the.com/community organizing
turning shared complaints into shared power, one doorbell at a time.
means the practice of building collective power among ordinary people to force institutions to respond to their interests.
from formalized in 1930s chicago by saul alinsky, who figured out that neighbors beat lobbyists when they show up together and refuse to leave.
core unitthe one-on-one conversation, not the rally
famous aluma young obama organized chicago churches
alinsky rulepower is not what you have, it is what enemy thinks you have
not charityaims to shift power, not just deliver services