As attendees of the 2008 Republican National Convention cheered their candidate in September, they witnessed former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and vice presidential nominee Gov. Sarah Palin ...

The allegations of corruption currently looming over the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), have some taking a second look at community-based organizations and the ...

History teaches that fear, isolation, and hopelessness play a big part in our divisions. Organizing is where we do two things essential to democracy: We listen deeply and dream big. Organizers know ...

Building community power and advancing a Third Reconstruction requires a combination of a clear vision coupled with a commitment to deep relational organizing. Hard-won victories for freedom and ...

This week, the JOURNAL profiled Massachusetts community organizer Steve Meacham, who recruits activists and works to stop evictions of people living in foreclosed homes. Meacham described the process ...

I am a community organizer. I make change. I am my brother’s and my sister’s keeper. This is one heck of a big responsibility; one I believe is no laughing matter. Thousands of others like me ...

Long Beach Forward will soon host a series of workshops aimed at helping people strengthen their organizing skills and bolster community building. The series, called “LB Blooming: Organizing Workshops ...

It’s only in the past year of my life that I’ve become comfortable calling myself someone who “organizes.” Through the influence of the groups I’ve been proximate to and part of, my life’s operating ...

Republicans mock Obama’s community organizing experience. Obama was incensed by the mockery, asking, “Why would that kind of work be ridiculous? Who are they (Republicans) fighting for… They think ...

Sara Campos remembers being inspired to start skateboarding after playing Tony Hawk videogames on the California family’s PlayStation 2. Campos, 23, who uses they/them pronouns, never dreamed they ...

Behind the May 20 opening of the Expo Line to Santa Monica lies the untold story of dozens of dedicated volunteers who worked for decades and made this line happen. In 1989 Santa Monica city officials ...