Faith as a motivation for organizing; organizers develop skills that are useful and needed in other occupations. Worked for NPA in Chicago, Oregon Fair Share; …
Being formed by family’s values, patriotism, and sense of injustice. Taking advantage of many different types of learning experiences, both academic and real-life. What’s possible …
Good explanation of the rationale behind forming organizing networks: as support organizations for local community organizing and as coordinators of statewide and national campaigns. Initially …
Good and thorough description of her development as an organizer and her grounding in historical movements. Importance of seeing humanity in your opponents. Using anger …
Organizing experience that started with a faith-based network, moved to issue-based. He values movements, but sees that mobilizing overwhelms leadership development and ownership. “There is …
Organizing can offer a vision and agenda grounded in reality, but often prefers to pursue goals that their constituents do not share. Importance of institutions …
Strong attachment to movement-building in addition to traditional community organizing. Importance of branding and concise messaging. Left the organization he founded, and now it is …
Good description of the elements of a power analysis; importance of data and data analysis in many campaigns; came to respect movement-building in addition to …
Movements surface leaders with huge networks and who don’t need to be coached by organizers; this is a lesson that traditional community organizing should learn. …
Detailed description of development from a very low-income leader in an immigrant community to a national-level organizer and trainer. Concerns about specific changes in society …
Long career beginning in Providence with a welfare rights organization, working there with Jim Dickson, Bob Cohen, Father Henry Shelton and Stan Holt. Moving on …
CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) in Buffalo, NY and several different IAF organizations – Chicago, Milwaukee, San Antonio (COPS) and Baltimore (BUILD).
Dick Harmon worked with the Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF) for 40 years and independently as the Director/Lead Organizer of Brooklyn Ecumenical Cooperatives for 7 years. …
Good descriptions of both tenant organizing and organizing around health care issues. Started with NTI (National Training and Information Center) affiliate, the Northwest Community Organization. …
Highlighted the gratification that comes with working on a campaign that has broad momentum such as the immigrant rights marches in the early 2000’s and …
Most important issue in organizing is whether the organization is sustainable. Community organizing has preserved the militant and engaging methods of the 1930’s labor movement, …