This website and video provides an overview of the Student Rights App created by the Boston Student Advisory Council (BSAC) for the students of Boston Public Schools. This app is accessible by phone or other device and allows students and/or… More
This May 2016 Huffington Post Blog from Eric Mann, Director of the Labor/Community Strategy Center, details the Strategy Center's “ferocious uphill organizing” that removed military grade weapons from Los Angeles schools (a first win) with an apology from the city… More
The Educating + Recruiting + Engaging = Base Building formula is discussed in this report. FIERCE’s local base -building efforts presented are connection, follow up, and concrete opportunity to plug into an area of work. This report simplifies the base-building… More
This PDF resource introduces the Wellstone Triangle encompassing aspects of leadership: community organizing, public policy, and electoral politics. This guide identifies components necessary for building power in communities and addresses these components in-depth. Likely useful in leadership and campaign strategy… More
This Teachers United testimonial was written by an educator who taught at Lehman when it was a much larger school (4200 students), and discusses the history of the school and the problems that it faced that lead it to be… More
This Online resource is devoted to data use and capacity building. The strategy presented by the John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities is a three-pronged approach to facilitate the use of data to drive action; identify what works… More
Author: Youth Justice Coalition This document shares valuable tips for building community power - such as working with, not for people, consistency of meetings, aim for and celebrating small victories, conducting needs/strength assessments, just to name a few. More