scott crow 02.18.1967 1610 New York Ave. Austin, 78702 United States 512.297.1049 [email protected] www.scottcrow.org

BRIEF INTRODUCTION

Almost thirty years’ experience in social, political, economic and work in various roles as an educator, business owner, organizer, leader, ally and supporter with a focus on local and regional groups amongst diverse communities, both marginalized and mainstream.

Commitment to social change through the empowerment and strengthening of those most marginalized in civil society to better the worlds we all live in.

Engaged in social change through making the road by walking and asking

EMPLOYMENT

2006-present Public speaker, Author, Political consultant 2006-2012 Co- Director: Ecology Action of Texas Coop 2003–2006 Producer: Film: Angola 3: Black Panthers and the Last Slave Plantation 2001-2006 Action Teams Coordinator Greenpeace Action Team 2001-2006 Event/Action Coordinator: Ruckus Society 2000–Present Co-founder, Co-organizer: Radical Encuentro Camp 2000, 2004 Ballot Access Coordinator (Texas): Presidential Campaigns 1999 Contract Organizer: A.C.O.R.N. (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) 1996–2001 Co-founder, Co-owner: Century Modern Coop 1995-1996 Co-founder, curator Red Square Arts Coop 1986–1992 Writer, Performer: Lesson Seven

BOOKS

2015 Standing on the Edge: Re-imagining Our Collective Future. PM Press (Forthcoming) 2015 Setting Sights: Praxis and History of Armed Self Defense in Political Movements. PM Press (Forthcoming) 2014 Mutual Aid in Times of Crisis: Ecological, Economic and Political/ El Apoyo Mutuo en Tiempos de Crisis: Ecológica, Económica y Política. (English/Spanish) Emergency Hearts Press. 2014 In a moving river nothing is set in stone/ En un río que corre, ninguna cosa pueda ser inamovible. (English/Spanish) Emergency Hearts Press 2014/2011 Black Flags and Windmills: Hope, and the Common Ground Collective. PM Press, 2nd ed. 2014. 1st ed 2011.

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BOOK CHAPTERS

2015 ‘Creating Paper Tigers’ Informants: Types, Cases & Warning Signs . AK Press ( Forthcoming ) 2014 ‘Organizing Through Disaster for Liberation and Solidarity’ Grabbing Back: Against the Global Land Grab. Ed. Alexander Reid Ross. AK Press p227-234 2014 The Papers (Foreword) LBC Publishing 2014 Witness to Betrayal/Profiles of Provocateurs. (Foreword and Interview) Emergency Hearts Press p.8-68 2007 ‘Common Ground Relief’ What Lies Beneath: Katrina, Race, and the State of the Nation. Ed. South End Press. South End Press, p81-98

SELECTED SELECTED WRITINGS WRITINGS AND AND BLOG BLOG POSTS POSTS

2014 ‘A letter for insurgent dreamers / Una carta para soñadores insurgentes ‘(English/Spanish) Fifth Estate Magazine April 2014 ‘Mutual Aid in Times of Crisis: Ecological, Economic and Political’ Fifth Estate Magazine November 2013 ‘Remembering Herman Wallace: Prisons, Solitary Confinement and Freedom’ Earth First Journal Newswire October 2013 ‘One Big Union And Horizontal Worker In Texas: A Story’ Industrial Worker April 2012 ‘Conflict, Safe Spaces and Removing People ‘ Center For a Journal July 2008 ‘Ecology Action: Recycling, Education, and Cooperation’ Left Turn magazine September 2008 ‘Katrina and Gustav: Remembrances, Anniversaries, Tears for the Gulf Coast and Immediate Concerns’ Houston Indymedia September 2007 ‘New Directions in Actions: Broadening Short Term Strategies and Tactics’ Slingshot Magazine October 2007 ‘Common Ground Collective/Relief: Black Flags and Windmills’ Anarchist News June 2006 ‘It Takes a Spark to Start a Prairie Fire: Desperation, Racism and the Beginnings of Common Ground’ Infoshop.org December 2006 ‘Anarchy and the Common Ground Collective’ Infoshop.org March 2006 2005 ‘Protest Warriors or Protest Losers?: A look at the Protest Warrior Movement’ Turning the Tide: The Journal of Anti-Racist Action March 2003 ‘Houston, We Have a Problem: Dirty South EF! Takes it to the Maxx!’ (Co-authored with Scott Parkin) Earth First! Journal September

