Changing the World Through Community Organizing
Fri. March 28th, 6:00 PM

Three authors discuss various aspects of community organizing --why organizers do what they do, the "nuts and bolts" of how they do it, and how a retreat center has been effective in renewing their energy to work to change the world.

Featuring:
Michael Jacoby Brown, author of Building Powerful Community Organizations: A Personal Guide to Creating Groups That Can Solve Problems and Change the World, has worked as a community organizer, trainer, and consultant for numerous community, labor, religious, government, and health organizations.

Kristin Layng Szakos (with co-author Joe Szakos) has written We Make Change: Community Organizers Talk About What They Do--and Why. She is a freelance writer and editor and the former director of the Appalachian Reader, a journal about community organizing.

Susan Wells, author of Changing Course: Windcall and the Art of Renewal, has been active in social jusitice movements since 1950, including as trustee of the Abelard Foundation. In 1989 she founded Windcall to address burnout among social change leaders.

Hosted by Virginia Organizing Project, Charlottesville Center for Peace and Justice, UVa Pride, Public Housing Association of Residents (PHAR), Interfaith Gay Straight Alliance, Legal Aid Justice Center, Blue Ridge Radio Project, The People United, Charlottesville Albemarle NAACP, The Bridge, and Gay Straight Alliance of the TJMC-UU.

Moderator: Joe Szakos

Location:
City Council Chambers
605 E. Main Street
(434)970-3113