Igniting the Power of Community
Igniting the Power of Community

Author: Paul A. Gaist

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2009-12-04

Total Pages: 412

ISBN-13: 0387981578

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Igniting the Power of Community: The Role of CBOs and NGOs in Global Public Health introduces readers to the pursuit and potential of community-based organizations and nongovernmental organizations to transform global public health. At a time of unprecedented challenges, economic crises, social inequalities, environmental stressors, emerging health threats, these organizations are initiating and driving change, often being the first to call attention to the issues and increasingly forging significant and sustainable solutions. Through concrete examples, success stories, and cautionary tales from experienced practitioners, Igniting the Power of Community demonstrates why understanding the roles of the diverse organizations of this sector is vital to anyone concerned with improving health and public health today. This forward-thinking book explains how citizen sector organizations work, their immediate and long term impact on public health, and the key players and business dynamics involved. With an emphasis on innovative approaches, it provides an "insiders view" into practical considerations regarding organizational structure, financing, and operations. A sampling of the coverage: The new era of social entrepreneurship and philanthropy Sustainability in international public health NGOs Front-line perspectives from both well-established and grassroots CBOs Faith-based organizations and public health NGOs and the military: evolving relationships in conflict and disaster zones Understanding the environmental health movement and its impact Project YEAH: a youth AIDS organizations story. Whether you are involved in clinical care, health research, public health programs, or policy development and implementation, this book provides key insights and skills, and will serve as an invaluable resource in working most effectively with and within these dynamic organizations. body>

Igniting Justice and Progressive Power
Igniting Justice and Progressive Power

Author: David B. Reynolds

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-06-21

Total Pages: 279

ISBN-13: 1000396916

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A progressive resurgence is happening across the United States. This book shows how long-lasting coalitions have built progressive power from the regional level on up. Anchored by the "think and act" affiliate organizations of the Partnership for Working Families (PWF) these regional power building projects are putting in place the vision, policy agenda, political savvy, and grassroots mobilization needed for progressive governance. Through six sections, the book explores how Partnership for Working Families projects are a core part of the defeat of the right-wing in states such as California; the challenge to corporate neoliberalism in traditionally "liberal" areas; and contests for power in such formally solid red states as Arizona, Georgia, and Colorado. This book considers how these PWF groups work on economic, racial and environmental justice challenges, equitable development, and other critical issues. It addresses how, at their core, they bring together labor, community, environmental, and faith-based organizations and the coalitions and campaigns that they developed have won and continue to win substantial victories for their communities. Igniting Justice and Progressive Power will be of interest to activists and concerned citizens looking to understand how lasting political change actually happens as well as all scholars and students of social work, urban geography, political sociology, community development, social movements and political science more broadly.

The Power of Social Innovation
The Power of Social Innovation

Author: Stephen Goldsmith

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2010-01-21

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 0470604077

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THE POWER of SOCIAL INNOVATION Civic leaders across the U.S. and throughout the world are discovering creative ways to overcome the obstacles that seal the doors of opportunity for too many. These inspiring individuals believe that within our communities lie the entrepreneurial spirit, compassion, and resources to make progress in such critical areas as education, housing, and economic self-reliance. Real progress requires that we take bold action and leverage our strengths for the greater good. The Power of Social Innovation offers public officials, social entrepreneurs, philanthropists, and individual citizens the insights and skills to create healthier communities and promote innovative solutions to public and social problems. This seminal work is based on Stephen Goldsmith's decades of experience, extensive ongoing research, and interviews with 100+ top leaders from a wide variety of sectors. Goldsmith shows that everyday citizens can themselves produce extraordinary social change. The book explores the levers and guiding principles used by champions of civic progress who drive new organizations, new interventions, or new policies to enhance social conditions. The Power of Social Innovation features illustrative case studies of change-oriented philanthropists, public officials, and civic leaders. While all collaborate across sectors, they run both start-ups and established organizations such as the New York City public schools, United Way of America, the United Negro College Fund, and Teach For America. The book shows the catalyzing role each plays in transforming a community's social service delivery systems. To complement the book's myriad tools and case studies,The Power of Social Innovation web site (www.powerofsocialinnovation.com) provides links to relevant Harvard research as well as additional helpful resources.

Apollo's Fire
Apollo's Fire

Author: Jay Inslee

Publisher: Island Press

Published: 2009-08-13

Total Pages: 411

ISBN-13: 1597266493

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In this book the authors make the case for renewable energy and renewable energy policy. Each chapter begins with an inspiring story by someone working in renewable energy or a related field.

Climate Courage
Climate Courage

Author: Andreas Karelas

Publisher: Beacon Press

Published: 2020-09-29

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 0807084883

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How Americans can take action in their own communities and unite across the political spectrum in pursuit of solutions to climate change. Andreas Karelas has a message we don’t often hear: we have all the tools we need to solve the climate crisis and doing so will improve our lives, our economy, and our society. But to engage people in the climate fight, we need stories that are empowering, inclusive, and solutions-oriented, not based in fear. Karelas digs into the latest data on the rapidly falling costs and increased efficiencies of clean energy technologies compared to fossil fuels, looks at the rate of job creation in the clean energy sector, and introduces the reader to the inspiring work of climate heroes on both sides of the aisle—from Republican mayors and governors to activists, from businesses to faith communities. Climate Courage shows us how we can move past our collective inaction on climate change and work together in our communities to create a more sustainable, just, clean energy–powered economy that works for everyone.

