Amanda Tattersall is an Australian union and community organizer and author of Power in Coalition, a book about how to build successful coalitions based on campaigns in the United States, Canada, and Australia.
She will lead a discussion about coalitions and launch the book in St. Paul on:
Thursday, September 2nd
7pm start
Common Good Books, 165 Western Avenue North, St. Paul, MN
Sponsored by Wellstone Action, TakeAction Minnesota, Minnesota AFL-CIO, Metro State Social Science Department, Blue-Green Alliance, University of Minnesota Labor Education Service
About Power in Coalition:
Coalitions can be important tools for social change and union revitalization. What makes them successful? What causes them to fail? Community organizer Amanda Tattersall examines successful coalitions between unions and community organizations in three countries: the public education coalition in Sydney, Toronto's Ontario Health Coalition fighting to save universal health care, and Chicago's living wage campaign run by the Grassroots Collaborative. She explores when and how coalitions can be a powerful strategy for social change, organizational development and union renewal.
For more about the book visit http://powerincoalition.com/
Amanda Tattersall is an Australian community organizer and a researcher. She is currently the founder and Director of the Sydney Alliance, a diverse coalition of unions, community organizations and religious organizations. She has been a community and union organizer, and is currently an elected official (Deputy Assistant Secretary) with Unions NSW, the central labor council in Sydney NSW representing 600 000 workers.