Teaching Assistants' Association
UW- Madison
Organize!
We are not organized wealth, we are organized labor - our political power comes from our ability to organize people at the grassroots. That is the core of our political program. Our biggest impact will come from good old fashioned organizing, educating people and mobilizing them for action. Organizing is about building and institutionalizing connections and networks of people and ideas in a coherent whole so that in aggregate, these can be more powerful as organized than any could be alone.
Action!
To find out actions in which we are participating and when as well as to learn about upcoming events, you can find out on our action page.
Education Into Activation
The core of our political organizing program is educating fellow members about what's going on, what's at stake, and what kind of meaningful action can be taken. No matter the context, this combination of education leading to activation will be present - from educating a fellow union member in a targeted district about what is happening on the state political scene and mobilizing their vote to educating a fellow TAA member about how and why we're working to build progressive political power for our fellow union members and for working people.
The main way in which we'll engage in this education and invitation to action will be individual contact. Engaging people actively and directly is proven to be the most successful way to organize.
Get Invovled And Find Out More About Our Organizing
We have a political organizing plan - much too much to simply cover on a website. The best way to understand what we're doing is to get involved through action and learn the strategy and tactics involved.
You can see what's coming up soon on our action page, or you can contact our political organizer and Political Education Committee chair Peter Rickman.