Silver Springs An interesting byproduct of providing some support on capacity building to organizations in the DC/Baltimore areas has involved my being sent to re-education camp to learn more about the vast, sprawling suburbs that dominate this area of the country. For the life of me I have to learn how to distinguish one row …
Category: Organizer Training
Leader Thinking
Chicago The board of the Organizers’ Forum set aside an entire day for what turned out to be a fascinating dialogue on leadership development and training for community and labor organizations. There were a host of challenges, but in sharing the practices of various networks including DART, WORC, PICO, ACORN Canada, Acorn International, SEIU, and …
City Works Less
Chicago I have become fascinated – maybe obsessed – by mentally measuring the changes, small and perhaps significant, that are being imprinted by the current depression. Being in an area in Chicago I have often and regularly visited near Fullerton and Clark near Lincoln Park let me note some shifts. Chicago is still in some …