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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
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• Congress must immediately censure the President and move on to pressing issues facing the nation.
MoveOn.ORG’s first message:
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MoveOn’s Growth in First Four Days (in 1998)
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MoveOn Pac makes internet history in 2000
$2.3 Million
60,000 Donations(~$35 each)
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Washington, DC
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Provost, Armenia
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Ladakh, India
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“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
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Strong Vision,Big Ears
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Disruptive Technology
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• 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
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$100 $90 $73 ~$60
The Pay Gap (Same Education & Experience)
Waldfogel, J. 1998. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 12(1)
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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
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• 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
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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
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Sandwich Mom!
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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."
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• 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
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• 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
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• flexible work • virtual work / telework• modern career tracks • contract work • babies at work • high commitment work practices
Work Practice Options
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Disruptive Technology
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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
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• 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
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• Business• Government• Workers• Academics• Business Consultants• Environmentalists
Telework-Many players facing the same direction
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So far, 27 states support telecommuting…
Sloan Work and Family Research Network, 2010
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• 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
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A Future We All Want…
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• 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
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• 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
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“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)
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Be Curious and Open to Learning
Conversation Ground Rules
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• 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
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Living Room Conversations –Could This Spark
a Civility Revolution?
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• 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
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• 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
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Crisis
Opportunity
“Crisitunity”
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• 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…
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Concern About Climate Change
Brulle, RJ. 2012. Climate Change Feb 2012 DOI 10.1007/s10584-012-0403-y
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“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)
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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
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• 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
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Rainbow Picture
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“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice”
― Martin Luther King Jr.