Dear Rad Ops
Dear Rad Ops is a mini series advice vlog about live questions on the minds of movement operations workers.
Dear Rad Ops is a place to troubleshoot and offer advice and tools on key topics. Think like an advice column for movement operations people and their teams. Dear Rad Ops is a place for you to do what we do best as operations workers. We try out creative solutions to critical conundrums, we offer tips and advice, we share tools and templates, we commiserate about tough contradictions we have to hold as we build the new world yet to come while we navigate the reality of what is now. We want track what is most live for folks in this evolving political moment, what are the trends in what we’re grappling with.
Post in the comments!
What questions are most live for you as an operations worker right now?
What tricky questions is your organization grappling with in some aspect of your operations?
Need advice or troubleshooting for how to approach a situation in a justice-oriented or liberatory values aligned way?
What is one of your favorite questions that you have worked out with your team, that you think others would benefit from troubleshooting?
Note: We are very low touch and will only moderate the comments here sporadically. We’ve created the container; now it’s yours to engage with! We don’t seek to steer content or direct conversation. When we participate, it is as individuals, unless otherwise stated. If an issue comes up, please send us a message.
Check out this page to skim the resources and discussions from all episodes
Dear Rad Ops - Episode 2
In this episode, Sha Grogan-Brown talks with guest Le Tim Ly, Chief Operating Officer of Center for Empowered Politics about how building “multi-entity infrastructure” can improve the resilience of organizations.
Dear Rad Ops - Episode 3
In this episode, Yashna Maya Padamsee talks with guest Che Johnson-Long, Community Safety Director at Vision Change Win, about how we can be making grounded risk assessments in these times of escalated fear.
Dear Rad Ops - Episode 4
In this episode, Sha Grogan-Brown talks with guest Nat Smith, Finance & Development Director with House of gg and facilitator with A Bookkeeping Cooperative, to offer advice to organizations needing to make major pivots to their budgets.