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Organizing means hope for people. It means making their institutions relevant. But most of all, organizations mean power. It means being able to do something about things they’ve been frustrated about all of their lives.

-Ernesto Cortes, Industrial Area Foundation

WHAT IS COMMUNITY ORGANIZING?

KEY COMPONENTS OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZING• valued –based process

• Includes people who are generally absent from the decision-making process

• act in the interest of their community/communities for the common good

JACK ROTHMAN’S MODEL (2001)

L O C A L I T Y D E V E L O P M E N T

• Process-oriented

• Strongly linked to group identity and sense of community

S O C I A L P L A N N I N G

• Task-oriented

• Rational-empiricial problem solving

Social action

Task and process oriented!

LEE WINKLEMAN’S APPROACH TO COMMUNITY ORGANIZING- Building power

- Developing leaders

- Increasing participation

- Making concrete positive change

- Maintaining organizational stability

1. Development of Power

2. Development of Constituent Leadership and Power

3. Participation and Membership

4. Organizing "Wins”

5. Meaningful Impact of Organizing Work

6. Organizational Capacity and Management

7. Ongoing Reflection and Innovation

SEVEN CORE COMPONENTS OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZING

WHAT DOES SUCCESS MEAN IN COMMUNITY ORGANIZING?

Instrumental changes (to the external environment)

Developing leadership

Developing the organization's resources and capacities

Enhancing the public's awareness of the organization and its issues

TIPS FOR EVALUATION FROM COMMUNITY ORGANIZERShttp://www.blueprintrd.com/do-it-yourself-community-

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SOURCES

http://www.afj.org/for-nonprofits-foundations/reco/resources/

Minkler, M. (2005). Community Organizing and Community Building for Health. Rutgers: Rutgers University Press.

Mondros, J.B.& Wilson, S.M.(1994). Organizing for Power and Empowerment. New York: Columbia University Press

Parachini, L& Covington, S.( 2001) The Community Organizing Toolbox.

http://www.blueprintrd.com/do-it-yourself-community-organizing-

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