Spring 2010 Issue of Shelterforce Magazine

Posted by on October 04, 2010

Has the Fight Gone Out of Organizing?
The Latest from Shelterforce
The journal of affordable housing and community building

We have seen community organizing under attack ever since the 2008 presidential elections, when the method was front and center. At the same time, for most community organizers, the hard work continues. In this latest issue of Shelterforce, we take a look at the post-ACORN world of organizing.

Randy Stoecker looks at why organizing is back on the defensive following what appeared to be a 2008 triumph.
[http://www.shelterforce.org/article/1983/has_the_fight_gone_out_of_organizing/]

James DeFillippis, Robert Fisher, and Eric Shragge examine how community groups can make a difference by going beyond community boundaries.
[http://www.shelterforce.org/article/1992/what_kind_of_community_organizations_and_for_what_purpose/]

Michael McQuarrie looks at Cleveland’s ESOP in a call for more confrontational organizing. [http://www.shelterforce.org/article/1993/esop_rises_again/]

NHI’s John Atlas assesses the massive media fail when it came to ACORN.
[http://www.shelterforce.org/article/1994/how_did_the_media_fail_acorn_and_organizing/]

London CITIZENS’ David Smith looks at how his group organized for affordable housing across the pond.
[http://www.shelterforce.org/article/1995/changing_the_game/]

Also in this issue:

Interview with Congressman Barney Frank
[http://www.shelterforce.org/article/1987/the_barney_frank_challenge/]

Volunteerism in community development
[http://www.shelterforce.org/article/1989/volunteerism_in_community_development_going_beyond_a_helping_hand/]

New Jersey’s affordable housing policy
[http://www.shelterforce.org/article/1986/the_not_so_sudden_push_against_new_jerseys_fair_share_affordable_housing_po/]

Disappearing USPS branches
[http://www.shelterforce.org/article/1985/disappearing_act/]

The Community Land Trust Reader
[http://www.shelterforce.org/article/1984/in_land_we_trust/]

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