West Siders Were Drowning. So We Organized.
Sonia Rodriguez and other COPS/Metro leaders tell the organization's origen story, starting with a fight for life-saving drainage infrastructure on the West Side.
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International Change Maker and Community Organizer Leaves Audience Inspired
"Ernesto Cortes has been instrumental in building more than 30 broad-based organisations whose hallmark is the development and training of ordinary people to do extraordinary things." — Neil Jameson, Citizens UK; this lecture examines how civil society develops leaders capable of confronting inequality and renewing democracy.
The Democratic Promise: Saul Alinsky & His Legacy — Part 6
The Democratic Promise: Saul Alinsky & His Legacy, narrated by Alec Baldwin, produced by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, directed by Bob Hercules and Bruce Orenstein.
The Democratic Promise: Saul Alinsky & His Legacy — Part 5
The Democratic Promise: Saul Alinsky & His Legacy, narrated by Alec Baldwin, produced by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, directed by Bob Hercules and Bruce Orenstein.
The Democratic Promise: Saul Alinsky & His Legacy — Part 3
The Democratic Promise: Saul Alinsky & His Legacy, narrated by Alec Baldwin, produced by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, directed by Bob Hercules and Bruce Orenstein.
The Democratic Promise: Saul Alinsky & His Legacy — Part 4
The Democratic Promise: Saul Alinsky & His Legacy, narrated by Alec Baldwin, produced by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, directed by Bob Hercules and Bruce Orenstein.
The Democratic Promise: Saul Alinsky & His Legacy — Part 2
The Democratic Promise: Saul Alinsky & His Legacy, narrated by Alec Baldwin, produced by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, directed by Bob Hercules and Bruce Orenstein.
The Democratic Promise: Saul Alinsky & His Legacy — Part 1
The Democratic Promise: Saul Alinsky & His Legacy, narrated by Alec Baldwin, produced by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, directed by Bob Hercules and Bruce Orenstein.
Plenary on Community Organizing, Democracy and Education at Match on Dry Grass Conference — Part 2
Building on the first session, Cortes examines how communities can move beyond advocacy by developing the power and institutions necessary for a stronger democracy and systemic educational change.
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