Community Organizing – Mosaic Atlanta

Phonebanking

October 12, 2025October 12, 2025 by Mosaic Atlanta

Remember that community organizing does not just mean going somewhere in person. Phone banking is hugely important for us. It helps us connect with local organizations. It helps us spread the word about events and initiatives. A single person who is willing to be annoying about using the phone and calling people in person can have an outsized political influence. Believe me, as a group, if we are as a group annoying about being on the phone and speaking to our neighbors, we are going to have way more pull than we would have organically. And I’m going to show you how to do that.

First of all, in order to run or participate in a phone bank, you need a list of contacts. One of the most important parts of having a phone bank is a list of people to call. And this can be soft targets. Don’t say, … Read more

Mobilizing To Organizing

October 12, 2025 by Mosaic Atlanta

We talked earlier about trigger events. I want to go from trigger events to this broader idea of mobilizing. You know, when a trigger event happens, something happens in the news that I can’t predict in a recorded conversation, right? And there’s. There’s just a lot of energy. Mobilizing people and taking advantage of that is a big and important step. When you are making noise and demanding attention, that is powerful.

But however, as powerful as that kind of one off mobilizing can be, it is only the beginning. If we want that to last, we need to move from mobilizing to organizing. And the book no Shortcuts, Organizing for Power in the New Gilded Age discusses this in depth. When we talk about mobilizing, we’re talking about energy. We’re marching at City hall, chanting in the streets, rallying around a cause. You’re handing out a petition. This is … Read more

Stand Up To City Hall

October 12, 2025 by Mosaic Atlanta

How are you? We pay attention to city council meetings all year long and we definitely want everybody to be involved with that. We need people to attend these meetings, take notes and share our message with other people. You know, if somebody is going to a city council meeting, they are already civically engaged to some extent. And when you go, you’ll be civically engaged to some extent too. So this part of the campaign is all about taking a field trip to city council. We match up with their calendar, we’re there when it matters most, and we also give you some resources.

Under this video you will find some cards and QR codes that you can use to share information with others. While you’re there, you have a conversation, you pull it up on your phone, somebody can scan and they can become a member pretty easy. … Read more

The Rent Is Too Damn High

October 12, 2025 by Mosaic Atlanta

Okay, so this is a map of the city. At Mosaic, we use something called a power map that helps us understand the people and places in our community and how they help us do the mission. And you can think of this as like working on an election that does not end. We look at different locations, and we sort them by how connected they are with us. Do they know who we are? Do they like who we are? Are they a part of our community?

Are they members? Are they serving on some kind of committee? This map helps us figure out where we have influence and where we need to build more connections. Obviously, the city is a large place. I mean, you can look at a map of the city and say, oh, I’m way over here, or I’m not here, or, you know, there’s … Read more

Welcome to the Incubator

October 12, 2025 by Mosaic Atlanta

So if you’re here and you’re reading this, I’m just glad this is an incubator for community organizers. We talk about direct action, outreach and publishing as a three part system to build power and drive impact. If you are fired about up about doing that for yourself or your neighborhood, that’s very good. You know, Atlanta has what’s marketed as a long history of pushing for justice. But we also have, I mean a lot of that is marketing. We, we also have a long history of jaw dropping corruption, just like any major city. So being a part of that is important.

The way the world is right now is enough to motivate anybody. And if you’re using that motivation to show up in the lives of the people around you, in your neighborhood, in your city, in your trade, that’s very powerful because not everybody gets that … Read more