Anthony Thigpenn

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Anthony Thigpenn is an Executive Director of AGENDA and an Apollo Alliance National Advisory Board member.^[1]

Contents 1 Black Panther Party 2 New Party founders 3 Black Radical Congress 4 War Times 5 Working for Villaraigosa 6 SCOPE 7 References

Black Panther Party

Anthony Thigpenn was a member of the Black Panther Party.

New Party founders

The two key founders of the New Party were Joel Rogers and Dan Cantor.

The first strategic meetings to plan the New Party were held in Joel Rogers' home in Madison Wisconsin in the very early 1990s. Present were Rogers' wife Sarah Siskind, Dan Cantor, ACORN leaders , Wade Rathke ,Zach Polett , Steve Kest and Jon Kest , Steve Cobble from the Institute for Policy Studies (in an advisory role), Sandy Morales Pope (for the first 18 months), Harriet Barlow and Barbara Dudley.

The very first meeting included Gerry Hudson from Democratic Socialists of America and SEIU and Gary Delgado, plus labor activists Sam Pizzigati and Tony Mazocchi. Anthony Thigpenn of Los Angeles was also approached, but though supportive did not wish to play a leadership role.^[2]

Black Radical Congress

In March 1998 “Endorsers of the Call” to found a Black Radical Congress included Anthony Thigpenn, Chairman of the Board, Action for Grassroots Empowerment & Neighborhood Alternatives, Los Angeles^[3].

War Times

In January 2002, a group of San Francisco leftists, mainly involved with STORM or Committees of Correspondence, founded a national anti-Iraq War newspaper^[4] War Times.

Endorsers of the project included Anthony Thigpenn, Strategy Concepts in Organizing and Policy Education.

Working for Villaraigosa

He ran the field campaign for Antonio Villaraigosa.^[5]

SCOPE

Anthony Thigpenn runs an organization in California called SCOPE [Strategic Concepts in Organizing and Policy Education].

He’s really an organizer. He’s been doing a lot of community organizing and environmental justice, and has worked to build alliances with labor and community organizations.

In 2006, SCOPE convened the Los Angeles Apollo Alliance, which aims to connect low-income communities to the “emerging green economy.”^[6]

References