rosa Parks Had a Posse! Lessons for Organizers from the Montgomery Bus Boycott

Who was Rosa Parks?

Rosa Parks Had a Posse! Lessons for Organizers from the Montgomery Bus Boycott

Phil Prehn

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Aug 31, 2016

Keep Your Eyes On The Prize

I have despaired lately about my ability to help our community make real change. As an organizer, can I really accomplish anything? Change…

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Organizer Sandbox

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Phil Prehn

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Aug 25, 2016

10 Ways I’m Going To Organize The Hell Out Of The Next Year

I am an organizer for disability rights, working as a systems change advocate for a Center for Independent Living in Central New York. My…

Phil Prehn

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Aug 22, 2016

7 Thoughts On the Naked Trump Statue

1. I have a dream that politicians will be judged by the content of their character (or lack thereof) rather than by how much they weigh.

Phil Prehn

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Jun 8, 2016

Organizing My Fat Self

I’m an organizer for social change. A famous shibboleth of organizing is “agitate, educate, organize.” An organizer must lay out the…

Organizing My Fat Self

Phil Prehn

Phil Prehn

organizer for social change, disability rights. “Salvation lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full effort is full victory.” — Gandhi

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