{"quotes":[{"text":"Standing still is never an option so long as inequities remain embedded in the very fabric of the culture.","author":"Tim Wise","tags":["action","culture","inequities","justice","organizing","racism","standing-still"],"id":10137,"author_id":"Tim+Wise"},{"text":"Sometimes, when we pray for miracles what we are really praying for is God to do the work that we are too afraid to take action about. Often, the miracle resides in us and we need to simply 'be all in', rather than standing on the fence waiting.","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["action","all-in","arranging","decided","future","happiness","miracles","organizing","planning","road-ahead","taking-action","together"],"id":17540,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"},{"text":"Developing and implementing IT governance design effectiveness and efficiency can be a multidirectional, interactive, iterative, and adaptive process.","author":"Robert E. Davis","tags":["decision-making","feedback-control","goals","internal-control-systems","itg","management","monitoring","objectives","organizing","planning","policy-enforcement","policy-formation"],"id":49082,"author_id":"Robert+E.+Davis"},{"text":"I've noticed that great political leaders are energized by conflict. I'm energized by listening to people's stories and trying to figure out shared solutions. That's the work of an organizer.","author":"Gloria Steinem","tags":["conflict","organizing","sharing"],"id":77219,"author_id":"Gloria+Steinem"},{"text":"The quality of conversation appears to be a key factor in the evolution of an organization.","author":"Philip Streatfield","tags":["conversation","organizing"],"id":114053,"author_id":"Philip+Streatfield"},{"text":"Organizing gods is like herding cats into straight lines. They don't take naturally to it.","author":"Neil Gaiman","tags":["gods","organizing"],"id":121207,"author_id":"Neil+Gaiman"},{"text":"Actions \u0026 statements made on the basis of critical analysis \u0026 discernmentare not the same as divisiveness. Know the difference.","author":"Tur-Ha Ak","tags":["critical-thinking","organizing","political"],"id":125129,"author_id":"Tur-Ha+Ak"},{"text":"Governance is a way of organizing, amplifying, and constraining power.","author":"Rebecca MacKinnon","tags":["organizing","way","governance "],"id":128074,"author_id":"Rebecca+MacKinnon"},{"text":"The crisis creates situations which are dangerous in the short run, since the various strata of the population are not all capable of orienting themselves equally swiftly, or of reorganizing with the same rhythm. The traditional ruling class, which has numerous trained cadres, changes men and programmes and, with greater speed than is achieved by the subordinate classes, reabsorbs the control that was slipping from its grasp. Perhaps it may make sacrifices, and expose itself to an uncertain future by demagogic promises; but it retains power, reinforces it for the time being, and uses it to crush its adversary and disperse his leading cadres, who cannot be be very numerous or highly trained.","author":"Antonio Gramsci","tags":["class-struggle","hegemony","organizing","revolution"],"id":189710,"author_id":"Antonio+Gramsci"},{"text":"Pretty thoughts= Pretty actions.","author":"Linda L Eubanks","tags":["life-lesson","organizing"],"id":213524,"author_id":"Linda+L+Eubanks"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":16,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}