[COMM-ORG] morning in the United States
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Mon Nov 17 10:56:32 CST 2008
[ed: thanks to Abigail for the contribution.]
From: "Fuller, Abigail A." <AAFuller at manchester.edu>
I'd look for something by Marshall Ganz as well - he was an organizer
for Cesar Chavez, taught (or teaches) a course at Harvard on organizing,
wrote an excellent scholarly article (or two) about Chavez's strategy
and organizing. He was involved in organizing for the Obama campaign in
California, I believe--in building a grassroots org there.
Abigail A. Fuller
Associate Professor of Sociology and Social Work
Director, Peace Studies Program
Manchester College
aafuller at manchester.edu
260-982-5009
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> From: swarts at andromeda.rutgers.edu
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> I know there will be plenty of such books, but I wondered if anyone knows
> of anyone writing a really good book, or planning to, on the campaign -
> probably David Plouffe or David Axelrod (or both) will and that may be
> best in some ways, God knows, since they were there - but I really want to
> see this dissected - how CO principles were combined with electoral
> campaign principles to result in that campaign. Anyone know? The two links
> Betty Robinson suggested were great; I'm imagining something like the
> first piece but book-length.
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> Heidi Swarts
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>> [ed: Betty adds to her original post.]
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>> From: "Betty G. Robinson" <bgrobinson at verizon.net>
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>> I actually should have emphasized analyses in my original post (stories
>> are important, too, because they tap into people imaginations and help
>> propel our organizing forward) but I was really thinking about analysis
>> of strategy/tactics, for example, how the Obama campaign used organizing
>> principles and processes along with issues and/or values to bring people
>> into the campaign. I think it is important for us all to understand
>> this as a way of moving forward with our organizing -- be it around
>> neighborhood issues, housing foreclosures, immigrant rights, the right
>> to organize, universal health care, quality education, pro-peace
>> efforts, the effects of environmental change, or the urgency of finding
>> solutions to the economic crisis. Yes, definitely, Peter Dreier's
>> articles were extremely valuable in understanding what was unfolding and
>> I am sure there will be other more in-depth pieces that get published in
>> the coming months.
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>> Here are two things I have come across recently:
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>> http://www.nonprofitquarterly.org/content/view/717/1/ CEO of Public
>> Allies, Paul Schmidt, identifies 5 elements of Obama's successful
>> campaign that might hold lessons for non-profits
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>> http://progressivesforobama.net/2008/10/11/eight-points-for-2009-winning-the-victory-for-popular-democracy/
>> Bill Fletcher, a long time organizer working within the unions, African
>> American communities and progressive circles offers an agenda for the
>> first 100 days as well as thoughts for organizing longer term.
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>> Betty Robinson
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>>> [ed: thanks to those who sent personal notes responding to me, which I
>>> won't post here unless the senders request it. Please consider Betty's
>>> idea in this message, which would be a great project.]
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>>> From:
>>> "Betty G. Robinson" <bgrobinson at verizon.net>
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>>> Hi Randy,
>>> Just a thought: Could Comm-Org collect all the stories about Obama
>>> campaign organizing in one place? Even links to same? I am thinking it
>>> would be a valuable resource for folks around the country -- I plan to
>>> do it for folks here but I am sure I don't have access to the universe
>>> of stories. How about folks sending links to things they have read or
>>> felt showed the depth of the organizing?
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>>> Betty
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>>>> Good morning COMM-ORG,
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>>>> It is a rare opportunity to bear witness to the power of community
>>>> organizing. Seldom in this country's history have we seen the craft
>>>> reach the heights of its potential--the Civil Rights Movement, the
>>>> passage of the Community Reinvestment Act and, maybe arguably, one or
>>>> two other times. But last night I witnessed, as an adult when I can
>>>> truly appreciate it, the power of the people united through community
>>>> organizing. I, perhaps like many of you, are still in a bit of a
>>>> shock. Regardless of the extent to which we may or may not agree with
>>>> President-elect Obama politically (from either side of the political
>>>> spectrum), we must appreciate the historic election of someone whose own
>>>> lifetime began under the disenfranchisement of African Americans. Less
>>>> than half a century ago Barack Obama would have had difficulty even
>>>> trying to vote in the southern United States. I am also the parent of a
>>>> 16 year old multi-racial (including African American) daughter. She
>>>> could not bear the ambiguity of the early returns, and could not sleep
>>>> once the result was decided. I remain, this morning, overwhelmed by the
>>>> momentousness of this election.
>>>>
>>>> As we dissect what happened, I hope we appreciate how the lessons of
>>>> community organizing, which include fundraising, and its leadership by a
>>>> 47 year old community organizer who perhaps finally figured out how to
>>>> organize, brought about this historic result. My congratulations and
>>>> thanks go out to ACORN and all the other community organizers who put
>>>> into play, in magnificent form, time-honored community organizing
>>>> practices to register voters and organize against voter suppression. It
>>>> is a new morning in the United States and, for the moment, it belongs to
>>>> community organizing.
>>>>
>>>> Randy Stoecker
>>>> moderator/editor, COMM-ORG
>>>> rstoecker at wisc.edu
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