State of Resistance

Nationally known public intellectual: His first trade book on an upbeat story that‘s of national interest Growing platform : 3600 Twitter followers, head of two centers at USC that each have about 1k followers, and Pastor writes a few times each year at HuffPo. Timeliness : California is increasingly in the news as a trendsetter: governor has vowed to stand up to Trump and protect the state‘s residents; author is uniquely positioned to offer insight on a wide range of issues about the state. Opportunities : Pastor regularly speaks at academic and issue-based (immigration, labor, environment) conferences; the post-election period will provide lots of opportunities for author to develop mainstream audiences around his areas of expertise: demographic shifts, environmental and labor policies, etc. Affiliations : Book is funded by the Kellogg foundation; author is on the board of PolicyLink, Center for Community Change Publicity : We will hire a dedicated outside publicist Materials : Book is expertly researched and includes a number of eye-opening charts and graphs [[Links to videos of author: 60 Second Seminar; Movement Building for the Next America]]