Jack Graham
@jackdgraham.bsky.social
Founder + Non-Exec Director @yearhere.bsky.social
Writer lifeonsaturn.substack.com
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Jack Graham
@jackdgraham.bsky.social
· Mar 24
On Saturn | Jack | Substack
Adventures to an irresistible future. Click to read On Saturn, by Jack, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
lifeonsaturn.substack.com
I’ve launched a Substack to get us all prepared for the next world, where we are free of the tyranny of today.
Come with me. 🪐
Come with me. 🪐
Last year, my bf and I went to a townhall with this guy (squint and you'll see us top right)
It was just after the election and we needed something positive to focus on. A smart, smiley socialist with an extremely long shot at the NYC mayoralty fit the bill.
And here we are!
🗽 MAYOR MAMDANI 🗽
It was just after the election and we needed something positive to focus on. A smart, smiley socialist with an extremely long shot at the NYC mayoralty fit the bill.
And here we are!
🗽 MAYOR MAMDANI 🗽
November 5, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Last year, my bf and I went to a townhall with this guy (squint and you'll see us top right)
It was just after the election and we needed something positive to focus on. A smart, smiley socialist with an extremely long shot at the NYC mayoralty fit the bill.
And here we are!
🗽 MAYOR MAMDANI 🗽
It was just after the election and we needed something positive to focus on. A smart, smiley socialist with an extremely long shot at the NYC mayoralty fit the bill.
And here we are!
🗽 MAYOR MAMDANI 🗽
This year, I've been working on a project to explore how we can take a smarter, more ambitious and coordinated approach to funding how UK social leaders learn, build power and look after themselves along the way.
Learn more: socialleadership.carrd.co
Learn more: socialleadership.carrd.co
October 31, 2025 at 7:08 PM
This year, I've been working on a project to explore how we can take a smarter, more ambitious and coordinated approach to funding how UK social leaders learn, build power and look after themselves along the way.
Learn more: socialleadership.carrd.co
Learn more: socialleadership.carrd.co
My mate @swajcmanearle.bsky.social wrote this excellent piece on the frightening rise of Farage.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/o...
October 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
My mate @swajcmanearle.bsky.social wrote this excellent piece on the frightening rise of Farage.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/o...
"Silence has costs. It feeds the narrative that DEI was a fad...it gives oxygen to those who insist that the only way forward is to mute identity in favor of class, a dangerous bargain with a losing record."
Another brilliant piece by @daxdev.bsky.social substack.com/home/post/p-...
Another brilliant piece by @daxdev.bsky.social substack.com/home/post/p-...
The Reckoning Progressives Still Owe Each Other
The untold story of organizational messes left behind, the silence that followed, and why progressives can’t move forward without first facing hard truths inside our own house.
substack.com
October 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
"Silence has costs. It feeds the narrative that DEI was a fad...it gives oxygen to those who insist that the only way forward is to mute identity in favor of class, a dangerous bargain with a losing record."
Another brilliant piece by @daxdev.bsky.social substack.com/home/post/p-...
Another brilliant piece by @daxdev.bsky.social substack.com/home/post/p-...
Reposted by Jack Graham
Reform MP Sarah Pochin: “It drives me mad when I see adverts full of Black people, full of Asian people, full of people that are basically anything other than White.”
If the colour of someone else’s skin drives you ‘mad’, you are a Grade-A racist.
If the colour of someone else’s skin drives you ‘mad’, you are a Grade-A racist.
October 26, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Reform MP Sarah Pochin: “It drives me mad when I see adverts full of Black people, full of Asian people, full of people that are basically anything other than White.”
If the colour of someone else’s skin drives you ‘mad’, you are a Grade-A racist.
If the colour of someone else’s skin drives you ‘mad’, you are a Grade-A racist.
Reposted by Jack Graham
What a country. This should be on every front page. A national scandal. Britain 2024.
Every year, the number of people who die while homeless grows. 1,286 in 2021. 1,313 in 2022. 1,474 in 2023. These are not estimates, but are verified numbers.
BBC News - UK deaths of 1,611 homeless people in 2024 is record high
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - UK deaths of 1,611 homeless people in 2024 is record high
www.bbc.com/news/article...
UK deaths of 1,611 homeless people in 2024 is record high
Most are linked to suicide or drugs, with spice and nitazines increasingly deadly.
www.bbc.com
October 8, 2025 at 7:59 AM
What a country. This should be on every front page. A national scandal. Britain 2024.
