White People Organizing for Racial Justice: Deep Canvassing – Kristen Brock-Petroshius, MSW

Episode 39
Guest: Kristen Brock-Petroshius, MSW
Host: Shimon Cohen, LCSW

Kristen Brock-Petroshius, a PhD candidate in Social Welfare at UCLA and community organizer with White People 4 Black Lives, discusses her work engaging white communities in racial justice through deep canvassing and political education. She shares her journey into organizing and how she came to view anti-racism as essential for white people's collective liberation. Kristen also highlights her research on deep canvassing as a social justice strategy, examining its origins in LGBTQ+ movements and its application in campaigns like Reform LA Jails. This conversation explores how building political power through relational, accountable organizing can advance racial justice.

In this episode:

• Why organizing white people to do racial justice work in white communities matters
• How deep canvassing works and what a conversation looks like in practice
• The origins of deep canvassing in same-sex marriage and transgender justice movements
• How deep canvassing was used in the Reform LA Jails campaign led by Patrisse Cullors
• When deep canvassing works — and when other approaches are needed

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Email Kristen.Brock-petroshius@stonybrook.edu

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