Democracy and Community

Core Organizing Texts

Hope Dies Last: Keeping the Faith in Difficult Times

By Studs Terkel

Warren, Mark (2001). Dry Bones Rattling: Community Building to Revitalize American Democracy. Princeton Princeton University Press.

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Faith, Charity and Justice

By Ernesto Cortes Jr.

Faith, Charity and Justice The American Prospect, May 2007.

Core Organizing Texts

Blessed are the Organized

By Jeffery Stout

Stout, Jeffery (2010). Blessed are the Organized. Princeton University Press.

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Democratic Renewal and the Mutual Aid Legacy of US Mexicans. Chapter 8

By Julie Leininger Pycior

Pycior, Julie Leininger (2014). Democratic Renewal and the Mutual Aid Legacy of US Mexicans. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press. Chapter 8

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Encyclopedia of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement

By Matt S. Meier & Margo Gutierrez

Meier, Matt S. & Gutierrez, Margo (2000). Encyclopedia of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press

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Training and Immigration in the Real World

By Ernesto Cortes Jr.

Training and Immigration in the Real World Human Resource Economics & Public Policy: Essays in Honor of Vernon Briggs, Jr. Edited by Charles Whalen. Kalamazoo, Michigan: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. 2010.

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Constructing Identities in Mexican-American Political Organizations

By Benjamin Marquez

Marquez, Benjamin (2003). Constructing Identities in Mexican-American Political Organizations. Austin, TX: UT Press.

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Breathing Space: A Spiritual Journey in the South Bronx

By Neumark, Heidi

Neumark, Heidi (2003). Breathing Space: A Spiritual Journey in the South Bronx Beacon Press