Blog
Insights, strategies, and resources.
We periodically share blog posts showcasing progress on our ongoing projects, to highlight available resources and share insights into our consultation approach.
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From Community Insight to Practical Tools: New Resources for Repository Resilience
What happens when the data that researchers, policymakers, emergency managers, and communities rely on suddenly becomes unavailable? Funding losses, workforce reductions, cyber incidents, policy changes, and natural disasters…
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Community Organizing for STEM Professionals: A Handbook to Spark Ideas and Collective Action
The Community Organizing Handbook for STEM Professionals is here. Born from months of collective reflection, reading, and drafting, this free, practical guide offers strategies and worksheets to help…
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Building Resilience Through Collaboration: Repository Crisis Scorecards
We’re thrilled to announce that Tessera Strategies is partnering with Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) through an initiative funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation: the Repository Crisis…
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Philosophy and Method of a Successful Leader: A review of Rules for Radicals by Saul D. Alinsky
Rules for Radicals is a classic read for organizers. Written by Saul Alinsky, a key figure who influenced many prominent organizers and politicians, it offers a collection of…
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Book Club Reflections: Building Powerful Community Organizations by Michael Jacoby Brown
In this post, we share several key themes and lessons that stood out.
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Learning to Organize: Insights from Collective Action for Social Change
In our book club, we explored Collective Action for Social Change to better understand what community organizing is and how it can strengthen research communities. This book challenged…
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