Community Organizing Resources

Midwest Academy Training and consulting for activist organizations

Industrial Areas Foundation, “Organizing for Family and Congregation,” 1978. The Industrial Areas Foundation is based in Chicago

Shaw, Randy. The Activist’s Handbook: A Primer Updated Edition with a New Preface. Berkeley: University of California Press, 199

Stout, Linda. Bridging the Class Divide and Other Lessons for Grassroots Organizing. Boston: Beacon Press, 1996.

Bobo, Kim, et al. Organizing for Social Change: Midwest Academy: Manual for Activists, Santa Ana: Seven Locks Press, 2001.

Community Building Resources

Massachusetts Legal Services Diversity Coalition - The Diversity Coalition is a technical assistance project of the Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation. The Coalition helps programs identify key issues in achieving staff diversity, cultivating an inclusive work environment and meeting the needs of clients of all backgrounds.

Legal Services of Eastern Michigan, http://lsem-mi.org/project.html . Edward J. Hoort, Executive Director. (Including “Equal Acc

Hair, Penda. Louder than Words: Lawyers, Communities and the Struggle for Justice. NY: Rockefeller Foundation, 2001. [PDF file,

Advancement Project

Highlander Research and Educational Center

Putnam, Robert and Feldstein, Lewis. Better Together: Restoring American Community Simon & Schuster, 2003

Kretzman, John & McKnight, John. Building Communities from the Inside Out: A Path toward finding and Mobilizing a Community’s As

McKnight, John. The Careless Society: Community and Its Counterfeits, New York: Basic Books, 1995.

Warren, Mark. Dry Bones Rattling: Community Building to Revitalize American Democracy. Princeton University Press, 2001.