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When activist groups can't agree on strategy and tactics

Our organizing committee is split between members who want to work within existing systems and those who think reform is just legitimizing the problem. We can't even agree on whether accepting grant money from certain foundations is collaboration or strategic pragmatism, and every decision becomes a proxy battle for this deeper disagreement.

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Fundamental disagreements about theory of change make practical decisions impossible without resolving deeper questions about power and compromise.

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