FILMS

2011 Producer/Interview ‘Black Flags and Windmills‘ Dir. Lucy Kreutz 2007 Co-Producer ‘Angola 3: Black Panthers and the Last slave Plantation’ Dir. Jimmy O’Halligan PM Press

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POLITCAL EXPEREINCE

2006-2012 Co-Director: Ecology Action of Texas Coop 2006–2009 Co-founder, Co-organizer: Treasure City Thrift 2005-2008 Co-founder, Co-organizer: Common Ground Relief 2000–Present Organizer: Angola 3 Support Committee 2000–2003 Co-founder, Co-Organizer: UPROAR (United People Resisting Oppression & Racism) 2003–2007 Volunteer/Organizer: Central Texas Anti Racist Action Nov 2002 Event Organizer: North Texas Islamic Association Coalition for Peace 2001–2002 Co-founder & Organizer: North Texas Coalition for a Just Peace Jan 2002 Co-Organizer: American Correctional Association counter-conference 2001/2002 Event Organizer (Dallas): Rain Forest Action Network Spring 01, Witner 02’ 2001–2003 Co-organizer (Dallas): “Stop McDonald’s” Campaign 2000-2003 Volunteer/ Organizer: Mobilization for Global Justice 2000-2002 Co-organizer: Continental Network 1999-2000 Co-chair & Organizer (Dallas): Party of Texas 1999–2002 Volunteer, Organizer (Dallas): Living Wage Coalition Campaign 1999–2003 Organizer: Campaign ExxonMobil 1996 Volunteer: ‘Save the Lakewood Forest’ Campaign 1991-1999 Volunteer: Animal Connection of Texas 1989 Co-organizer: ‘Change Your Life Festival’ (Dallas, TX) 1985–1986 Volunteer: Amnesty International / Students for Divestment from South Africa

SELECTED INTERVIEWS

2014 ‘Brick by Brick: An Interview with scott crow’ Earth First Journal Summer Edition 2014 ‘How San Francisco's Anti-Tech Movement Can Make Itself Heard’ Vice Magazine By DJ Pangburn April 13 2014 ‘A Conversation in Three Acts with scott crow’ FireDog Lake By Kit O’Connell Feb 13-24 2013 ‘Anarchist America’ RT News: Breaking The Set By Abby Martin Originally aired July 16 2013 ‘, & ’ RT News: Breaking The Set By Abby Martin Originally April 11 2013 ‘Community Organizer scott crow talks about Shifting Culture without Governments’ Medium Magazine By DJ Pangburn. Feb 22 2013 ‘Informant ‘ Dir. Jamie Meltzer. San Francisco, CA. Music Box /Documentary Film. 2012 ‘Interview with scott crow ‘ Stir To Action By Jonny Gordon-Farleigh. April Edition 2011 ‘Better this World’ Dir. Katie Galloway, Kelley Duane de la Vega. PBS/ Documentary Film. 2011 ‘From Katrina to Occupy’ The Indypendent By Renee Feltz. Dec 19 2011 ‘Für die nötige Infrastruktur selbst gesorgt/Providing necessary infrastructure’ Neues Deustchland. By Gabriel Kuhn. Germany January 2011 ‘New Hurricane Katrina Book details anarchist collective Common Ground’s massive relief efforts’ Death and Taxes Magazine. By DJ Pangburn. Aug 2011 ‘For Anarchist, Details of Life as F.B.I. Target’ New York Times By Colin Moynihan and Scott Shane. May 28 2006 ‘Welcome To New Orleans ‘ Dir. Rasmus Holm. Denmark Fridthjof Film/ Documentary Film.

