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From Protest to Power: Housing, Capital, and Rev. Jackson’s Unfinished Agenda
Rev. Jesse Jackson’s passing reminds us of the need to combine political and economic organizing—and to translate protest gains into lasting structural change.
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What Kind of Community Organizations and for What Purpose?
We expect the “solutions” to social problems to be found within the community, and yet community groups, more often than not, work beyond their communities’ boundaries. Why? Because they see the reality that if social and economic justice are to be realized in a community, then changes that are larger than the community must take place.
ESOP Rises Again
The success of a Cleveland-based community organizing group in the face of massive foreclosures suggests that the city (and the nation) should have held on to a more diverse set of community organizations.
McCain’s Service Problems
I hope the moderators press McCain on his campaign’s assault on community organizing and how it jibes with the convention’s theme of “service.”