Bookstore - Inspiring Social Change
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BUILDING POWERFUL COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS: A PERSONAL GUIDE TO CREATING GROUPS THAT CAN SOLVE PROBLEMS AND CHANGE THE WORLD
By Michael Jacoby Brown
If you are committed to working with others to bring about change, this book will instruct and inspire you. Using stories and exercises from grassroots organizing that make the process come alive, this book walks you through the steps of starting a new group or strengthening an old one - to build a better world.
Long Haul Press, paperback, 424 pages, 2006. $22.00 |
CLASS MATTERS: CROSS-CLASS ALLIANCE BUILDING FOR MIDDLE CLASS ACTIVISTS
By Betsy Leondar-Wright
Based on interviews with 40 diverse activists and thinkers, this lively, highly readable guide helps readers build bridges across class lines and collaborate more effectively in mixed-class social change efforts. Full of stories, ideas, quotations, tips, and resources, it discusses frankly the politics of class, what gets in the way of cross-class alliances, and how effective alliances can be built.
New Society Publishers, paperback, 175 pages, 2005. $19.00 |
DEFENDING JUSTICE: AN ACTIVIST RESOURCE KIT
Edited by Palak Shah, Political Research Associates
Defending Justice is an Activist Resource Kit that helps progressive activists understand and resist the Right, the State, and other forces that contribute to the growing system of courts, surveillance, policing, and incarceration. The easy-to-use chapters and fact sheets are useful tools to draw upon in leading discussions and talking to the press. This book provides important perspectives about the criminal justice system.
Paperback, 264 pages, 2005. $20.00 |
GRASSROOTS ACTION FOR GLOBAL CHANGE: RESOURCES FOR COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZERS IN APPALACHIA
Compiled by Susan Williams and Kristi Disney
The search of developing healthy and sustainable alternatives to corporate-driven globalization can be unraveled with this in-depth list of annotated resources (books, videos, organizations) which includes immigrant rights, economic democracy, organizing, etc. With separate sections and brief explanations of each subject, this guide is easy to understand and use. Grassroots Action for Global Change provides information and inspiration.
Also available online at www.highlandercenter.org/r-global-change.asp.
Highlander Center, 95 pages, 2005. $12.00 |
HOMOPHOBIA: A WEAPON OF SEXISM
By Suzanne Pharr
This now-classic text is in use in women's studies programs throughout the country. The first book on homophobia and sexism, it is essential reading for those whose lives and organizations are affected by homophobia and sexism.
Chardon Press, paperback, 123 pages, 1997, expanded edition. $12.00 |
INTERPRETATION AND TRANSLATION: POWER TOOLS FOR SHARING POWER IN GRASSROOTS LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
By Alice Johnson
This guide is written about El Centro Hispano, a grassroots Latino leadership center in Durham, NC. Focusing on English and Spanish, it is a discussion of how the strategic use of language interpretation and translation impacted El Centro's leadership development work. The guide discusses which kinds of interpretation to use in different community and social justice work settings, what to expect from the interpreters, and a nuts and bolts reference section for setting up a multilingual gathering.
Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, spiral bound, 35 pages, 2002. $5.00 |
MOBILIZE THE IMMIGRANT VOTE: TOOLKIT FOR MOVEMENT BUILDING ELECTORAL WORK
From the Partnership for Immigrant Leadership and Action (PILA)
For the first time, this Toolkit compiles in one place a collection of tools that PILA has developed to support immigrant community-based organizations in planning and implementing movement-building electoral strategies. This Toolkit is a must-have for organizations seeking to involve immigrants in upcoming elections, while strengthening your organizations and communities for the long haul.
Tools are in English, Spanish, and Chinese. 300 pages. 2006. $30.00. |
THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE FUNDED: BEYOND THE NON-PROFIT INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Edited by INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence
Over 25 activists and scholars describe and discuss the non-profit industrial complex (NPIC)—a system of relationships between the state, the owning classes, foundations, and social service & social justice organizations that results in the surveillance, control, derailment, and everyday management of political movements. Naming what some might call "the elephant in the room," the contributors to this groundbreaking and thought-provoking collection critically assess the NPIC’s impact on the practice and imagination of the political left in the U.S.
