{"id":1818,"date":"2011-01-01T10:56:53","date_gmt":"2011-01-01T18:56:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cllas.uoregon.edu\/?p=1818"},"modified":"2012-01-18T08:43:50","modified_gmt":"2012-01-18T16:43:50","slug":"hope-in-hard-times-a-conversation-with-two-of-america%e2%80%99s-leading-organizers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cllas.uoregon.edu\/hope-in-hard-times-a-conversation-with-two-of-america%e2%80%99s-leading-organizers\/","title":{"rendered":"Hope in Hard Times: A Conversation with Two of America\u2019s Leading Organizers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cllas.uoregon.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Star-Fund-2012-Update_Page_1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1819\" title=\"Star-Fund-2012-Update_Page_1\" src=\"http:\/\/cllas.uoregon.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Star-Fund-2012-Update_Page_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"167\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cllas.uoregon.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Star-Fund-2012-Update_Page_1.jpg 209w, https:\/\/cllas.uoregon.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Star-Fund-2012-Update_Page_1-128x300.jpg 128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 167px) 100vw, 167px\" \/><\/a>Knight Law Center, Rm 175<br \/>\n1515 Agate St.<br \/>\nUO campus<\/p>\n<p>January 2012\u2014Under the aegis of our Strategic Training and Action Research Fund (STAR), LERC will be bringing two of the country&#8217;s most gifted and dynamic organizers, Kris Rondeau and Saket Soni, to a series of events here in Oregon.<\/p>\n<p>As the leader of one of AFSCME&#8217;s most successful organizing teams, Kris&#8217;s innovative strategies have helped bring 30,000 workers into the union&#8217;s ranks, including a pioneering campaign at Harvard University in the early 1980s that won national acclaim. 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