The Triangle by Michael Gecan
Policy wonks, patronage, and the possibilities of the grassroots
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Booklet
This recently published booket gives a deeper understanding of the work of organizing and how it relates to the life of congregations. There are examples of how this work plays out in a Church, Synogogue, and Mosque. Including a story of a DuPage United member, Faith Lutheran Evangelical Church in Glen Ellyn!!!
All Organizing Is Dis-Organizing and Re-Organizing
Michael Gecan
$5.95
ISBN: 978-0-87946-384-7
Book (Paperback)
5x7.5
56 pages
August 2008
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Here are some other books:
Going Public, By Michael Gecan
"The inside story of an extraordinary politics you probably didn't know existed. Read this book and you may begin to believe that human-scale democracy is still possible in America" -- William Greider, author of Who Will Tell the People
Stoking the Fire of Democracy: Our generation's introduction to grassroots organizing.
By Stephen Smith
"Stephen Smith's introduction to community organizing is a remarkable, well-written, and insightful account of his search for a way to turn democratic promise into practice."
— Marshall Ganz, Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
"Stephen Smith has done a superb job in demonstrating that democracy is not a spectator sport. "
— Jacqueline Y. Collins, Illinois State Senator
"If we don't have strong grassroots organizing, the age of Obama will become another neoliberal moment—another missed opportunity for empowering poor and working people! "
— Cornel West, Professor of Religion and African American Studies, Princeton University
"Reading Stoking the Fire of Democracy is like talking to the part of your self that tells you to risk more, dream bigger, push harder. "
—Eboo Patel, Founder and Executive Director, Interfaith Youth Core"
After America’s Midlife Crisis
by Michael Gecan. Boston Review, $14.95 (144p) ISBN 9780262013604
Roots for Radicals: Organizing for Power, Action, and Justice by Edward Chambers
Upon This Rock: The Miracles of A Black Church
by Samuel G. Freedman
Cold Anger: A Story of Faith and Power Politics, by Mary Beth Rogers
Gathering Power: The Future of Progressive Politices in America by Dr. Paul Osterman