September 14, 2008 at 19:43:54

What is Community Organizing?

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After the action plan has been implemented and the campaign is "over," evaluate:

"- What has been accomplished?
"- What still needs to be done?
"- What was done well?
"- What could have been done better?

The community organizer then works with the people to identify new issues and new action campaigns to create change. The community organizer's main task is to develop local leadership and to empower people to work for change themselves. The organizer's job is done when the people can act on their own.

A personal note: It seems to me that working as a community organizer is just the kind of experience one needs to be a president who listens to the people and works on their behalf

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Joe Parko is a retired college professor who taught for 28 years in the School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University. He is a member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) and serves on the steering committee of Cumberland (more...)

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