Karen Bass is proud of her community organizing experience. As founder and long-time executive director of the Community Coalition in South Los Angeles--an urban area with a population almost half ...

Angela Lang, executive director of Black Leaders Organizing for Communities, explains the challenges involved in building genuine community power in Milwaukee, one of the most disinvested cities ...

It's About Time! Community Organizing, Coalition Building and Advocacy. Health equity is foundational to the well-being of every community, yet ...

In 2015, President Barack Obama recognized the organization’s work to heal and build a multigenerational community as a Promise Zone – a place building innovative collaborative spaces for ...

In Occupation: Organizer: A Critical History of Community Organizing in America, I tell the story of how one particular form of organizing, community organizing, has professionalized throughout the ...

The strength of Community Organizing: A Holistic Approach comes from Joan Kuyek’s perspective, informed by over 40 years of organizing. Initially intended as an update of Fighting For Hope: Organizing ...

In this op-ed, Charlene Carruthers, a Chicago-based author, political strategist, and founding national director of BYP100, explains what she wishes she would’ve known as a young organizer ...

What is the role of community organizing and grassroots movements for social change in American democracy? When we think of democracy, we often picture elections, debates and the legislative process.