A Manual for Grassroots Organizing Lee Staples, Praeger, New York, 1984. R oots to Power is a good text on nuts and bolts organizing. It is especially good on recruiting, strategies and action plans, and dealing with counter-tactics. Top practitioners have contributed special sections on meetings, memberships, coalitions, public relations, negotiating, action ideas, and carrying-out action plans. Working Together for Positive Change in Your Community Elizabeth Amer, Self Counsel Press, 1992.
T aking Action is the most useful book on grassroots organizing in Canada.
Taking Action is easy to read, full of examples, and sprinkled with how-to advice not to be found in other books. Like most Self Counsel books, it is usually in stock in most Vancouver book stores. K ahn's book is easy to read. You don't need to plow through the whole book to find material relevant to your situation. Organizing is available from the Vancouver Public Library, as are most of the books on our list.