This headline was published in the Detroit Free Press in 1974. Stevie had been considering emigrating to escape American racial injustice.
It took 50 years before his plan to come to fruition. He became a citizen of Ghana on May 13, 2024—his 74th birthday.
lifeonsaturn.substack.com/p/stevies-ut...
It took 50 years before his plan to come to fruition. He became a citizen of Ghana on May 13, 2024—his 74th birthday.
lifeonsaturn.substack.com/p/stevies-ut...
October 6, 2025 at 12:08 PM
This headline was published in the Detroit Free Press in 1974. Stevie had been considering emigrating to escape American racial injustice.
It took 50 years before his plan to come to fruition. He became a citizen of Ghana on May 13, 2024—his 74th birthday.
lifeonsaturn.substack.com/p/stevies-ut...
It took 50 years before his plan to come to fruition. He became a citizen of Ghana on May 13, 2024—his 74th birthday.
lifeonsaturn.substack.com/p/stevies-ut...
On Saturn is an adventure into the future. Together, we’ll explore the projects and ideas that foretell the next world—one in which we are free of the tyranny of today.
With beautiful illustrations by Ngadi Smart.
lifeonsaturn.substack.com
With beautiful illustrations by Ngadi Smart.
lifeonsaturn.substack.com
October 1, 2025 at 2:51 PM
On Saturn is an adventure into the future. Together, we’ll explore the projects and ideas that foretell the next world—one in which we are free of the tyranny of today.
With beautiful illustrations by Ngadi Smart.
lifeonsaturn.substack.com
With beautiful illustrations by Ngadi Smart.
lifeonsaturn.substack.com
“I feel like I'm seeing an ED transition email every other week…people are less willing to tough it out and be the martyr”
I spoke to three leaders of colour who came up through the pandemic about where we find ourselves now.
Read in @npquarterly.bsky.social
nonprofitquarterly.org/after-the-up...
I spoke to three leaders of colour who came up through the pandemic about where we find ourselves now.
Read in @npquarterly.bsky.social
nonprofitquarterly.org/after-the-up...
After the Uprising: The Legacy of 2020’s Nonprofit Leadership Revolution - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
Leaders of color achieved meaningful gains in 2020, but now see dwindling support, political backlash, and persistent systemic challenges.
nonprofitquarterly.org
September 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
“I feel like I'm seeing an ED transition email every other week…people are less willing to tough it out and be the martyr”
I spoke to three leaders of colour who came up through the pandemic about where we find ourselves now.
Read in @npquarterly.bsky.social
nonprofitquarterly.org/after-the-up...
I spoke to three leaders of colour who came up through the pandemic about where we find ourselves now.
Read in @npquarterly.bsky.social
nonprofitquarterly.org/after-the-up...
Reposted by Jack Graham
Women and people of color achieved meaningful gains in 2020, but now see dwindling support, political backlash, and persistent systemic challenges. Read more from @jackdgraham.bsky.social nonprofitquarterly.org/after-the-up... #leadership #nonprofits
After the Uprising: The Legacy of 2020’s Nonprofit Leadership Revolution - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
Leaders of color achieved meaningful gains in 2020, but now see dwindling support, political backlash, and persistent systemic challenges.
nonprofitquarterly.org
September 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Women and people of color achieved meaningful gains in 2020, but now see dwindling support, political backlash, and persistent systemic challenges. Read more from @jackdgraham.bsky.social nonprofitquarterly.org/after-the-up... #leadership #nonprofits
“Struggle is par for the course when our dreams go into action. But unless we have the space to imagine and a vision of what it means fully to realize our humanity, all the protests and demonstrations in the world won’t bring about our liberation.”
Robin D. G. Kelley
Robin D. G. Kelley
September 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
“Struggle is par for the course when our dreams go into action. But unless we have the space to imagine and a vision of what it means fully to realize our humanity, all the protests and demonstrations in the world won’t bring about our liberation.”
Robin D. G. Kelley
Robin D. G. Kelley
Ideas that germinate at the margins sometimes flourish in the centre ground.
The Black Panthers didn’t win the revolution they were fighting for but they did win a small but important dignity for American kids: breakfast. 🍳
lifeonsaturn.substack.com/p/the-panthe...
The Black Panthers didn’t win the revolution they were fighting for but they did win a small but important dignity for American kids: breakfast. 🍳
lifeonsaturn.substack.com/p/the-panthe...
