Author name: Talise Vorhen
Talise Vorhen has spent 14 years building inclusive, multilingual grassroots campaigns across rural Appalachia, urban Midwest neighborhoods, and Indigenous-led land justice coalitions. A certified Community Organizing Trainer (COTI) and former field director for the National People’s Action Network, she co-developed the 'Rooted Mapping Method'—a decolonial framework for power analysis used by over 30 community groups. She holds an MS in Participatory Action Research from Antioch University.