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INVITED PRESENTATIONS

2014 Lets Get Free!: , Radical and Anarchy Portland State University Resistance Ecology Conference (Portland, OR) June 29 2014 In Spite of Repression: Fighting for liberation under surveillance (with Leslie James Pickering, Lauren Regan) Portland State University: Resistance Ecology Conference (Portland, OR) June 29, University of Oregon (Eugene, OR) June 30, Last Word Books (Olympia, WA) July 2 2014 Libertarians Against Capitalism (with Jack Smieck , Nick Ford) Alternative Expo Conference (Lancaster, NH) June 26 2014 Creating insurrectionary and liberatory infrastructure (with Aragorn Bang) Boing House Community Library (Salt Lake City, UT) May 24th 2014 Creating political power in the courts between activists and lawyers (with Deb Russell, Antonio Bueller) National Lawyers Guild Texoma Regional Conference (Austin, TX) May 8 2014 Writing Politics: a discussion (with John P. Clark) Bay Area Public School (Oakland, CA) March 23 2014 Dodging bullets: Learning from our movements for better futures (w/ Josh Harper) California State University: Animal Liberation Forum (Long Beach, CA) March 22 2014 Lets Get Free!: Animal Rights, and Anarchy Bridgetown Community Center (La Puente, CA) March 19 2014 Black Flags and Windmills: Hope , Anarchy and the Common Ground Collective’ Animal Advocacy Museum (Pasadena, CA) March 20, California State University (Long Beach, CA) March 21,University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill, NC) April 7, Flying Squirrel Community Space (Rochester, NY) April 10, Guide To Kulcher (Cleveland, OH) April 11, Portland State University (Portland, PR) May 11, Revolutionary Grounds Café (Tucson, NM) May 17, Community Art Exchange (Las Vegas, NV) May 19, Chico Peace and Justice Center (Chico, CA) May 22, New World Café (Des Moines, IA) May 30, Black Cat (Lincoln, NB) May 29, Solidarity Center (Lawrence, KS) June 1, Downtown Community Coop(Norman, OK) June 2, The Base (Brooklyn, NY) June 20, Fair Haven Public Library (New Haven, CT) June 21, Stone Soup Collective and Community Resource Center (Worchester, MA) June 22, Alternative Expo Conference (Lancaster, NH) June 26 2013 Better This World: Steps to Resist Oppression and Build Movements Loyola University (New Orleans, LA) Sept 27 2013 Infiltration, US Political Prisoners, and the Political Repression: A History 27 Social Center (Denver , CO) June 8 2013 Anarchy and Animal Liberation (with Josh Harper) Portland State University: Resistance Ecology Conference (Portland, OR) June 1-2 2013 Black Flags and Windmills: Hope , Anarchy and the Common Ground Collective’ Burning Books (Buffalo, NY) April 8, Wooden Shoe Books (Philadelphia, PA) April 9, LaSalle University (Philadelphia, PA) April 10, Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center (New York, NY), Red Emma’s Books (Baltimore, MD) April 12, Potter’s House (Washington, DC) April 13, Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, VA) April 16, University of Houston April 25, University of Nevada Las Vegas (Las Vegas, NV) June 5, Mexican Federation Building (Salt Lake City, UT) June 6, Moab Public Library (Moab, UT) June 7, Oklahoma University (Norman, OK) June 9, Loyola University (New Orleans, LA) Sept 26 Los Angeles Anarchists Book Fair (Los Angeles) Dec 6-8 2013 Moving to zero waste and beyond Austin Lodging Assoc. 4th Annual Green Trade Show (Austin, TX) April 4 2013 Grassroots Direct Action Movements & State Repression (with Josh Harper) Bay Area Anarchist Book Fair (San Francisco, CA) March 16 2013 Beyond Patriarchy: Power Sharing for Collective Liberation

