new journal of community organizing

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Hi COMM-ORG,

Please remember to contact Nancy at the address below if you want a 
copy of the journal.  If you click reply to a COMM-ORG message it goes 
to me, not to her.

Thanks,

Randy
moderator/editor
randy.stoecker at utoledo.edu
> 
> From: "Nancy Marks" <NancyM at macdc.org>
> 
> Hello Comm-list friends:
> 
> I invite you to order a copy of RHICO's (the Ricanne Hadrian
> Initiative for Community Organizing) premier edition of the
> Journal of Community Power Building: Reflections from Community
> Development Leaders and Practitioners.   
> 
> Those of us who work and live in distressed or changing
> communities know that the process of building power - especially
> community power and collective power - is not only complicated,
> but personally challenging as well.  Our perspectives about power
> are shaped by circumstance, culture, tradition, perception, and
> real world conditions, as well as by human emotion, communication
> and behavior. For community development practitioners, our view
> of power is further influenced by the place-based nature of our
> work, the broad set of community-change agendas that we
> represent, and our commitment to building forms of collective,
> rather than unilateral power.  
> 
> The Power Journal was established in recognition of this to
> promote an honest exploration of how real people in real
> situations grapple with both strategic and tactical complexities,
> as well as the deep emotional contradictions of understanding,
> building and using power.  
> 
> RHICO is an initiative of the Local Initiative Support
> Corporation (LISC) and the Massachusetts Association for
> Community Development Corporations (MACDC) to provide resources,
> technical assistance and peer learning opportunities for CDCs
> engaged in community organizing and power building. Over the past
> seven years, RHICO has helped to shape a new generation of CDC
> staff and resident leaders who believe that all community change
> paths start with our abilities, capacities and willingness to
> build and exercise power.  
> 
> If you would like to receive a copy, please email me with your
> complete mailing address. Additional copies are $5 a piece.  
> 
> RHICO welcomes  your comments and questions. If you would like
> additional information about RHICO, please contact me or visit
> MACDC's website at www.macdc.org.  
> 
> In unity,
> 
> Nancy Marks 
> Director of Organizing
> MACDC
> 617.426.0303 x 25
> nancym at macdc.org
> 
> 
> 
> 
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