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Strategic development & philanthropic leader. Social justice/equality advocate. Foodie. 🌎 Traveler. 😻 Dad. Live in San Diego. Follow me at https://substack.com/@darrelltucci Founding Partner at LT Strategic Advisors. LtStrategicAdvisors.com
🎉I've joined TMC as Sr Advisor of Development
Weeks before 2024, our organizing tech nearly collapsed. This can't happen again!
I'm helping secure resources to build sustainable, movement-owned infrastructure progressives need to win in 2026
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#democracy #WeAreTMC
I am excited to join @themvmtcoop.bsky.social team at such a critical moment in our nation’s history to help ensure progressive organizations and organizers across our country have the infrastructure they need to win in November and beyond!
Thank you so much for the very warm welcome. I am excited to officially join @themvmtcoop.bsky.social team at such a critical moment in our nation’s history to help ensure progressive organizations and organizers across our country have the infrastructure they need to win in November and beyond!
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🚀 Big news for the #ProgressiveMovement! TMC is partnering with @theactionnetwork.bsky.social to expand access to nonprofit organizing, fundraising, event & mobilization tools for progressive orgs of all sizes.
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📢 We’re #hiring! TMC seeks a Data Associate to support 80+ national & state-based orgs & 1.4K+ affiliates in using shared data, tools & analytics to power movement work.
Details:
💼 Full-time, exempt, union
📍 Remote (U.S.)
💵 Starting at $71.8K/year
Apply by February 12 at 6 p.m. ET: buff.ly/F5mYnUQ
People participating in an ICE Out for Good protest, holding signs. A person at the front holds a sign reading, “Immigration isn’t the crisis. ICE is.”
People organizing in the streets during an ICE Out for Good action. A person in the foreground holds a U.S. flag, while others behind them hold protest signs, with city buildings visible in the background.
People gathered in a protest, with one person in the center holding a sign reading “ICE Out for Good” amid the demonstration.
Over the weekend, Sen. Amy Klobuchar confirmed 3 people have been killed in Minneapolis since the start of the year—2 by federal agents, 1 by ICE & one by Border Patrol. Federally sanctioned violence against our communities must end.
Learn how to take action: buff.ly/pDgRO0M (resources in thread)
Our first amendment rights under unprecedented assault. The contrast couldn't be starker-while ABC News caves to political pressure by canceling Jimmy Kimmel, Trump and his allies freely spread dangerous rhetoric that incites violence.
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Dear ABC, Disney, HULU etc. If you cower to the whims of an authoritarian administration by removing talent from your networks, you lose my $
By embracing the transformative power of travel and unplugging, you can return to your life more centered, resilient, and ready to face the challenges ahead. Read more at
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What are you reading this Sunday? I'm reading @cvindependent.bsky.social (by @jboegle.bsky.social) & the @voiceofsandiego.org. Both prioritize in-depth local reporting over sensationalism. Check out why I choose them over big media outlets open.substack.com/pub/darrellt...
Publications I am familiar with and enjoy, like the @cvindependent.bsky.social, the @voiceofsandiego.org (my current hometown news source) and the Reno News & Review (owned by the same great human who owns the CVI @jboegle.bsky.social) exemplify this approach.
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🚨 Early-bird registration for #CSC2025 has been extended through September 9!
Join us and @statevoices.bsky.social in Milwaukee for four days of learning, knowledge sharing, and community building with fellow movement builders.
🔗 Register now to lock in the $150 early-bird rate: buff.ly/mOzoirV
Tonight I wrote about immigration. I'm not talking about the amorphous topic of immigration as it's bantered about in halls of power, I'm talking Real People. Real Lives. Read below & join me in supporting @aclu.org @chirla-org.bsky.social @unitedwedream.org darrelltucci.substack.com/p/standing-t...
The new week is here and they seem to be getting more difficult to get through. Check out my post darrelltucci.substack.com/p/forward-to... about resilience by filling our cups and getting centered to prepare for the week ahead sharing the work of @ericnicoll.bsky.social & @nathanserrato.bsky.social
Nor do we need to
I believe us on the left to be patriotic. We fight with our actions big and small for the greater good, for our fellow Americans. Check out my post about veterans, the state of democracy, activism, reclaiming patriotism & the call to support @votevets.org.
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In times of oppression, how do we fight back? With JOY!
Check out my next substack post on Pride and Joy as resistance.
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Happy Pride San Diego!! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
#Pride #resilience #resilience #democracy #mentalhealth
I just dropped my 2nd post in my blog series. Today's post focuses on the legacy of John Lewis and the importance of civil disobedience for both effecting societal change and in moving us away from our political anxiety.
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#JohnLewis #activism #goodtrouble
Today, I launched Forward Together: From Political Anxiety to Purposeful Action on Substack.
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This series is for anyone ready to move beyond anxiety and into action.
#substack #democracy #philanthropy #activism #mentalhealth #resilience
I rise up and raise my voice to:
- Defend my rights as a member of the LGBTQ+ community
- Stand with immigrants of all statuses
- Fight for the rights of all in the US to have access to Due Process as promised in the Constitution
Join me at the San Diego march
mobilize.us/s/jJ59V7
#nokings
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Waterfront Park, San Diego” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
Tonight, I had the great privilege to join with friends and community leaders to support the brilliant, talented and courageous Congresswoman Sarah @mcbride.house.gov to support her re-election as the first and only transgender member of the US Congress.
I’m proud to stand with women around the world working toward a gender equal world. A world free of bias, stereotypes, and discrimination. A world that's diverse, equitable, and inclusive. Together we can forge gender equality. Collectively for #IWD2025 we can all #AccelerateAction.
Happy Valentines Day. Show youraelf some love today Spread the love today. Show your single friends some extra love today
Small actions. Today I stopped supporting companies that backed off from DEI programming & replaced everything I normally buy from Amazon, Target, Lowe’s and Brown-Forman’s with companies that continue to lead well like Costco, Thrive Market, Grove and Sprouts Farmers Market.
To my transgender and nonbinary friends, I see you, I stand with you, I have shoulders to lean on if you need them and I will fight for you as we need to. An exec order by a bully in the White House does not and cannot remove your existence. It cannot reduce you or diminish how wonderful you are. ❤️🏳️⚧️
Today, we recognize and commemorate Dr. MLK Jr.’s leadership and legacy in advancing a more equitable and just society. And, while we face a rise of authoritarian power in our nation today, we recommit ourselves to our individual and organizational commitments to social justice.
New year, new specs! 👓🤓
Wishing everyone a very sweet and Merry Christmas!
Every LGBTQ+ youth deserves to grow up in a world where they are safe, supported, & loved. As one of @eqca.bsky.social board members, I’m committed to making that a reality & you can help too! A gift today can make a real difference in protecting the next generation» bit.ly/donate-eqca