Beyond Resistance! Youth Activism and Community Change: New Democratic Possibilities for Practice and Policy ...1 review Routledge, 2006 Broad, poignant and challenging For youth workers with a preconceived notion about the roles of young people in society, this collection may be challenging. For teachers who think they know the power of students, Ginwright may be shocking. For young people who think they understanding "the movement", this book may be eye-opening. ...             Community Activism and Feminist Politics: Organizing Across Race, Class, and Gender (Perspectives on Gender ... Nancy Naples Routledge, 1997 This collection on women's community activism demonstrates the diversity of women's struggles against violence, homophobia and racism, and for housing, civil rights, economic security, educational equity and environmental justice. It focuses on the complex ways that gender, race-ethnicity, culture, class and sexuality shape women's political consciousness and organizing in the US. Offering an ...             Building Powerful Community Organizations: A Personal Guide To Creating Groups That Can Solve Problems and ...5 reviews Michael Jacoby Brown Long Haul Press, 2007 Best book available on the subject + Building Powerful Community Organizations: A Personal Guide.... + An insightful, practical resource + Excellen handbook for people working in communities... + Enthusiastically recommended for anyone looking to harness communal effort and make a lasting difference.             Class Matters: Cross-Class Alliance Building for Middle-Class Activists4 reviews Betsy Leondar-Wright New Society Publishers, 2005 Indispensable guide to class issues + A REALISTIC ANALYSIS OF CLASS, RACE, GENDER, AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION IN AMERICA + Class Matters is clear, illumating, and engaging + An eye-opening and engaging look at class             The Troublemaker's Teaparty: A Manual for Effective Citizen Action2 reviews Charles Dobson New Society Publishers, 2003 It was good to me... I am somewhat new to activism. This book helped me think through a lot of the muddle in my head about how to structure my efforts. It reads well and is quite entertaining. I was inspired to action.             Rebuilding the Inner City Robert Halpern Columbia University Press, 1995 A tour de force. [Halpern] has been able to tell the story, expose the myths, explain the dilemmas, and interpret future directions-all in a modest, very readable style. This book is a scholarly analysis of social policy. -- Carol H. Meyer, Columbia University             Organizing the Movement: The Roots and Growth of Acorn Gary Delgado Temple Univ Pr, 1987             Coalitions Across the Class Divide: Lessons from the Labor, Peace, and Environmental Movements (ILR Press ... Fred Rose Cornell University Press, 2000 Too often struggles for jobs and economic justice have been divided from social goals such as peace or protecting the environment. How do we create an economy where both the process and product of work serve life-sustaining goals? Coalitions across the Class Divide argues that the seeds of this new society are being sown by those who learn to bridge working and middle-class movements and ...             Rules for Radicals34 reviews Saul Alinsky Vintage, 1989 "THE COMMUNIST MANIFESTO OF THE 21ST CENTURY!" + Paid for what i got + Not what I expected + know your enemy + Farting as social protest...             Dry Bones Rattling: Community Building to Revitalize American Democracy (Princeton Studies in American ...1 review Mark R. Warren Princeton University Press, 2001 Capturing the story Most books from the Ivory Tower about community organizers tend to leave out the human side of things. Instead, Warren makes such efforts come alive on a human level. Not only does he capture the challenges the group faces, he captures the story. He lets the organizers speak directly to the ...             Roots for Radicals: Organizing for Power, Action, and Justice1 review Edward T. D. Chambers, Michael A. Cowan Continuum International Publishing Group, 2003 roots for radicals The item was excellent. The transaction was also good. i love the item. Thanks very much.             Organizing for Social Change: Midwest Academy : Manual for Activists2 reviews Kimberley A. Bobo, Steve Max, ... Seven Locks Press, 2001 This is it! This manual takes you through waht you need to know about organizing. From strategy development to research to implementation, this book shows you how to do it. Well written and simple to understand. Outstanding reference for novice to experienced organizer. The best purchase you can make and you ...             Reveille for Radicals3 reviews Saul Alinsky Vintage, 1989 An inspiring piece of political literature + Timeless Words From A Master Organizer + ALINSKY'S SEMINAL WORK Alinsky's book is filled with detail so extensive that it is easily understood by the beginning radical. All of this stuff makes a lot of sense and I can safely say that this book has changed the direction of my life.             Community Organizing for Urban School Reform1 review Dennis Shirley University of Texas Press, 1997 Useful and Hopeful This book does not provide a step-by-step model of how to improve schools and communities, but it does emphasize the importance of active community outreach and community activism for schools. A pleasure to read.             Let Them Call Me Rebel: Saul Alinsky: His Life and Legacy3 reviews Sanford D. Horwitt Vintage, 1992 The Best of the Bunch + Be thou a man + "Be Thou a Man" Saul David Alinsky, the subject of this biography, is oft written about but rarely presented without the bias of the writer leaking through. Alinsky's life was, by design, controversial. He maddened, inspired, angered and incited. Who can blame his critics from all sides of the political ...             Roots for Radicals: Organizing for Power, Action, and Justice1 review Edward T. D. Chambers, Michael A. Cowan Continuum International Publishing Group, 2003 roots for radicals The item was excellent. The transaction was also good. i love the item. Thanks very much.             Coalitions Across the Class Divide: Lessons from the Labor, Peace, and Environmental Movements (ILR Press ... Fred Rose Cornell University Press, 2000 Too often struggles for jobs and economic justice have been divided from social goals such as peace or protecting the environment. How do we create an economy where both the process and product of work serve life-sustaining goals? Coalitions across the Class Divide argues that the seeds of this new society are being sown by those who learn to bridge working and middle-class movements and ...             The Troublemaker's Teaparty: A Manual for Effective Citizen Action2 reviews Charles Dobson New Society Publishers, 2003 It was good to me... I am somewhat new to activism. This book helped me think through a lot of the muddle in my head about how to structure my efforts. It reads well and is quite entertaining. I was inspired to action.             Organizing the Movement: The Roots and Growth of Acorn Gary Delgado Temple Univ Pr, 1987             Community Organizing for Urban School Reform1 review Dennis Shirley University of Texas Press, 1997 Useful and Hopeful This book does not provide a step-by-step model of how to improve schools and communities, but it does emphasize the importance of active community outreach and community activism for schools. A pleasure to read.