From Lecturing to Listening: Political Lessons from Zohran Mamdani’s Historic NYC Mayoral Win

What powered Zohran Mamdani’s historic rise from polling at 1% to winning Mayor of NYC in just nine months with record breaking voter turnout – and how can those lessons be applied to the broader social justice movement? The Mamdani campaign – and the eventual victory – became a mass-organizing inspiration for people across the world .

Join Anna, NYC-based member of the Lab team, as they share about their personal experience volunteering for Mamdani’s campaign and peel back and analyze the strategies that were essential to the campaign’s success.

This training will:

• Illuminate the canvassing tactics, mass-volunteer base, and organizing infrastructure that led Zohran to victory
• Highlight and analyze key campaign messages that resonated with voters across demographics
• Review how old and new social media tactics were utilized and mobilized for a winning campaign