From the Grassroots - Community Organizing and Democracy

How does community organizing help to build democracy? In this video -- one of seven in a series -- grassroots organizers from the U.S. and abroad explore how community organizing helps people to take an active role in shaping the public processes and decisions that impact their lives (edited English and Spanish language transcripts available at http://mott.org). Other topics explored in the series include the basics of community organizing; the challenges facing the field and its efforts to create social change; and the rewards of helping people engage, inform and shape the public decision making process. "From the Grassroots: Community Organizing" was produced by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. Additional information about the series is available at http://www.mott.org/news/news/2010/CommOrgVideosLandingENG.aspx

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