Block, Bridge, Build: Forging a Democratic Future

Block, Bridge, and Build: A Framework to Forge a More Democratic Future

We are living through a period of upheaval. In this world of uncertainty, one thing is clear: The need for coordinated, collective action is urgent.

Recently, the people at Convergence Magazine developed a very useful framework called Block and Build. Others in the solidarity economy movement have offered a similar framework called Resist and Build. Here I want to highlight a slightly modified framework, building on the work of john a. powell and other leaders, that we use at the Horizons Project: Block-Bridge-Build.

Adding the word “bridge” emphasizes that for broad-front organizing to be successful, we need the skills and relational infrastructure to work together across many lines of difference.