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The following are resources about faith-based community organizing compiled by Interfaith Funders, a network grantmakers that was committed to social change and economic justice. Though the network is no longer in operation, Interfaith Funders transferred several of its reports and articles to the USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture to preserve and push forward the insights gained through its work.<\/em><\/p>\n

FAITH-BASED COMMUNITY ORGANIZING NETWORKS<\/h3>\n

Direct Action and Research Training Center
\n137 N.E. 19th St. Miami, FL 33132
\n(305)576-8020
\nwww.thedartcenter.org<\/p>\n

Gamaliel Foundation
\n203 N. Wabash Ave. Chicago, IL 60601
\n(312)357-2639
\nwww.gamaliel.org<\/p>\n

Industrial Areas Foundation
\n220 West Kinzie, 5th FL Chicago, IL 60610
\nwww.industrialareasfoundation.org<\/p>\n

People Improving Communities Through Organizing
\nformerly known as Pacific Institute for Community Organization
\n171 Santa Rosa Ave. Oakland, CA 99610
\n(510)655-2801
\nwww.piconetwork.org<\/p>\n

Regional Council of Neighborhood Organizations
\nLos Angeles, CA
\n323-755-1114
\nwww.rcno.org<\/p>\n

InterValley Project
\n1075 Washington St, W. Newton, MA
\nwww.intervalleyproject.org<\/p>\n

FAITH-BASED RESOURCES ON ORGANIZING<\/h3>\n

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)
\nCongregation-based Community Organizing website
\nwww.elca.org\/organizing<\/p>\n

Presbyterian Church USA
\nUrban Ministry Office website on Community Organizing\/Development
\nwww.pcusa.org\/evangelism\/churchdevelopment\/um_cocd.htm<\/p>\n

Unitarian Universalist Association
\nCongregation-based Community Organizing website
\nwww.uua.org\/programs\/justice\/cbco.html<\/p>\n

Jewish FundS for Justice
\nCommunity Organizing Website
\nwww.jfjustice.org
\nsee link below for their article: Faith-Based Community Organizing; A Unique Social Justice Approach to Revitalizing Synagogue Life<\/p>\n

US Conference of Catholic Bishops
\nCatholic Campaign for Human Development website
\nwww.usccb.org\/cch<\/p>\n

Christians Supporting Community Organizing
\nFor evangelical, Pentecostal and holiness congregations and denominations
\nwww.cscoweb.org<\/p>\n

RESOURCES FOR FUNDERS<\/h3>\n

Neighborhood Funders Group
\noffers Community Organizing Toolbox: A Funders’ Guide to Community Organizing by Larry Parachini and Sally Covington.
\nwww.nfg.org<\/p>\n

Funders Network on Smart Growth and Liveable Cities
\noffers Community Organizing: A Populist Base for Social Equity and Smart Growth by Rich Stolz
\nwww.fundersnetwork.org<\/p>\n

OTHER RESOURCES ON ORGANIZING<\/h3>\n

Center for Community Change
\noffers Transforming Lives and Communities: Community Organizing for YOU!
\nwww.ccc.org<\/p>\n

Comm-Org – Online Conference on Community Organizing
\ncomm-org.wisc.edu\/<\/p>\n

BOOKS<\/h3>\n

Better Together: Restoring the American Community
\nby Robert Putnam and Lewis M. Feldstein
\nSimon and Schuster, 2003<\/p>\n

Breathing Space: A Spiritual Journey in the South Bronx
\nby Heidi B. Neumark
\nBeacon Press, 2003<\/p>\n

Cold Anger: A Story of Faith and Power Politics
\nby Mary Beth Rogers
\nUniversity of North Texas Press, 1990<\/p>\n

Community Organizing for School Reform
\nby Dennis Shirley
\nUniversity of Texas Press, 1997<\/p>\n

Cultural Dilemmas of Progressive Politics: Styles of Engagement among Grassroots Activists
\nby Stephen Hart
\nUniversity of Chicago Press, 2001<\/p>\n

