In this booklet, Ed Chambers mulls about the need for human beings to develop their "Public life."
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Michael Gecan brings his deep knowledge of Chicago's blighted neighborhoods, bloated bureaucracy, and venal political machine to bear on a thoroughgoing and nationwide critique.
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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.
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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.
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According to Mike Gecan, there are two basic freedoms that need to be fought for and preserved if democracy is to continue to function: freedom from and freedom for. But in order to do so, we must learn how to organize.
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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 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.
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Rev. Jeff Krehbiel offers reflections on four passages from the Christian Scriptures and how they relate to the experience of community organizing.
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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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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.
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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."
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