Vaughn Allen Goodwin
Template:TOCnestleft Vaughn Allen Goodwin is a "Progressive Activist, Insightful Speaker, Googlist and Leadership Developer", based in Massachusetts.
Activism
Vaughn Allen Goodwin has done organizing with 1199SEIU, NAACP, Democratic Socialists of America and Our Revolution. He completed his undergraduate at Morehouse College, a historically African-American College in Atlanta, GA which focuses on the education and rearing of Black Males.
He also attended Temple University where he majored in African-American studies and was the founder of the Temple Progressive NAACP. Vaughn’s parents were also Organizers and likewise for his grandparents. He therefore brings four generations of organizing to bear. He also was recruited to Democratic Socialists of America by the Late Michael Harrington founder of DSA, Manning Marable, late African-American author and Malcolm X Scholar.
During the past 3 decades Vaughn has been active developing leaders in the Homecare industry who are now full time organizers in organizations including Boston Teachers Union, 1199SEIU and Union throughout the country. He continues to organize in the areas that are populated largely by people of color including Mattapan, Dorchester and Roxbury where he has leaders.
Nationally, he has worked with Rahel Biru and other members of the New York DSA to do New Members Orientation and spoken at events involving people of color. He has organized for National Union of Students in the United Kingdom and also organized as an Anti-Racism Officer in the United Kingdom. He continues to fight for a broad, wide, and strong left that can take on economic inequality and anti-union forces. Vaughn helped to win progressive victories in Virginia, Minnesota, California and throughout other localities in the US. Finally, Vaughn serves on both the Steering Committee and the Resolutions team where he helped to create a Resolutions process for concerns that members raise. Vaughn was also a part of a strategic inter-generational discussion that helped to build the growth of DSA from 2016 to present. Vaughn is also the 1199SEIU Representative to the Poor People's Campaign in the Commonwealth of Massachussetts.[1]
Democratic Socialists of America
DSA
Vaughan Allen Goodwin is involved with Boston Democratic Socialists of America.
Toward Radical Democracy
Toward Radical Democracy was a 2018 "Proposal for Internal Voting Reform in Boston DSA".
- If you would like to sign on in support of this proposal, please click here. To date, over 100 members of Boston DSA have endorsed it. We also welcome support from DSA comrades in other chapters.
Signatories included Vaughn Allen Goodwin.
Debs-Thomas-Bernstein Awards Reception
2009
The 2009 Debs-Thomas-Bernstein Awards, sponsored by Boston Democratic Socialists of America, took place Tuesday, June 30, 6:30—8:30 P.M., at the historic home of Marcia Peters and David Karaus, Jamaica Plain.
Honorees were Professor, author, and health care reformer Rashi Fein, along with the winners of an inspiring union election at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Brighton, accepted by Sonia Marshall, patient care assistant and key organizer of the campaign. Vaughn Goodwin and Calvin Feliciano from SEIU also attended.[2]
2010
On June 13, 2010, Boston Democratic Socialists of America presented its annual Debs-Thomas-Bernstein Award to "two champions of social justice and grassroots democracy, Georgia Hollister Isman and Jack Clark". Honorary Co-Chairs for the event were Massachusetts AFL-CIO President Robert Haynes, State Senator Patricia Jehlen and special guest Senator Sonia Chang-Diaz. Georgia Hollister Isman's award was presented by Andrea Miller of NARAL. Massachusetts AFL-CIO Vice-President Ed Collins and Janet Boguslaw from Brandeis University introduced the other honoree, Jack Clark, who then "entertained and informed us with a brief tour of U.S. Socialist history". David Knuttunen & Susan Davidoff were benefactors of the event.[3][4]
Vaughn Goodwin sent greetings to the event.
Warren connection
Boston DSA Synthesis Slate
Introducing: the Boston Democratic Socialists of America Synthesis Slate Feb 22, 2018.
Synthesis is a group of committed DSA members with diverse perspectives and ideas who all share the strong conviction that pluralism is DSA’s greatest strength. We are eager to make major changes in the American political landscape, including the elimination of all forms of oppression, imperialism, inequality, and suffering, and we understand that we must reflect those desires in our internal structure and choices as an organization. We value transparent, direct democracy, radical kindness, sincere debate and discussion, and empowering members to create the DSA (and world) that they want to see. We believe that we can achieve socialism in our lifetimes. We’re running for Steering Committee and officer positions; meet us below!
Members Beth Huang, Maddie Howard, Kit Cali, Evan Lemire, Kathryn Anderson, Presley Pizzo, Valerie Young, Vaughn Allen Goodwin. Clyde Grubbs and Louise Parker withdrew their candidacies.[5]
Now What? Defying Trump and the Left's Way Forward
Now What? Defying Trump and the Left's Way Forward was a phone in webinar organized by Freedom Road Socialist Organization in the wake of the 2016 election.
- Now what? We’re all asking ourselves that question in the wake of Trump’s victory. We’ve got urgent strategizing and work to do, together. Join Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson of the Movement for Black Lives and Freedom Road, Calvin Cheung-Miaw, Jodeen Olguin-Taylor of Mijente and WFP, Joe Schwartz of the Democratic Socialists of America, and Sendolo Diaminah of Freedom Road for a discussion of what happened, and what we should be doing to build mass defiance. And above all, how do we build the Left in this, which we know is the only solution to the crises we face?
- This event will take place Tuesday November 15, 2016 at 9pm Eastern/8pm Central/6pm Pacific.
Those expressing interest in attending, on Facebook included Vaughn Allen Goodwin.[6]
2017 DSA Convention
Vaughn Allen Goodwin attended the 2017 Democratic Socialists of America National Convention in Chicago.[7]
DSA Boston Public Facebook Group
Members of Boston Democratic Socialists of America Public Facebook Group, in January 2017 included Vaughn Allen Goodwin.[8]