Doing Justice: Congregations and Community Organizing
\nby Dennis A. Jacobsen
\nAugsburg Fortress Press, 2003<\/p>\n

Dry Bones Rattling: Community Building to Revitalize American Democracy
\nby Mark Warren
\nPrinceton University Press, 2001<\/p>\n

Funding Justice: The Legacy of the Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program
\nby Warren Ross
\nSkinner House, 2005<\/p>\n

Faith in Action: Religion, Race, and Democratic Organizing in America
\nby Richard L. Wood
\nUniversity of Chicago Press, 2002<\/p>\n

Gathering Power: The Future of Progressive Politics in America
\nby Paul Osterman
\nBeacon Press, 2003<\/p>\n

Going Public: An Inside Story of Disrupting Politics as Usual
\nby Michael Gecan
\nBeacon Press, 2002<\/p>\n

Religion as Social Capital: Producing the Common Good
\nedited by Corwin Smidt
\nBaylor University Press, 2003<\/p>\n

Roots for Radicals: Organizing for Power, Action, and Justice
\nby Edward Chambers
\nContiuum Press, 2003<\/p>\n

Rules for Radicals and Reveille for Radicals
\nby Saul Alinsky
\nVintage Press (the classic from 1946)<\/p>\n

Transforming Power: Biblical Strategies for Making a Difference in Your Community
\nby Robert Linthicum
\nIntervarsity Press, 2003<\/p>\n

ARTICLES AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS<\/h3>\n

Building Democracy: Faith-Based Community Organization Today
\nby Mark Warren
\nShelterforce (Jan\/Feb. 2001)
\nwww.nhi.org\/online\/issues\/115\/Warren.html<\/p>\n

Community Organizing: A Quiet Revolution Religion Link (Especially for Reporters)
\nwww.religionlink.org\/tip_040518c.php<\/p>\n

Faith-Based Organizing and the Struggle for Justice
\nby Richard L. Wood in Handbook of the Sociology of Religion, Michele Dillon, ed.
\nCambridge University Press, 2003<\/p>\n

Family, Church, and Neighborhood: Latinos of faith exercising collective power to improve daily
\nby Timothy Matovina.
\nThe Witness Magazine, May 2002
\nwww.thewitness.org\/archive\/may2002\/matrovina.html<\/p>\n

Faith-Based Community Organizing; A Unique Social Justice Approach to Revitalizing Synagogue Life
\nby Julie Chizewer Weill and Lee Winkleman
\nhttp:\/\/comm-org.wisc.edu\/papers2003.weill.htm<\/p>\n

Organizing Like Jesus: The Politics of Faith-Based Community Organizing
\nby Shayna Storm The Next American City (Issue 3, October 2003)
\nwww.americancity.org\/article.php?id_article=71<\/p>\n

Setting the State Agenda: Church-Based Community Organizations in American Urban Politics by Heidi J. Swarts
\nStates, Parties, and Social Movements, Jack A. Goldstone, ed.
\nCambridge University Press, 2003<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[88],"class_list":["post-1968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-resources","tag-interfaith-funders"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nResources on Faith-Based Community Organizing<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/crcc\/resources-on-faith-based-community-organizing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Resources on Faith-Based Community Organizing - Center for Religion and Civic Culture\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/crcc\/resources-on-faith-based-community-organizing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Center for Religion and Civic Culture\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-10-30T10:17:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-08-07T23:19:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/crcc\/resources-on-faith-based-community-organizing\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/crcc\/resources-on-faith-based-community-organizing\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Resources on Faith-Based Community Organizing\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-10-30T10:17:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-08-07T23:19:33+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/crcc\/resources-on-faith-based-community-organizing\/\"},\"wordCount\":5,\"commentCount\":0,\"keywords\":[\"Interfaith Funders\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Resources\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/crcc\/resources-on-faith-based-community-organizing\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/crcc\/resources-on-faith-based-community-organizing\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/crcc\/resources-on-faith-based-community-organizing\/\",\"name\":\"Resources on Faith-Based Community Organizing - 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