Power – Sources of Our Influence
Where do organized communities get the power and leverage to change policies and systems? What is the source of our power? We need to apply as much, or more, energy analyzing and testing our own power as we do the…
Power Training – How Inequality Works
How do regular people build enough power to change the policies and systems that shape their lives? This training provides tools people can use to better understand how inequality works in their communities and countries. It explains how systems have…
Power Training – Introduction
What is power? How have we experienced it? What do we want and need to create change? This is the presentation from the introduction to a six-month international learning program on power and organizing. Power Session 1 - Introduction The…
Train-the-Trainer: Community Organizing Pocket Guide
This short "Train-the-Trainer" community organizing guide is designed for grassroots leaders and organizers. It offers simple, practical tools to help you: Bring people together to build strong communities Identify and develop leaders Organize a base of people ready to take…
Five phases of grassroots community organizing
Community organizing is a great way for people to solve local problems and fight injustice. But how do you get started and stay on track? While we know instinctively how to join together to create change, it can be easy…
6 Community Organizing Lessons to Change Policies and Systems
With so many problems facing the world, it's not easy to figure out where to start, which is why community organizing is such a powerful tool. Good community organizing begins with people working together locally to create change in their…
CASE STUDY: Organizing for Power in El Salvador
Lessons from a National Land Rights Campaign Goal of Case Study: This case study looks at the lessons for community organizers from a large-scale national land rights campaign in El Salvador. Communities of Faith Organizing for Action (COFOA) is a…