After 50 years of organizing, we've learned that:
Citizenship may be our birthright, but the ability to govern is learned. In congregations, schools, and nonprofits, leaders practice deliberation, negotiation, reflection, and compromise – building the capacity to shape the world around them.
We prepare people to build trust and act together across race, creed, and class. Cultivating a culture of encounter, leaders practice deep listening, clarify interests, and through relationships, come to better understand themselves and their agency in shaping collective action.
Our affiliates have secured billions in infrastructure for low-income border communities, launched nine nationally recognized workforce initiatives that move adults into living-wage careers, and built one of the largest networks of solar-powered resilience hubs in the world.
Democracy takes shape when people who would not otherwise cross paths come together around the pressures and possibilities they share
In assemblies, house meetings, and public conversations, communities test ideas together and decide what is worth acting on.
Working through their institutions, people turn shared judgment into negotiations with those in power that improve the conditions of everyday life
Through deep listening and collective action, our initiatives turn private pain into shared purpose — building leaders and strengthening communities and reshaping political culture.
Reweaving a Social Fabric of Neighborliness
Defending Our Shared Dignity
Organizing Pathways to Dignified Work
Taking Responsibility for our Common Home
Ensuring Work Sustains Life
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