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When immigration advocacy partners have fundamentally different approaches to change

My organizing partner and I both care deeply about immigration reform but she thinks we should focus on electoral politics while I believe direct action and mutual aid are more effective. Our community group is getting pulled in different directions and people are starting to choose sides instead of working together.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Partners with shared values are discovering that their theories of change are incompatible, fracturing their collaborative efforts.

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