2-564: Community organizing describes a wide variety of efforts to empower residents in a local area to participate in civic life or governmental affairs. Most efforts that claim this label operate in low-income or middle-income areas, and have adopted at least some of the tactics and organizing techniques pioneered by Saul Alinsky and his Industrial Areas Foundation . Other organizations in this tradition include PICO National Network , Gamaliel Foundation , and Direct Action and Research Training Center (DART). They focus on building political power in
4-519: The hands of an organization of local residents, and using that power to influence issues the organization defines as important. Congregation-based Community Organizing (CBCO) works through local synagogues , churches , and mosques as the primary institutional sponsors of this work. Common characteristics: Community organizing Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include
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