Welcome to COMM-ORG

A new century for community organizing.

Saul Alinsky would have turned 101 on January 30, 2010. We are, from that standpoint, in a new century of community organizing. Much has changed, of course, in that 100 years. So what will the next 100 years bring?

Let us know what you think. Join the discussion list, contribute papers, send syllabi, suggest links. We continue to grow and develop the site with your contributions as we enter this new century.

Thanks,

Randy Stoecker
moderator/editor, COMM-ORG
randy@comm-org.wisc.edu

Continuing our Alinsky theme, we now have a new addition to the COMM-ORG Papers collection.

Zeik Saidman, A Tribute to Saul David Alinsky

Zeik writes about the event hosted at the University of Chicago exploring Saul Alinsky's history and legacy.

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Continuing our Alinsky theme, we now have a new addition to the COMM-ORG Papers collection.

Mike Miller, A Critique of John McKnight & John Kretzmann's "Community Organizing in the Eighties: Toward a Post-Alinsky Agenda"

This paper also commences our new web-based discussion forum, where COMM-ORG members can post comments on papers. To become a member just register using the link on the left.

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There are now three 2009 COMM-ORG papers:

• Quilen Diedre Blackwell, Holding Corporate America’s Feet to the Fire: The Industrial Areas Foundation’s Collision Course with Kodak
• Linda M. Bosma, Traci L. Toomey, Christine Matter, Sherry Timmermann Goodpaster, and Lindsey E. A. Fabian, A Case Study of Community Organizing in a Large Metropolitan Area: Changing Alcohol Policies at Community Festivals
• Peter Dreier, Organizing in the Obama Years: A Progressive Moment or a New Progressive Era?

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