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The Citizens Handbook Table of Contents
1 Community Organizing
Why this is Important
Introduction to Organizing
Beginning
Research
Planning and Acting
Getting Noticed
Evaluating
Getting People
Keeping People
Leading
Meeting and Deciding
Facilitating
Fundraising
Group Structure
Door-knocking
Listening Projects
Gandhi's Methods
Strategic Thinking
2 Community Building Activities
Child Minding Co-ops
The Roots of Empathy
Community Gardens
Community Kitchens
Block Watch and Block Parents
Community Crime Prevention
Block Parties
Block Cleanups
Festivals and Parades
Guerrilla Gardening
Community Image Making
Intergenerational Activities
Environmental Activities
Street Reclaiming
Good Neighbour Awards
Organizing around Hot Issues
Block by Block Organizing
Study Circles
Bees
Visioning Exercises
Information Sharing
Citizens Juries
Rating Candidates for Public Office
Other Activities
3 Full Text Articles
Developing a Civic Culture / Ralph Nader
Bowling Alone / Robert Putnam
Serving Customers or Engaging Citizens / Frank Benest
How community groups destroy themselves
The First Step in Community Action (pdf) / Nadler and Hibino
Study on participation / League of Women Voters
Models of Neighbourhood Participation in Local Government
What works for Social Movements (pdf) new
IAF Organizing (pdf) new
We need to spend less time at work / Buzz Hargrove new
Creating a Community-wide Study Circles Program
Broken Windows / Wilson and Kelling
Cyber Organizing
Framing Issues in the Media (pdf)
Framing Interconnectedness (pdf) / Wallack and Lawrence new
Post-Alinsky Organizing / John Kretzmann
Popular Governance
Foundation Funding of Grassroots Organizations
Survey of Giving, and Volunteering in Canada
Confronting NIMBYism series
What Works for Community Development
New Strategies for People Power (pdf)
Direct Action with Hammers (news item)
Ten Commandments for Changing the World
Improving Mass Action Protests
Boycott Organizer's Guide (pdf)
Public Participation Toolbox (pdf)
Comparison of Public Participation Methods (pdf)
Youth Guide for Action on Climate Change (pdf) new
Using Voting Records to Win Civic Elections new
4 The Citizen's Library
Books on building local democracy
Books on action organizing
Books on media advocacy
Books on working with others
Short Case Studies
Best practices in citizen participation and urban governance (UNESCO)
Links
Community Toolbox ~ a vast resource
Ashoka ~ supports social entrepreneurs around the world
Green Media Toolshed ~ great media training guides
The Control Game ~ spot fake public involvement
Shelterforce magazine ~ articles on community development
ZNet ~ articles on all aspects of social change
National Civic League ~ key US advocate for citizen involvement
Civic Practices Network ~ a wealth of material
Community Development Articles, Discussion & Listserve
The Citizen Science Toolbox ~ over 60 tools from Australia
Benton Foundation ~ citizen action focused on the media
Rural Community Toolbox
Links for Building Democracy & Community
Creating Web Action Alerts
Training for Change
Vancouver Information
City of Vancouver Community Pages
City of Vancouver Public Involvement Guide
Public Participation Review 1999
Vancouver Courier newspaper archive
As far as we know, this is the best quick guide to community organizing on the web. We've separated out local information so it will be useful to people living in other places.
Last updated December 2006.
Contacts, Acknowledgments
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