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*Organizing : This term can mean different things to different communities. Organizing can refer to the process of base building and strengthening social movements by working with people in affected communities to define their objectives, and co-creating a strategy to achieve those objectives. Other organizing models focus more on engaging people outside of affected communities to support an issue or campaign. Yes, there is a tension between the two. Organizing activities, no matter the tactical model, can include education, outreach, power mapping, advocacy, civil disobedience, long-term relationship building, and targeting decision makers to affect policy. | *Organizing : This term can mean different things to different communities. Organizing can refer to the process of base building and strengthening social movements by working with people in affected communities to define their objectives, and co-creating a strategy to achieve those objectives. Other organizing models focus more on engaging people outside of affected communities to support an issue or campaign. Yes, there is a tension between the two. Organizing activities, no matter the tactical model, can include education, outreach, power mapping, advocacy, civil disobedience, long-term relationship building, and targeting decision makers to affect policy. | ||
Social action : | Social action : | ||
Marginalized : | Marginalized :Marginalization is a form of oppression. Lack of capacity to participate politically, socially and culturally. Whole category of peoples, for example but not limited to people of colour, old people, unemployed, youth, single mothers, dis/abled is expelled from useful partcipation in social life and thus potentially subjected to severe material depravation and extermination. (from Iris Marion Young from Five Faces of Oppression). | ||
Power : | Power : Social division of those who have authority, status. Ability to affect change. | ||
Process : | Process : | ||
Sustainable : | Sustainable : | ||