Community Organizing as a Change Strategy
Community organizing is a:
“Process of building power through collective action in order to address shared grievances or advance shared interests. Organizing of this sort is characterized by an emphasis on power relations and aligning interests. Conflict and negotiation tactics, then, are fundamental.”
Dan Jasper, Street Civics[1]
Learning Objectives
- Describe the history and importance of community organizing
- Explain how to identify and frame issues with stakeholders
- Describe power and how to harness it
- Present how to engage with stakeholders
- Present how to leverage power to advance community change
- Jasper, D. Community organizing basics: Power, interests & Saul Alinsky. Community Involvement and Organizing. Retrieved April 1, 2022 at https://streetcivics.com/community-organizing-basics-power-interests-saul-alinsky/ ↵