Community Organizing

[shey1218]

Community organizing is a process by which people are brought together to act in common self-interest. While organizing describes any activity involving people interacting with one another in a formal manner, much community organizing is in the pursuit of a COMMON AGENDA. Many groups seek POPULIST GOALS and the ideal of PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY. Community organizers create social movements by BUILDING A BASE OF CONCERNED PEOPLE, mobilizing these community members to act, and developing leadership from and relationships among the people involved.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_organizing

[goodgd_yall]

1. It's like raising oneself by one's bootstraps in a collective way

You would think the "We hate big government" (a lie, of course with travesties like the Iraq occupation) spiel of the Republicans would make them favor community organizing.