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Questions	Experiments
B How might we shift governing power more towards justice?	Leading by Example 03/05/2019 - 05/18/2019 Engaging grassroots board members and the leadership council before new policy is finalized is a way to live into democracy now. Engage grassroots members who serve on board (they lead it) from C3 and C4 sides (6 people) to talk about how to have these convos with leadership council. Convos between Leadership Council members and grassroots board members on how democracy might look within Washington CAN.. Houston, We Have A Problem 01/07/2019 - 03/22/2019 If we do the research then we will challenge the right people *Organizationally we are trying to move policy and go directly to elected leadership to win.* We’ve never been surfacing the monied interests that are also pulling at those politicians and winning 10x more than we ever do. Clear in Houston where we did a lot of work to get Mayor elected and haven’t gotten much out of it. Houston – no zoning, wild west market when it comes to housing, development and gentrification. Our ability to win has been limited because we haven’t had the right strategic analysis of how decisions are getting made. If we can do that, *we will have robust campaigns with real target to organize better,* more aggressively. We haven’t done the fundamental research to understand who’s holding the power and the pullstrings Unearthing what is really happening behind the scenes in this policy making. Houston campaign around housing and recovery: there’s a mayoral election in Fall 2019. We’re trying to figure out who’s controlling development and real estate in the city and county. Building the Skeleton 12/03/2018 - 02/28/2019 Have 4 conversations
A How might we improve our engagement with our members/base to build power?	Leading by Example 03/05/2019 - 05/18/2019 Engaging grassroots board members and the leadership council before new policy is finalized is a way to live into democracy now. Engage grassroots members who serve on board (they lead it) from C3 and C4 sides (6 people) to talk about how to have these convos with leadership council. Convos between Leadership Council members and grassroots board members on how democracy might look within Washington CAN.. Take Action Minnesota 02/25/2019 - 03/25/2019 People put money into things and feel a stronger sense of accountability to and from our organization. Intention is to build membership core team that will strengthen members accountability to and from and also provide. Operation Rockstar 02/01/2019 - 03/15/2019 If we make consistent, targeted asks via digital platforms with a compelling narrative and content then we will begin to build a formal base and a sustainable small donor program. In Your House Organizing 01/28/2019 - 03/15/2019 If the meetings are virtual then more people who are directly impacted could show up because they won’t have as many transportation issues, time crunch is less. Funnel Cake for the Masses 01/14/2019 - 03/29/2019 Many people are interested in getting involved but don’t have a clear path in. These systems will help us not hemorrhage interested people. If we do this well we can engage a critical mass of active and supporting members over the long haul to shift the balance of power.
How might be bring WOC, trans + nonbinary networks to share and discover practices, ways of leading, create spaces and formulate strategies to build power long term?	Meshworks 12/07/2018 - 05/31/2019
How might we embed in our demands structures (hopefully permanent) for people to govern	Wakanda 4 ALL 12/07/2018 - 05/24/2019 If we built in governance in all the solutions we are demanding, then we would have more impact and more control over our resources. If we took seriously that our goal was wealth, (not income), redistribution, then our demands would get a structural shift. Practices that change people’s comfortability Workers have stock ownership – set up expectation that as work you own part of the value. Wanting some support space to identify what are good demands to advance our campaign towards changing the frame and narrative around public good? A lot of us are in campaign whether its land issues, CBA fights. There’s often the challenge – same demands that can come up over and over. How do we look at them more critically? Do we need to add pieces to it? How do we shift the debate around public good?
How might we use the Green New Deal fight to fundamentally shift the role of government and diminish corporate power and align around a set of transformational demands that do that?	Best Green New Deal Evah! 12/01/2018 - 05/31/2019 Crowdsourcing video where got reps from constituencies to talk about what a Green New Deal would do. Short messages, selfie quick. Could see videos of labor people why GND would be important to them. Taking a different aspect of GND and talking about it. What does it mean. Can be helpful. Labor movement is about getting something short. What can we do at a local union mtg that can educate folks about climate change. 350 is working on cross movement work on climate and migration, did a test video on climate change and what’s happening at the border. More well received than we expected. Ideas of short videos – 2-3 min is a good idea. GND is getting more media attention.
How might we move the anti-racism training sector to explain and prepare informed resistance to white nationalism, authoritarianism, and misogyny?	Political Education 12/01/2018 - 05/31/2019
