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Showing videos filed under: Community Organizing
The Witch Hunt Against ACORN
March 25, 2010The right wing's favorite political football, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or ACORN, has announced that it will be closing down. What brought down the once-strong force for justice for low-income Americans?ACORN, Health Care Reform, and the Media
March 24, 2010The right wing's favorite political football, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or ACORN, has announced that it will be closing down. What brought down the once-strong force for justice for low-income Americans?Roots of Change: Brower Youth Awards
November 12, 2009This video, made by Rikshaw Films, gives a little bit of insight into the kind of work the Institute is promoting with this award. Diana Lopez is a food justice activist in San Antonio, Texas, and she created the Roots of Change community garden in the Eastside of San Antonio to provide fresh organic food to community residents.Secret Global Empire(s), Collapse, and Veterans Day
November 11, 2009Conspiracy theories abound on the left and the right--the "Birthers" are only the most recent incarnation. But there are plenty of scary secrets out there that are real and well-documented, from Max Blumenthal's investigations into the religious right to Jeremy Scahill's work on Blackwater. It can be hard to tell where the conspiracy theories begin and the truth ends. Our guests today talk about shady global conspiracies, corporate overlords, and the military-industrial complex, and what we can do about any of it.Marshall Ganz and Sally Kohn: The Future of Community Organizing
April 18, 2009Sally Kohn, Director of the Movement Vision Lab at the Center for Community Change and Marshall Ganz, a lecturer at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government discuss lessons for organizers from the Obama campaign as well as the challenges and opportunities grassroots activists face when a candidateRealizing the Promise
December 2, 2008Will community organizers have a voice in Washington? In December 2007, at the Heartland Forum in Iowa five presidential candidates including Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, John Edwards, Dennis Kucinich and Barack Obama spoke to a crowd of thousands of community leaders and activists and voiced their support for community change. Obama was particularly outspoken and said he’d meet with community organizers not only during the first 100 days of his administrationCommunity Organizers Respond to the GOP
September 11, 2008Community organizing has deep roots in the United States. From Jane Addams to Martin Luther King Jr., social justice movements have been built by men and women who often work outside of the formal political avenues. On GRITtv we speak with organizers who respond to recent attacks on what they do from the Republican Party.
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