Category Archives: Community organizing

University Education for Community and Social Change

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Giorgio Bertini

Read Despite the growing consensus on the critical importance of grassroots organizations, and despite this major investment and growth, the field of community and social change faces a mounting crisis of leadership. There is a severe shortage of people who … Continue reading →

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Organizing Community-wide Dialogue for Action and Change – A Step-by-step Guide

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Giorgio Bertini

Organizing community-wide study circles is not an easy task, but with a little help you can be successful. Dozens of people – just like you – have organized successful community-wide study circle programs in communities all over the country. This … Continue reading →

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Participatory Research and Community Organizing

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Giorgio Bertini

Changing economic and political relations, based on the ownership and control of information technologies and communication, raise important questions for community organizing in an increasingly privatized, postindustrial world of a knowledge society: Who produces knowledge and for whose interests? What … Continue reading →