Organizing for Social Change: Midwest Academy : Manual for Activists

Cover......Page 1
Front Matter
......Page 2
Dedication
......Page 5
Contents
......Page 6
Preface
......Page 7
Acknowledgements
......Page 9
PART
I: Direct Action Organizing......Page 10
1 2001 Edition Introduction
......Page 11
2 The Fundamentals of Direct Action Organizing
......Page 17
3 Choosing an Issue
......Page 31
4 Developing a Strategy
......Page 39
5 A Guide to Tactics
......Page 57
6 Organizing Models: The Underlying Structure of Organizations
......Page 71
7 Designing Actions
......Page 79
PART II: Organizing Skills
......Page 89
8 Holding Accountability Sessions
......Page 90
9 Building and Joining Coalitions
......Page 108
10 Recruiting
......Page 118
11 Developing Leadership......Page 126
12 Planning and Facilitating Meetings
......Page 136
13 Being a Great Public Speaker
......Page 148
14 Using the Media
......Page 164
15 Designing and Leading a Workshop
......Page 180
16 Working with Community Organization Boards
......Page 190
17 Working with Religious Organizations
......Page 200
18 
Working With Local Unions, Central Labor Councils and Building and Construction Trades Councils......Page 212
19 Building Labor-Community Partnerships
......Page 228
20 Tactical Investigations
......Page 240
PART III: Support for Organization
......Page 283
21 Grassroots Fundraising
......Page 284
22 Controlling Your Work: Administrative Systems
......Page 295
23 Supervision
......Page 305
24 Financial and Legal Matters
......Page 325
25 Working for the Long Haul
......Page 344
26 You Mean You're Not Getting Rich? Economics in the New Millennium
......Page 351
PART IV: Selected Resources
......Page 383
Resources for Organizing
......Page 384
Songs
......Page 403
Index
......Page 414