COMM-ORG

• Co/Motion empowers people 15 to 25 years old to solve problems in their community and nurtures a lifelong commitment to civic participation and social justice activism.

• Community Organizers Multiversity in the Philippines provides training modules to help marginalized communities address the impact of poverty due to the globalization process.

• Community Weaving attempts to foster a community of responsible citizens who create Family Support Networks where they share their time, gifts, talents and resources with others.

• Direct Action and Research Training Center, Inc. (DART) a research, organizing and training center for congregation-based community organizing.

• Gather the People Downloadable Documents--focus on faith-based, including Jewish community organizing. 

• Grassroots Leadership College--a training program to help Madison Wisconsin area residents improve the quality of life in their neighborhoods and communities.

• Grassroots Leadership Training Programme--works with the people of Siam and Southeast Asia

• The Change Agency provides access to resources, research, case studies and training for effective community action, focusing on the processes of action, organising and the learning required to effect positive social and environmental change.

• The Midwest Academy, one of the nation's oldest and best known schools for community organizations, citizen organizations and individuals committed to progressive social change.

• The Southern Empowerment Project provides training in community organizing and fundraising for grassroots organizations in the South and Appalachia.

• Training for Change offers a wide range of direct action trainings and training resources on their web site.

• Special: "How to get started in community organizing": The results of a COMM-ORG Query.

• Special: "Block organizing": The results of a COMM-ORG Query.

• ..anyone can: A guide to starting an environmental group nad running an environmental campaign by Robin K.VilIiers Brown, Published by the Queensland Conservation Council. 

• ACT UP Civil Disobedience Index with on-line training materials (adapted from the War Resisters League), including an on-line training film for those of you with very fast connections.

• Dave Beckwith, with Cristina Lopez, Community Organizing: People Power from the Grassroots. A COMM-ORG Working Paper/Training Manual.

• Community Collaboration and Public Participation, by C.R. Pete Petersen.

• The Center for Third World Organizing

• The Citizen Science Toolbox, by the Coastal CRC, is a free resource of principles and strategies to enhance meaningful stakeholder involvement in decision-making.

• The Citizens Handbook by Charles Dobson of the Vancouver Citizens Committee, may be the most complete organizing guide on the Internet.

• The Civic Practices Network Containing tools and stories for a variety of forms of community organizing.

• Community Management and Development, has an extensive collection of training materials for community organizing and community development, many with an international perspective.

• Community Organizing and Community Development job listings and programs from the Center for Public Service at Brown University.

• The Community Toolbox, a source of community organizing training and technical assistance, oriented to public health issues but easily adaptable.

• Democracy Owner's Manual, sponsored by the Democracy Center, provides a set of free online training materials.

• Fight the Right Action Kit by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force--a nice collection of resources on a slow server.

• Get Active, by Greenpeace Australia, has resources on how to start a community group, organize a campaign, and other things.

• A Grassroots Advocacy and Community Organizing Manual for the HIV/AIDS Community, by the San Francisco AIDS Foundation.

• The Grassroots Organizer, has tools and resources for community-based action, including a nice collection of links to free on-line training guides and on-line toolkits.

• Growing Sense of Place:  An Australian Catchment and Bioregional Organisers Handbook, by Michael Petter.

• The Guide to Preparing Your Neighborhood for a Disaster , and How to Complete a Neighborhood Inventory , sponsored by the Volunteer Center of West Marin, are useful for much more than just disasters.

• INSTIGATE! An online toolkit for community mobilization designed especially for organizing around domestic violence.

• LOVELY ACRES--A Community Empowerment Simulation, by John C. Ruoff

• The MAP Model for Organizing Social Movements by Bill Moyer, with others.

• Notes on Mission Statements--The results of a COMM-ORG query by Eric Lerner

• Organizing, a superb collection of training materials on organizing provided by TenantNet.

• Organizing and CDBG, by The Coalition for Low Income Community Development.

• Principles for Promoting Social Change, by Neil Wollman, Margaret Lobenstine, Maria Foderaro, & Stephen Stose, sponsored by Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues.

• Road Raging: Top Tips for Wrecking Roadbuilding is a British organization with a highly developed organizing manual.

• Ruckus Society Training manualswith everything from how to use a video camera to how to hang yourself from a billboard.

• Skills Training for Community & Non-Profit Organizations, by ReganMcClure.

• Starhawk's Resources for Activism Trainers, by Starhawk.

• Strategic Questioning: an approach to creating personal and social change by Fran Peavey and edited by Vivian Hutchinson

• Tennessee S.E.A.R.C.H. Online Manual, designed for student health organizing but generally applicable.

• "The Work Book: A Resource Guide for Community-Based Economic Development" provided by City Limits, New York's Award-Winning Urban Affairs News Magazine.

• Tools for Organizing by Citizen Works.

• Understanding activism, by Cameron Shorter.

• Virginia Organizing Project has a nice Organizing Toolbox of training articles.

• The Association for the Study and Development of Community (ASDC) is a research and development organization for community capacity building and social problem solving.

