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Field Building
To build power and support for community values policies that work for
all of us, the Center works to strengthen the field of
community-led, grassroots organizations.
We build relationships with grassroots community organizations that cross
ethnic, geographic and issue boundaries to change economic and social justice
public policies at the local, state and national levels. The groups with which we work span organizing
styles and approaches as well as constituencies, but prioritize communities
most often at the margins of policy change.
The Center brings these organizations together, in regional and national
groupings, for reflection, shared learning and joint strategic campaigns.
Regional Assistance
The
Center supports grassroots organizations in every region of the country to
expand their skills and relationships to achieve greater impact. By focusing on a regional framework, the
Center can better understand the unique context and opportunities in each part of
the country and help mobilizations in that region to achieve change. Based in the Northwest, Southwest, Midwest,
Southeast and Northeast, our regional organizers connect and support individual
organizations in their region and connect them to national campaigns. MORE >>
Alliance Building
The
Center prioritizes building relationships across communities, across
organizations and across issues. Through
the Crossing Borders Project, the Center and partner CASA de Maryland
are building bridges between African Americans and immigrants. More than just a conversation about
immigration, Crossing Borders looks at the changing demographics in our
communities and how we organize our relationships and power in response. MORE >>
Key Constituencies
The Center's work focuses on four core constituencies - African Americans, new immigrants, Native Americans and low-income white people - that are particularly vulnerable in the current economic and political climate. The Center prioritizes work in these
communities as a path to improving the country for everyone.
African AmericansThe Black America Organizing Project is examining and documenting the state of community organizing and political power within the African American community and recommending strategic opportunities for movement building.
Native AmericansThe Center’s Native American Project cultivates grassroots leaders, incubates new organizations and connects Indian-led organizations to each other and organizations in other communities. The purpose is to explore how to support emerging leaders, organizations and coalitions that address the needs of this critical constintuency.
ImmigrantsThrough the Fair Immigration Reform Movement (FIRM), the Center mobilizes immigrant-led organizations to build strength and voice for policy change nationwide. MORE >>
Low-wage WorkersThe Center’s Worker Alliance for a Just Economy (WAJE) brings together grassroots organizations working for economic policy reforms to build a just economy for those at the bottom and the nation as a whole. MORE >>
Grassroots Fundraising
Through
the Linchpin Campaign, the Center is expanding fundraising capacity among
grassroots organizations and building relationships with foundations and
individual donors to press for increased giving to community organizing. MORE >>
Organizing History
The
Genealogy Project tracks community organizers' of training and mentorship to map our shared history and construct a network that documents the
interconnectedness of our field.
Community organizers can record their own organizing genealogy and see
the history and experiences of their heroes and peers. MORE >>
