My “Bystander” Education in Community Organizing

By: Diane Meyer

Outlets: Minnesota Women's Press

Published: August 27, 2025

Words: 1,359

Last Updated: 2 months, 1 week ago

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Writer Diane Meyer at the Dakota County Fair, where members of the Coalition for Responsible Data Center Development reached out for support.

I sat down in the last open chair in Cathy and Gary Johnson’s dining room in a house full of 15 Farmington neighbors for a Wednesday night meeting. As a summer intern for Minnesota Women’s Press, I had previously interviewed the Johnsons and neighbor Mo …

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