• The Center for Community Change helps low income people build their own organizations, developing the power and capacity to change their communities and influence vital policies.

• The Center for Labor Research and Education, at the University of California at Berkeley Institute of Industrial Relations, produces educational programs, publications, research and materials on issues that are relevant to organized labor and the workforce.

• Center for Neighborhood Technology publishes Neighborhood Works and works to promote public policies, new resources and accountable authority which supports sustainable, just and vital urban communities.

• Chardon Press: Resources for Social Change with a nice book collection and a fundraising IQ test.

• Center for Health, Environment & Justice trains and assists local people to fight for Justice, become empowered and protect their communities from environmental threats and build strong locally controlled communities.

• The Civic Practices Network Containing tools and stories for a variety of forms of community organizing and development.

• Community Connections" (U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development Office of Planning and Development).

• The Community Trust Institute exists to help communities cope with change more effectively. Their newsletter covers issues of community, politics and spirituality and serves activists and those in public life.

• The DataCenter, an independent non-profit research center providing information to activists working for progressive social change.

• EarthDreams, where environmental organizations come to grow.

• Environmental Community Action, Inc., provides organizing assistance and training to Georgia communities confronting environmental health threats.

• Gather the People, a nonprofit training and education resource for Jewish congregational community organizing with on-line and Adobe training materials.

• Gavin Perryman and Associates has lots of free materials on organizational development

• Grassroots Leadership helps build the infrastructure for a progressive Southern movement, including the leaders, organizers, organizations, networks and coalitions that will make long-term positive change inevitable.

• GrassRoots Organizing Weekends, sponsored by the United States Student Association, is trying to revive the art of student community organizing.

• Help Filling Out Your 501(c)(3) Application, with over 50 pages of information for prospective nonprofit organizations on how to complete form 1023.

• Highlander There may be no institution more important to community organizing than the famous Highlander Center. Their site contains information and on-line resources.

• Human Rights Tools has links to 300+ carefully selected resources.

• Idealist.Org: Action Without Borders, has searchable lists of services, resources, organizations, jobs, events, and much more

• Illinois Coalition for Community Services assists communities in creating indigenous grassroots organizations to identify needs, assess strengths and organize volunteers.

• The International Bulldozer Blockade, a community and individual action guide for keeping unwanted development projects out of your neighborhood, city, or town.

• InnoNet provides a free guided on-line workspace to do everything from a strategic plan to an evaluation, and will help you along the way.

• The InterActivist Network is a model for community action using new media and technology to invigorate notions of public dialogue; to inform current debates within our community, both local and global; and to motivate non-mediated communication between the general public and participants in news-worthy events.

• Internet Resources for Nonprofits has a massive collection of links on a wide variety of technical assistance topics.

• La Fundación Neo-Humanista: formación y asesoría de facilitadores de organización y desarrollo comunitario en Améica Latina. (The Neo-Humanist Foundation: training and consulting with facilitators of community organization and development processes in Latin America).

• Milwaukee Associates in Urban Development provide a large set of links, perhaps most helpful are those pointing to ways for nonprofits to use the Internet.

• NABUUR is a global aid organization that matches Online volunteers with local communities in need of information and help.

• National Community Reinvestment Coalition with a large number of resources for fighting discriminatory banking practices.

• National Training and Information Center conducts training programs, provides technical assistance, and conducts research to build grassroots leadership and strengthen neighborhoods through issue-based community organizing.

• Neighborhoods OnLine provides resources for neighborhood groups dealing with a wide range of issues.

• NetAction is an attempt to show how the Internet can support grass-roots activism, with a great deal of information resources.

• The Nonviolence Web is a site with extensive resources for peace and nonviolence groups.

• OMB Watch is a nonprofit research, educational, and advocacy organization that focuses on budget issues, regulatory policy, nonprofit advocacy, access to government information, and activities at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

• The Organize Training Center. See a Description of OTC & OTC Package, a list of OTC Publications, an Order Form, and subscription information for THE ORGANIZER MAILING.

• Pesticide Watch and Pesticide Watch Education Fund have been providing California communities with the tools they need to protect themselves and the environment from the hazards of pesticides.

• Pratt Institute Center for Community and Environmental Development Oldest university-based advocacy planning organization in the United States. Includes programs of Technical Assistance (including planning & architectural services), Training and Education, and Public Policy Analysis and Advocacy. Includes "Building Hope: Community Development in America,", an oral history project profiling fifteen CDCs.

• Social Change Australia has many resources for policy campaigns.

• TenantNet A mix of advocacy and technical/historical information on housing and rent regulation in New York and elsewhere. 

 

Higher Ed Programs

• University of Massachusetts Lowell Master's degree in Community Social Psychology

• Antioch Mcgregor's Individualized Liberal and Professional development (ILSP) program at  Antioch offers a concentration in "community change and civic leadership."

• University of Connecticut School of Social Work

• Hunter College School of Social Work

• North Park University in Chicago Illinois Master of Arts in Community Development