Organizing: People, Power, Change

Harvard HSPH

Fulfilling the democratic promise of equity, accountability, and effectiveness requires the participation of an “organized” citizenry able to formulate, articulate, and assert its shared interests. Organizing, in turn, requires leadership: accepting responsibility for enabling others to achieve shared purpose in the face of uncertainty. Organizers ask three core questions: 1. Who are my people? 2. What is the change we need? 3. How can we turn our resources into the power we need to achieve…