Stir It Up: Lessons in Community Organizing and Advocacy (The Chardon Press Series)

Stir It Up: Lessons in Community Organizing and Advocacy (The Chardon Press Series)
Rinku Sen (Author)
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Human Rights

Stir It Up--written by renowned activist and trainer Rinku Sen--identifies the key priorities and strategies that can help advance the mission of any social change group. This groundbreaking book addresses the unique challenges and opportunities the new global economy poses for activist groups and provides concrete guidance for community organizations of all orientations.

Sponsored by the Ms. Foundation, Stir It Up draws on lessons learned from Sen's groundbreaking work with women's groups organizing for economic justice. Throughout the book, Sen walks readers through the steps of building and mobilizing a constituency and implementing key strategies that can effect social change. The book is filled with illustrative case studies that highlight best organizing practices in action and each chapter contains tools that can help groups tailor Sen's model for their own organizational needs. Stir It Up will show your organization how to:

• Design and conduct actions that further campaign goals
• Develop effective leaders
• Build strong alliances and networks
• Generate and use solid research
• Design an effective media strategy
• Put in place a plan for internal political education and consciousness-raising

With the information, tools, and suggestions outlined in this book your organization can use your "good idea" to change the world.

• Rank: #88558 in Books
• Published on: 2003-03-14
• Released on: 2003-02-28
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.25" h x 6.95" w x .82" l, 1.19 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 280 pages

The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century

The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century
Grace Lee Boggs (Author), Scott Kurashige (Author), Danny Glover (Foreword)
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A world dominated by America and driven by cheap oil, easy credit, and conspicuous consumption is unraveling before our eyes. In this powerful, deeply humanistic book, Grace Lee Boggs, a legendary figure in the struggle for justice in America, shrewdly assesses the current crisis--political, economical, and environmental--and shows how to create the radical social change we need to confront new realities. A vibrant, inspirational force, Boggs has participated in all of the twentieth century's major social movements--for civil rights, women's rights, workers' rights, and more. She draws from seven decades of activist experience, and a rigorous commitment to critical thinking, to redefine "revolution" for our times. From her home in Detroit, she reveals how hope and creativity are overcoming despair and decay within the most devastated urban communities. Her book is a manifesto for creating alternative modes of work, politics, and human interaction that will collectively constitute the next American Revolution.

• Rank: #286675 in Books
• Published on: 2012-05-31
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 8.27" h x .63" w x 5.35" l, .63 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages