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Phil Prehn

Phil Prehn

Back to School

It’s the beginning of September — families are pulling together the binders, backpacks and pencils their children will need to go back to…

Sep 12, 2017

Back to School

Sep 12, 2017

Phil Prehn

“Would you like a Coke with that accessibility?”

Cases before the Supreme Court often result in widespread changes to our society. Issues such as school segregation, abortion and the right…

Aug 22, 2017

“Would you like a Coke with that accessibility?”

Aug 22, 2017

Phil Prehn

The Road Ahead

Yeah, yeah — Happy Holidays etc. But, more importantly, just as when Public Enemy famously urged us to fight the power: “let’s get down to…

Jan 12, 2017

The Road Ahead

Jan 12, 2017

Phil Prehn

The Ladies On Lynhurst

When I was working as an organizer for a neighborhood group in Syracuse, one of the big tasks at the end of the year was to help people…

Nov 1, 2016

The Ladies On Lynhurst

Nov 1, 2016

Phil Prehn
in
Ascent Publication

Don’t Stop At The Stop Signs

This is a piece I wrote several years ago. How long ago? It was written for “Disclosure: The Newspaper of the Neighborhoods” published by…

Sep 9, 2016

Sep 9, 2016

Phil Prehn

Rosa Parks Had a Posse! Lessons for Organizers from the Montgomery Bus Boycott

Who was Rosa Parks?

Sep 1, 2016

Rosa Parks Had a Posse! Lessons for Organizers from the Montgomery Bus Boycott

Sep 1, 2016

Phil Prehn

Keep Your Eyes On The Prize

I have despaired lately about my ability to help our community make real change. As an organizer, can I really accomplish anything? Change…

Aug 31, 2016

Aug 31, 2016

Phil Prehn
in
Organizer Sandbox

10 Ways I’m Going To Organize The Hell Out Of The Next Year

I am an organizer for disability rights, working as a systems change advocate for a Center for Independent Living in Central New York. My…

Aug 25, 2016

Aug 25, 2016

Phil Prehn

7 Thoughts On the Naked Trump Statue

1. I have a dream that politicians will be judged by the content of their character (or lack thereof) rather than by how much they weigh.

Aug 22, 2016

Aug 22, 2016

Phil Prehn

Organizing My Fat Self

I’m an organizer for social change. A famous shibboleth of organizing is “agitate, educate, organize.” An organizer must lay out the…

Jun 8, 2016

Organizing My Fat Self

Jun 8, 2016

Phil Prehn

Phil Prehn

organizer for social change, disability rights. “Salvation lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full effort is full victory.” — Gandhi

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