Momentum
Momentum

Author: Allison Fine

Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Published: 2006-09-29

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13:

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The book reveals how democratizing access to information, leveraging existing social networks, and "powering the edges" can transform social change efforts. Today's digital tools promote interactivity and connectedness by connecting us to one another in inexpensive, accessible, and massively scalable ways. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ignite the Power of Art
Ignite the Power of Art

Author: Bonnie Pitman

Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780300167542

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The Dallas Museum of Art undertook a groundbreaking seven-year research initiative to answer these questions. The findings, published in Ignite the Power of Art, support a new understanding of art museum visitors based on their differing preferences, behaviors, and interactions with art. The publication describes how these studies have been used at the Dallas Museum of Art to build attendance. enhance exhibitions and collections, and develop new programs such as the Center for Creative Connections, the online Arts Network, and the Late Nights event series. The book also shows how this research has transformed the Museum, unleashing a profound change in institutional thinking and paving the way for sustained innovation. Also included are contributions by community leaders who offer their perspectives and insights on the Dallas Museum of Art's remarkable revitalization. --Book Jacket.

Match-Striking for Beginners
Match-Striking for Beginners

Author: Tracey Breeden

Publisher: Practical Inspiration Publishing

Published: 2024-06-24

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 1788606132

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Ignite your PERSONAL POWER for a better self and better world. How do you take what is breaking your heart and turn that into action, achieving impactful and sustainable change? Match-Striking for Beginners is your playbook to ignite power from the margin, inviting you to discover the pathway to a more just world by recognizing your personal power and unleashing the superhero within you. In this road map for individual and collective change, Tracey Breeden draws on her own unique perspective and lived experience as a queer woman and shares actionable steps she used to amplify her own personal power to create organizational and societal change. The specific challenges and harm members of historically marginalized groups experience often slow or stop progress, but Tracey’s method incorporates essential practices and bold moves to help you break through those blockers to ignite your inner superhero, activate collective power, and drive the social change our hearts ache for. Tracey Breeden is a thought leader, speaker, coach, advisor, and activist. From street cop to corporate executive, she spent over two decades as a safety and inclusion expert in public safety and leading efforts in Tech at Uber and Match Group, parent company of Tinder and Hinge. Her vision is to build authentic, equitable, and respectful communities, free from harm. Join her in the expansion of that vision, together empowering and igniting people toward a better self and a better world.

The Power of Community-Engaged Teacher Preparation
The Power of Community-Engaged Teacher Preparation

Author: Patricia Clark

Publisher: Teachers College Press

Published: 2021

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 0807765228

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Discover how and why community-engaged teacher preparation is a powerful and vital approach to address an educational system that is historically deficient, discriminatory, and decidedly inequitable. In this edited volume, the authors argue that past practice is inadequate and issue a mandate for a new approach to educator preparation. Articulating a clear definition of community-engaged teacher preparation, they focus on national and international initiatives that have been sustained over time and are having a direct impact on student learning. Chapters are written by school, university, and community partners who speak to the innovation, creativity, commitment, and persistence required to reinvent teacher preparation. They also underscore the complexity of this work, the humility necessary to reflect and reconsider, and the true spirit of authentic solidarity among university, school, and community partners required to seek and secure equity for children in schools. Book Features: Provides a critical examination of structural inequity in education and ways to address it through community-engaged teacher preparation. Describes a teacher preparation model that is enacted in solidarity with members of historically marginalized populations. Offers clear guidance on what is meant by culturally relevant and culturally sustaining pedagogies with examples of how these frameworks are being operationalized. Explores the obstacles and opportunities involved in the implementation process.

Progressive Community Organizing
Progressive Community Organizing

Author: Loretta Pyles

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-07-24

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 1136271511

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The second edition of Progressive Community Organizing offers a concise intellectual history of community organizing and social movements while also providing practical tools geared toward practitioner skill building. Drawing from social-constructionist, feminist and critical traditions, Progressive Community Organizing affirms the practice of issue framing and offers two innovative frameworks that will change the way students of organizing think about their work. Progressive Community Organizing is ideal for both undergraduate and graduate courses focused on community theory and practice, community organizing, community development, and social change and service learning. The second edition presents new case studies, including those of a welfare rights organization and a youth-led LGBTQ organization. There are also new sections on the capabilities approach, queer theory, the Civil Rights movement, and the practices of self-inquiry and non-violent communication. Discussion of global justice has been expanded significantly and includes an account of a transnational action-research project in post-earthquake Haiti. Each chapter contains discussion questions, written and web resources, and a list of key terms; a full, free-access companion website is also available for the book.