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This book encourages an ecumenical approach to community organization and offers concrete stories and experiences as examples to follow.
Stephen Smith is a voice from and for the next generation of fighters for social justice, giving his young adult colleagues an introduction to grassroots organizing.
In this important book, Patrick Collins gives a first-hand account of the federal investigation and trial that landed former Governor George Ryan in prison and demonstrated the cost and tragic consequences of Illinois' "culture of corruption."
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"This book is about how we rebuild those institutions of our society so that we can rebuild our democratic culture and use it to change the way we are doing things in this country and around the world," says Ernesto Cortes, Jr., the co-executive director of the Industrial Areas Foundation and a passionate spokesperson for social justice and the common good.
In this booklet, Ed Chambers mulls about the need for human beings to develop their "Public life."
If citizens' organizations can be effective and powerful, welcoming and relational, why aren't some of the religious institutions that make them up always that way? The answer is they can be.
Rev. Jeff Krehbiel offers reflections on four passages from the Christian Scriptures and how they relate to the experience of community organizing.
In this booklet, Ed Chambers mulls about the building of relationships in public life that allow us to share our values, passions and interests with one another — what he calls "mixing human spirit."
In this booklet, Chambers mulls about the nature of action, why we take action, how we take action, and what happens if we do not take action.
If you don't know the name Ed Chambers, you should. He has done more to change the face of democracy since...well, certainly since his mentor, Saul Alinsky, and maybe since John and Samuel Adams first organized the American Revolution.
Michael Gecan, a professional organizer with Industrial Areas Foundation for over 25 years, knows from experience that strong relationships in the public sphere and sustained, disciplined organizing can spark the public and private alchemy necessary to achieve sidewalks, parks, schools, housing--and the collective renewal that follows.
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This is a book encouraging reflection about public life and ideals; the gap between the world "as it is" and "as it should be"; self-interest vs. self-sacrifice and other polarities; and how to create actions that not only receive momentary press attention but that are effective.
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