Comradeship // Freechat

I went back and read your previous post and I am in awe of how strong you’ve been. How much you’re being targeted currently is a testament to how successful you’ve been.

How much training have you had on organizing? I also don’t say this to be critical, but just as observation; It seems from a cursory reading that you either did not anticipate the extent to which the administration would go in response to your actions or you did not put your organizer(s?) through an inoculation process. Please correct me if I’m wrong about that. I know there’s only so much detail you can include in a single post. It’s also tempting to think “If only I’d done more” when you’re already putting in so much work.

I don’t know much about student organizing and its standard practices. I’m more familiar with labor organizing. But I do see you working incredibly hard to breathe life into something that others are more just participants in and I recognize that dynamic. It’s very common while organizations are just starting to get momentum and I’ve been there. Labor organizing has an advantage of being well documented and having a well-established playbook on both sides. Because of that, inoculation is less a process of looking forward and more a process of looking back. Maybe that’s not so true with student organizing?

Regardless, I’m sorry you’re facing such a traumatic and unfair circumstance. I hope you find a way to make your organizing sustainable and healthy for you as it often chews straight through those who take it on.