Toolbox

Use these tools to develop or inspire your own anti-racist projects or organizations:

POWERPOINTS

PAPERS

• Toward a Radical White Identity by AWARE-LA
• Powerful Partnerships: Transformative Alliance Building by AWARE-LA
• One Step Forward on the Path to Liberation: White Anti-Racist Organizing and its Role in the Struggle Against the White Supremicist System by AWARE-LA

ORGANIZING TOOLS

• Brochure
• Sign-up sheet
• Googlegroups.com (email listserv for free)
• Wordpress.com (website for free, with templates)
• Creator.zoho.com (online database for free)

DIALOGUE FACILITATION NOTES

• May 2010
• April 2010
• March 2010
• February 2010
• January 2010

LINKS TO ORGANIZING TOOLS AND RESOURCES

ORGANIZING TOOL BOXES

• The Virgina Organizing Projects Tool Box- wide range of resources about community Organizing
• Citizen Works- TOOLS FOR DEMOCRACY- step by step resources for organizing a group and getting them active
• Training modules- workshops and tools for organizing and taking action
• Community Weaving- a less political model for community organizing
• Model of Organizational Life Cycles- a look at the stages of development organizations go thru over time
• Visioning tools for developing groups- tools for groups to develop a strategic vision for their organization
• Citizen’s handbook- tool for basics of community organizing
• Ice breakers and games - resource for all types of ice breakers and team building activities
• START Study Think Respond Together- series of strategic questions for developing group strategy and work
• Strategic Questions- series of questions used to move people and groups to action
• Resources for Popular Education – tools and resources about developing popular education trainings
• Resources for developing volunteers- this is a series of tools for working with volunteers (corporate-based site)

GENERAL ORGANIZING RESOURCES

• Introduction to community organizing Center for Community Change- basic definitions and elements of what is community organizing
• COMM-ORG: The On-Line Conference on Community Organizing- all around resource and listserve addressing questions and resources for community organizing
• Building Movement Project- Resource for organizing in the social service sector
• Community Problem solving- a resource list with many links to different organizing resources (some links don’t work)

NETROOTS

• New Organizing Institute- resources focused on online organizing and new media strategies
• AGIT PROP- resources for netroots and new media communications

ORGANIZING TRAINING INSTITUTES

• Midwest Academy- organizing training institute
• Western States Center- organizing training institute

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

• How to recruit group leaders- resource for thinking about how to identify and train new groups leaders (christian church-based site)
• Why cannot recruit leaders- resource to look at what role organizations play in failing to develop leaders

OTHER MATERIALS

• Quotes By Revolutionaries of Color that call for whites to organize whites against racism.
• 2010 Saturday Dialogue Announcements
• 2009 “Unmasking Whiteness” Workshop Series
• October 25th, 2008 Campaign Flyer
• Resources for Developing Anti Racist Program

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