Week 7
Journal Entry 1: Eye On The Prize When comparing all of the articles I reviewed this past week, I believe the article which spoke about strategizing capacity was the most relatable. I was able to...
View ArticleOrganizers and Leaders
I found the readings interesting to reflect upon, especially the piece about leadership among organizers and volunteer leaders. Based on my experiences, this division between organizer and leader was...
View ArticleCultivating Cultures
This week’s readings really drove home the power and importance of culture. By ‘culture,’ I mean the ways of seeing and understanding the world that shape our ways of being in the world. What I have...
View ArticleOrganizing
Focusing on the role of the leader of a community organizer, we read about both the possible pitfalls, but also of the successes that comes with it. The characteristics of the right leader seem to...
View ArticleThe Community Planning – Organizing Collective Action for Social Change
The community planning approach brings us back to the first days of the concept of public participation in planning, and actually, the trends and the evolvement of community planning are a...
View ArticleOrganizing
Focusing on the role of the leader of a community organizer, we read about both the possible pitfalls, but also of the successes that comes with it. The characteristics of the right leader seem to...
View ArticleCultivating a Culture
Reading Ostermans Overcoming Oligarchy and Sen’s Stir It Up really had me thinking about how different organizing and leadership looks based on individual personalities and dynamics. The description of...
View ArticleWeek 7
Journal Entry 1: Eye On The Prize When comparing all of the articles I reviewed this past week, I believe the article which spoke about strategizing capacity was the most relatable. I was able to...
View ArticleOrganizing: What’s the End Goal?
Osterman claims that oligarchical leadership structures can tend to lead to negative consequences that include loss of membership commitment, “becalming,” or goal displacement. He goes on to claim that...
View ArticleOrganizing
Focusing on the role of the leader of a community organizer, we read about both the possible pitfalls, but also of the successes that comes with it. The characteristics of the right leader seem to...
View ArticleCultivating a Culture
Reading Ostermans Overcoming Oligarchy and Sen’s Stir It Up really had me thinking about how different organizing and leadership looks based on individual personalities and dynamics. The description of...
View ArticleOrganizers and Leaders
I found the readings interesting to reflect upon, especially the piece about leadership among organizers and volunteer leaders. Based on my experiences, this division between organizer and leader was...
View ArticleCultivating Cultures
This week’s readings really drove home the power and importance of culture. By ‘culture,’ I mean the ways of seeing and understanding the world that shape our ways of being in the world. What I have...
View ArticleThe Community Planning – Organizing Collective Action for Social Change
The community planning approach brings us back to the first days of the concept of public participation in planning, and actually, the trends and the evolvement of community planning are a...
View ArticleOrganizing
Focusing on the role of the leader of a community organizer, we read about both the possible pitfalls, but also of the successes that comes with it. The characteristics of the right leader seem to...
View ArticleCultivating a Culture
Reading Ostermans Overcoming Oligarchy and Sen’s Stir It Up really had me thinking about how different organizing and leadership looks based on individual personalities and dynamics. The description of...
View ArticleCommunity Organizing Centered on Leadership
I was surprised to see this week’s readings reflect so much on the importance of leadership; Ganz places it at the center of his organizing diagram. I have always viewed organizing as a more horizontal...
View ArticleOrganizers and Leaders
I found the readings interesting to reflect upon, especially the piece about leadership among organizers and volunteer leaders. Based on my experiences, this division between organizer and leader was...
View ArticleCultivating a Culture
Reading Ostermans Overcoming Oligarchy and Sen’s Stir It Up really had me thinking about how different organizing and leadership looks based on individual personalities and dynamics. The description of...
View ArticleOrganising roles and Narratives.
I really appreciated the multiple angles I got on different ways of doing community organising from the readings. In my experience all I had seen as community organising would fall under CBO-type...
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