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When community organizing becomes overwhelming for the person who started it

I started this tenant organizing effort because my landlord was hiking rents 30% but now everyone expects me to have answers I don't have and I'm burning out trying to coordinate meetings while working two jobs.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The weight of leadership in grassroots movements can crush the very people who step forward to create change.

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