The Panthers and the Power of Practical Imagination
Alongside their militancy, revolutionary movements like the Black Panthers realised a tender vision of the future.
lifeonsaturn.substack.com
September 3, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Ideas that germinate at the margins sometimes flourish in the centre ground.
The Black Panthers didn’t win the revolution they were fighting for but they did win a small but important dignity for American kids: breakfast. 🍳
lifeonsaturn.substack.com/p/the-panthe...
The Black Panthers didn’t win the revolution they were fighting for but they did win a small but important dignity for American kids: breakfast. 🍳
lifeonsaturn.substack.com/p/the-panthe...
“Showing Black and white people sitting at a lunch counter together was science fiction.”
adrienne maree brown
adrienne maree brown
September 1, 2025 at 8:44 AM
“Showing Black and white people sitting at a lunch counter together was science fiction.”
adrienne maree brown
adrienne maree brown
Reposted by Jack Graham
Our first podcast episode is a conversation between our founder @jackdgraham.bsky.social and @joshbabarinde.bsky.social.
Josh is a Year Here Fellow, an accomplished social entrepreneur, the first Black person elected to Parliament as a Lib Dem MP—and a survivor of domestic abuse.
Listen now.
Josh is a Year Here Fellow, an accomplished social entrepreneur, the first Black person elected to Parliament as a Lib Dem MP—and a survivor of domestic abuse.
Listen now.
I'm Not a Victim, I'm a Survivor
Josh Babarinde MP speaks with Year Here Founder Jack Graham about surviving domestic abuse and winning change in Parliament.
howtochangethings.substack.com
July 14, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Our first podcast episode is a conversation between our founder @jackdgraham.bsky.social and @joshbabarinde.bsky.social.
Josh is a Year Here Fellow, an accomplished social entrepreneur, the first Black person elected to Parliament as a Lib Dem MP—and a survivor of domestic abuse.
Listen now.
Josh is a Year Here Fellow, an accomplished social entrepreneur, the first Black person elected to Parliament as a Lib Dem MP—and a survivor of domestic abuse.
Listen now.
Many years ago @joshbabarinde.bsky.social told me about the domestic abuse that he and his family experienced as a kid.
To hear the full extent of the abuse was heartbreaking.
This sunny young man, beloved by his peers, had lived through some serious darkness.
To hear the full extent of the abuse was heartbreaking.
This sunny young man, beloved by his peers, had lived through some serious darkness.
July 14, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Many years ago @joshbabarinde.bsky.social told me about the domestic abuse that he and his family experienced as a kid.
To hear the full extent of the abuse was heartbreaking.
This sunny young man, beloved by his peers, had lived through some serious darkness.
To hear the full extent of the abuse was heartbreaking.
This sunny young man, beloved by his peers, had lived through some serious darkness.
Reposted by Jack Graham
Some of the highlights of @jackdgraham.bsky.social's interview with Wendy Kopp.
Live now on How To Change Things: bit.ly/4kjbxqg
Live now on How To Change Things: bit.ly/4kjbxqg
July 3, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Some of the highlights of @jackdgraham.bsky.social's interview with Wendy Kopp.
Live now on How To Change Things: bit.ly/4kjbxqg
Live now on How To Change Things: bit.ly/4kjbxqg
Wendy Kopp founded Teach For America in 1989 when she was just 21 years old. She raised $2.5 million and recruited 500 people to join the first cohort. BANANAS.
I spoke with Wendy about facing the critics and learning lessons along the way.
I spoke with Wendy about facing the critics and learning lessons along the way.
Lessons Learnt: Teach For America Founder Wendy Kopp
At 21 years old, she raised $2.5 million and recruited 500 college students into a new scheme called Teach for America. Three decades later, what has Wendy Kopp learnt?
howtochangethings.substack.com
July 2, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Wendy Kopp founded Teach For America in 1989 when she was just 21 years old. She raised $2.5 million and recruited 500 people to join the first cohort. BANANAS.
I spoke with Wendy about facing the critics and learning lessons along the way.
I spoke with Wendy about facing the critics and learning lessons along the way.
Reposted by Jack Graham
This @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social video is absolutely INCREDIBLE. The numbers he cites, the strategy and results they produced — it’s the future. When have you heard *any* campaign talk about this, ever? (Video split in 2 to fit in Bluesky’s limits)
July 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
This @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social video is absolutely INCREDIBLE. The numbers he cites, the strategy and results they produced — it’s the future. When have you heard *any* campaign talk about this, ever? (Video split in 2 to fit in Bluesky’s limits)
Before interviewing Wendy Kopp, the founder of Teach For America, I wanted to hear out the haters. Were they right? Is TFA an elitist, union-busting, status quo-maintaining, neoliberal project?
