63 Magazine - Issue 1

Letter from the Editor
Alice McAlexander
Welcome to the first issue of 63 Magazine.
63Mag is all about helping organizers like you do your job even better. Every issue, we’ll
have a few key sections:
• Motivation & Muses: Interviews and guidance to stay inspired.
• Do Your Job: Advice and best practices to help improve your organizing skills.
• Grow Your Skills: Learn about other departments to help your overall development.
• Organizer Life Hacks: Easy changes to improve your work.
• Take Care of Yourself: Improve your health, wealth, and well-being.
• Organizer Spotlight: Highlighting current and former organizers.
• Have Some Fun: Smiling makes you better.
Every issue will be full of inspiration and advice from experts and peers alike, but this
issue is special to me because my friend, Marlon D. Marshall, is featured throughout.
After talking with Marlon to learn about his time as an organizer, what inspires him to
work so hard with such a great attitude, and what practical lessons he applies
every day, we dug even deeper. Not only do we highlight his story and his best
advice for organizers, we walk through his actionable steps you can take to get
over burnout. And following his best resource suggestion for new organizers, we
reached out to Larry Tramutola, the author of Marlon’s book recommendation,
Sidewalk Strategies, to discuss some of the more challenging aspects of organizing
and the evergreen lessons he’s learned through four decades of organizing.
I know just how starved for time you are. We’ve thought of that every step of the way to
create an easy and valuable experience for you that is worth your time.
From advice on how to make call time more fun (hint: it involves dancing), to a peek
inside what your analytics department is doing, to a yoga routine designed
specifically for your busy schedule, we’ve stuffed this issue full of best
practices, wisdom, and inspiration. To do this, we talked to a lot of different
organizers from all over the country and all sorts of experience levels.
When you make your way through all the articles and videos, make sure to check out our
final section “Ready, Set, Action!” to recap the actionable takeaways
you can use right away to improve your organizing.
Now, get reading and keep up the great work!