| We Make Change: Community Organizers Talk about What They Do--And Why Contributor(s): Szakos, Kristin Layng (Author), Szakos, Joe (Author), Boyte, Harry C. (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0826515541 ISBN-13: 9780826515544 Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press OUR PRICE: $79.15 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2007 Annotation: Community organizers work at their jobs because they are passionate, because they believe that change is possible, and because they enjoy working with people. Although it's not an occupation that leads to great wealth, community organizers can make a living at it. They get salaries, pensions and health insurance. They raise families. They do well by doing good. This book explores the world of community organizing through the voices of real people working in the field, in small towns and city neighborhoods--women and men of different races and economic backgrounds, ranging in age from those in their twenties to those in their sixties. Fourteen in-depth profiles tell the life stories of a cross-section of the diverse people who choose the life of an organizer. Other chapters, focused on issues of organizing, are tapestries of experience woven from the 81 interviews the authors conducted. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Process - Political Advocacy - Political Science | Civics & Citizenship - Social Science | Volunteer Work |
| Dewey: 361.2 |
| LCCN: 2006030887 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 7" W x 10" (1.59 lbs) 280 pages |
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Contributor Bio(s): Szakos, Kristin Layng: - Kristin Layng Szakos is the former editor of The Appalachian Reader, a quarterly journal about citizen organizing in Appalachia.Szakos, Joe: - Joe Szakos has been the Executive Director of the Virginia Organizing Project since 1994. He was the founding coordinator of Kentuckians For The Commonwealth (1981-1993), as well as one of the founders of the Southern Empowerment Project and the Hungarian Environmental Partnership. |