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Feminist Festival (San Antonio, TX) March 9 2013 Solidarity Not Charity: Building Anarchist Power from Below after Katrina North American Anarchist Studies Conference (New Orleans , LA) Jan 4-6 2012 Earth First! to Rising Tide: Grassroots Direct Action Movements (with Scott Parkin, Cindy Spoon) Treasure City thrift (Austin, TX) Dec 14 2012 Common Ground to Occupy Sandy Relief: Grassroots Movements and Disaster Relief (with Rebecca Solnit) 518 Valencia Community Center (San Francisco, CA) Dec 10 2012 Earth First! To SHAC To Rising Tide: Grassroots Direct Action Movements & State Repression (with Jake Conroy, Scott Parkin) The Holdout (Oakland, CA) Dec 9 2012 Surveillance and the War on Terror: History and today ‘ California State University Law School (Chico, CA) Dec 6 2012 Organizing, Relief, and Repression In An Age Of Catastrophe (With Ramsey Kanaan) California Institute of Integral Studies (San Francisco, CA) Dec 5 2012 Black Flags and Windmills: Hope , Anarchy and the Common Ground Collective Monkeywrench Books (Austin, TX) Feb 12, Bluestocking Books (NY, NY) March 19, Wooden Shoe Books (Philadelphia, PA) March 23, Niebel-Procter Marxist Library (Oakland, CA) April 3, Modern Times Books (San Francisco, CA) April 4, Red and Black Café (Portland, OR) April 9, Wildcat Infoshop (Seattle, WA) Oct 24, South Puget Sound Community College (Olympia , WA) Oct 25, Last Word Books (Olympia , WA) Oct 26, Evergreen State (Olympia, WA) Oct 29, Lewis and Clark College (Portland, OR) Oct 30, Portland Community College (Portland, OR) Nov 5, Lone Star Community College (Houston, TX) Nov 13, California State University Peace Studies (Chico, CA) Dec 6, Lavender Library (Sacramento, CA) Dec 7 2012 Police Accountability and Community Control (with Deb Russell) Mexitas Café and Community Center Peaceful Streets Summit (Austin, TX) July 14 2012 What Me Worry: The Rise of the Surveillance State and What We Can Do About It’ Portland State University Law and Disorder conference (Portland , OR) April 6-8 2012 Horizontalism and the Occupy Movements: Creating New Futures from Below Brecht Forum (New York, NY) March 21, Rainforest Action Network offices (San Francisco, CA) March 29, University of San Francisco (San Francisco, CA) April 2 2011 The importance of self publishing personally and politically ATX Fest (Austin, TX) Dec 10 2011 Horizontal Models as a Vision for Worker Cooperatives Brave New Books (Austin, TX) Dec 7 2011 Black Flags and Windmills: Hope , Anarchy and the Common Ground Collective McGill University (Montreal, Canada) Oct 16, University of North Texas (Denton, TX) Oct 26, University of Minnesota (St. Paul, MN) Nov 10, Minnehaha Free Space (Minneapolis, MN) Nov 11, Univ. of Wisconsin (Milwaukee, WI) Nov 12, Ecumenical Campus Ministry (Lawrence , KS) Nov 13, Nightingale Theater (Tulsa, OK) Nov 14, Brave New Books (Austin,TX) Dec 17 2011 Horizontal Models as a Vision for Worker Cooperatives North American Worker Co-operative Conference (Quebec City, Canada) Oct 13-15 2011 Better This World: Steps to Resist Oppression and Build Movements University of Texas (Arlington, TX) Oct 4, Pan African Connection (Dallas, TX) Oct 6 2011 Surveillance, the War on Terror and Resistance: Tools for Civil Society Houston Anarchist Book Fair (Houston, TX) April 23-24 2011 COINTELPRO 101 to the War on Terror: A History of Political Repression Rice University Media Center (Houston, TX) Jan 14 2010 Zero Waste and reducing our collective footprint Texas Facilities Commission keynote (Austin, TX) April 16 2008 Political Prisoners and the cases of the Angola 3 (with Robert Hillary King) University of Texas (Austin, TX) April 16

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2006 Common Ground Collective: Anarchism and Relief Work Veterans For Peace Regional Meeting Café Vida (Austin, TX) Jan 2000 Report Back from World Bank Spring Summit in Washington D.C. Dallas Peace Center (Dallas, TX) April

PANEL PRESENTATIONS

2014 Grabbing Back: Bioregionalism Against White Supremacy Portland State University, Portland, OR June 2014 The Politics of Solidarity: Lessons Learned from the Struggle’ Portland State University Law and Disorder Conference, Portland, OR May 2014 Grabbing Back: Essays Against the Global Land Grab Bay Area Anarchist Book Fair, Oakland, CA March 2013 Political Prisoners: Health and Aging ‘ North American Conference, Denver, CO Sept 2012 Profiling in America Libertarian Party of Texas State Conference, Dallas, TX June 2012 What Me Worry: The Rise of the Surveillance State and What We Can Do About It’ Pace University Left Forum Conference, New York, NY March 2012 Terrorism, Dissent and Repression: the legacy of COINTELPRO’ San Francisco Anarchist Book Fair, San Francisco, CA, April 2012 Radical Pasts, Radical Futures: Conversation on Contemporary Social Movements California Institute Integral Studies (San Francisco, CA) April 30 2006 Surveillance and the War on Terror: Targeting Animal and Eco Activists National Lawyers Guild National Conference, Austin, TX Oct 19th 2000 Corporate Globalization, the WTO and Resistance Movements University of Texas Globalization and Labor Conference , Dallas, TX May

