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Joan BladesMoveOn.org
MomsRising.orgLiving Room Conversations
June 14, 2012
From the Globe to the Living Room:
Changing Conversations in Today's Complex Environment
• Congress must immediately censure the President and move on to pressing issues facing the nation.
MoveOn.ORG’s first message:
MoveOn’s Growth in First Four Days (in 1998)
MoveOn Pac makes internet history in 2000
$2.3 Million
60,000 Donations(~$35 each)
Washington, DC
Provost, Armenia
Ladakh, India
“The fracturing of the Western alliance over Iraq and the huge antiwar demonstrations around the world this weekend are reminders that there may still be two superpowers on the planet: the United States and world opinion.”
Patrick E. Tyler, Feb 17, 2003, NY Times
Strong Vision,Big Ears
Disruptive Technology
• 3 viral moments • Massive citizen engagement• The ability to raise big $ from average
citizens• Thousands of online/offline organizations
empowering citizens to work on the issues they care about
• SignOn.org
MoveOn.org
$100 $90 $73 ~$60
The Pay Gap (Same Education & Experience)
Waldfogel, J. 1998. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 12(1)
80% of American women become moms
Mothers are more than 80%
LESS LIKELY to be HIRED than non-mothers
with the same resumes
US Census Bureau, Fertility of American WomenCorell, S. et al. 2007. American Journal of Sociology 112
• M Maternity/Paternity Leave (paid)
• O Outstanding Flexible Work
• T Toxics- Free Childhood
• H Healthcare for All
• E Early Care and Education
• R Realistic Fair Wages for Mothers
• S Sick Days (paid) for All
Stories Across the Nation
“As a self-employed professional I’ve always had to secure my own health insurance. In the past, whenever I’ve gotten a plan, there was always…”
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Dawn
“I am very concerned about people trying to repeal healthcare reform. My 8 month old son was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis when…”
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Deirdre
“When I gave birth to my daughter three years ago, not only was I fired from my position but my health insurance was terminated the day she was born...
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Rachel
Sandwich Mom!
Defining the Conversation
A 2007 newly coined buzzword -- 'Maternal Profiling'
Defined in the New York Times as:"Employment discrimination against a woman
who has, or will have, children. The term has been popularized by members of MomsRising, an advocacy group promoting the rights of mothers in the workplace."
• Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act• Affordable Care Act• Consumer Product Safety
Improvement Act• Multiple extensions of unemployment
insurance• Won paid family leave in NJ and WA
Change powered by Moms
• The next wave of the Women’s Movement
• Collaborating with over 100 policy partners to turn up the heat on back burner issues
• Maternal Profiling/Sexual Harassment
MomsRising.org
• flexible work • virtual work / telework• modern career tracks • contract work • babies at work • high commitment work practices
Work Practice Options
Disruptive Technology
Tipping Towards Telework
Increased Worker Happiness; Better
Work/Life Fit
Reduces Trade Deficit
ReducesSmog and
Carbon Dioxide
IncreasedBusiness Productivity
and Profit
Reduces Traffic Congestion
Good for National Security
Tradition –Fear of Change
DISTRUST
• Business: $242 billion • Employees: $2-9 K per*• Community: $19 billion**
Total: $631 billion
Green Savings: 235 million barrels of oil43 million tons of greenhouse
gases
*Assuming 50 million additional teleworkers
** Oil not burned
Huge annual savings from part-time Telework
• Business• Government• Workers• Academics• Business Consultants• Environmentalists
Telework-Many players facing the same direction
So far, 27 states support telecommuting…
Sloan Work and Family Research Network, 2010
• At the leading edge of a culture shift• Telework appears to be a foot in the door• Strategic engagement of many potential
champions
The Custom-Fit Workplace
A Future We All Want…
• We live in self-segregated communities.• Most people have deep anxiety about
speaking to people with different views.• We were unable to create a fact sheet that
felt non-partisan to participants. The climate change issue now carries a partisan taint.
Pilot Project’s Key Findings: The Challenges
• Every conversation was a success.• Participants found common ground on
conserving energy, and creating greater energy independence.
• People felt they were heard and learned something about others’ views.
Pilot Project’s Key Findings: The Successes
“This evening exceeded my expectations. I was skeptical when you asked me to co-host. I expected more strident views from the other side and thought that they would expect the same from my side. This was a great dialogue and I have genuine interest in continuing.”
DW, California (conservative)
Be Curious and Open to Learning
Conversation Ground Rules
• Be Curious and Open to Learning
• Balance Advocacy and Inquiry
• Show Respect and Suspend Judgment
• Seek Alignment Rather Than Agreement
• Be Authentic, & Welcome It from Others
• Be Purposeful and to the Point
• Own and Guide the Conversation
Conversation Ground Rules
Living Room Conversations –Could This Spark
a Civility Revolution?
• Energy• Money in politics• Immigration• Food/obesity/health• Parents and the media• Voting practices• Faith community • Tea Party/ Occupy Wall St.
Conversations in the Mix
• Citizens are sick of the status quo• Empower citizens to lead and tap the
wisdom of crowds- Wikipedia/YouTube/Open Source
• Make it simple and trust people
Living Room Conversations
Crisis
Opportunity
“Crisitunity”
• Snowmageddon/hurricane/earthquake
• Oil shortage• Bird flu• Deep ocean spill that we are unable to plug
Consider the value of having telework policy and capacity ready for the next…
Concern About Climate Change
Brulle, RJ. 2012. Climate Change Feb 2012 DOI 10.1007/s10584-012-0403-y
“Research shows that many of our assumptions about how to reach people different from us are flat wrong. We can't count on facts to change minds - emotions and values trump facts almost every time.”
Chris Mooney (author)
What Citizens United means…
BILLION $
45
10
0.75Obama’s
2008 Election Campaign
Warren Buffet’s 2008 Profits
[Richest Man 2008]
Exxon Mobil’s 2008
Profits
• Fill vacuums of leadership• Leverage disruptive technologies• Listen & Serve/Strong vision–Big ears• Tap into cultural and media hot spots• Persistence- Goldie Locks moments• Trust Citizens
Theory of Change
Rainbow Picture
“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice”
― Martin Luther King Jr.