How might we sustain JwJ given shifts in the 21st Century Labor Movement?	Debit Card Experiment 09/21/2018 - 11/30/2018 If provide access to an online fundraising site and pay the money out via debit cards so that they don’t need to open bank accounts, small all-volunteer groups will have an easy mechanism to collect dues (or donations) from individuals and will be more likely to do it. West Virginia Membership 07/20/2018 - 11/30/2018 If we organize a training or other event for the individuals we have a relationship with in West Virginia, then we will be able to identify local leaders who are aligned with our values and who could engage with others to build an initial club. Top Issues of Working People: Shared Experiment #1 04/01/2018 - 04/30/2018 1: Many people hold idea that if one thing goes wrong, their economic security falls apart. 2: Many people think that if something goes wrong, it is their own fault rather than the system’s fault. Launching JWJ Membership Lab 03/21/2018 - 05/31/2018 If we clarify that the top concerns of everyday people we know is [________________], then we will be able to design experiments that test our ability to relate to people based on this issue(s). Gathering the Flock 03/05/2018 - 04/30/2018 If we spend more time investing our full staff in the membership experiments as critical to the survival of our organization and future, then we will add to our collective capacity, skill and creativity to increase our success rate. National JWJ Partner Engagement on Membership 02/01/2018 - 08/01/2018 If we engage Center for Story-based Strategies and Lara Granich, then we will add to our collective capacity, skill and creativity to increase our success rate.
How might we build power and shift worldview in our communities?	APEN State Membership 08/01/2018 - 12/10/2018
How might we evolve the way we do political education to prepare for transitions?	We Didn’t Start the Fire II 06/22/2018 - 11/30/2018 One of the assumptions is that political education is happening, but it’s insufficient and not coordinated to meet the needs of the movement in the face of structural transitions. We Didn’t Start the Fire 06/14/2018 - 07/14/2018 Reviewing each other’s trainings will help us identify opportunities and interest in shadowing.
How might we have less meetings and more time for work?	Why This Meeting? 05/08/2018 - 05/18/2018 If we require all staff to start every call with a POP outline the purpose, outcome and process of the call then we will reduce our internal call load and help staff have more time to prioritize their external facing work.
How might we communicate more easily with each other?	Please, Please, RSVP! 04/13/2018 - 06/06/2018 If we explicitly ask participants to RSVP to meetings / calls via calendar invitations, they will do it consistently and happily! Can’t Google and Outlook just get along? 04/13/2018 - 04/27/2018 Outlook calendars have a way of integrating with Google calendars. No Slacking Here! 09/27/2017 - 09/28/2017 Three out of nine of our Design Team members will join our new Slack group with minimal prompting.
How might we move from mobilizing voters to building a mass base of power? (move voters more consistently to action)	Operation Intense Data Matching 02/22/2019 - 03/25/2019 This system will help us make more informed asks of our base that yield to higher action rates to support our overall vision. If we engage in deep data analysis of our supportive voter lists, we can make increasingly targeted asks and track IRL/online engagement growth over time. This will lay groundwork to scale our work to a movement level. Operation Rockstar 02/01/2019 - 03/15/2019 If we make consistent, targeted asks via digital platforms with a compelling narrative and content then we will begin to build a formal base and a sustainable small donor program.
How can we have more of our members represented on our own governing board? Who makes decisions? Right now orgs have more power than individuals how can we flip that?	Building the Skeleton 12/03/2018 - 02/28/2019 Have 4 conversations
How might we most effectively talk with voters of color about abortion access and a constitutional ballot measure to eliminate access for low income women and pregnant people?	The A Word 07/23/2018 - 08/05/2018 Starting an open ended conversation about abortion allows people to unpack their assumptions and stigma. This creates more opening to identify supporters of IP1/M106 than a straight up persuasion script.
How might we keep fossil fuels in the ground & drive a fast & just transition to 100% renewable energy future?	Walking the Talk 06/18/2018 - 07/18/2018 Taking small + specific actions will develop managers’ equity practices. Matchmaking Potluck 03/21/2018 - 04/10/2018 If a strong group is invested in recruiting a specific group (geographically connected) into the movement cohort and this group has an initial conversation with the other group then we’ll distribute recruitment and gain insight into design for the cohort and desire to participate.
How might we integrate Courageous Practice more deeply across our teams?	Courageous Practice: Grown Ass Wolves April 2018 04/01/2018 - 04/30/2018 If we use the COS within the directors team during this transition, it will help us achieve our collective purpose of holding the core, using NVC within the team, learning and evolving, and creating sustainable pace. Courageous Practice 03/13/2018 - 04/13/2018 If we use Courageous Practice within teams then it will provide teams and directors greater insights to their work and teams. If we ask directors to engage in one Courageous Practice activity with their teams in the next month and share their reflections then we’ll gain insights into a longer term strategy for CP integration into teams.
How might we evolve and utilize government to transform society?	Tap Dancing on Barry Goldwater’s Grave 03/21/2018 - 04/30/2018 If I coach the staff then specific staff in the organization will be able to articulate with detail what it means for their endorsed candidate to co-govern. Umbrella Hypothesis: If we create explicit working agreements with candidates in advance of elections where we invest in / support the win then we lay the groundwork for mutually accountable relationships post-election.
How Might We make O-DEP weekly calls better?	Improving O-Dep Weekly Calls 03/12/2018 - 04/12/2018 If [we change up certain elements of O-DEP weekly calls] then the calls will be more productive, shorter, and efficient (and impactful and engaging?)].
How can People’s Action live out our expressed value of Spaciousness?	Spaciousness 03/09/2018 - 12/01/2018 If every other Monday, all staff have a spacious day with no standing calls as Big Picture days then as an organization we will be living into our value of spaciousness.
How might we align around a cross-movement North Star?	Basket o’ Strategies 10/05/2017 - 10/20/2017 At least three of our five participating orgs already have theory of change docs that they use internally.

Leading by Example

03/05/2019 - 05/18/2019

Engaging grassroots board members and the leadership council before new policy is finalized is a way to live into democracy now.

Engage grassroots members who serve on board (they lead it) from C3 and C4 sides (6 people) to talk about how to have these convos with leadership council.

Convos between Leadership Council members and grassroots board members on how democracy might look within Washington CAN..

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B How might we shift governing power more towards justice?

Leading by Example

03/05/2019 - 05/18/2019

Houston, We Have A Problem

01/07/2019 - 03/22/2019

Building the Skeleton

12/03/2018 - 02/28/2019

A How might we improve our engagement with our members/base to build power?

Leading by Example

03/05/2019 - 05/18/2019

Take Action Minnesota

02/25/2019 - 03/25/2019

Operation Rockstar

02/01/2019 - 03/15/2019

In Your House Organizing

01/28/2019 - 03/15/2019

Funnel Cake for the Masses

01/14/2019 - 03/29/2019

How might be bring WOC, trans + nonbinary networks to share and discover practices, ways of leading, create spaces and formulate strategies to build power long term?

Meshworks

12/07/2018 - 05/31/2019

How might we embed in our demands structures (hopefully permanent) for people to govern

Wakanda 4 ALL

12/07/2018 - 05/24/2019

How might we use the Green New Deal fight to fundamentally shift the role of government and diminish corporate power and align around a set of transformational demands that do that?

Best Green New Deal Evah!

12/01/2018 - 05/31/2019

How might we move the anti-racism training sector to explain and prepare informed resistance to white nationalism, authoritarianism, and misogyny?

Political Education

12/01/2018 - 05/31/2019

How might we sustain JwJ given shifts in the 21st Century Labor Movement?

Debit Card Experiment

09/21/2018 - 11/30/2018

West Virginia Membership

07/20/2018 - 11/30/2018

Top Issues of Working People: Shared Experiment #1

04/01/2018 - 04/30/2018

Launching JWJ Membership Lab

03/21/2018 - 05/31/2018

Gathering the Flock

03/05/2018 - 04/30/2018

National JWJ Partner Engagement on Membership

02/01/2018 - 08/01/2018

How might we build power and shift worldview in our communities?

APEN State Membership

08/01/2018 - 12/10/2018

How might we evolve the way we do political education to prepare for transitions?

We Didn’t Start the Fire II

06/22/2018 - 11/30/2018

We Didn’t Start the Fire

06/14/2018 - 07/14/2018

How might we have less meetings and more time for work?

Why This Meeting?

05/08/2018 - 05/18/2018

How might we communicate more easily with each other?

Please, Please, RSVP!

04/13/2018 - 06/06/2018

Can’t Google and Outlook just get along?

04/13/2018 - 04/27/2018

No Slacking Here!

09/27/2017 - 09/28/2017

How might we move from mobilizing voters to building a mass base of power? (move voters more consistently to action)

Operation Intense Data Matching

02/22/2019 - 03/25/2019

Operation Rockstar

02/01/2019 - 03/15/2019

How can we have more of our members represented on our own governing board? Who makes decisions? Right now orgs have more power than individuals how can we flip that?

Building the Skeleton

12/03/2018 - 02/28/2019

How might we most effectively talk with voters of color about abortion access and a constitutional ballot measure to eliminate access for low income women and pregnant people?

The A Word

07/23/2018 - 08/05/2018

How might we keep fossil fuels in the ground & drive a fast & just transition to 100% renewable energy future?

Walking the Talk

06/18/2018 - 07/18/2018

Matchmaking Potluck

03/21/2018 - 04/10/2018

How might we integrate Courageous Practice more deeply across our teams?