Companion Lectures For Progressive Community Organizing in a Globalizing World By Loretta Pyles Copyright © 2014, Loretta Pyles. From Progressive Community Organizing: Reflective Practice in a Globalizing World, 2 nd Edition, by Loretta Pyles. New York: Routledge.

Chapter 5 critical organizing frameworks Jack Rothman articulated three modes of intervention that are widespread in community settings: Locality development Social planning/policy Social action Mondros and Wilson also identified three models of social action organizations Grassroots Lobbying Mobilizing Copyright © 2014, Loretta Pyles. From Progressive Community Organizing: Reflective Practice in a Globalizing World, 2 nd Edition, by Loretta Pyles. New York: Routledge.

Chapter 5 critical organizing frameworks Transformative organizing approaches are means- oriented, revolutionary and ideological; examples include third wave feminist approaches, popular education models, and Zapatista and other indigenous movements Transformative organizing approaches are means- oriented, revolutionary and ideological; examples include third wave feminist approaches, popular education models, and Zapatista and other indigenous movements Utilitarian organizing is ends-oriented, reformist and populist; examples include first wave feminist organizing, Alinsky style organizing, and other forms of neighborhood organizing Utilitarian organizing is ends-oriented, reformist and populist; examples include first wave feminist organizing, Alinsky style organizing, and other forms of neighborhood organizing Copyright © 2014, Loretta Pyles. From Progressive Community Organizing: Reflective Practice in a Globalizing World, 2 nd Edition, by Loretta Pyles. New York: Routledge.

Chapter 5 critical organizing frameworks In choosing an approach consider whether the approach will: Facilitate sustained engagement over time? Engender empowerment among constituents? Result in real improvement in people’s lives? Foster changes to oppressive cultural and institutional practices? Would be useful in cross-cultural and transnational settings? Would be personally gratifying in which to operate? Copyright © 2014, Loretta Pyles. From Progressive Community Organizing: Reflective Practice in a Globalizing World, 2 nd Edition, by Loretta Pyles. New York: Routledge.

Chapter 5 Alinsky and the utilitarian approach Saul Alinsky, is considered by some to be the father of community organizing; he innovated by bringing together unions, church leadership and local citizensSaul Alinsky, is considered by some to be the father of community organizing; he innovated by bringing together unions, church leadership and local citizens To achieve change, he believed it was necessary for oppressed groups to pressure those with power by creating demands or engaging in other confrontational tactics Alinsky and the Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF) engaged in boycotts of stores, strikes against meat packers, rent strikes against slumlords, picketing of business, and sit-downs at city hall Copyright © 2014, Loretta Pyles. From Progressive Community Organizing: Reflective Practice in a Globalizing World, 2 nd Edition, by Loretta Pyles. New York: Routledge.

Chapter 5 the highlander center and the transformative approach Myles Horton was an organizer interested in adult popular education and founded the Highlander Folk School in Tennessee in the 1930s, training union and civil rights activists such as Martin Luther King, Jr.Myles Horton was an organizer interested in adult popular education and founded the Highlander Folk School in Tennessee in the 1930s, training union and civil rights activists such as Martin Luther King, Jr. Horton advocated that education be grounded in the learner’s experiences and included the use of questions to stimulate self-examination as well as an examination of social systems Today, the Highlander Center has a multi-issue agenda including labor, immigration, LGBTQ, and global justice Copyright © 2014, Loretta Pyles. From Progressive Community Organizing: Reflective Practice in a Globalizing World, 2 nd Edition, by Loretta Pyles. New York: Routledge.

Chapter 5 Freire and the transformative approach Paulo Freire was an educator who organized illiterate peasants in rural Brazil; he was critical of banking educationPaulo Freire was an educator who organized illiterate peasants in rural Brazil; he was critical of banking education which assumes that knowledge is a commodity that teachers deposit with students Problematizing education is a critical dialogical reflection on knowledge that is usually taken for granted. To problematize something goes beyond mere critique and involves the use of critical questioning by a teacher Four qualities of critical consciousness are: (a) power awareness, (b) critical literacy, (c) desocialization, and (d) self-organization/self-education. Copyright © 2014, Loretta Pyles. From Progressive Community Organizing: Reflective Practice in a Globalizing World, 2 nd Edition, by Loretta Pyles. New York: Routledge.

Chapter 5 feminist organizing and the transformative approach Through consciousness-raising feminists came to affirm the axiom that “the personal is political”Through consciousness-raising feminists came to affirm the axiom that “the personal is political” Feminists pioneered non-hierarchical organizations that utilize consensus decision-makingFeminists pioneered non-hierarchical organizations that utilize consensus decision-making Feminist organizing tends to have the following dimensions:Feminist organizing tends to have the following dimensions: Concern with power, oppression, and pathways to liberation Non-hierarchical and/or consensus-oriented decision making Valuing of group process Coalition building and concern beyond single-issue organizing Copyright © 2014, Loretta Pyles. From Progressive Community Organizing: Reflective Practice in a Globalizing World, 2 nd Edition, by Loretta Pyles. New York: Routledge.

Chapter 5 reconciliation and justice- making Truth-telling – sharing the experience Acknowledging the violation Compassion – to suffer with Protecting the vulnerable from further harm Accountability for the abuser Restitution to the survivor Vindication for the survivor Copyright © 2014, Loretta Pyles. From Progressive Community Organizing: Reflective Practice in a Globalizing World, 2 nd Edition, by Loretta Pyles. New York: Routledge.