Community organizing
Community organizing is a process by which disempowered people - most often low- and moderate-income people - are brought together to act in their common self-interest. Most often these organizations seek populist goals and the ideal of participatory democracy. Community organizers create popular movements by building a large base of concerned folks, mobilizing these community members to act, and developing leadership from and relationships among the people involved.
Famous community organizers
- Jane Addams
- Saul Alinsky
- Daniel Berrigan
- César Chávez
- Dorothy Day
- John W. Gardner
- Samuel Gompers
- Jesse Jackson
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
- John L. Lewis
- Ralph Nader
- Barack Obama
- Pat Robertson
- Paul Wellstone
~ Table of Content ~
| ► | Introduction |
| ► | Common Aspects of Organized Communities |
| ► | History of Community Organizing in the United States |
| ► | Organizations |
| ► | Famous community organizers |
| ► | External links |
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