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| Consensus Organizing In Context | |
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| Introduction to Section one | |
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| Approaches to Community Organizing and Their Relationship to Consensus Organizing | |
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| Community, Civic Engagement, and Social Capital | |
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| Community Organizing Approaches | |
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| Defining Consensus Organizing and Comparing it with Other Approaches | |
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| The Conceptual Model for Consensus Organizing | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Case Study Exercises | |
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| Field Exercise | |
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| Web Resources | |
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| How the Economic, Political, and Social Context Influences Low-Income Communities and Community Organizing | |
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| Why Context is important to Community Organizing | |
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| Overall Economic, Political, and Social Trends and their Influence on Low-income Communities | |
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| How Can Community Organizers Respond To These Trends | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Case Study Exercises | |
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| Field Exercise | |
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| Web Resources | |
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| Understanding and Applying the Strategic Principles of Consensus Organizing | |
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| The Strategic Principles of Consensus Organizing | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Case Study Exercise | |
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| Field Exercise | |
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| Web Resources | |
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| What Does A Consensus Organizer Do? | |
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| Introduction to Section Two | |
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| The Process of Consensus Organizing | |
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| Community Organizing Versus Community Outreach | |
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| The Consensus Organizing Process | |
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| Basic Steps in the Consensus Organizing Process | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Case Study Exercise: The Jamestown Neighborhood | |
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| Field Exercise | |
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| Web Resources | |
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| The Role of the Consensus Organizer | |
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| Characteristics of a Consensus Organizer | |
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| Fundamental Attitudes and Competencies of Consensus Organizers | |
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| Roles for Consensus Organizers | |
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| Tools for the Organizer and Supervisor to Monitor Progress | |
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| Raising Resources for Community Organizing Work | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Case Study Exercises | |
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| Field Exercises | |
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| Web Resources | |
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| Suggested Reading | |
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| The Community Analysis In Consensus Organizing | |
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| Introduction to Section Three: The Community Analysis: Building Trust, Relationships, and Strategies for Positive Community Change | |
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| How does a Community Analysis differ from other types of Community Studies? | |
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| Why do a Community Analysis? | |
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| What are the Expected Outcomes of the Community Analysis | |
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| What is the Consensus Organizer's Role in conducting a Community Analysis? | |
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| Engaging the "Community" in the Community Analysis: Getting your Foot in the Door | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Role Play Exercise | |
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| Step One in the Community Analysis: Understanding Neighborhoods | |
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| Overall Purpose of Step One of the community analysis | |
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| Gathering Information about the Community | |
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| Strategic Questions for Step One | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Case Study Exercise: Step One of the Community Analysis: Palm Beach County Development Team | |
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| In-Class Exercise: Getting Started on Step One of the Community Analysis | |
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| Field Exercise | |
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| Step Two in the Community Analysis: Understanding and Engaging Individuals from Internal Community Resources | |
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| Purpose of the Internal Community Analysis | |
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| Strategic Questions for the Analysis of Internal Community Resources | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Case Study Exercises | |
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| In-Class Exercise: Getting Started on Step Two of the Community Analysis | |
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| Field Exercise | |
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| Step Three in the Community Analysis: Understanding and Engaging Individuals from External Community Resources | |
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| Purpose of the Analysis of External Community Resources | |
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| Identifying the Self-Interest of External Community Resources | |
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| Using the Analysis to Engage Members of the External Power Structure | |
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| Strategic Questions for the External community analysis | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Case Study Exercises | |
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| In-Class Exercise: Getting Started on Step Three of the community analysis | |
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| Field Exercise | |
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| Wrap-Up: The Community Analysistying It All Together | |
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| Potential "Red Flags" in the Community Analysis | |
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| Writing up your Results from the Community Analysis | |
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| Case Study Exercises | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Role Play Exercises | |
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| Field Exercise | |
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| Web Resources | |
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| Consensus Organizing Strategies And Tactics: Building On The Community Analysis To Facilitate Partnerships And Effect Change | |
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| Building Personal Relationships by Identifying and Harnessing Mutual Self-Interest | |
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| Understanding Self-Interest | |
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| Identifying and Harnessing Self-Interest inside the Neighborhood | |
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| Identifying and Harnessing Self-Interest outside the Neighborhood | |
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| Relationships and Social Capital | |
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| Strategies for Harnessing Mutual Self-Interest | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Case Study Exercise: The UJIMA Network, Dayton, Ohio | |
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| Field Exercise | |
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| Web Resources | |
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| Power Matters: Understanding and Using Power to Build Partnerships | |
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| The Consensus Organizing View of Power Compared to Conflict Approaches | |
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| How do Consensus Organizers Grow Power? | |
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| Strategies and Tactics to Facilitate Power | |
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| Case Illustration: Sharing Power in Las Vegas | |
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| Summary | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Case Study Exercise: Lawrence Community Works, Lawrence, Massachusetts | |
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| Field Exercise | |
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| Web Resources | |
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| Building A Future For Consensus Organizing | |
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| Seeding Civic Participation through Youth Organizing | |
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| Introduction: Youth as Community Assets | |
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| Do Young People care about the community | |
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| Case Illustration: Bridging the Divide: Engaging Youth in Community Work | |
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| Practical Consensus Organizing Strategies to Engage Youth | |
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| Consensus Organizing: Examples of Youth Organizing Initiatives | |
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| University Programs Engaging Youth in Civic Action | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Case Study Exercise: Y.O.! - Youth Organizers! Williamsburg, New York | |
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| Field Exercises | |
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| Web Resources | |
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| Applying Consensus Organizing to Other Fields | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Important Assumptions of a Consensus Organizing Approach | |
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| Designing programs like a Consensus Organizer | |
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| Thinking like a Consensus Organizer | |
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| Introducing Consensus Organizing into your Organization | |
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| Final Thoughts | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Case Study Exercises | |
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| Field Exercises | |
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| Web Resources | |
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| Strategies Evaluating Consensus Organizing And Community Level Interventions | |
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| Designing an Evaluation of a Consensus Organizing Intervention | |
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| Why are Evidence-based Practice and Program Evaluation Important? | |
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| Approaches to Evaluation and Research Compatible with Consensus Organizing | |
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| Basic Elements of Program Evaluation | |
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| Summary | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Case Study Exercise on Program Evaluation: Kansas City Building Blocks Program | |
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| Field Exercises | |
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| Web Resources | |
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| Evaluating Consensus Organizing as a Community Level Intervention | |
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| Comprehensive Community Initiatives and Consensus Organizing | |
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| Strategies for Evaluating Consensus Organizing as a Community Level Intervention | |
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| Summary | |
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| Discussion Questions | |
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| Case Study Exercise: The Evaluation of the Urban Health Initiative: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | |
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| Field Exercises | |
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| Web Resources | |
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| Foreword | |