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.

Organizations

The following groups are examples of community organizing:

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• ACORN
• Christian Coalition
• the DART group
• The Freechild Project
• the Gamaliel Foundation
• the Industrial Areas Foundation
• Kentuckians for the Commonwealth
• National Youth Rights Association
• Oregon Action
• PICO
• Virginia Organizing Project