We Make Change
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We Make Change

Community Organizers Talk About What They Do--and Why

  1. 280 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

We Make Change

Community Organizers Talk About What They Do--and Why

About this book

Community organizers work at their jobs because they are passionate, because they believe that change is possible, and because they enjoy working with people. Although it's not an occupation that leads to great wealth, community organizers can make a living at it. They get salaries, pensions and health insurance. They raise families. They do well by doing good. This book explores the world of community organizing through the voices of real people working in the field, in small towns and city neighborhoods--women and men of different races and economic backgrounds, ranging in age from those in their twenties to those in their sixties. Fourteen in-depth profiles tell the life stories of a cross-section of the diverse people who choose the life of an organizer. Other chapters, focused on issues of organizing, are tapestries of experience woven from the 81 interviews the authors conducted.

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Yes, you can access We Make Change by Kristin Layng Szakos,Joe Szakos,Kristin Szakos in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Politics & International Relations & Civics & Citizenship. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Contents
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Preface: Kristin Layng Szakos
  6. Preface: Joe Szakos
  7. Introduction: Seedbed of a New Movement
  8. 1. What is Community Organizing?
  9. 2. Where Organizers Come From: Childhood Memories
  10. 3. How I Started Organizing
  11. 4. Why Organize?
  12. 5. What Makes a Good Organizer?
  13. 6. Changing Lives While Making Change
  14. 7. Achievements and Victories
  15. 8. Disappointments Are Inevitable
  16. 9. Advice to Aspiring Organizers
  17. What Organizers Read and Watch
  18. Where Organizers Work
  19. What They're Doing Now