Organizing for Social Change A Manual for Activists

Name: Organizing for Social Change A Manual for Activists
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ISBN: 9780929765945

ISBN-10: 092976594X

ISBN-13: 9780929765945

Edition: 3rd 2001

Authors: Kim Bobo, Jackie Kendall, Steve Max

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List price: $23.95
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Seven Locks Press
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 440
Size: 8.50" wide x 11.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.596
Language: English

Kim Bobo is the founder and executive director of Interfaith Worker Justice and a columnist forReligion Dispatches(www.religiondispatches.org). She is the author ofLives Matter: A Handbook for Christian Organizingand the co-author (with Jackie Kendall and Steve Max) ofOrganizing for Social Change, the most widely used manual on progressive activism in the country. She lives in Chicago.

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Direct Action Organizing
2001 Edition Introduction	p. 2
The Fundamentals of Direct Action Organizing	p. 8
Choosing an Issue	p. 22
Developing a Strategy	p. 30
A Guide to Tactics	p. 48
Organizing Models: The Underlying Structure of Organizations	p. 62
Designing Actions	p. 70
Organizing Skills
Holding Accountability Sessions	p. 82
Building and Joining Coalitions	p. 100
Recruiting	p. 110
Developing Leadership	p. 118
Planning and Facilitating Meetings	p. 128
Being a Great Public Speaker	p. 140
Using the Media	p. 156
Designing and Leading a Workshop	p. 172
Working with Community Organization Boards	p. 182
Working with Religious Organizations	p. 192
Working With Local Unions, Central Labor Councils and Building and Construction Trades Councils	p. 204
Building Labor-Community Partnerships	p. 220
Tactical Investigations	p. 232
Support for Organization
Grassroots Fundraising	p. 276
Controlling Your Work: Administrative Systems	p. 288
Supervision	p. 298
Financial and Legal Matters	p. 318
Working for the Long Haul	p. 338
You Mean You're Not Getting Rich? Economics in the New Millennium	p. 346
Selected Resources
Resources for Organizing	p. 380
Songs	p. 399
Index	p. 410
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