Going public is a book for politicallyminded people who are just as turned off by politicsasusual as they are by activist cultures that exclude. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Michael gecan, an organizer with industrial areas foundation for over 25 years, is author of after americas midlife crisis and going public. Going public by michael gecan goodreads share book. The village voice trained by saul alinsky, whose rules for radicals is the original handbook for grassroots organizing, gecan shows the incredible power people can have over their own lives and their own government. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers.
Hired by residents to help them save their community, he and local. An organizers guide to citizen action gecan, michael on. A new york city neighborhood once called the beginning of the end of c. The story behind the project provides the books framework. An organizers guide to citizen action 9781400076499 by gecan, michael and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. His prose is engaging, but he waxes poetic only to the extent necessary to make a point. Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Hired by residents to help them save their community, he and local leaders spend more than a decade wrestling new york politicians in an impassioned effort against all odds that brings in five thousand new homes. Michael gecan is a veteran community organizer who works with the industrial areas foundation. Building better relationships for better organizing nea.
Discover book depositorys huge selection of michael gecan books online. Citizenship test and interview 2017, 2018 official video us new president donald trump duration. An organizers guide to citizen action librarything. Going public is a kind of manual of style for those who want toat least once, just oncebeat the bastards. I think for the uninitiated, the book introduces folks to the realities of community organizing. An organizers guide to citizen action reprint by gecan, michael isbn. An organizers guide to citizen action anchor books, 2004. Going public michael gecan by sylviascroggins issuu.
An organizers guide to citizen action michael gecan on amazon. Michael gecan chronicles his basic strategies for community organizing in going public. An organizers guide to citizen action by michael gecan. The inside story of an extraordinary politics you probably didnt know existedordinary americans getting together and acquiring real power for themselves. It is a book about doing right and making social change not by playing the pitiable victim but by wielding power against power. Now mike gecan, inheritor of alinskys mantle with the industrial areas foundation, has given this nation a muscular manual for the century ahead. Michael gecan is a community organizer in new york city affiliated with the industrial areas foundation. Hired by residents to help them save their community, he and local leaders. If you want to know how ordinary americans accomplished extraordinary things built affordable homes, created effective schools, won living wages then the story and the strategy reside in this remarkable book. Michael gecan, a veteran organizer, is the coexecutive director of the. An organizers guide to citizen action is primarily a book about power.
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