Organizing Resources

From Alex Lotorto, a local Pittsburgh organizer:

 

Here are links to some websites I use for organizing materials and advice:
http://organizingforpower.wordpress.com/
http://www.seac.org/resources/online
http://www.trainingforchange.org/
http://www.ruckus.org/

http://dc-sds.org/?q=library
http://www.hotsalsa.org/

Here are some links of stuff I covered:

 

Under the theme "Why Organize?"

- What is Organizing? http://organizingforpower.wordpress.com/organizing/

 

- What is Labor Organizing? http://www.iww.org/organize/why/

 

- What is Power? http://organizingforpower.wordpress.com/power/exercises-on-power/

 

- Consent Theory of Power (exercise) http://www.trainingforchange.org/upside_down_triangle

 

- Stephen Lukes' Three Faces of Power http://www.ottobremer.org/download/3-faces-Power.pdf

 

- Organizing for Self-Interest http://organizingforpower.wordpress.com/interest-allies-coalitions/

 

- Fear in Organizing http://organizingforpower.wordpress.com/power/fear/

 

- Spectrum of Allies http://www.trainingforchange.org/spectrum_of_allies

 

- Power Mapping http://www.thechangeagency.org/_dbase_upl/tCA_power_mapping.pdf

 

- Designing an Issue Campaign (handouts):

   1) What is an issue campaign? http://www.trainingforchange.org/webfm_send/~TFC%20Files~handouts~nonviolent%20action~CampaigningforSocialChange.pdf

   2) Midwest Academy Strategy Chart: http://www.seac.org/resources-backup/MWAStrategyChart.pdf 

 

- Tactics Typology (handout): http://www.trainingforchange.org/webfm_send/~TFC%20Files~handouts~nonviolent%20action~Tactic%20Typology.pdf

 

- 198 Tactics (handout) http://www.trainingforchange.org/webfm_send/~TFC%20Files~handouts~nonviolent%20action~198Tactics.doc

 

- Four Roles Relating to Change (handout): http://www.trainingforchange.org/webfm_send/~TFC%20Files~handouts~nonviolent%20action~4Roles.pdf

 

- Coalition Building (handout) http://www.youthactionnetwork.org/rac/Fireitup/B11-coalitionbuilding.pdf

 

- Making Agreements/Principles (handout) https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=165qLod0t8EQFkeXfLCxBKBac9EOiZ-REXd8o6-9oLaI

 

Under the theme: "Tools for Effective Organizing"

- Anti-Oppression Principles and Practice: http://www.peopleofcolororganize.com/organizing/antioppression-principles-practice/

 

- Class(ism) Matters: www.classmatters.org and http://www.lizardelement.com/sds/class.pdf

 

- Said the Pot to the Kettle (feminist organizing handout): http://www.tangledwilderness.org/pdfs/saidthepottothekettle-web.pdf

 

- Do's and Don'ts for the Dudely Organizer (handout): http://danthedude.wordpress.com/zine/

 

- How White Privilege and Racism Affect Organizing (White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack http://www.nymbp.org/reference/WhitePrivilege.pdf) Knapsack): http://www.nymbp.org/reference/WhitePrivilege.pdf

 

- Know Your Rights: http://awesome.nlg.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/kyr_English2004.pdf

 

- Building Security Culture: (handout) http://security.resist.ca/personal/securityzine3.pdf

 

- Meeting Facilitation: (handout) http://www.trainingforchange.org/webfm_send/~TFC%20Files~books-manuals~meeting-facilitation.pdf

 

- Tips on Facilitation (handout) https://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dd323hvj_1210rpxphhhj

 

- Consensus Decision-Making: http://go2.wordpress.com/?id=725X1342&site=organizingforpower.wordpress.com&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2FDoc%3Fid%3Ddd323hvj_1247cvzpwjgx&sref=http%3A%2F%2Forganizingforpower.wordpress.com%2F%3Fs%3Dconsensus

- Restorative Justice Process: http://restorativejustice.info/

- Mainstream/Margin Exercise: http://www.trainingforchange.org/webfm_send/~TFC%20Files~handouts~diversity~MainstreamMargin.doc