Here are the arguments:
Here are the arguments:
Is Teach For America the Villain?
For over 30 years, Teach For America has been a lightning rod for criticism of the education reform movement, social entrepreneurship and the role of philanthropy in the US.
howtochangethings.substack.com
June 30, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Before interviewing Wendy Kopp, the founder of Teach For America, I wanted to hear out the haters. Were they right? Is TFA an elitist, union-busting, status quo-maintaining, neoliberal project?
Here are the arguments:
Here are the arguments:
And he still can’t say his name.
“Tonight was not our night,” Andrew Cuomo said. “Tonight was Assemblyman Mamdani’s night.”
June 25, 2025 at 3:11 AM
And he still can’t say his name.
Trump is spoiling for a fight just like he did with BLM in 2020. The right to protest means sh!t to him.
In @convergencemag.com, I highlight a project doing the critical frontline work to defend our rights—and protect ourselves.
Support them at donorbox.org/peer-defense-project
bit.ly/43Q6cAA
In @convergencemag.com, I highlight a project doing the critical frontline work to defend our rights—and protect ourselves.
Support them at donorbox.org/peer-defense-project
bit.ly/43Q6cAA
Tomorrow, Our Seeds Will Grow
Two leaders who weathered the storms of 2020 give us practical inspiration to get through the Trump years, and to grow something livable on the other side.
bit.ly
June 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Trump is spoiling for a fight just like he did with BLM in 2020. The right to protest means sh!t to him.
In @convergencemag.com, I highlight a project doing the critical frontline work to defend our rights—and protect ourselves.
Support them at donorbox.org/peer-defense-project
bit.ly/43Q6cAA
In @convergencemag.com, I highlight a project doing the critical frontline work to defend our rights—and protect ourselves.
Support them at donorbox.org/peer-defense-project
bit.ly/43Q6cAA
Doechii said: “I want you all to consider what kind of government it appears to be when every time we exercise our democratic right to protest, the military is deployed against us. What type of government is that?”
And she spoke with more courage and moral clarity than most Dems can muster.
And she spoke with more courage and moral clarity than most Dems can muster.
June 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Doechii said: “I want you all to consider what kind of government it appears to be when every time we exercise our democratic right to protest, the military is deployed against us. What type of government is that?”
And she spoke with more courage and moral clarity than most Dems can muster.
And she spoke with more courage and moral clarity than most Dems can muster.
My new piece in @convergencemag.com was inspired by something @sifill.bsky.social said at the beginning of the year about the end of harvest times in America.
As we face the horrific reality of 2025, we should emulate the leaders who weathered the storms of 2020.
convergencemag.com/articles/tom...
As we face the horrific reality of 2025, we should emulate the leaders who weathered the storms of 2020.
convergencemag.com/articles/tom...
Tomorrow, Our Seeds Will Grow
Two leaders who weathered the storms of 2020 give us practical inspiration to get through the Trump years, and to grow something livable on the other side.
convergencemag.com
June 6, 2025 at 3:09 AM
My new piece in @convergencemag.com was inspired by something @sifill.bsky.social said at the beginning of the year about the end of harvest times in America.
As we face the horrific reality of 2025, we should emulate the leaders who weathered the storms of 2020.
convergencemag.com/articles/tom...
As we face the horrific reality of 2025, we should emulate the leaders who weathered the storms of 2020.
convergencemag.com/articles/tom...
A land without landlords? sounds good to me.
Read the latest projection from 🪐 On Saturn 🪐
lifeonsaturn.substack.com/p/forever-home
Read the latest projection from 🪐 On Saturn 🪐
lifeonsaturn.substack.com/p/forever-home
Forever Home
The California cooperative getting homes into the hands of the people—without any landlords involved.
lifeonsaturn.substack.com
May 14, 2025 at 9:26 PM
A land without landlords? sounds good to me.
Read the latest projection from 🪐 On Saturn 🪐
lifeonsaturn.substack.com/p/forever-home
Read the latest projection from 🪐 On Saturn 🪐
lifeonsaturn.substack.com/p/forever-home
Reposted by Jack Graham
This sums the whole situation up quite nicely.
May 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This sums the whole situation up quite nicely.