Kati SippWhy not just fund all the lawyers?This is a lightly-edited version of an email I sent to a team I work with, about why we should be focused on raising money for grassroots…6 min read·Oct 4, 2020--1--1
Kati Sippsometimes, you’ve got to put your bodies upon the gears…Yesterday afternoon, my daughter and I got arrested along with about a dozen immigrants and allies, for blocking the road outside the Berks…3 min read·Jul 16, 2018----
Kati SippWhy do we let our kids learn about work from bosses?This post is a little more personal that my usual work on HtU. I struggled with whether to put it up here, or just write it somewhere…5 min read·Mar 24, 2018----
Kati SippWho do you build solidarity with?If the early Trump era has taught us anything, it’s that we can’t afford to be siloed in our work to build power for the precarious. The…2 min read·Jan 11, 2018----
Kati Sippwhy expanding the map matters (Pt. 2)There’s a popular trope in electoral organizing that involves a young field organizer, dropped into a turf which hasn’t seen a contested…4 min read·Dec 4, 2017----
Kati Sippa not-entirely-scientific look at our movement in space (Pt. 1)As regular readers know, I recently rolled out a project to build a database of economic justice organizations in the US. It’s one of the…5 min read·Nov 27, 2017----
Kati SippWanna win more elections?For at least the last twenty years, organizers, activists, donors and communicators have been arguing about the best messages to win…11 min read·Aug 17, 2017----
Kati SippThe fight against Trump can never stop, if we want to win.Progressives around the country are struggling to figure out how to define ourselves in the Trump era. Should we be in a state of permanent…8 min read·Jan 31, 2017----
Kati Sipp2016–the year in booksSo for 2016, my book count was a pretty strong 76. Unlike most presidential election years, I managed to read serious books in the months…2 min read·Dec 31, 2016----
Kati SippA Voice for Independent WorkersWhat do an adjunct professor, a day laborer, and an Uber driver have in common? More than you might think.2 min read·Dec 22, 2016----