INIVITED TRAININGS and WORKSHOPS

2013 Decentralized Disaster First Response: Methods , action and how to prepare now Rainbow Food Coop Grocery Staff (San Francisco, CA) March 2012 Piercing the Glass Ceiling: Building Bridges that Support Grassroots Movements Rainforest Action Network Staff (San Francisco, CA) Dec 10 2012 Horizontal Models : Foundations for Organizing’ 21st St. Regional Council of Housing Cooperatives (Austin, TX) July 2012 Horizontal Models : a Vision for Worker Cooperatives’ La Tuna Café (San Antonio, TX) May 2006 Strategic Action Planning: Tools for Community Organizing Southern Girls National Conference (Houston, TX) June 26 2004 Strategic Action Planning: Tools for Community Organizing Anti-Racist Action National Conference (Austin, TX) July 2004 Grassroots Media for Action Trinity University (San Antonio, TX) April 13, North Texas Indymedia Collective (Dallas, TX) April 15 2004 Nonviolent Direct Action for Community Impact Houston Global Awareness Collective (Houston, TX) May, Radical Encuentro Camp (San Marcos, TX) May 2003 Grassroots Media for Action

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Animal Connection of Texas (Dallas, TX) July 2003 Non Violent Direct Action for Community Impact University of Houston (Houston, TX) Nov, M.E.C.A. (Multicultural Education Counseling through the Arts) (Houston, TX) Nov 2002 Political Prisoners: Solidarity and Support Anarchist Black Cross Network National Conference University of Texas (Austin, TX) Aug

EDUCATION and SPECIALIZED TRAINING BACKGROUND

2011 Democratizing Governance and Management Structures of Worker Co-ops Mikel Lezamiz Mondragon Corporation, Rebecca Kemble Co-Director Union Cab Coop Consensus Decision Making and Group facilitation 2000-2003 Mobilization For Global Justice (Washington, D.C.) 2000 Patricia Allison (Dallas, TX) 1999,2000 of Texas (Dallas, TX) Nonviolent Strategies ,Philosophies and Conflict work 2012 The Six Steps of Group Conflict Work Kris Donely Dispute Resolution Center (Austin, TX) 2003 Theresa Gorman Worldwork (Process Oriented Psychology ) (Austin, TX) 2001 School of the Americas Watch (Fort Benning, GA) 1999 Dallas Peace Center (Dallas, TX) 1985 Students for Divestment from South Africa North Texas Chapter (Denton, TX) Anti-Oppression, Diversity Trainings 2003 Anti-Racist Action National Conference (Minneapolis, MN) 2002 Radical Encuentro Camp (Dallas, TX) 2000 Ruckus Society (Santa Cruz, CA) 1999 Dallas Peace Center (Dallas, TX) Political Theater, Action Planning, Campaign Building, Non-Violent Civil Disobedience , Media 2000-2006 Greenpeace (Washington, D.C./San Francisco, CA) 2001 Cathie Berrie (Dallas, TX) 2000 Ruckus Society (Santa Cruz, CA) 2000-2003 Mobilization for Global Justice (Washington, D.C.) 1999 A.C.O.R.N. (Association Of Community Reform Now) 1985 Students for Divestment from South Africa North Texas Chapter (Denton, TX) Tools for addressing issues of Rape. Sexual Assault and Consent in Communities 2003 Anti-Racist Action National Conference (Minneapolis, MN) 2002 Men Against Sexual Assault (Austin, TX) and Power Sharing Training Models for Social Change 2002 Ruckus Society Training for Trainers (Occidental, CA) 2000 Ruckus Society (Santa Cruz, CA) 1985–1986 Sociology, Music University of North Texas (Denton, TX)

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PROFFESIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives Board Member 2011-2012 Ecology Action of Texas Board Member (staff representative) 2006-2008, 2013 S.E.E.D. Coalition Board Member 2007-2008 Common Ground Relief Board Member 2005-2008

AREAS OF INTEREST and PROFICENCY

The exploration, creation and support of horizontal or ‘leaderless’ models in local or regional organizing that creates power from below and shared power within communities

Organizing concepts that encourage ‘direct action’ from the participants to imagine and create the change they want to see beyond being just voters or consumers.

Organizing models for groups and communities based on decentralized networks that encourage cooperation, autonomy and diversity based on common values or goals.

Community work in a ‘dual power’ strategic framework that encourages actions based on creating what movements envision better worlds to be while simultaneously resisting oppression and destruction.

Building small cooperative businesses as economic engines to fund local radical groups that focus on health care, education or cultural projects that are chronically underfunded while also creating jobs with dignity that pay a living wage.

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