[Preview] S3E7 Leadership & Organizing in Uncertain Times

Sam Chavez

Hi yโ€™all! ๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿฝ this week, we speak with leaders from Get Free, the youth led organization. In our private conversation, we discuss their leadership conference and how they are strategizing in this moment:

  • A look into Get Freeโ€™s organizing leadership forum from last month
  • How to build leadership during a difficult time organizing
  • The art of pre-planning and opportunities for open discussion
  • New York Freedom Beacon work thatโ€™s been successful
  • Building movement visibility during digital suppression

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Get Free

๏ปฟAnthony Vidal Torres (he/him)

Anthony Vidal Torres is the Communications Director for Get Free. Anthony is a messaging specialist, political strategist, and organizer originally from Long Island, New York. Heโ€™s supported winning campaigns across the country and most recently served as the Director of Collaboration at ASO Communications and has been a key steward and trainer of the Race Class Narrative. Prior to this, he led communication efforts for the national grassroots campaign to impeach Trump in 2019, and held a variety of leadership roles in the climate movement.

Nicole Carty (she/her)

Nicole Carty is the Executive Director of Get Free, a GenZ and Millennial-led movement to repair past harms, remove ongoing barriers to equality, and realize a future of freedom for all. She was born and raised in Greater Atlanta, with her father growing up in Georgia under Jim Crow and whose grandfather served as a pastor and leader in the local civil rights movement alongside MLK in the 1960s. As a movement practitioner in Occupy Wall Street and the Movement for Black Lives, and a strategist and core team member at Momentum, Nicole has spent her career developing her craft regarding what makes movements strategic, impactful, and successful.

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