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What is Community Organizing?

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"-  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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