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January 6-7, 2008 CAHRO Training Conference & Annual Membership Meeting Sacramento, California

Building Community through Civic Organizing Using Organizing- Leadership Tools Tony Massengale, Los Angeles County Human Relations Commission. January 6-7, 2008 CAHRO Training Conference & Annual Membership Meeting Sacramento, California. Acknowledgement.

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January 6-7, 2008 CAHRO Training Conference & Annual Membership Meeting Sacramento, California

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  1. Building Community through Civic OrganizingUsing Organizing- Leadership ToolsTony Massengale, Los Angeles County Human Relations Commission January 6-7, 2008 CAHRO Training Conference & Annual Membership Meeting Sacramento, California

  2. Acknowledgement • I am indebted to many teachers, mentors, organizers, leaders and organizations for the knowledge compiled or constructed here, including: Karen Bass, Harry Boyte, John Gardner, Robert Linthicum, John McKnight, Peg Michels, Anthony Thigpen, Howard Uller, Eugene Williams, the organizers of the Industrial Areas Foundation and other organizing networks Civic Organizing 100-Tony Massengale

  3. What is Community Organizing?What is Community?What is Organizing? Civic Organizing 100-Tony Massengale

  4. TOPICS • Community Organizing Tradition: Legacy & Lessons for the 21st Century Knowledge Age • The New Organizing: Building Civic Infrastructure • Critique: Strengths & Limitations of Political Modes • Context for Change: Institutions & Systems • Civic Organizing Framework • Organizing-Leadership Tools • Community Building with a Civic Purpose • Case Study: Pasadena-Altadena Vision 20/20 Civic Organizing 100-Tony Massengale

  5. Community Organizing Tradition • Initiation of ordinary people into public life • Iron Rule-Don’t do for others what they can do themselves • The world as it is (real)…The world as it should be (ideal) • Two kinds of power: Organized People-Organized Money • Organizers build power organizations one person at a time • Issues change, the constant is the development of people • Line up your allies and target your adversaries • The action is in the reaction • Power can never be conferred; it has to be taken • The opposition is your best ally in radicalizing your people • Law of Change…threat, pressure, tension, confrontation • Organized people can beat organized money IAF: Saul Alinsky and Edward T. Chambers Civic Organizing 100-Tony Massengale

  6. What Makes It Organizing? • Organizers-full-time leaders of leaders… • Power Analysis-continuous… • Power Base Building-collaborative civic infrastructure…one person at a time… • Leadership Development-teach, mentor, coach • Face to Face Politics-public meetings, democracy, deliberation, accountability… • Change in Power Relationships • Change in Public Practice • Sustainable Outcomes-tangible improvements Civic Organizing 100-Tony Massengale

  7. The New Organizing: Lessons Applied New Power Analysis: • Community and its Counterfeits (Careless Society) by John McKnight • Is Organizing necessary? • Who will govern? • Renewing democracy in each generation • Where/What is the context of the New Organizing? • Who/What/Where is the Leadership Power Base? • Who are the Organizers? Civic Organizing 100-Tony Massengale

  8. Practical Tools of Organizing-LeadershipPartial List • Power Analysis (Macro and Micro) • Institutional Power Mapping • In-reach Before Outreach • Building Public Relationships • Individual (Relational) Public Meetings • Building a Collaborative Leadership Base • Leadership Development (Practices & Disciplines) • Community Building • Collaborative Civic Engagement for Public Problem-Solving Civic Organizing 100-Tony Massengale

  9. Elements of the Civic Organizing Framework • VISION • VALUES • CIVIC STANDARDS • OPERATING PRINCIPLES • PRACTICES • DISCIPLINES Civic Organizing 100-Tony Massengale

  10. Current Civic Organizing Projects • United Job Creation Council • Regional Violence Prevention Coalition • Community School Parks Initiative • Pasadena-Altadena Vision 20/20 • Southeast Summit on Youth & Violence Civic Organizing 100-Tony Massengale

  11. Pasadena-Altadena Vision 20/20 • Strategic action framework for solutions to gang and racialized violence • Organizing a broad-based umbrella collaborative that can engage in strategic action solutions • Civic engagement of community, faith, civic philanthropic, business, educational organizations in partnership with government • Invite entire community—especially youth and young adults--to design, plan, implement and evaluate practical and sustainable solutions Civic Organizing 100-Tony Massengale

  12. Milestones & Victories • 20+ Core Team; 4 Working Groups; 3 Caucuses • Catalyst for inter-governmental committee formed ($70k allocated for committee work; $20k for youth services) • Catalyst for expanding gang intervention-prevention initiatives (over $130k allocated) • Business/employers being convened for youth/young adult employment initiative • Probation Dept. community assessment done • CalGRIP CBO proposal written ($200k) • CDBG proposal being written • Alliance being built with largest child, youth, family network; March 2008 joint-conference Civic Organizing 100-Tony Massengale

  13. Media & Reading Resource File • Contact the office of Los Angeles County Commission Human Relations 213-974-7611 Civic Organizing 100-Tony Massengale

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