Bridging the class divide and other lessons for grassroots organizing
By: Linda Stout ; with a foreword by Howard Zinn
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780807043325
Subjects: Social problems; Problèmes sociaux; POLITICAL SCIENCE; Public Policy; Social Services & Welfare; SOCIAL SCIENCE; Human Services
Description: Bridging the Class Divide tells the inspiring story of Linda Stout's life as the daughter of a tenant farmer, as a self-taught activist, and as a leader in the progressive movement. It also gives practical lessons on how to build real working relationships between people of different income levels, races, and genders.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Growing up poor; title: Becoming an activist; title: PPP: creating our own model for social change; title: Building our own model; title: Why aren't we winning?; title: Principles for a new organizing model; title: Invisible walls; title: Redefining leadership; title: Getting smart about organizing; title: What happens when we begin to win?; title: Conclusion: building unity for real democracy.