New Orleans Predictably as the weeks wear on and the weather hardens the city by city campers of the Occupy movement are now enduring the questions from near and far, high and low about how long they can hang in and hang on. Fair enough, perhaps, but we need to keep the radar ready and …
Category: Community Organizing
The Curious Contradictions of Community Organizing and the United Kingdom – Part III
New Orleans Without having read the final paperwork on Locality’s winning proposal to train 500 community organizers and the final contract terms agreed to by the British government, it can be impossible to be sure how far afield the eventual program will evolve from the initial advocacy and intentions of Citizens UK. It is clear …
The Curious Contradictions of Community Organizing and the United Kingdom – Part II
New Orleans Nothing about the Cameron government “Big Society” initiative to insert community organizers into poor areas around the United Kingdom seemed very organic or likely to succeed once the real deal started to crystallize. Going from a 5000 organizer initiative over four years would mean producing an average of only 125 per year. Ostensibly, …