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Organizing For Change

Communities face a multitude of issues that take community involvment and action to address.  From organizing commuities for change, addressing poverty, giving voice to those who do not have one and health issues such such as drug use, healthy decision making and phyiscal health.

Communities are unique in thier ability to:

1. Identify the problems; 

2. Focus on conditions that enable the problem and

3. Mobilize to take action.

The information a community organizing intiative puts into the communtiy relies on having credible sources. Being able to communicate with key constituencies furthers the organizing agenda and allows for the efforts to be more coordinated.  When we organize we must be intent on taking action and clear on the action to be taken.

CSG specializes in supporting and evaluating communty organizing efforts and advocates for health and social justice. For more than a decade CSG has worked with grassroots and national organizing efforts.  Providing them with the tools they need for effective community work. Examples of this work, the tools CSG has developed and some of our success stories are highlighted here.  

Transforming Neighborhoods: How Do We Track Progress?

Safe Streets of Topeka, Kansas is a neighborhood mobilization project that has been effectively convening neighbors for more than ten years. Click here for a description of how Safe Streets tracks the transformation process and progress on their change agenda. Post your thoughts and reactions in the discussion forum.

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 Links

  Marguerite Casey Foundation
  Bridges Out Of Poverty - Toledo, OH
  Asian Immigrant Women Advocates
  Healthy Native Communities Partnership
  Safe Streets of Topeka, KS

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