About this Event
About the Talk:
The campaign to elect Zohran Mamdani as Mayor of New York engaged tens of thousands of volunteers and won more than a million votes in a historic movement. A pressing question is how we can reproduce that kind of victory elsewhere, which in turn hinges on what made the campaign so unique. First and foremost was a candidate with a record and a platform focused on affordability, with specific policy proposals that addressed immediate material needs. Equally important was a scalable field organizing model that engaged tens of thousands of volunteers to communicate the platform. I’ll explain the approach to training and skill replication that allowed us to build a cohort of leaders. To help coordinate volunteers at scale and assess progress, we also developed new data infrastructure and tools that are now in use across several campaigns. I’ll explore some of the continued organizing and advocacy efforts around the affordability agenda that I’ve been involved in since the campaign. And I’ll share ideas for how to bring approaches pioneered on the campaign — especially around data and tools — to broader organizing efforts on the Left, both electoral and beyond.
Jeremy Freeman will be discussing his talk in two separate events on Wednesday, April 15th, 2026. This event page is for the in-person, live event, which will be from 12pm-1:30pm in West Hall, Room 135, on the ASU Tempe campus. The event will consist of a talk by Jeremy Freeman, followed by audience Q&A. Food will be provided.
Interested in learning about the other, virtual event with Jeremy Freeman on April 15th? Please see the page for this event, linked here!
About Jeremy Freeman:
Jeremy’s career has spanned neuroscience, climate science, and political organizing. He spent a decade in academia and philanthropy building collaborative tools for large-scale research. He then founded and led CarbonPlan, a climate research nonprofit creating open data and tools for climate action. Most recently, he was deeply involved in the Zohran Mamdani campaign as a volunteer, leading canvasses, training field leads, and building data and tech tools to power the campaign’s operations. Those same tools are now in use across several other campaigns in NYC and beyond. After the election, he helped found the nonprofit Our Time to continue advocating for the affordability agenda in NYC, and he holds multiple leadership positions within NYC-DSA. He was the co-editor of The Future of the Brain and The Carbon Dioxide Removal Primer, and his research and writing has appeared in Nature, PNAS, Jacobin, The Washington Post, and The New York Times. He holds a PhD in Neural Science from New York University and a BA with High Honors from Swarthmore College, and his work with the Washington Post on extreme heat received the Storytelling Award from the National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation. He lives in the East Village surrounded by books and friends.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
West Hall 135, 1000 Cady Mall, Tempe, United States
USD 0.00
