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Community Organizing Training Series

Community Organizing Training Series. Part 1: Relational Power Part 2: Building Powerful Organizations Part 3: Initiating Public Relationships. Definition of Power. “ To be able ” The ability to act. Ways of Understanding Power. Dominant Power Unilateral (one-way) Zero-sum

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Community Organizing Training Series

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  1. Community Organizing Training Series Part 1: Relational Power Part 2: Building Powerful Organizations Part 3: Initiating Public Relationships

  2. Definition of Power • “To be able” • The ability to act

  3. Ways of Understanding Power • Dominant Power • Unilateral (one-way) • Zero-sum • Power “over” • Relational Power • Multi-lateral • Increasing • Power “with”

  4. Sources of Power in a Democracy • Position • Organized Money • Organized People

  5. Context for Community Organizing Values: administration/control Power: Position Values: Profit Power: Organized $ • Public Sector • Elected officials • (national, state, and local) • Government Agencies • Private Sector • Financial Services • Energy companies • Real Estate/Construction • Health Care/Insurance • Manufacturing Contracts/grants/regulations Campaign Donations • Civic Sector • Families • Religious Congregations • Labor Unions • Civic associations • Advocacy Groups Workers/Consumers Voters/Taxpayers Values: All other motives Power: Organized People and organized $

  6. Three Levels of Power • Get to the table • Make a deal • Keep a deal

  7. Our Purpose: Relational Power for Justice • Ability to get to the decision making table and negotiate on behalf of our interests and values • Make and keep deals • Organizing our people and our money

  8. Context for Community Organizing Values: administration/control Power: Position Values: Profit Power: Organized $ • Public Sector • Elected officials • (national, state, and local) • Government Agencies • Private Sector • Financial Services • Energy companies • Real Estate/Construction • Health Care/Insurance • Manufacturing Contracts/grants/regulations Campaign Donations • Civic Sector • Families • Religious Congregations • Labor Unions • Civic associations • Advocacy Groups Workers/Consumers Voters/Taxpayers Values: All other motives Power: Organized People and organized $

  9. World as it Is Power Self Interest Relationships World as it Should Be Love Do good/Altruism Recognition of common humanity Living Between Two Worlds Engine: Motivation: Glue:

  10. Self Interest • Selfishness (me only) • Self interest (inter-esse: me amongst others) • Selflessness (others only)

  11. Rabbi Hillel Says: • “If I am not for myself, who will be for me? • “If I am only for myself, what am I? • “If not now, when?”

  12. Spectrum of Self-Interest Self Preservation Self Realization

  13. Context for Community Organizing Values: administration/control Power: Position Values: Profit Power: Organized $ • Public Sector • Elected officials • (national, state, and local) • Government Agencies • Private Sector • Financial Services • Energy companies • Real Estate/Construction • Health Care/Insurance • Manufacturing Contracts/grants/regulations Campaign Donations • Civic Sector • Families • Religious Congregations • Labor Unions • Civic associations • Advocacy Groups Workers/Consumers Voters/Taxpayers Values: All other motives Power: Organized People and organized $

  14. Discuss with Partner • What self-interest brought you here tonight? • 10 minutes

  15. Malcolm Gladwell Discussion • What key points did you take from this article? • What were the self-interests of the students who initiated the sit-ins? • Why these students? • 15 minutes

  16. Context for Community Organizing Values: administration/control Power: Position Values: Profit Power: Organized $ • Public Sector • Elected officials • (national, state, and local) • Government Agencies • Private Sector • Financial Services • Energy companies • Real Estate/Construction • Health Care/Insurance • Manufacturing Contracts/grants/regulations Campaign Donations • Civic Sector • Families • Religious Congregations • Labor Unions • Civic associations • Advocacy Groups Workers/Consumers Voters/Taxpayers Values: All other motives Power: Organized People and organized $

  17. Joseph McNeil and the Chickens • Self-interests • Relationships • Tension/agitation • Action/Reaction

  18. How will we build power in the Civic Sector? • Identifying common self interests we can only realize together • Intentionally building relationships necessary to motivate and sustain action

  19. Two Organizing Tools to Identify Interests and Build Relationships • Individual meetings (next week) • House meetings (January training)

  20. Definition of Leadership • Someone who has followers • How many followers do you have?

  21. How do you build your Leadership? • Intentionally expand your network of relationships. • Members of your congregation • Members of other congregations and organizations • Other community leaders.

  22. Summary • We build powerful organizations by building relationships between civic sector institutions that have common self interests. • We unlock the power of organized people by developing leaders with a following.

  23. Next Training Homework: Malcolm Gladwell Article “Six Degrees of Lois Weinberg” October 21, 7-9 pm Trinity Cathedral Theme: Initiating Public Relationships

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