Community organising builds power in workplaces and communities by facilitating effective grassroots participation. The method has been hugely successful in the USA and the UK, building networks and alliances of active and informed communities. Community organising differs from advocacy, service delivery and community development in important ways. Unlike advocacy, it tends to be informed by a long-term perspective and involves activists in support roles rather on the front-line. The US-based Midwest Academy consider community organising wins real, immediate, concrete improvements in people’s lives, gives people a sense of their own power and alters the relations of power. This workshop introduces participants to community organising tactics and strategies and explores opportunities to apply them.
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