Understanding the dynamics that shape community practices, social habits and cultures is important for business owners who wish to understand how to better interact with community members from all ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. The recent collapse of a Pittsburgh bridge is the latest in a ...

History teaches that fear, isolation, and hopelessness play a big part in our divisions. Organizing is where we do two things essential to democracy: We listen deeply and dream big. Organizers know ...

Building community power and advancing a Third Reconstruction requires a combination of a clear vision coupled with a commitment to deep relational organizing. Hard-won victories for freedom and ...

Children watch their mother vote during the US general election in Greenville, North Carolina, on Nov. 8, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake African-American communities in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, face more ...

This week, the JOURNAL profiled Massachusetts community organizer Steve Meacham, who recruits activists and works to stop evictions of people living in foreclosed homes. Meacham described the process ...

It’s only in the past year of my life that I’ve become comfortable calling myself someone who “organizes.” Through the influence of the groups I’ve been proximate to and part of, my life’s operating ...

On the campaign trail, both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have spoken of their backgrounds in community organizing. Clinton refers to formative experiences knocking on doors in south Texas when she ...

We’re in desperate need of broad-based community organizing these days. Many of the most tangible injustices in our world, both large and small, appear to be unresolvable through straightforward ...

The field team at the Washington Legislative Office is proud to host its first Community Organizing booth at the upcoming ACLU Membership Conference. The organizing team utilizes grassroots activism ...

As grassroots groups mobilize across the United States to “resist” the current administration, a question looms about how to sustain this remarkable level of engagement. Across party lines, President ...

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