At some point, when you care enough about a particular cause, you shift from following the issue to actually trying to advance the issue - to make a difference. The easiest way to do this is to find groups that are already working for this cause and supporting them with donations of your time and/or money. But what do you do if you can't find such a group, or maybe there's no local chapter? Well, you can start your own! It's not as hard as it sounds - and in fact, there exist organizations that can help you. Today I'll speak with Rory Mir from the Electronic Frontier Alliance along with leaders from two successful EFA-affiliated groups: Freddy Martinez from Lucy Parsons Labs and Chris Bushick from PDX Privacy.







Interview Notes









Reach out to EFF organizing team: organizing@eff.org 







Electronic Frontier Alliance (EFA): https://www.eff.org/efa 







Meetup groups: https://meetup.com 







Lucy Parsons Labs: https://lucyparsonslabs.com/







PDX Privacy: https://www.pdxprivacy.org/







EFF on the EARN IT Act: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/05/dangerous-earn-it-bill-advances-out-committee-several-senators-offer-objections 









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Table of Contents









0:00:25 : Interview setup







0:04:32 : Introductions and overview of EFA







0:09:12 : Lucy Parsons Project overview







0:10:52 : PDX Privacy overview







0:12:28 : How has the EFA helped you with your projects?







0:15:33 : What other types of groups work with the EFA?







0:17:49 : What did you do before? What was it like starting your group?







0:23:02 : How can you go about finding sources of funding?







0:25:25 : What sorts of grants are available?







0:30:09 : What accomplishments are you most proud of?







0:34:48 : What were some of your biggest challenges?







0:38:51 : Do you ever feel like you're David versus Goliath?







0:42:26 : How can I find existing groups that I can support or join?







0:45:58 : What's the first step in starting my own group?







0:49:31 : If you were starting over again, what would you have done differently?







0:49:56 : Do I need to incorporate or create a legal entity?







0:53:02 : Can a non-profit organization make money?







0:57:32 : Any parting thoughts you'd like to share?







1:00:32 : Wrap-up







1:03:11 : Looking ahead







1:04:09 : Upcoming challenge coin campaign