South End Press, Paperback, 272 pages, 2007. $18.00 |
TOOLKIT PARA MOBILIZAR EL VOTO INMIGRANTE: PARA TRABAJO ELECTORAL QUE CONSTRUYE MOVIMIENTOS
de Partnership for Immigrant Leadership and Action-PILA (Asociación para el Liderazgo y Acción de Inmigrantes)
Por primera vez, este Toolkit reúne en un mismo lugar una colección de herramientas que PILA ha desarrollado para apoyar a organizaciones de base de inmigrantes para planificar e implementar estrategias electorales que construyen movimientos. Este Toolkit es imprescindible para organizaciones que buscan involucrar a l@s inmigrantes en las elecciones que vienen, mientras fortalecen sus organizaciones y comunidades para el largo recorrido.
Herramientas están eninglés, español, y chino.
300 páginas, 2006. $30.00 |
NEITHER SEPARATE NOR EQUAL: WOMEN, RACE, AND CLASS IN THE SOUTH
Edited by Barbara Ellen Smith
This unique collection approaches differences of race and class not as forms of separation among women, but as social - be they often contentious, difficult, or exploitative - relationships. The focus on the South's historical legacies includes the tensions between long-standing patterns of regional distinctiveness and the disruptions of globalization. Neither Separate Nor Equal offers searching empirical studies of Southern women and a conceptual model for feminist scholarship as a whole.
Temple University Press, paperback, 286 pages, 1999. $23.95 |
STIR IT UP
By Rinku Sen
Stir It Up - written by renowned activist and trainer Rinku Sen - identifies the key priorities and strategies that can help advance the mission of any social change group. The book is filled with illustrative case studies that highlight best organizing practices in action and each chapter contains tools that can help groups tailor Sen's model for their own organizational needs.
Chardon Press, paperback, 288 pages, 2003. $27.00 |
WE MAKE CHANGE: COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY DO AND WHY
By Kristin Layng Szakos and Joe Szakos
An essential resource for organizers and would-be organizers! Community organizers work at their jobs because they are passionate, because they believe that change is possible, and because they enjoy working with people. This book explores the world of community organizing through the voices of people working 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. Includes 14 in-depth profiles and issues of organizing take from 81 interviews.
Vanderbilt, paperback, 280 pages, 2007. $27.95 |
YOU CALL THIS A DEMOCRACY? WHO BENEFITS, WHO PAYS, AND WHO REALLY DECIDES?
By Paul Kivel
A penetrating look at how the U.S. ruling class and the power elite dominate wealth, power and decisionmaking in all aspects of our lives and institutions. This book presents a long-term analysis of how the ruling class has created and uses the Constitution, corporations and the courts, as well as a host of other mechanisms such as tax laws, wars, buffer zones, and distractions, to dominate our society and accumulate wealth. The book is carefully researched and referenced, and filled with numerous examples and illustrations.
The Apex Press, paperback, 218 pages, second printing, 2006. $19.95 |
YOU CAN DO IT! A VOLUNTEER'S GUIDE TO RAISING MONEY FOR YOUR GROUP
By Vicki Quatmann
This manual for grassroots fundraising comes out of years of training experiences in Southern Empowerment Project's own workshops for fundraising. It is a tool you can pick up and use today, providing practical tools and information for developing a solid grassroots fundraising base in your organization. Chapters include: Money, Power and Oppression, the Fundraising Plan, How to Ask, Putting the !WOW! into Your Message.
Southern Empowerment Project, spiral bound, 198 pages, 2003. Available in English or Spanish. $25.00. |
¡SI, TODOS PODEMOS! UNA GUIA PARA RECAUDAR FONDOS PARA TU GRUPO
Por Vicki Quatmann
Este manual para la recaudación de fondos populares nació gracias a muchos años de experiencias de capacitación en los talleres de recaudación de fondos del Southern Empowerment Project. Es una herramienta que se puede utilizar inmediatamente, proporcionando técnicas prácticas e información para el desarrollo de una base popular sólida de recaudación de fondos en su organización. Los capítulos incluyen: Dinero, Poder, y Opresión; El Plan para Recaudar Fondos; Cómo Pedir; Cómo Poner el ¡VIVA! en Tu Mensaje.
Southern Empowerment Project, 2003, (encuadernado en forma espiral), 198 páginas. Disponible en inglés y español. $25.00. |
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